I just, can’t imagine running out of tv shows??? I have probably 8 or so on my to-be-watched list, and the list only gets longer. I’ve watched 1 season each of 2 shows (Foundation S1 & Golden Compass S3) this YEAR. Oh and maybe Rings of Power was this year, too.
Am I dumb or is this not saying what anyone here thinks it’s saying?
Basically, it’s not just that 50% have no regret / good satisfaction, but in fact that for this 50% there is not even a hint of dissatisfaction or regret. That’s the news. The median isn’t 4 or 1, it’s 5. So 50% of people are absolute ends of the scale.
But this abstract legit says NOTHING about the tail. So it could actually be that 20% of people have complete regret. Median without average is not that convincing in a case like this.
I tried to read the full article but I think it’s too recent to be on scihub. And like hell I’m paying for this.
so I totally get your point. For example, a therapy group that says, “this is a free speech area” and has 8 members who are all queer, would probably not mean it as a dogwhistle, and in that case, it also probably would not be one. But also, they wouldn’t be saying it to anyone other than those 8 members.
The thing is, in this case it legit does not matter the intent, they are saying it on a public chat forum. That makes it a dogwhistle regardless of intentionality, and it will be recognized as such, because if you say that on a public platform on the internet, guess who will hear it.
And now no matter what their intention is, if they didn’t want it to be a dogwhistle, it was one, and now their moderation is 10000x as difficult, because look who they’ve attracted the attention of now - and chased away.
I’d argue, it’s always a dogwhistle. You might not realize you’re using a dogwhistle, but you definitely are.
In other words, “free speech platform” is not actually “free speech platform,” rather it is a dogwhistle.
With the stupid prediction market existing, I’m having a hard time trusting even that. But IF that author is honest, it does look pretty unpromising
just wait, reddit is 100% going to sunset old.reddit within the next year
Yes absolutely. I miss so many subreddits so dearly, and some of them aren’t leaving reddit and I feel too guilty to go back there even though I’m a PC user. I’m really sad about everything, and I feel really lonely and awful. I’ve been super active in both the /kbin and Artemis communities, and they’re both wonderful, so I’m making new friends, but nothing’s going to fill the void truly.
Everything is not awesome :(
Boaty McBoatFace was NOT a debacle. It was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get kids interested in climate science with programs like “The diary of Boaty McBoatFace” or “Zoom call with a Boaty McBoatScientist” all around the world in classrooms. Hell, even in high school I would’ve taken an elective that was doing actual work if it was Boaty McBoatFace-themed*.
*not to say that I’m young enough to have been in high school at the time, but that it would appeal to kids that old
The debacle was that they were too stuck up to realize what a gift they’d been given and completely squandered it. Boaty McBoatFace was beautiful. For a couple days, the internet cared about science in the absence of technology.