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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • I disagree with it being a streamer thing. Not all streamers are like this. I think it’s more of a “streamer whose fame is partially due to how confident they sound” kind of thing. There have been situations where streamers became mad popular just because of how confident and cool they sounded, probably because the viewers also wanted to become confident and cool, even if those same streamers later ended up becoming hated by almost everyone after a few months. They try to look cool by pretending that they know what they’re talking about all the time. To back down of an opinion or judgement would destroy that façade, so streamers of this kind keep making shit up when they don’t understand something, and keep doubling down on everything they’ve ever said. The viewers either quit watching because they realize what’s going on, or become more accustomed to such toxic behaviour, maybe even deeming it acceptable. I think that’s why the audiences of these streamers also end up being kind of toxic. They start treating the streamers as one of the only sources of truth in the world, and everything else as wrong, just because the streamers sound like they really know what they’re talking about. And some of them might even acquire the same behaviour.

    I think this is how it works, but I might be wrong. I’m no specialist.






  • I think this post is about rules of society. But even if I’m mistaken, it doesn’t feel very hard to give a simple, even if a bit shallow, explanation of why rules must be followed in the nuclear industry.

    “Follow this rule.”
    “Why?”
    “Because, if you don’t, the process isn’t as efficient and/or things can become dangerous. If you really want a more in-depth answer to it, you’d have to study a lot about the history of this rule. I can kind of explain it, but if I were to explain it right now, we’d be here for hours, which is not time we have right now.”
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  • You’re right. You can also learn a lot about the culture and society around you because of that questioning, even if you end up still following the rules.

    On the other hand, what’s there to gain from following the rules without question and forcing others to do the same? The only thing I can imagine right now that could be gained is the feeling that you are helping society “stay in the right track”.

    This means that there are about 3 options:

    1. Learn something new;
    2. Continue to follow the rules without question while trying to force others to not learn something new, and feel good about it.
    3. Do nothing and continue to follow the rules (you’re not bothered enough to learn something new, but also don’t want to be a pain in the ass);

    Notice that when questioning the rules, you might come to the conclusion that there’s no harm in following the rules, or that following the rules is what’s the best for you or those around you. Questioning ≠ opposing. Question = checking validity and understanding why.

    For the reasons Michael has outlined above, questioning the rules feels like the most productive approach.









  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzWe're losing
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    14 days ago

    Clockwise order isn’t the same as reading order. The correct order is:

    1. The top left image (because it says “from top left”)
    2. The top right image
    3. The bottom right image
    4. The bottom left corner

    It helps if you imagine a circle around the images with arrows pointing in clockwise direction, like this:

    Drawing of 4 squares in a 2x2 grid, which represent the pictures. A circle with arrows pointing in a clockwise direction surrounds the squares. The squares are numbered according to the order described above.

    (EDIT: I made a correction to the drawing. I put the wrong order in the original drawing.)

    They could have just put the images in reading order though, especially when there are only 4 of them. It would be way less confusing :/