I have always thought that billboards should be one of the main political messaging tools. The FOX crowd live in a resonance chamber, but they can't avoid driving or walking by billboards. Intelligently designed billboards can be devastating, and can't be tuned out.
They should not be anecdotal, a lot of money and effort should be put in them.
There is no longer any belief that is so outrageous that you can't find many people that genuinely hold it. Plain text is bereft of the unconscious social cues that could get around that problem, so there is no way to tell sarcasm just through print.
You're not 100 percent wrong. But if something is so ludicrous that you cant possibly imagine a person actually saying it, it should be obvious that it is sarcasm (assuming youre reading it in your native language).
Also, you talk about social cues, right? What about deadpan comedy? There are 0 social cues. The jokes are spoken exactly the same as when they speak regular dialogue.
But really my main point was "I dont know if the people on this site are dumber than, as smart as, or smarter than the people on reddit". Because reddit is filled with so many pseudointellectual virtue signaling shit bags and the moderation is a joke. I got permabanned for crossposting a text post from one subreddit about a specific topic, to another subreddit about the exact same topic. I read every single rule on the main site and both subs after the ban and I didnt violate any. So I wasnt sure if I NEEDED to point out the obvious sarcasm, because as I said, no matter how obvious it is, some people are too stupid to see it.
Anyway I appreciate the intelligent well written response. That's already a step up from redshit.
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luthis@lemmy.nz · 94 pts · 61d
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-infertility-genetic-quote/
Had to fact check it, it wasn't malicious enough
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 61d
Oh this quote is much older than that guy's relevance. I wouldn't doubt he said it but he surely wouldn't have been the first.
rethnor@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 61d
The article does go on to remind us just how obsessed they are with sperm and testicles
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 61d
This platform never lets the facts get in the way of a story, do they?
Zombie@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 61d
This platform isn't a homogenous entity. You're also on this platform.
Welcome to the internet.
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 60d
Sir, this is a shitposting community. Facts and logic are not allowed.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 37 pts · 61d
I mean if your parents didn't have kids, you don't exist and thus cannot have kids. 🤷♂️
ozymandias117@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 61d
The term for the statement in formal logic is "vacuous truth"
The statement is true, because the antecedent can't be
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
Checkmate rationalist...
...or is it?
Caption@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
*How would it be checkmate when he doesn't exist? Think, people, THINK. *
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 61d
Yeah, it's technically true lol
If your parents were infertile than you wouldn't exist so you wouldn't have kids either.
Nothing in that sentence implies that you not being able to have kids means your parents couldn't have kids.
workerONE@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
What if your parents were adopted?
yakko@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 61d
Adoptedness is only partially heritable; if one of your parents is adopted, chances are you're 50% adopted too.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
I adopted my parents.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 61d
Found the cat.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 61d
Someone needs to start taking out billboards with direct quotes from this dude and Trump.
No slogans or message, just their own words.
Although Snopes think he never said it.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 61d
I have always thought that billboards should be one of the main political messaging tools. The FOX crowd live in a resonance chamber, but they can't avoid driving or walking by billboards. Intelligently designed billboards can be devastating, and can't be tuned out. They should not be anecdotal, a lot of money and effort should be put in them.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 60d
motruck@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 61d
Seriously. I can't believe this isn't parody.
village604@adultswim.fan · 22 pts · 61d
He's not technically wrong, though.
Infertile isn't the same thing as sterile, and treatments like IVF can help couples conceive when they wouldn't be able to naturally.
Many conditions that can cause infertility have genetic components.
Greg@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 60d
This isn't true. He says enough stupid things without having to make things up. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-robert-f-kennedy-233148881.html
Sausagecat@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 60d
shweddy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 61d
Brain problems run in his family
raman_klogius@ani.social · 5 pts · 61d
this completely absolves the worm 💯
mbp@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 61d
Infertility runs in my partner's family.
molten@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 61d
Ironic considering his parents didn't have any kids that lived.
Art3mis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 60d
100% of people born will die. Stay afraid.
Caption@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Wait....
Caption@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 60d
This man is a GENIUS!
Since I genuinely cant tell yet if this site is smarter or dumber than reddit, let me point out the fact that this is obvious sarcasm.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
There is no longer any belief that is so outrageous that you can't find many people that genuinely hold it. Plain text is bereft of the unconscious social cues that could get around that problem, so there is no way to tell sarcasm just through print.
manefraim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
This is a corollary to Poe's Law.
Caption@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 58d
You're not 100 percent wrong. But if something is so ludicrous that you cant possibly imagine a person actually saying it, it should be obvious that it is sarcasm (assuming youre reading it in your native language).
Also, you talk about social cues, right? What about deadpan comedy? There are 0 social cues. The jokes are spoken exactly the same as when they speak regular dialogue.
But really my main point was "I dont know if the people on this site are dumber than, as smart as, or smarter than the people on reddit". Because reddit is filled with so many pseudointellectual virtue signaling shit bags and the moderation is a joke. I got permabanned for crossposting a text post from one subreddit about a specific topic, to another subreddit about the exact same topic. I read every single rule on the main site and both subs after the ban and I didnt violate any. So I wasnt sure if I NEEDED to point out the obvious sarcasm, because as I said, no matter how obvious it is, some people are too stupid to see it.
Anyway I appreciate the intelligent well written response. That's already a step up from redshit.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
Wow. If stupidity was painful, this guy would scream at the top of his lungs.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 61d
I understand what he's saying he's just saying it badly. Like yea if you needed fertility treatments to conceive then your offspring may need it to.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 61d
Did you know Wombats poop cubes? Their intestines and pelvic structure shape the feces into perfect blocks that don't roll away—ideal for marking territory on rocks and uneven ground without it sliding off.
luthis@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 61d
I did. It's quite odd
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 61d
hmmm
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
If my parents couldn't have kids, I wouldn't have to listen to his bullshit
dawcas@scribe.disroot.org · 2 pts · 60d
Worm starved to death.
darkmogool@feddit.org · 1 pts · 61d
whait… the super spreader realy said this? xD
krisevol@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 60d
No. Check snopes.
ashenone@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 61d
Yall acting like people who are infertil can't adopt a kid smh
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Clearly and obviously talking about biological parents and kids.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
Nah then the kids that get adapt will be infirt
ashenone@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 61d
Exactly