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This is uncomfortably dark, at a time when unrelenting misery is a way of life
Go read The Grapes of Wrath and The Concrete Jungle. Get back to me on today’s unrelenting misery.
One kind of misery does not negate the existence of other kinds of misery. The pain of living through the Great Depression is different from the pain of seeing reality eroded away into propaganda for the highest bidders, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be fighting to end misery.
Reality has always been propaganda designed to serve the highest bidders. It’s just more obvious now because they’re changing the propaganda more often.
Jotting that down
Nothing can be bad because it used to be worse
America is prone to many different flavours of misery.
My favorite is butter pecan.
Sorry, we were talking about misery, not absolute bliss.
Just read the plot of grapes of wrath, uhhh, you do understand that the story is about late stage capitalism right? And the person you were responding to is saying how we live in similar times right?
Its like someone saying poison can kill you and you respond with: see this story about how bad lots of poison is… yeah… that’s the point.
Whitewashing old photos with AI. Thanks. I’ll just add this to the heap of things to worry about as I get older.
How is it whitewashing when the woman was white to begin with?
EDIT: Misunderstood the term, though it was being used in a new context. I’m leaving my idiot comment for all to see.
I’m pretty sure this is art because I’m having a strong emotional reaction.
Apt metaphor of our times.
Greenwashing, social media highlight reels, worship of the affluent, grind culture, etc.
Putting a fake, stepford face to obfuscate the horrors we refuse to address, using unethical(theft) technology being shoved down our throats for profit no less.
I was just reminded of this starting up the Tomb Raider I-III trilogy.
Just like Looney Tunes, they added a disclaimer; paraphrased “This rerelease depicts certain cultures in a light we do not agree with - we’ve preserved the work to avoid pretending this never happened”
On a more minor note, I’m very sick of the TikTok trend of censoring words like “kill” into “unalive”. It has even made it hard for victims to talk about brutal subjects. It’ll happen to you, you just aren’t allowed to talk about it because that might upset people.
That was done specifically to limit police video distributions, YouTube doesn’t allow references to violence unless a large mainstream news network posts it.
They’re starting to even remove court cases that are on touchy subjects.
On a more minor note, I’m very sick of the TikTok trend of censoring words like “kill” into “unalive”.
I’ve only seen that on Youtube.
Righfully so, there is a lot a domestic violence against butlers in those games.
It is doubleplusungood.
Am I the only one who would find the woman at the left more attractive?
The right just looks like plastic to me, same with all of these instagram influencer ladies who have more plastic surgeries than I have fingers.
People can look however they would like, whether that’s plastic or dust bowl struggle chic. What’s wrong here is that an unrelated party has decided to change someone’s appearance based on their own preferences.
Maybe it’s because these generations of which I’m a part are struggling financially and will likely end up in the gutter due to crumbling support systems or because we’re staring down the double barrel of the imminent repercussions of ignoring climate change and the reinforcing systemic barriers to overcome it, but I just learned that “dust bowl chic” (and consent, already known) really does it for me.
I think the rules are a little different when you decide to make your appearance the product. Instagram Models or models in general make themselves out to be an ideal and a image for other people, especially children to strive for. That makes criticism of them valid while if they were just going about their day, it wouldn’t be. Doesn’t help that the filters make these images impossible to achieve.
The woman on the left looks strong, determined and capable.
The woman on the right looks disingenuous, fake and somehow predatory.
I don’t know whether to feel angry or sad looking at this but it definitely makes me feel uncomfortable and gross that’s for sure. It’s like someone making you your favorite dish for dinner and then just covering it in jello.
Michael!
Fuck is a “woke dei”?
“Woke” originally meant “aware of and well-informed about systemic social issues affecting everyday people”. Conservatives have co-opted this word and use it to describe anything associated with leftism or social liberalism. It is intended to be negative in that context.
“DEI” stands for “diversity, equity, and inclusion”. It refers to policies that intentionally include people of diverse or minority backgrounds in the context of employment or political appointment. Conservatives use it to describe (in their view) hiring practices that select less-qualified candidates of these backgrounds against the favour of those who may be more qualified. In that usage, a “DEI hire” or “diversity hire” is a person hired or appointed solely on the basis of their race, gender, or some other status as a minority even though they are not qualified for the role.
DEI hire is actually supposed to be “if you have a choice between two candidates who are equally qualified, you choose the one which adds diversity to your team”. There’s nothing in DEI hire about choosing the less qualified person. If anything, from what I’ve seen people who are non-white usually have more degrees and qualifications than their white colleagues. I mean, look at Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump right now…
That’s true in reality, but in the minds of those who use it to diminish people, the implication is that race was the deciding factor - because of course, to them, only whites are competent, so there’s no other reason anyone else could have been chosen.
I was once heard of a team where two equally, incredibly talented candidates were options. One of them had the same name as two other people on the team so they picked the other guy. Can’t have three John’s ya know?
(The name wasn’t John, it was a fairly uncommon name, which made it waaaaay funnier)
In the most technical sense, that was DEI hire.
Diversity, something inclusion I think. Their latest obsession
equality?
Equity
ah yes
Someone please tell me this is satirical
100%
Man this is creepy
I’m gonna be the twat and say it, I’d knock the dust off that bowl.
History fixed. Move along.
Omg can people start doing this to like, random men? Politicians? Actors? Scientists? Please 😂
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