Lemmy political pov: the universe should be free and open source
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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It specifically needs to run Linux.. also there is a literal war about which distro it should use
Debian. It should run debian. We should genocide arch users.
Dual boot temple OS
Hannah Montana OS
Actually it's not an OS. And what you call "Hannah Montana is actually Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana or as I've started calling it Miley Cyrus + Hannah Montna.
Derpian
Death to arch!
I use arch btw
Finally, the sweet rest I long for
War is over. It's Gentoo. 
Most united the Linux movement has been.
every time i see an argument about what distro to use i'm like "why the hell would anyone run something other than mint unless they're in the fbi most wanted or they hate free time"
Because apt sucks. Pacman for the win.
Because I use KDE and they killed that spin years ago. Also LM is bloated in my opinion so I prefer installing only what I use/prefer vs the kitchen sink approach of Mint.
Also portage > apt
All your comment gives me is “unfathomably based”
And money shouldn't exist.
I will git clone universe
It’s the algorithms. Except 4chan where that’s just how it do.
4chan was simply where everyone banned for extreme views everywhere else went because there were no rules or close to none.
Now as algorithms of social media sites have been chosen to dictate our daily news cycle, discussion topics and visibility of culture by engagement metrics alone, as are dominated by flashy, extremist content that appeals to our lowest instincts. Before humans curated content by trying to use human reasoning instead of relying on instinct alone. I think we have taken a step backwards in evolution culturally.
The internet and its devastation upon the human race.
I don't think it's the internet. I remember 90s internet because I'm old apparently. Forums, mailing lists, blogs were the dominant form of internet media. And while trolls and bad people existed it wasn't nearly as bad. People found together in interest groups and things mostly went fine. It was really when algorithm based browsing of content became the norm that things changed.
In my opinion the reason is that it is engagement driven instead of topic or content or interest group driven. And the strongest and most reliable form of engagement is anger and rage and overexaggeration. So we see a lot of that and people who are good at that become the loudest and most popular. It also incites anger towards others and thus splits societies. Fashists and populist thrive. We need to regulate social media ASAP.
People with extreme views are also more vocal, so that's what you see. That's why social media is bad for you. If gives you a very distorted view of the world. Most people are able to look at politics with nuance.
This, plus everyone is concerned with engagement. If I say a perfectly normal statement on Facebook or X or whatever, no one will care so no one will comment or interact with it. If I say that Jesus wants us to make America white again, even the people who disagree with me will only be boosting my message by commenting.
Jesus wants us to make America white again
I love this. It's so dumb in so many different ways, but I can easily see people unironically saying it.
Reminds me of
Of course the Bible was written in English. How else would Jesus, the greatest American ever, write it?
Redditors are communists? News to me.
Image from 2021, I was on reddit then, I am a communist. Checks out
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Enlightened centrist thoughts intensify
Centrism is a sign of a healthy, functioning Democracy. People are allowed to hold nuanced beliefs that don't line up with yours and this "enlightened centrist" bullshit is just pure tribalism from people on the far fringes. You are contributing to creating an "in group" and an "out group" which historically has worked out very well for persons living in Communist and Fascist societies.
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