I thought this was an interesting political discussion.

No.

In that last topic, I said that as far as I knew all republican laws that were being pushed around trans issues were targeted for children (under 18), somebody brought me the attention of one that could impact people up to age 26 (iirc). I admitted I was incorrect and altered my perspective accordingly.

When was the last time you admitted you were mistaken?

i am functionally ignorant as to how the algorith works. all i know is, i watch a million chess videos in a row, it suggests more chess videos. watch 1 political yt and half the feed is now politics. watch 2 and it's all politics

i take this to mean that the algorithm encourages "hot button" engagement over what i have shown for year to really be interested in

But that's still an *objectively* bad, and horrendously reductive take anyway.

1. I didn't say that I was fine with the laws targeting children.
2. This is a summary of a specific claim that came up in that topic, it is not a comprehensive representation of everything that was discussed in that topic.

All I found plastered on his Twitter feed after a bit of scrolling is "social media and cell phone bad"

Not exactly the most groundbreaking additions to public discourse

Is Joe numbers the new Gunplagirl of CE now? Accept being 100% unlikable?

He's the anti-gunpla. Where gunpla is abrasive joe "backs off" from attachment. Where gunpla is willing to go to bat for people in need of help joe is willing to go to bat for the Wyoming Republicans. Gunpla did things to make a point, joe does things to fuel narcissism.

Known right-wing shitposter excited to read a Haidt book, checks out.

TIL anarcho-syndicalism is right wing. Brilliant post.

Are you saying that Joe is an anarcho-syndicalist? Or that self-professed "Enlightened Centrist" Haidt is?

Edit: Or is it about the "the wokes are ruining everything!" youtube channel hosting the video?

No, I thought the other poster was calling me, an anarcho-syndicalist, a known right-wing shitposter for my comments about Haidts books. If thats not the case, then my bad.

Dont know why an anarcho-syndicalist would be actively defending Enlightened Centrism personified.

Thats been his thing lately. The Coddling of the American Mind was good. Im reading through The Righteous Mind right now and its promising. Im not too deep into it yet but I know from what Ive read so far hell be presenting some ideas contrary to my own. Unlike the rest of this board which would rather spend no time in any sort of self-challenging contemplation (see previous poster who openly and proudly declared no engagement with the authors written and most serious material), Im looking forward to it.

Engaging with academic writing and theory is intense work and honestly I don't have the energy for it in my current life situation. Working through debt and ever more precarious financial situations is a drain on my mental health (which is not great even without this shit. Depression and brain fog etc)

Any time I would spend on 'serious thought' is really replaced with shit that even temporarily makes me feel something somewhat positive

In that last topic, I said that as far as I knew all republican laws that were being pushed around trans issues were targeted for children (under 18), somebody brought me the attention of one that could impact people up to age 26 (iirc). I admitted I was incorrect and altered my perspective accordingly.

When was the last time you admitted you were mistaken?

I got @ed into his last locked meltdown topic about people posting the pictures of him asking for questionable pictures of children and shit