"UNRWA report says israel coerced some agency employees..."
So the UNRWA has investigated itself and came to the conclusion that it is innocent.
So each side now claims they are 100% in the right, but neither has provided any evidence.
if you reported leftists to subreddit mods nothing happened. if you reported them to anti-evil operation (indians who get paid minimum wage) they got banned. for stuff like "I wish I could punch a nazi".
will be interesting to see how ai will do that in the future.
The steam group is now over 250k people large. Of course we can argue how large it would be if there was no outrage from them, but that is speculation.
But the group now exists. What do you think the higher ups who care about profit only see that 250k people will most likely not buy your game when you consult with SBI. And those are the people who bothered enough to join said group. How large is the real number who will not buy your game?
Suddenly it starts to be "DEI doesn't sell you more games". And when that happens they lose their money as well as their influence.
The problem is that we generally have freedom of speech in everyday life. I mean guess how often I was insulted and have insulted people here? I and my "victim" could've gone to the police at any time. But we don't. Same when you insult the local politician at a rally. You are free to insult him and life continues for everyone.
So essentially we have those laws, but they are rarely releveant.
A few years ago a (now total leftist) comedian (Böhmermann) called Erdogan (president of Turkey) a "goat fucker". This lead to § 103 StGB (insulting foreign leaders/kings/....) to be removed from our constitution. Basically allowing "Hey, you can insult others". So honestly we were moving towards a more "freedom of speech" society.
Of course now looking at which political side is in the government, there's no surprise that we are moving back to that. The GDR was a always a leftists dream.
And today I read that they plan to use an "AI" developed in Germany to try to autodetect hate speech online and persecute the authors.
Unlikely tbh. First he was held at IK-3 prison, which is bumfuck nowhere.To even get there is a task, getting there unnoticed even more. If the CIA has the capabilities to do so, would they risk showing that for Navalny?
I also doubt that him dying now is really changing something in regards to the upcoming elections. Putin has too much control to steal the election. Unrests will be dealt with just like anti-war protests at the start of the war.
I don't see something to gain from a Western perspective.
From Putin's perspective there's also not much to do. We know that Navalny had connection to the world outside the prison, like with video calls during court appearances. I heard, but don't know & didn't check, that he was still pushing anti-Putin narratives during those. That might be a reason for Putin to kill him, but the timing seems off. Wait until after the elections and it's easier.
I personally go with the good old explanation: A man was sent to basically a death camp where he was not supposed to return from. He was often denied medical aid in recent years. Putin doesn't think he's important to keep him alive. So I say, natural death. It was coming rather sooner than later to someone like him.
Meanwhile the real shills are concern-trolling in innocent looking threads, asking the curator to stop focusing solely on Sweet Baby, dropping their name from the curator name and start focusing on all 'consultation' studios.
Yeah most likely.
Sharing a fitting story from Germany: there's a twitter account called "ÖRR blog" (öffentlich rechtlicher rundfunk - free public radio our "independent" media that we have to pay totally not taxes for).
It basically focused on interviews of those media and their "totally random" interview partners. They basically google the name that is showed and say "Hey, this totally random person is a politician for party X". Or "She works for a company that works for party Y". Most often the government / leftist parties are mentioned.
Then another twitter account showed up "örr-blog-blog" and said "Hey, there were farmer protests and you didn't mention that the same happened with CDU/CSU politicians". Answer "we didn't get submissions, but we can work together if you want that". Of course no answer.
Another comment: "Strange that we got targeted for the lack of reporting on a certain topic, and not the media who didn't do proper reporting in the first place."
The current shill tactic is "If you notice X, then you also need to make sure you notice Y and Z as well! Or you're evil!". But they will never offer help.
It's almost any tech company, not limited to gaming ones.
multiple reasons. overhiring during covid, shit economy, realizing that you don't need as many people (twitter shwoed that to everyone), drying up of investor funds, ...
iirc some ceo said "2023 was the year of layoffs". 2024 will be "the year of company closures".
Yeah, a group of kids dancing to shitty music at a party and having fun. And that is somehow a problem?
