And so do the US, and especially Musk. So what happens when an unnstoppable force meets an immovable obect?

Looks like you’ve got a good community going there. Not sure i have much to contribute, but we do have some crossover with the associated communities.

I’m not a big fan of those absolute firehoses though. It would be impossible to read as much as they post, and therefore they can’t have much invested or interest in the subjects which is bad for discussion and reminds me of the reasons for disliking AI slop.

I started posting by picking the communuty for the place i live and trying to post local and independent media and special interest groups articles about/in the context of that place.

Its benefits are,

• It creates activity on the fediverse that is unique, and the more interesting for it.
• You’ll be promoting the voices of those less often heard.
• You can also help local and independent media with readers and exposure. Its seen as more of an offline problem of media concentration, but i think theres online solutions for the surviving publications.

If you look through my history you’ll see my posts to c/Perth/WesternAustralia there are ebbs and flows in interest but the key point is when something happens, say a protest, or a pub banning some nazis the community is there ready for the users, active and established.

If you go to the sidebar of that community, and all the communities i moderate i have gathered in each a host of resources for people to refer to for articles and information in regards each of those communities. It also helps me to have easy access to those publishers as i look for something i find interesting.

So i don’t know what city or State you live in, but if theres a place based server, or a generalist server that hosts a community for it, i’d start posting there. If it looks abandoned maybe jump onto that servers c/meta and request to become the moderator. That’ll give you the ability to change things like the sidebar and participate in managing misbehaviour if/when users post things off topic/against the rules for the community.

See you in fediverse ;)

Edit: oh, also posting is a piece of active fun, instead of waiting passivley for something to entertain you. So its fun in a different way to scrolling feeds, or commenting.

Everybodies building rockets to get to the asteroids to mine them, but it’ll be Australian mining companies that do the mining.

Cool, stalagmites but different got it! 😂 I’ll look him up. I’ve heard the name, author and book, never given them a proper look though.

Ooh cool! Will check out. I just went to the first to return in search. Actually second link, i went to wikipedia first.

Oh yeah, i had that same thought about Trantor. The books Are really great so far, i picked up this 4 in 1 book from the local vinnies/thrift store. Only problem with reading them like this is, i can tell i’ll get confused between these four, and which
events occured in which book.

Its been two or three years now since i dipped out, the way you describe using the ‘don’t recommend’ and ‘not interested’ options seems to have a clearer result than when i last used them. If they’ve changed that functionality in the meantime i’m glad.

Yeah, some of peoples suggestions here are good. I liked that user who only looks at their subscribed channels tab, if i ever go back maybe i’d try that. Though the only youtuber i miss is adamsomething, one day i might jump onto his patreon.

Oh cool, reminds me of the C&C underground missions in Red Alert, taking Tanya through the base. I always took so long with those missions, but i’m a natural turtler.

What are the two communities?

I only ask out of general interest as its such a specific number, if you’re not comfortable sharing, don’t feel obliged.

Oh yeah, my bad. I’s on the Jerboa app. I think the video functionality was just added in this last update.

Edit: Actually, cheers, this was maybe more of a question for the Jerboa community.

This auto plays, and opens the video when tapped instead of pausing.

Had a quick look on settings and there wasn’t a switch to have autoplay turned off.

Does anyone know where an autoplay or a pause switch is?

Ha, cheese addiction has gotta be a thing with dogs.

My dog knows the sound the cheese container makes very well. That fuckers come in from outside when we’ve got that container out in the past.

I’ve stopped giving him cheese now, (i think i read its toxic for dogs), so he doesn’t care so much about when we get it out. I wonder if the sound gives him happy reminiscences though?

Its gettin put through the crusher as soon as posession is taken.

I’m going to give you an argument describing why i think you’re correct but also why you’re getting pushback. I’m basing this off the greek discursive appeal structures i’ve been reading about lately, because its fun to try to apply them here.

Firstly, if people say its a great ‘scientific study’ where you hear it, correct them. Its sad but thats often all we can reasonably do. If they refer to it as a great study in humanity, then maybe it is. After all Supersize Me was about the mostly unconsidered and wildly successful upselling technique that had passed into the culture of the time. So, what does that say about us?

Pathos

Supersize Me is an exercise mostly based on an appeal to Pathos. An argument based around an emotional appeal.

My stab at the key emotional switch employed would be turning the blasé attitude around the then common, comfortable upselling practice “would you like that supersized?”, to a feeling of angst when those words are spoken. I think Supersize Me was largely successful in that appeal.

Emotional switch: Blasé->Angst.

I found Michael Moore’s documentary styles also relied heavily on Pathos. So maybe the style was de rigeur at the time.

The big question is, did these documentary makers pass from persuasion into manipulation? This is the same as the question your asking when refering to his undisclosed alcoholism during filming. Which is why i think you’re argument that the documentary wasn’t fairly done is right. Theres a manipulation at its heart.

But that doesn’t defeat the very real effects that emotional switch from blasé->angst about the practice had.

So a successful but manipulative documentary?

Logos

The argument i read in your comments assumes the documentary should primarily appeal to logos. Or a persuasion tactic based in logic. No controlled experiments for example.

While there are probably plenty of examples of this throughout the documentary, I wouldn’t say this is the primary appeal he relies on.

The obvious conclusions of the poor diet is a good example of an appeal to logos. But not very persuasive on its own, because no one needed to watch it to draw the conclusion that poor diets equal poor health. At least most didn’t.

Another thought,

Its a documentary, its not necessarily an exercise in absolute honesty. Few documentaries can claim such an authoritative place.

I think its maybe why Louis Theroux has belatedly become so highly respected. Not because he was authoritative in the beginning, but so much of what he presented has since been borne out. Maybe his documentary series matched the changing realisations of the times, so have had a kind of Kairos?

Is it a book about how Russia becomes the world’s hegemon, or how it beats the US/West/Atlanticists?

What does it say in relation to East Asia?

Most interestingly China, considering today’s context, but thinking about the time it was written Japan might’ve been more pertinent in their thinking.

Only a communist deals in absolutes! … wait… thats not it…

Yeah, but they need to be sneakier as they steal away through the grocery store doors. Those doors are a funnel for awkward moments.

What i hate is when someone gets offended i don’t initially recognise them when they’ve got half their face covered.

Take the fucken glasses off and say hi properly you awkward ass bastards! I got shit to do, and i don’t need to feel bad for the next half hour because you made me squint to recognise who the fuck you are!