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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I feel bad for this lady. She was calm and talking in public with two other people and she gets meme'd like she was being unreasonable. She wasn't, but even if she was she wouldn't deserve it.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 34 minutes ago

She was just mentioning US statistics of women victims of rape, like you said she wasn't doing anything to deserve ridicule and yet became the face of it

[–] sxan@midwest.social 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What was the context? This is the first time I've ever seen this person.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

Here it is: https://youtu.be/byOlBCpNKeM

Rewatching it, I used the word "calm" and I still think that but she was "yelling" but not due to the subject matter. It was more due to the number of people outside and the ambient sound.

Like, she's just on the side and talking to the guy to me. Not unreasonably.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

Pretty disturbing the number of lemmies who show up in that second panel, too.

If the hat fits...

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 minutes ago

I mean, if it was before the Democratic Primaries to force an open primary, sure. Its one person getting sick vs the entire country, its a great sacrifice.

But Now? I don't care either way. Like, I don't feel pleasure in people getting sick or dying. Its just a trolley problem to me.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

I actually had a look in on /r/conservative today expecting glee but honestly it was full of good words (at least the most upvoted comments).

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 minutes ago

So only approved redditors can post or comment in r/conservative, but anyone with a reddit account can upvote. The upvote count and ratio has nothing to do with its approved posters view most of the time. The sub is mostly bots anyway.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 48 points 3 hours ago (6 children)

How do we put an end to this ridiculous "unalive" trend? It's oppressive and childish.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

Stop YouTube demonitizing content creators for using anything but euphemisms for death, even outside the context of actually telling people to kill others or themselves. It literally started because of YT policies.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 42 points 3 hours ago

Kinda already doing it by being on the fediverse since this trend is a direct result of corporate induced censorship aimed at keeping platforms “advertiser friendly”.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I believe it’s mostly to bypass mainstream social media filters. Words like ”killing” tend to be blocked.

While we’re speaking of putting an end to things, it would be nice to put an end of this meme image. She made a slightly funny face for one frame in a video, and now that’s her legacy.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Meme police showing up in force ITT

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 hours ago

They've got a point, if you've not seen the full in-context video then you should absolutely watch it. She's 100000% right to make the face at the shitheel

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago

The meme police, they live inside of your head

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Just say kill instead of this dystopian Tik Tok bullshit. I refuse to use any service that won't let me talk about the real world without using insane workarounds. It serves nobody's best interests and is only an arms race of fear because people think McDonald's would prefer to sell hamburgers next to the word unalive rather than dead or kill.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I refuse to use newspeak

[–] OmegaMan@lemmings.world 5 points 2 hours ago

I had this feeling as well but then I saw that one etymology guy on a podcast. He said using "unalive" has helped a lot of young people be able talk about suicide and death more openly and easily. I'm not going to grammar police then if it leads to growth and open discussion. Even if it sounds silly to me.

[–] VeryInterestingTable@lemm.ee 8 points 2 hours ago

8646: 😴 8647: 😡

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 2 hours ago

Huh, the guy crying about 8647 posted 8646 s few years ago so zero self-reflection.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

MAGA and...certain... .ml users apparently

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 38 minutes ago (1 children)

You think ml users dislike 8647?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Sorry shoulda been more clear, I mean the right side. One of em even posted the initial news article to !upliftingnews@lemmy.world

Edit, forgot I grabbed a screenshot: