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@chongliss Yep! I have been saying the same thing for years now.
Batman specifically, and the Joker, are both some of the major reasons I just can't stand being near comic book stuff anymore.
But it's not just Batman. When you start connecting the dots that most USia superheroes are just supercops and these literal ubermench's only concern is to be a policing force you see the propaganda wires propping up all these products for our entertainment.
I have just heard James Gunn, in an admittedly pretty old interview, say this:
"the Flash, which people are gonna see is just one of the greatest movies ever."
And I almost cried. Not fake crying. Not ouchie crying. But literal my-heart-is-hurting-me I-think-I-might-cry cry.
Anyway, I'm kinda glad I don't read comic books anymore... Too much veiled fascism in there too.
The Flash is my favorite comic book superhero. I love Wally West, the character that had to grow up to fill the boots of a hero who sacrificed himself to literally save reality itself.
The few people in the world who both love AND know me, do not just say "I love you!"
What they say is, "I hope you never ever have to watch the Flash movie."
"The lines are getting longer at the airport, ICE hasn't done anything to help with that."
Is a comment I have had to address on family/friends conversations already twice today.
ICE isn't there to alleviate anything. ICE is there to normalize fascism.
And they are being wildly successful at that, and in doing so they are taking your freedom from you, and therefore taking your country from you.
It is vital that you recognize the oppression under which you are allowed to live. It is no less vital that you do not see yourself only as a victim, or believe you are the only victim.
uff MicroSlop Windows EleveSlop to finally let you move the SlopBar to the top?
Also, gonna let you disable "AI" slop features (but will that disable data/document collection to feed "AI" models?)
MetaSlop and MicroSlop trying to backslop before the bubbleslop bursts?
@EricLasota I really hope it's someone else first. *wink* *wink*
And yes, you would worry they are already doing that with "AI"... But think about how, a search for "Protest Song Name"... may yield a couple podcasts were they criticize protest songs in general. This is just an example, apply it to whatever.
Imagine, you look for someone's socialist speech. And all you get is far-right propaganda about that speech. Or even more insidious... You look for a Guthrie song... And you only get the worst sounding covers of it...
Could that already be happening?
@401matthall Not only is YouTube already altering stuff, but they are doing so while not being crystal clear about it.
But it's not just "AI" based alteration. It's manipulation of search results. Allowing poor-quality or even propaganda based content to surface over legitimate content.
Once their site monopolizes a type of service, then it becomes a single point of failure. And there are endless failures that converge on the point, either by accident or on purpose.
Sometimes the most accessible way to find a protest song, is on YouTube. But imagine if protest songs where subtly altered by YouTube to appease government "leaders".
Like, imagine if Trump sued YouTube on behalf of those cops so that Afroman's songs and videos were subtly altered to his liking.
"afreytes that could never happen"
I want to agree with you... And yet, here I am worrying about it.
And hoping you are not relying only on just YouTube as a reliable source of truth.
I repeat myself but...
Sometimes I write a cool reply and the mastodon website form goes utterly psycho for a second and it is irrevocably lost.
Pour one out for them words...
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(please note: I am not asking for solutions or recommendations, thank you!)
@aegir is that real or "AI"? I ask in cheeky but totally serious fashion.
I really hope that what you have written in the Personal Note, under my account name isn't:
"Boring."
"But afreytes, you didn't say rest in power, or rest in peace... And you equate Norris to a videogame villain!?"
First, "rest in peace" I reserve to people who earned peace. And "rest in power" I reserve for people I admire.
And as for villain... I leave this here...
"Y Don Francisco sigue vivo..."
I'm just gonna wait for Chuck Norris 2nd phase respawn.