all the virtue signalers, don't give up their American streaming platforms, or American movies do they. A bit hypocritical. Oh, I don't buy one bag of carrots for 3 bux but I'll spend hundreds supporting American media.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

No we gave that shit up too. Also stopped shopping at Jeff Bezos' online sweatshop.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dropped all US streamers, and switched to CBC Gem and Brit Box. Plus the high seas, of course.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This show is hilarious. https://gem.cbc.ca/catastrophe

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

I’ll have to check it out. I just got finished working through all of Murdoch Mysteries. Took a while.

[+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They can't even bother to keep the content sharing alive. I haven't heard a fucking peep about this since the week this happened.

imagine being alive in an era where you have access to a literal information sharing device. A massive force multiplier. Knowing full well everybody else is using it to attack you. Yet deciding the best course of action is to just not buy carrots and standing in streets like you're fighting some good fight

Meanwhile I see this stuff everyday. What is the left fucking doing. They're stuck in the 1960s

Go ahead and downvote. That's the extent of effort you're barely willing to put into any of this while someone's uncle made this photo and shared it on 30 different groups across multiple social media

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would we waste our time making stupid AI generated trash to share on Facebook in the right wing boomer echo chambers or on X with the racist shitheads? All of that is pointless and doesn't change hearts or minds. Supporting our local artists, businesses, and building our own digital presence away from the bot filled feeds of Meta and X is how we create change. Fuck Meta and X - got rid of both many years ago. All the small town Tiny PP voters can make their ChatGPT generated slop to argue with bots from their basement.

I'll be out in the real world doing things that benefit real people in my community without the help of Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai's slop machines.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Because you can't make a post here that doesn't get over 200 votes.

That's such a foolish thing to say. Your whole point hinges on "wasting time" yet you're too ignorant to see the waste of time is doing anything in person or on lemmy without first securing a solid way to communicate what you're doing. This is why every single effort by the left has failed. And it's such a piss off that many of the left continue this insanity as if you're too good for the platforms that are used to communicate. You can get a single post on lemmy that gets over a few hundred views. A single comment on Facebook or reddit or Instagram gets thousands. It's fine to not use these but stop lying to yourself. You're wasting your time and you'll continue to suffer the consequences of removing yourself from where people actually are.

[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You keep saying shit without backing any of it up. The “left” isn’t only what you see on your niche platforms like Lemmy.

Kinda sounds like you just spend too much of your time on Facebook reading posts from lunatics. They can’t be saved dude. They’re not even arguing in good faith. They know. You wasting your time is literally the goal.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No the goal is to drive the left off these platforms. You have played into their hand.

[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You are wrong. Who is on a platform is almost irrelevant now, the algorithm will push what it is tuned to anyway. Not to mention the increasing percentage of AI slop masquerading as real people. The platforms only have power if everyone continues to use them. Hence why it’s hard to get people on alternatives when everyone they want to talk to isn’t there.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -1 points 18 hours ago

The platforms will always have power regardless if the left is there or not. The only difference is if the left is there to actually push back against this slop.

The algorithms don't matter. They push the same stuff to the same people. In fact the algorithms are helpful since it can drive more people to content based on engagement. But if the only engagement is from the right that is all people will see. It's a numbers game. You are wrong and not only are you wrong, you can see the consequences just from where we are now. Just wait until the kids today grow up. The left is in a worse position every year because of views like yours

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Real people don't spent their entire lives online. Half of those IG and FB likes are from bot accounts as are the posts. Step away from your laptop and put down your phone. Delete TikTok. Step out into the real world.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Cut the shit. This comment is played the fuck out. People like you will say "just go outside, log offline" then next comment is bitching about your parents talking about kitty litter or you try to raise awareness for some invasive bill or illegal action by the government. Nothing I said involves spending your life online. It's saying to spend the time that you are online more wisely. It's asking to stop being outplayed by the right wing.

So cut the smug comment. It's time to wake the fuck up. I can appreciate if you just don't want nothing to do with political issues or vote or want anything to change because you enjoy the way things are. That's fine. But don't come here telling others to be as inefficient and Blaise as you.

The left as a whole need to do some work for a change instead of being lazy up until they want something. There is an election coming up and the left is already years behind the right

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

My parents? LOL - I am a parent. Grow up, kid and stop being influenced so much that you waste time on FB, IG, and TikTok. Also the term is "blasé" - "Blaise" is a name. No one will improve Canada by winning an edgelord meme war online with AI slop pics. The right posts disinformation, we don't.

Also I checked your posting history and a lot of it is angry nonsense against "the left" and referring to people as "soy" or implying that leftist or socialist people are less masculine. That is all insane nonsense and kind of makes talking to you pointless since you've clearly spent way to much time in eDgEloRd MemE BrO LAnD

Consider talking to a mental health professional about how you are being radicalized by online content and in the meantime stop viewing the entire world as "The Left" vs "The Right" - nothing is ever black or white most things are some shade of grey.

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