i gotta say i agree that exposing children to algorithmic content feeds is going to make them grow up with one billion new kinds of mental illnesses and it’s a serious societal problem that urgently needs addressing but it makes me v. v. v. uneasy when i see posts going around that identify this issue and come to the conclusion ‘this is why it’s important for parents to know what their kid is doing online’ and uh girls there are a lot of kids out there who would be dead if their parents knew what they were doing online
“yeah this aspect of capitalism is extremely alienating and traumatizing” and im nodding and smiling and then they add “which is why we must retreat to the safety of the family” and i start abruptly high-pitched screaming like a fire alarm
Like now that I am awake I need to reiterate how huge this is. It was presumed harvested to extinction by the Romans. It was a favorite flavoring and according to historians one of the best contraceptives ever known. True or not it would be fantastic to study that but it being extinct made that impossible.
This is such a huge deal! I hope they get it figured how to grow it.
women will have no career path, no game, no bitches, and only 3 people in the world that can stand them and all they have to say for themselves is that theyre ‘just like george costanza but a girl’
I don’t like the music of Boygenius but by god I support women holding electric guitars and making out sloppy style and having their boobs out. I’m the supporter. If you ask me to vote? Well I’m voting in favor. Yes sir. You can knock on my door and ask me do I support the Boy Geniuses kissing and rolling around and I will say I’m the supporter. Thank you women
a fun statistical fact is that if you run a survey that asks people “do you support trans people” you are not in fact collecting information on whether the respondents support trans people but whether they will tick a little box that says “i support trans people” on a survey & these two things are in fact quite different and the latter is not a very strong predictor of the former
