• STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Lol clearly a joke, too on the nose. But doesn’t seem too far from reality for someone to think this.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Tech bros are now what finance bros were in the 80s: people who aren’t actually that smart, but they study something that is fashionable recently so they’re constantly assured of their superiority in all spaces, not just their own. And just like finance bros in the 80s they think that not only are they capable of solving every problem without regard to their all of expertise, they seem to think they’ve developed a framework that has solved problem-solving in the general case.

  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It concerns me that we live in a world where so many people have lost the ability to tell the difference between sarcasm and genuine conversation…

    I’m not blaming them. The firehose of information we have to deal with just to take part in society doesn’t care what’s coming out, it just cares that people consume it.

    I really hope we figure this shit out before we kill ourselves. I grew up believing we all live in a better world than this. I want that back before I die.

    Edit: The very next meme I saw after posting this reply:

    https://lemmy.world/post/3397639

    Fuck me, man.

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    1 year ago

    As a tangent, having a specific idea to talk about, or a theme for starting hang out convos doesn’t sound too bad as an idea

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      1 year ago

      I reworded this like 6 times to try to say it in a non-douchey way but failed.

      You’re describing a salon. Which is a term for having a gathering of interesting people in order to have a conversation loosely (or not) around a topic or theme.

    • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Hey, do you wanna appear on my podcast about icebergs? It only has a few listeners - the polar bears. But you tell me if I can break the ice.