Thorny_Insight
@Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
- Comment on First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards 4 months ago:
If Pixelfed were as popular as Instagram, it would have virtually the same effect on the mental health of young girls, especially. While an advertising-based business model does influence this, it’s not the driving factor. Social comparison is in our genes, but never before have we been able to do it at this scale. This is guaranteed to have a negative effect on mental health. The issue however is not that social media is inherently bad; it’s just incompatible with the way humans behave. It’s like drugs.
- Comment on First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards 4 months ago:
Whether we reward it or not, as long as there is someone people can compare themselves to, it’s going to affect their mental health. Social media itself is a beauty competition, and the reward is attention. We tend to compare up, not down, so it doesn’t really matter how beautiful or rich someone is—there’s always someone doing even better who makes us feel insufficient.
- Comment on VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture 4 months ago:
2020 seems to be the decade of awful tail lights but Rivian is definitely trying to set a new trend here. Those would be a total deal breaker for me if I was looking for an electric truck which is shame because otherwise it’s a nice vehicle.
- Comment on Nick Offerman Slams ‘Homophobic Hate’ Against His ‘The Last of Us’ Episode: ‘It’s Not a Gay Story. It’s a Love Story, You A–hole!’ 8 months ago:
I didn’t even finish the first season but this was the only episode I liked. It’s not the love story that I liked about it though.
- Comment on Nick Offerman Slams ‘Homophobic Hate’ Against His ‘The Last of Us’ Episode: ‘It’s Not a Gay Story. It’s a Love Story, You A–hole!’ 8 months ago:
Getting the “heebie jeebies” from watching 2 dudes kiss is a red flag
Eh… I regularly watch gay porn and have no trouble seeing guys suck dick and fuck eachother but I skip past the kissing scenes because I just don’t like it at all. I genuinely can’t explain why.
- Comment on What do we think of greenpeace activists? 11 months ago:
We? How about you either study the subject and form your own opinion or then don’t have an opinion on it at all.
- Comment on on youtube how do I downvote an ad? or how do i tell youtube that "hey this ad is not something I want to see?" I know ad blockers don't work on youtube anymore but how do I tweek what ads i do see? 11 months ago:
Third option is to use the service without ads by either subscribing or using an adblocker.
- Comment on on youtube how do I downvote an ad? or how do i tell youtube that "hey this ad is not something I want to see?" I know ad blockers don't work on youtube anymore but how do I tweek what ads i do see? 11 months ago:
Works with firefox mobile
- Comment on Primitive Technology: Natural Draft Iron Smelt 11 months ago:
On other similar channels they make one video demonstrating how the iron is obtained and in the next video they have enough material to build an axe and a knife and in the third one they’re making a railroad.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
what is the problem you were referencing?
I think OP is basically asking how he can be sure that he will not get silenced unjustly or atleast what they consider unjust. Another user suggested making their own instance, to which I pointed out that it’s not going to solve OP’s problem as he can still get banned and have messages removed.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
I haven’t said a word about free speech.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
You shouldn’t. Everyone should be free to block users, communities and instances as they wish.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
I haven’t said a word about free speech. Chill man, lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
All bans on lemmy are shadow bans because you will not be notified about it. Only way to find out is to go looking for your name in the modlog.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
Your reply sounds like you disagree with me about something but I have no idea what.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
It’s a non-solution. Self hosting doesn’t stop other instances from banning you.