• VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I literally just had someone on this site call me sad for looking up statistics to see if a claim a celebrity made was true

    We’re fucked y’all

    • Folstar@lemmus.org
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      23 hours ago

      Bro, you’re supposed to just read the title then rage dump the first thing that comes to mind. Could you even imagine what the world would be like if people took the time to back up their claims with evidence? If people gave measured responses to this crazy thing we call life, slowly unwinding all the nonsense!? If being thoughtful was what dictated success instead of driving engagement regardless of positive or negative?!?

      Yeah, neither can I.

    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      I’ve shocked for years that somehow humanity even came this far, 20% of the population must be doing some heavy lifting keeping the other 80% afloat

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        10 hours ago

        I mean, hordes of clerks and ‘unskilled’ workers are still mostly necessary so that food and goods to feed, house and clothe the 20% are delivered properly. Otherwise it would be Ayn Rand’s utopia where geniuses make stuff all day while being supplied by magic.

        • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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          4 hours ago

          True we need everyone to keep the system going but maintenance isn’t progress, few can push the envelope in a meaningful way, while many can ruin the progress made and create a backslide into shittier times

      • taxon@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        Ooh, let me guess… They spelled it as “ya’ll,” or was it a simple miskey?

        • njm1314@lemmy.world
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          22 hours ago

          I didn’t. They spelled it wrong so I posted the correct way. Then they edited without marking it. Which is kinda lame really.