I like the idea that someone mid fighting the fires, put down thier hose to reposnd to the tweet
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The office of the state fire marshal definitely did not put down a fire hose. Or get up from their desk. (or did I get wooshed?)
Too late. It's already become true, and another example of wokeness for your racist uncle to bang on about.
This is exactly why so many things just feel hopeless to me. The worst people have caught on to, and the parrots don't even realize, that you can just say literally anything and the occupants of your echo chamber will believe it immediately and then refuse to believe whatever reality actually is if it is presented to them by literally any other "outsider."
Hell even someone of the "in-group" who is not substantial enough will be outed as an "other" if they dare go against the initial message.
The knock-on effects of this also concern me. Largely, the only effective way I've seen to battle disinformation is to retreat to smaller spaces. The intensity and engagement driven content loop on all the major platforms just fuels the fire. Ultimately, to achieve a better admin:user ratio where the admins aren't idiots. While I wax nostalgic about my former BBS days, it feels like a giant step backwards to that. The quality on content is there and signal:noise ratio is sublime, but the amount of information, level of discourse, and widespread geographic socialization, isn't.
Since the election, I've retreated from most news sources and reddit. I kind of realized that more or less every headline was either a lie, clickbait, or blowing up a story that largely doesn't matter. I honestly haven't felt more relaxed in years.
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2100 retweets on the lie.
33 on the truth.
how do we even come back from this
The French had a similar issue in the tail end of the 1700's, perhaps we could draw inspiration from their work.
At the risk of being called an accelerationist, the fact of the matter is that the only way out is through.
I just assume things cannot be controlled, there is no direction, and the majority of the human race will be swimming in lies, disinformation and cat memes fur generations
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This is something AI would be good for
Have it search for specific misinformation and reply with a canned response with sources using an official account.
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Anyone politicizing the fires from the comfort of a place that isn’t burning to the ground, should immediately shut the fuck up.
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Like it's stupid how easy it is to make up misinformation and disinformation, compared to how much effort it takes to refute it. Humanity is doomed.
I could just as easily say: "The Oregon fire department couldn't get to the fires in time because they had been stopped by immigrant caravans, woke transgender hitchhikers and antifa mobs!!!!!!"
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Mila Joy fucks DONKEYS*.
Mila Joy is a HORSE FUCKER*.
Leave Xhitter while you can.
*It’s true, because lols
Is that Threads? Threads is a cesspool of incessant lies, rage- and engagement bait.
I mean I wouldn't ever live in California, but not because of what these talking maga skin piles keep saying. I just revise to live in a disaster-prone region. I mean California has a fire season. Fuuuuuck that. Same goes for hurricane territory.
Well, let us know when you find somewhere that doesn't have fire season, earthquakes, tornado season, hurricane season, blizzards, or avalanches.
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