zbyte64

joined 1 year ago
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago

3 times the budget for the Marines. Crazy

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 51 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Says people should learn to speak English in America, cuts funding for English learning.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

Eh, we need a cultural shift that neuters marketing or else people will always be subject to the whims of those with capital.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For whatever reason we are not understanding each other. I don't think I can restate it any more clearly. I guess we just have to leave it at that.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Let me put it another way. You are wrong in regards to trans participation in sports but not because you are being a contrarian. You are also wrong to use your contrarian stance to justify your opinion. Hopefully that clears things up.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong because you're contrarian, most of the people here fall into the category. What I am saying is that using the fact that an opinion is contrarian is not evidence that it is correct.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most of the additional ridership [that] was identified cannibalized other lines. You’re taking people who are paying on other lines, and they were just getting a free ride.

What a bizarre way to measure the success or failure of a program.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

The new talking point is that man made climate change is real but burning oil isn't causing the world to warm. But that does mean we can geoengineer our climate to be cooler. 🙃

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

It's frankly disgusting to compare this to people wanting free Netflix. I know that's not exactly what's happening here but I think we're loosing the plot.

Contrarian has a definition, it isn't relative to what my opinion is but the mainstream. The point is you're using the fact that your opinions are contrarian as evidence that your opinions are correct. It is funny.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Like I said elsewhere, you're competing with the internet for the most contrarian take. You revealed that trans athletes is not an issue you support because they are such a small group of the whole. But when you feel insecure or challenged about your "hot take" you do the contrarian line of "it's impossible for 100% of the people on the group to agree" as if this is a matter of opinion and not facts. As long as it is rooted in opinions, you are free to claim the most contrarian take possible.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 1 week ago (10 children)

T is only one letter of 4+. And trans-women is only half of T. And athlete trans women is a small subset of that. And athlete trans women that want to play in women's leagues are a subset of that.

Wow that's revealing more than you probably wanted.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, this is just a contrarian contest.

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