#nosatire — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nosatire, aggregated by home.social.
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"So, what kind of social security system will we put into place?"
"I think John's suggestion is too nice."
"How come?"
"Well, if we implement it, people will be too comfortable, you know."
"Oh?"
"Yes, we should implement Bill's suggestion."
"Why?"
"It provides just the right level between being comfortable, and being scared shitless about one's future."
"Hmm..."
"We can't allow people to be too comfortable, you know. Otherwise, they might not accept the terrible conditions we offer for housing, food, and work."
"I see."
"I think we're done here. Let's go hunt peasants."
"Jolly good!"
#capitalism #SocialSecurity #comfort #ScaredShitless #housing #food #work #peasants #JollyGood #NoSatire
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"Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed in unusual sighting near logging area"
:catthinking:
"Uncontacted" you say?
I don't talk often about this, but on my path from my bachelor's degree in computer engineering to my master's in South Asia studies, I did a detour through art, and anthropology.
I remember how my anthropology teacher talked about supposedly "uncontacted" tribes of the Amazon that so-and-so had "found."
The "uncontacted" bit turned out to be hogwash. They were uncontacted only if you ignored all the other folks with whom they had regular contact.
:holdthepain:
I put this into the same category as Columbus "discovering" America.
Journalists... so gullible...
:headache:
#AmazonTribe #AmazonRiver #uncontacted #hogwash #anthropology #discovery #journalism #journalists #gullible #NoSatire
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"Couple drowns in rip current while on vacation with their kids in Florida"
😭
These people did not have to die. If you listen to the news piece, you'll learn that they just did not know how to handle a rip current.
Don't fight it!
Don't FUCKING fight it!
You let the current take you out. Then you swim parallel to the shore, and when you're far enough you can swim back to the shore.
They did not have to drown...
#USNews #Florida #drowning #death #RipCurrent #NoSatire #serious
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/couple-drowns-rip-current-vacation-kids-florida-111307495
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"New Mexico’s ‘Earthships’ offer unique model for living off the grid"
The honeymoon of my ex-wife and me was in New Mexico.
Guess what?
We stayed in a couple of Earthships. It was nice.
#earthships #NewMexico #OffTheGrid #honeymoon #NoSatire
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-mexicos-earthships-offer-unique-model-for-living-off-the-grid
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"Boy Scouts of America announces new gender-neutral name – and conservatives aren’t taking it well"
I'm happy with this decision. I was a boy scout, in Canada. I don't see why the whole thing needs to be gendered in the first place.
I do support the conservatives' right to boycott the organization. More fun for the rest of us.
#USNews #USPol #FuckingConservatives #Conservatives #BoyScoutsOfAmerica #GenderBinary #GenderNeutral #NoSatire
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/08/boy-scouts-of-america-rebrand/
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"Instagram censors sweet photo of gay dads holding newborn for ‘graphic’ and ‘upsetting’ content"
:headache:
Upsetting to whom? Homophobes, that's who. Idiots!
#USNews #Instagram #cencorship #graphic #upsetting #NoSatire #gay #queer #homophobia
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/15/gay-dads-censored-instagram/
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"A Michigan computer science major says he sent out 456 internship applications and only got 3 offers"
The kid finally got an offer, but that's after 456 applications.
:catthinking:
This kid is the best placed to get a job. He's young. He's naive. However, he has to send 456 applications.
What are my chances? Offices are awful for #autistic people. (Interesting tidbit: I need a couple of naps during the day. I don't know of an office environment that would allow this, and that's only one of my issues.)
Add to this the fact that my experience at this point is both underqualified and overqualified, due to my complex background.
:hide_the_pain_harold: