made a pretty weird video about autism, using the fact that his son has it as like qualification for him to talk about it. folks with autism tried to talk to him about the problematic nature of the video in the comments, and he just blocked them.

So typical Autism Parent™ then lol it’s like they can’t help but make it about themselves… 🙄

Can you not make that point without the ableism?

Not sure I agree that conservatives can both “choose” to be like they are, and also be the victims of their upbringing in a toxic system. These 2 points you made seem to be contradictory.

Not really.

We are all subjected to the same propaganda, yet we’re not all conservatives, that’s enough to prove that there is choice involved (even if the choices are limited, and opinions externally influenced by and for the ruling class), but more to the point - no one is born conservative, and no one is forced in any way to support one political party or another, political affiliation isn’t something someone can’t help or control or change, making it a choice, unlike race, gender, sexual orientation, abledness, place and circumstances of birth, and so on, which are not.

Liberals play along plenty in to the division sown by the ruling class, but lets be fucking clear - conservatives choose to be that way, and are actively and vocally contributing to the problem, unlike Jews, immigrants, disabled people and so on…

Is working class conservative Joe Shmoe responsible for the system and the one who needs to be removed from society? No, they’re as much a victim of it (and its brain washing propaganda) as any other working class person, and sure, many liberals fail to see this, but to compare calling out people who choose to actively support open and proud oppressors for their contribution, to scapegoating the people they oppress for existing as who they are, for the problems of society, is fucking gross.

E: seriously, conservatives uphold conservatism - there is no conspiracy. 🤦‍♀️

I actually think it’s those that get so close to the truth, before veering to the right and blaming minorities instead of those who are really to blame (by design of those who are really to blame, of course) - blaming Jews for controlling the banks and the media (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming immigrants for poor work conditions/no jobs (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming disabled people for being a burden and leeching off the tax payer (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming whichever generation is currently in young adulthood for “destroying industries” (it’s the obscenely rich), and so on and so on…

I guess they make me angriest because the truth clearly isn’t outside of the people who believe the conspiracy’s grasp, they’d just rather punch down, solve nothing, but continue to have minor feelings of superiority (which really ties in with the key to all belief in conspiracy theories - “I have special knowledge you don’t”), than punch up and actually try to resolve the issues they whine about…

FYI she’s gone back to using her full name Thandiwe

That’s pretty cool, and sounds like you’ve got a good challenge on your hands both because it will take you a lot to up the diversity, but also because statistically it feels like somewhere there will be people that look like whatever results from your work unless you add in non-human features (but I realise that’s not really the point, but rather to create “everypeople” rather than celeb/filter clones, it’s just the “don’t look like any one real person” got me lol).

Adam Pearson was the first that came to mind.
Having a bit more of a think about women in particular, I’d say Michaela Coel, Milly Shapiro, Liz Carr just off the top of my head, I’m sure there are more, I might add them if they come to me (keeping in mind that I’m terrible with both faces and names lol)…

On an aside - this is a great demonstration of representation (or lack thereof) and intersectionality.
While more white cis men are allowed to exist in the industry without meeting the “ideal” standard, darker skinned people (even within majority black/brown countries, colourism is still a very real problem), disabled people, trans people, and women in general but also specifically within each of the other categories, are all still held to a much higher standard and scrutiny (and of course the more of those categories you fit in to, the worse it is). And it isn’t a bug of course, but a feature.

It doesn’t read on demand

Yes, it does, from the information it was trained on (or - stored), which like you say, requires a lot of hardware power so it can be accessed on demand. It isn’t just manifesting the information out of thin air, and it definitely doesn’t “remember” in the same way we do (E: even the best photographic memory isn’t the same as an indexable one).

But the AI isn’t “recalling” in the same way you do, it doesn’t “remember” what it “read”, it “reads” on demand and has instant access to essentially all of the information available online it was trained on (E: though it’s becoming more or less the same thing, and is definitely the same when it comes to law books for example), from which it collects the necessary details if and when it needs it.

So yes, it is literally “sat” there with all the books open in front of it, and the ability to pinpoint a bit of information in any one of all the books in milliseconds.

https://medium.com/international-workers-press/misconceptions-about-communism-2e366f1ef51f

They just can’t fucking help themselves…

also the extra ableism is a nice extra touch to make sure we all know just how replant an asshole you are…
Cry harder, clown.

Jfc, they’re still going… 🤯🤦‍♀️

As this post surpasses 1000 replies (the most I’ve ever seen on any post on the fedi), I think it’s worth mentioning Lewis’s law which is being proven here over and over and over and over and over again:
The comments on any article about feminism justify the existence of feminism

They just can’t fucking help themselves…

There’s a lot of men telling on themselves in this thread. And everywhere else too.

Yup. These litmus tests are really useful for bringing out true colours and red flags, but it’s also depressing to rediscover each time just how many of them there are…

A friend has been sharing so many in the group chat, I’m loving it… I’d post them to /196, but honestly I just can’t be arsed with all the whiny men it’d bring my way… 😂🤦‍♀️

Actually, hang on, in case anyone more patient than me wants to share:

https://files.catbox.moe/n4cmwd.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/eyscjx.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/r5asyu.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/672y0s.jpg (what, like it’s hard?)
https://files.catbox.moe/akumw8.jpg

And a couple less meme-y ones that make excellent points:
https://files.catbox.moe/fv5ydy.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/5wosy4.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/loqiav.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/vhge48.jpg (and to go with it: https://files.catbox.moe/2uhvis.jpg)

(also, lmmfao at the one guy downvoting every supportive comment almost immediately as it’s made - get a life, loser 😂 E: there he goes! 🤣🤣🤡)

Lmfao, I love that I already blocked most of the people proving your point, as well as the silent cowards upvoting them…

They just keep proving our choices right… ¯\(ツ)/¯

Also: I call this one: “He’s still crying cause his girl chose me”

I also understand why men are insulted.

It is literally the rage they express when rejected that is WHY we would be more scared to run in to one in the woods than we would a bear.

The fact that they’re getting “insulted” at all, derailing the entire conversation and making it about them and how they are really the victims, is more proof that they don’t give a shit about the actual experiences of violence and abuse that we are subjected to by them, only about their own egos.

Literally all they have to do is fucking listen, they are not the ones being harmed in any way shape or form (the reputation of men is already in the shit and it won’t improve unless they work to improve it amongst themselves, but if anything, their reactions are only making it worse), and them being able to frame and prioritise themselves as the ones being being harmed (by ignoring or minimising the legitimate fears and traumatic experiences of millions of women) is just another of many demonstrations of just how privileged they are.

You’re wrong.

Or, you know, just listen to women… Revolutionary, I know, and seemingly impossible to some, but that’s literally all you need to do to not be “trapped” (magically managing to claim victimhood where there is none, as per usual), instead of outing yourself, just like OP suggests… ¯\(ツ)/¯

You can go and ask Hexbear users themselves about it

Lol, yeah, that’ll go well, because they’re so welcoming to outsiders or even the slightest critique… 😂

Some that others have already said (hard work = success, trust cops), and off the top of my head:

• That my ultimate goal in life is to find a husband, and carry and then raise children (people don’t stop saying it once you grow up, you just hopefully learn that they’re full of shit)

• That “blood is thicker than water” and that your family will always be there for you/want what’s best for you