SnotFlickerman

No... Lemmy users and internet people in general are attacking this reformation of Digg and acting like Alexis Ohanian continues to be a piece of shit and that we should expect the same fast path to enshittification.

I have a hard time thinking that after a long-term relationship with Serena Williams that Ohanian is so out of touch and unable to produce something good. Like I said I am cautiously optimistic

Everyone acts like Alexis Ohanian is an untrustworthy piece of shit because he was a reddit founder.

He is married to Serena Williams. Williams has been a focal point of hate from the right wing for decades (including internationally). Literally years of unnecessary hate and derision on her because she didn'f fit stereotypical beauty guidelines and is a badass tennis player (a very white dominated sport). She also literally has first hand experience of having her medical issues ignored by doctors during her pregnancy, which happens at a far greater rate for black women.

Williams may be rich, but she was never obscene rich, and she got where she was squarely off her real talents. She also was part of a Superbowl show which made a point to critique where America is at and where it is headed, particularly in respect to race relations. A superbowl show that made right wingers collectively melt down.

I'm saying people are acting like she, a black woman who has experienced direct adversity from the right-wing, has no impact on how Ohanian conducts himself or how he approaches life, and that we should expect the same-old, same-old techbro bullshit from him. I just don't think that's the case after they've been married so long.

Look I get why everybody wants to shit all over this, and for good reasons.

But we can't all be like "Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance was a deep political critique on the problems in America and the resurgence of a racial divide in America!" that literally featured Serena Williams crip walking, and turn around and act like she has zero influence on her husband Alexis Ohanian, his politics, or his understanding of where America is at.

I am cautiously optimistic.

The only reason I have any hope for this is hoping Alexis Ohanians wife (Serena Williams) has been a good influence on him and making him understand how bad things really are right now.

Mike Masnick is a good egg, which makes him valuable in times like these... Just like good eggs.

It's complicated and depends on the place.

In countries without money or great infrastructure, often the police have just as little training and education as the US and often give in to corruption in similar ways.

In other, more wealthy countries, the police often have far more training and may generally be less corrupt and abusive because of the extensive training, but that does not mean that they are perfect nor fall prey to being controlling simply because they've been state sanctioned to be able to control.

It is to be noted that the US literally goes out of its way to choose candidates that are more likely to respond violently than not, including giving them personality tests that seek out that behavior during the initial screening process.

Look man, I'm not the one hiding behind "You didn't understand my joke on the internet through text which I was clearly being sarcastic, although, you would have no way of knowing that since it's the internet, and sarcasm can be easily misunderstood, so ergo I am clever because you didn't understand sarcasm... through text..." Like maybe if at any point you were willing to recognize that as an aspect of internet relations, it would be, but like I said, you're just busy being a smug asshole for no reason other than "ha ha, I was sarcastic and they didn't get it even though lots of people are actually serious about such thoughts." You can't get any more inane than shitting on people for that. It's the internet, it's text, you know this, yet still want to be a smarmy smug asshole who thinks you're clever simply because you weren't clear. That's not clever, that's just being an asshole to people engaging with the content as it was posted. "Ha ha I am so smart for being sarcastic and them not getting it in a textual medium where sarcasm is deeply hard to read" is the actual fucking cringe here, dude.

You're not clever, you're just an asshole. ¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯

I'd rather not get a weak joke than be insufferable.

Foxconn mostly abandons $10 billion Wisconsin project touted by Trump
Published Wed, Apr 21 2021 5:46 AM EDT | Updated Tue, Sep 13 2022 7:00 PM EDT

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/foxconn-mostly-abandons-10-billion-wisconsin-project-touted-by-trump.html

Huh, I wonder why this sounds so familiar.

Blahaj and dbzer0 are my favorite instances.