murder! (⁀ᗢ⁀)

dang it, im not gonna be satisfied now until i have applesauce and pancakes. i hope you’re proud of yourself!

I’m disappointed it didn’t mention catgirls and how they relate to puppies. Meowing is just the standard greeting, regardless of if they’re a cat, a puppy, or none of the above.

Now I wanna see your V in an emo outfit

Explosives aren’t that hard to make and can be famously made with relatively common ingredients. Even the US government has an official handbook on how to do it. However, linking to that handbook or any other instructions is not allowed here.

ok :)

so long as it vibes

sorry to keep you from sleeping :(

also, sweet dreams 💖

At least they have a LoD mod. No way they’d get that view without one

that’d make this post unironic rather than ironic

I would feel shy if someone was actively watching me. I’d prefer if you ate it with me so we can enjoy the yummy food together <3

yes

There is a world of difference between debating someone on stage and addressing misinformation. Providing people with the tools to dismantle misinformation is useful, as it’s creating and promoting strong counter narratives that appeal to the same emotions that cause people to become antivaxxers in the first place. However, do not assume logic can ever help the non receptive. If they feel their beliefs are under attack, reaching them becomes harder, not easier.

The antivaxxers who watch that debate already have their minds made up. They will largely ignore any examples of their side losing, and find countless reasons to only further enshrine their view. They’ll get mad at the scientists for being too mean, dismiss any evidence as lies, and use fear that the antivaxxers exploit to wipe away any cognitive dissonance. Debates on these sort of issues mostly reinforce already existing beliefs and rarely change people’s minds. It’s not a weakness of the people debating, but how the format plays with such charged issues.

We didn’t get to this point because scientists refused to publicly humiliate antivaxxers; antivaxxers have always been masters at getting humiliated by scientists. We got here because anti-intellectual grifting is profitable, while education is a money sink at scale. Anti-intellectual movements systemically gain more money and attention than science education, as it doesn’t require resources for them to get their information, and they generate a lot of the viral attention that advertisers crave. Add onto that social media platforms under moderating right wing drivel for years, and you have an ecosystem where the conspiracy theorists have the advantage.

In order to keep the bullshit at bay, you’d need a ton of resources put towards salient education campaigns. It’s not enough to shame antivax influencers, it needs to encouraged culturally to shame individual antivaxxers. Non aligned parents need to see advertisements warning of the dangers of disease, and be convinced to keep their kids from playing with unvaccinated children. The revenue streams and voices of grifters need to be cut, encouraged by the government, the public, and capitalists looking to avoid heat. Like all things for public good, it comes down to resources and political motivation, two things that neoliberal systems usually lack.

The old strategies didn’t fail because they don’t work, they failed because they weren’t profitable. They failed because the oligarchs either allowed it, or wanted it to happen. They put politicians in place who either made the government do too little for the public good, or used the government to work against it. It always comes back to capitalism and the rich; always.

It doesn’t matter how clueless the antivaxxers looked; they already won by getting a platform to debate in the first place. Their ideas do not deserve the respect of being on an equal stage with the scientific consensus.

Real alphas make other men submit!

it’s not true, ok? i just, struggle to see myself that way, so it can’t be true

also, if anyone doesn’t need help, it’s you

If I had game, I would I really be moderating femcelmemes?

I will gladly accept (and probably eat most of it without thinking and feel bad about it, even though you brought it for me to enjoy)

I love being cozy 🥰