zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 30 points 2 months ago

Musk has his own marketing apparatus in China as well, and the government has been looking the other way because this feud will benefit them in the long run.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

3 times the budget for the Marines. Crazy

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 51 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Says people should learn to speak English in America, cuts funding for English learning.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago

Eh, we need a cultural shift that neuters marketing or else people will always be subject to the whims of those with capital.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For whatever reason we are not understanding each other. I don't think I can restate it any more clearly. I guess we just have to leave it at that.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Let me put it another way. You are wrong in regards to trans participation in sports but not because you are being a contrarian. You are also wrong to use your contrarian stance to justify your opinion. Hopefully that clears things up.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong because you're contrarian, most of the people here fall into the category. What I am saying is that using the fact that an opinion is contrarian is not evidence that it is correct.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

The new talking point is that man made climate change is real but burning oil isn't causing the world to warm. But that does mean we can geoengineer our climate to be cooler. 🙃

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

It's frankly disgusting to compare this to people wanting free Netflix. I know that's not exactly what's happening here but I think we're loosing the plot.

Contrarian has a definition, it isn't relative to what my opinion is but the mainstream. The point is you're using the fact that your opinions are contrarian as evidence that your opinions are correct. It is funny.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Like I said elsewhere, you're competing with the internet for the most contrarian take. You revealed that trans athletes is not an issue you support because they are such a small group of the whole. But when you feel insecure or challenged about your "hot take" you do the contrarian line of "it's impossible for 100% of the people on the group to agree" as if this is a matter of opinion and not facts. As long as it is rooted in opinions, you are free to claim the most contrarian take possible.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 2 months ago (10 children)

T is only one letter of 4+. And trans-women is only half of T. And athlete trans women is a small subset of that. And athlete trans women that want to play in women's leagues are a subset of that.

Wow that's revealing more than you probably wanted.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, this is just a contrarian contest.

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