man alive is technically correct; more accurate statements would be "White America’s apathy toward police killings of Black men just proves they don't give a shit about the treatment of Black people" and “Global warming inaction demonstrates how much our politicians don't care about the existence of the world past their lifetimes.”
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
however, anyone capable of parsing sentiment should be able to understand what those original examples are driving at so it really is just splitting semantics for the sake of splitting semantics
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
hmm
fair
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
DJP has parsed those the same way as I did. Apathy becomes indistinguishable from directed harm when it’s unyielding
some philosophers may say differently, etc etc
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
and also indistinguishable from tacitly condoning
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
to the outside observer, you are just a guy staring blankly as it happens
Just a guy who thinks we shouldn’t do something to make these things not happen
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
Apathy becomes indistinguishable from directed harm when it’s unyielding
brb, getting this as a tattoo
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Sure, but there are many evils in the world at a given time. You can't be said to be actively supporting anything you aren't actively opposing, it wouldn't even be possible to actively oppose everything.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
Or, you can say it's bad on facebook, check a box, and you're no longer complicit?
man alive did you get vaccinated against covid-19
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
? of course
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 8 July 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
I guess going back to the original thing, my experience with antivaxxers is that their reasoning is a few steps removed from reality, and usually includes believing that their kids won't actually get those diseases for whatever reasons ("natural immunity," use of homeopathic immunity boosters etc). I guess it's possible that the grossly twisted thinking of an antivaxxer sometimes grows out of struggles with having a severely autistic child, even though it tends to take a life of its own from there.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 8 July 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
been a banner 24hrs for this thread imo
― imago, Monday, 16 August 2021 12:26 (two years ago) link
tbf being trench about this stuff was a formative experience for many of us I'm sure
― rob, Monday, 16 August 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
not to mention that everyone I agree with is otm
― rob, Monday, 16 August 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
Benmont Trench
― subpoena colada (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 August 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
Found a book, this is gonna be great pic.twitter.com/78BDQ2Sqas— Kiki Rosecrans (@KikiRosecrans) September 10, 2021
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 September 2021 05:47 (two years ago) link
truth is now .. an opinion— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) November 25, 2016
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 October 2021 07:04 (two years ago) link
don't look up don't look up amirite
― imago, Monday, 27 December 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
if you look up, the ruling classes do a shit on you. is that about the gist of it?
― peace, man, Monday, 27 December 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
i skimmed that thread and chaki had the best responses
― sarahell, Monday, 27 December 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
Back in the 90's, The Simpsons made fun of America and the world. Did things that were out there because it's seem to fit the animated world.Now 33 years later, the world is becoming to like The Simpsons pic.twitter.com/jvkDeriG6C— Out of Context Simpsons Couch Gags (@OOCCouchGags) January 20, 2022
― mh, Friday, 21 January 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
The real March Madness is taking place in Ukraine at the hands of Putin aggression.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 20, 2022
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 March 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
oof
― na (NA), Monday, 21 March 2022 00:33 (two years ago) link
i was gonna say that the modern world is starting to make trenchant feel simply accurate but that's a great example of how this is still a thing
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 March 2022 00:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/oct/04/david-squires-on-going-to-the-match-2022-ls-lowry
my god, it's full of trench
― saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 11:34 (one year ago) link
I assume Telsa will eventually use the subscription model for braking
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 24 October 2022 17:15 (nine minutes ago) link
the typo really makes it
― na (NA), Monday, 24 October 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
A new British song (genre: folk) pic.twitter.com/L6KSuhNlPO— Jonathan Coe (@jonathancoe) April 12, 2023
― soref, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 11:27 (one year ago) link
I'm no expert but this doesn't read as very folky to me, if I imagine this set to music it's more like some kind of poor man's Instant Sunshine or something
― soref, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 11:28 (one year ago) link
That has made me a gbnews/fascist minion meme guy
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 11:39 (one year ago) link
this guy gets it
https://i.imgur.com/GoEsOb8.jpg
― mark s, Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:05 (one year ago) link
it's smaller than i imagined
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:07 (one year ago) link
love that
― imago, Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:31 (one year ago) link
Kids these days reserve their solemnity for Tiktok reels
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Monday, 18 December 2023 20:04 (sixteen minutes ago) link
― na (NA), Monday, 18 December 2023 20:21 (five months ago) link