If you honestly think that is the problem with western women, you honestly have no clue. And should definitely get out of the house more.
if you believe that it's bad that people have a list what you worked on... do you truly believe in what you did as work?
just take a look at your average resume. people are proud to mention all the projects they worked on. so why is sweet baby so different? (we all know the answer)
Yeah, I like making my own naan bread (yeah, I like Indian food).
It's cheaper and tastes better than "normal" supermarket bought stuff. And I enjoy the process a bit occasionally (can make large amounts and freeze the dough).
But if the store bought stuff would be better? I would find something else to make that I enjoy.
People REALLY don't like the fact that some people are just bad eggs.
Their entire world concept is build around it though. If everyone is just the result of their environment then personal fault doesn't exist. And everyone can be saved.
So if you forgive the most evil person that might change them, right? It also shows the people around you how virtuous you are by being able to forgive even the most evil person.
Oh and even when people see you as the bad egg. Still not your fault ;)
I think I contributed to a gofundme (or at least something similar) once. Was around the early years of wow (I want to say bc, but could be early wotlk as well). I was listening to "blu plz" a WoW radio show from Totalbiscuit (way before he blew up). Back then he got into flame wars on the official wow forums.
It was a crowdfunding for the surgery for some cat that had hydrocephalus. Don't know in what way TB knew the owner of the kitten, but he basically said the owner couldn't afford it. Wasn't a ton of money - low single digit thousand I think (!).
I donated $10. Why? The whole internet community crowdfunding thing was new. And $10 to help a cat, why the fuck not?
I do remember there were some updates & pics post surgery via TB, so it wasn't a complete scam.
Why are people like this? Our society is so fucked. We're literally incentivizing the worst kinds of people in society.
Big part is just luck. Be at the right time at the right place and some idiot boosts your crowdfunding and you get to be viral. Congratulations - you are set for live. Similar in other online activities like youtube & twitch & co. Or even video games in general - random famous streamer enjoys your game? Congrats, you hit the jackpot, while a better game might not get the attention. Hell a shit game might get more attention, because it is shit.
And your last sentence is true. If you can - be a scammer. I mean with the recent AI craze just look into generating women's pics (train a proper lora) and go on onlyfans & similar shit. Take the money from lonely losers. And I know that some people are doing that - but you could also get some of the cake. If you have no morals.
They removed it quite fast and "totally was not intentional, we filed a charge with police".
During the festival some people said similar things on stage though. "We respect the individual opininon of every individual".
Btw: While it is custom to invite every politician to the Berlinale the AfD got no invites, cause they're the evil ones. ;)
It's intentional. They even admit it on their own page that it has nothing to do with beauty pageants of the past and is now about "diversity & female empowerment".
Except the name obviously. Cause they need the name for the grift and cannot build something on their own.
From the FAQ (autotranslated):
"Why do we still need MISS GERMANY today and what is our motivation?
Miss Germany has long since ceased to be a beauty pageant and has three years ago to become the first mover for female empowerment. While "world peace" is still being promoted in the global arena and and Vaseline is smeared on teeth, we have replaced the catwalk and crown replaced by mission & megaphone. [...] We do not deny our past, but take responsibility for changing the present and the future. Especially in this, transforming the former beauty pageant into a contemporary platform and an award for female empowerment."
"Can I apply even if I was born abroad or live abroad?
One world, one unit. This is the motto of this year's selection process for the future MISS GERMANY. Even though the title explicitly states that the future incumbent should be a "German woman", we would like to replace birthright with affiliation. This means: you were born in Germany OR you have German citizenship (even if you don't live in Germany) OR you have two different citizenships OR you live in Germany, then nothing stands in the way of your application. We celebrate diversity, and that doesn't stop at skin color, sexual identity or your place of birth."
"I don't have an extraordinary talent or a special story, but do I still have a good chance?
MISS GERMANY offers a platform to every woman who wants to make a lasting change in the world and has a mission. You tell your own individual story. We love you and your personality, which makes you special and unique. There is no better reason to become MISS GERMANY, right?"
"If I give something a label that I perceive as bad, then other people will also perceive it as bad, and thus people will hate it and I don't have to argue my side".
It's just the typical "You're a nazi!" they've used. But just like the nazi insult I doubt it really means anything by now.