Tregetour

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[–] Tregetour 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There are contexts where such a statement is fine. Even in a context where it could be construed as rude and prejudiced, it still doesn't matter, because it's such a milquetoast insult. A shitty throwaway putdown on the level of 'okay, boomer' or 'male, pale and stale'.

Overmoderation on the public web is as much of an issue as its lack.

[–] Tregetour -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The he/him she/her labels on social media profiles are also a pretty reliable timesaver.

[–] Tregetour 1 points 1 month ago

Let us share products, offers and rewards you might like to help stores personalize your shopping.

This sentence is a masterpiece of omission.

[–] Tregetour -4 points 1 month ago

Oh, the bigots! OH MY GOOOOOOOD THE BIGOOOOOTS, Heaven curse the bigots! They're invading our spaces, corrupting our children's minds! A Senate Select Committee on Bigotry is now a national imperative. The bar for non-bigotry must be raised CONTINUALLY higher: society cannot afford anything less! And the purge must be comprehensive. Our communities MUST be kept linguistically pure. Associations must be kept PRISTINE AT ALL TIMES. Suspect the poster above you? Suspect your brother or sister? Report and unfollow and block at every opportunity! Trust-n-safety them out of existence! Interpretation is vacillation!

There is no volume level below 100 when condemning the awful terrible ungood bigot!

[–] Tregetour 1 points 1 month ago

Every 60s show seems to be scored as though the camera could pan out any time and reveal whatever setting you thought you were in was in fact a black-tie ballroom party with a big band ensemble.

[–] Tregetour 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ST got the future of healthcare right: when the toolset is so advanced you can wave a thingy over a body part and perform diagnoses and repair on the spot, the profession becomes 99 per cent bedside manner.

[–] Tregetour 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Smear campaign

A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.[1] It makes use of discrediting tactics. It can be applied to individuals or groups. Common targets are public officials, politicians, political candidates, activists, and ex-spouses. The term also applies in other contexts, such as the workplace.[2] The term smear campaign became popular around 1936.[3] [Wikipedia[

[–] Tregetour 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look everyone, it's the season 37 opener of I'm not going to use the great tool because people I don't like are also using the great tool!

[–] Tregetour 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Tregetour 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Every one of us has a thousand different kinds of little people inside of us, and some of them want to get out and be wild, and some want to be sad or happy or inventive, or even just go dancing! That's why we all have so many different urges at different times. And all those different little people inside of us: we must never be afraid to take them with us wherever we go. Who knows when we may need one of them to pop up and rescue us from ourselves! Variety, my dear Alex. The great secret is not the variety of life, it's the variety of us.

[–] Tregetour 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Australia tried this in the early noughties I believe - running a non-public URL blacklist. After some parliamentary accountability and commmitees got it cracked open, they found that about 10% of the sites met the definition for inclusion, with the remainder being a grab-bag of things various politicians and bureaucrats didn't like.

[–] Tregetour 2 points 1 month ago

Yep she's a superb actor.

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