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[–] 4 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

Why do people do this immediately reversed denial? ‘I staunchly oppose this, as all right-thinking people must, buuut here’s how I use it.’

Its pretty obvious why people do it, because there is a loud minority of people for who will, if you dont establish you are on the "right side", go to great lengths to loudly and public denounce you. People see that and try and get ahead of it.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Appeasing identarians doesn't work. You can't reason someone out of a position they angry'd themselves into.

    Explain that it's normal and they'll get over it, because what people in the tribal mode crave above all else is to be normal. Cory fucking Doctorow uses this tech. There are no shortage of examples where prominent critics go 'buuut here's how I use it.' We can all skip a step. Just treat sane use as sane, and move the condemned exceptions to the end.

    Doom is on NES because keyboardspecialist used Claude. It's janky and slow, but there is no question that it's the business. I wrote a bespoke NES FPS the hard way, which technically runs at 60 FPS, and I am flabbergasted by this vibe-coded slideshow. I found this via Youtuber r3tr0p0rt5 remaking Goldeneye as an SNES SuperFX game. You can just do stuff. Hating the tech is a worthless distraction from the systems that shove the tech into every facet of your life. That shit is a problem no matter what tech we're talking about.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I agree with everything you've said. But the whole setup of social media (including fedi) is designed around approval seeking, so people will seek approval and couch their opinions in ways that make them less likely to get digitally tarred and feathered.

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