Cancel and woke culture is about Harrison Bergeroning competitors.
That’s it.
Month: July 2020
It’s Bananas
I used to be meh on banana pudding but j cafe has showed me the way https://t.co/Kt0RYDVXRP
— Melissa McEwen (@melissamcewen) July 12, 2020
My banana pudding will make you get religion. I’ve never had any banana pudding at a restaurant even 1/2 as good as mine. That one probably isn’t either.
Same Story
That is NOT a good explanation on the TikTok stuff. TikTok mines private data on a level that Facebook would only wish it dares to. By law, TikTok has to hand over data to the Chinese government when needs be, which can be used for purposes much worse than selling you a desk 1/ https://t.co/zsOMJfCDIa
— Vicky Xiuzhong Xu (@xu_xiuzhong) July 12, 2020
Seeing the usual assclown libs come out of the woodwork to say that not wanting to use TikTok is racist — the same morons who said social distancing and wearing facemasks was racist four months ago.
Get Out
If we could expatriate every person who refused and refuses to wear a mask in public to another country (doesn’t matter which one), this country would suddenly become a lot better.
Had I the power, I’d do it in a second. Congratulations, you are now a citizen of Lesotho. Enjoy.
Existence
A sure sign that cancel culture exists is how many people say it doesn’t exist. Kind of like neoliberalism that way.
Thoughtless
People like to say that “AI doesn’t think.”
The truth is, neither do humans most of the time. How much thinking do I do, how much time do I spent in thought? Maybe half a percent of my lived time, and I am probably in the top 0.001% of people.
AI doesn’t think. Humans don’t think. It’s all a sham.
Carpe Clade
"Fumbling" the Covid response is completely in the interest of the wealthiest and most powerful Americans. https://t.co/okohoUMsoU
— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) July 12, 2020
Indeed. This isn’t an accident, nor regular incompetence. This is a seized opportunity. Welcome to (more) serfdom.
Concordance
100%. How did we arrive at this notion that you must agree with everything someone thinks in order to appreciate their work? People are so anxious to ensure that other people's views conform to their own and it's not feasible.
— Rebecca Druce (@rebecca_druce) July 7, 2020
I hardly agree — even remotely — with anyone alive, so if I used this liberal criterion I’d never be able to watch, read, or listen to anything.
Liberals are ridiculously fucking stupid, but conservatives alas are very ridiculously fucking stupid, so here we are.
Depressing
Over 10,000 US retail stores will likely close in 2020: jobs gone, not coming back. No program to revive retail, cope with social damage of store closures. More system failure.https://t.co/Dkf0H8iHtI
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) July 11, 2020
Centrist: It’ll be fine. Sure. Looks good.
Reality: It only gets worse from here.
Sir Nukes-a-Lot
Elimination of pandemic transfer payments and returning to Feb levels of government spending would generate a $2 trillion demand shortfall, which is roughly equivalent to nuking Manhattan, San Francisco, Chicago, and Houston simultaneously. https://t.co/oGZdADB8c5
— Quantian (@quantian1) July 11, 2020
Holy fuck, we are so screwed.
Don’t Rely
Vox: Explain the News https://t.co/zCLILkp81W
— strategy consultant (@neoliberal_dad) July 11, 2020
Our “experts,” ladies and gentleman. Just a reminder.
Why Cancel
"There is no such thing as cancel culture"
followed by a justification of cancel culture.
We all know this is a choice a lot of people are taking or being intimidated into taking by dominant cultural forces in society right now. That's why we call it cancel *culture* not law. https://t.co/M8bMenifxr
— Helen Pluckrose – Audiobook? Yes. Read by me? Yes (@HPluckrose) July 11, 2020
Cancel culture is real, and it’s usually most perpetrated by those who say “there’s no such thing as cancel culture.”
However, to understand it one must examine what’s really occurring. Cancel culture has nothing to do with morality or expiation of past sins — and it has everything to do with competition over a declining number of high-quality professional jobs. That’s why it’s actually worsening during the pandemic, as more of those jobs evaporate, never to return.
Plex
This is how you think like an idiot.
A couple of months ago, I remember arguing that it would be fairly easy to restart the economy once we had defeated COVID-19. My reasoning was pretty simple: unlike a normal recession, which breeds a tremendous amount of uncertainty, an artificial recession can be brought to a clean end.
That’s just not how the economy works. It’s not how any complex system works. It’s a frankly child’s-level view of a system like the economy. How do people become this clueless?
Banned Together
I feel so active about this. Nothing's made me feel this hyped and angry in years. I want to write somebody or go protest. I would literally go protest in the streets about this. Or cry. I feel dumb if I cry about this but I think it might happen. I read all those subs so much.
— Aella (@Aella_Girl) July 11, 2020
Many of the subreddits I used to read are now banned, too. Not ideologically correct enough. I feel the same way she does, though I don’t care quite that much. The range of permitted discussion is ever-narrowing.
Slap
I did not know who else had signed that letter. I thought I was endorsing a well meaning, if vague, message against internet shaming. I did know Chomsky, Steinem, and Atwood were in, and I thought, good company.
The consequences are mine to bear. I am so sorry.
— Jennifer Finney Boylan 🐕 (@JennyBoylan) July 7, 2020
If you ever see me this weak and pitiful and loser-ish, fucking slap the shit out of me. Just do it. I’ll deserve it. Don’t hesitate. Haul off and let me have it.