thatsTheCatch

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

That's a great idea. And you get more content!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Yep, it's got the normal scrub daddy scrubbing material on one side and a sponge on the other. Pretty good

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Toyotas are dependable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Cheat code for Imgflip that removes the watermark:

When the meme is created, don't click "Generate image." Instead, right click on the preview image and copy to clipboard. When you paste, it will retain the added text but not add the watermark

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

Rub the stick back and forth against the other to generate free wifi for the worms. They can't repay you in away way but they will be very thankful

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

What's wrong with people having it easy if they're not exploiting others?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Yeah it's only mildly infuriating if it's false advertising

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Holding in poop. Beans. Antique memes. Those are the only trends I remember

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What does YTMND mean?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My parents fell into conspiracy theories during the pandemic. My mum has been kind of conspiratorial for a while but kept it hush. My dad is very loud about it. They have entrenched themselves into the community. They live with several other people on their property who believe the same. They have attended anti-vax protests and have demonstrated. My dad shares this shit on Facebook all the time.

How has it changed me? I think it has improved my researching, scientific literacy, and critical thinking skills. Whenever they send things through, I go and look at the sources they provide. I have noticed a pattern. Whenever they use sciency sources, they are almost always:

  • misinterpreted
  • misrepresented (taken out of context)
  • or they outright lie about the contents of the source

The speed at which you can spread misinformation is much faster than the rate you can debunk it, so I don't do it so much to try to change their mind but more to learn about and keep informed on the science myself.

I don't know what to do. We are on good terms and I just try not to talk about it or ignore their remarks. I'm not good in real-time "debates"; I feel much more comfortable taking my time and writing responses or findings. My dad is also very assertive to the point of aggressiveness in real-time discussions, so I get a bit intimidated. Sometimes they surprise me with reasonable takes that remind me that they do actually have values.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I've had this, too. Sometimes the videos are quite cool, but most of the time they're irrelevant or poorly made

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