Notices by 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org@qoto.org)

I think 4chan is a shit hole and do not in any way approve of them mocking BLM or the movement.

The reason I share this however is to point out the generally harmful group think of people being activists right now, to the extent it is hurting the movement.

4chan consistently has success in these matters. Right now its Bald for BLM which seems to be catching on, and not that long ago they managed to trick everyone into thinking the OK hand gesture was a white supremacist hand gesture and even managed to get it on a list of hate speech.

When 4chan is this successful at manipulating people simply by making something look popular, when that is the only criteria for success, its time to reevaluate the underlying mentality driving our activism.

This one is for @design_RG

LOL this meme kinda has a point....

Casu Marzu is a type of intentionally rotten cheese eaten in certain regions of italy.

I'm not sure if I'd have the stomach to try it but I guarantee you if i ever do the maggots are going to be removed first...

Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed, diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping. Some who eat the cheese prefer not to ingest the maggots. Those who do not wish to eat them place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten.

@Siedge Thanks, personal freedom is important. Not to mention there are many reasons a block could be harmful to well meaning local users.

Take the GAB block. We have users on our server who specifically asked me not to block gab because they monitored accounts on gab for possible hate speech (for example Milo's account). To them it is a safety matter as they want to be aware when/if milo were to dox someone in their community. So to them even though they despise GAB as a platform not blocking is a safety measure for them.

In the end the power should be with the user, I cant predict why or how they might want to follow someone. What matters to me is how our users behave, not what posts they happen to choose to read for whatever reason.

@sean Valid point. thing is, he isnt even proposing a reasonable healthcare system. Yea the USA has a horrific system, but the system he proposes is modeled after other countries where the healthcare is also abysmal just in different ways. I'm just as scared of his healthcare proposals as his other proposals.

Lets not forget he tried to implement it in his home state and it was so poorly done that they had to rescind the laws a few years later due to crippling costs and a decline in the quality of care in other ways.

I'm all for healthcare reform but no one is bothering to come up with any that isnt just modeled after failed systems.

The thing is, none of his proposals are well designed. So either he gets nothing through, in which case he is an ineffective president and that has its own issues. Or he does make some portion of changes in line with his proposals to some degree and winds up making things worse.