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True 💀
And that’s the same person who makes wild absurd claims but well just go off the rails and tell you to do your own research
And the sources they claim to have heavily researched often never say what they claim they say or are utterly full of shit.
"Of course they would say that. Those Liberal, left wing universities, with their peer review, aren’t to be trusted.
These hard-right think tanks (masquerading as anything other than a glorified PR firm they are) on the other hand are the definition of unbiased knowledge"
People who make memes mocking the expectation of a source are the ones responsible for the downfall of society
Not everything needs a source. There is such thing as “common knowledge” . Things get very out of hand and very messy if you try to source EVERY claim. Obviously there are limits to this and I put common knowledge in quotes for a reason but seriously I mean it when I say not everything needs a source.
Boo hoo.
Source?
It’s gotten to a point where I just go ahead append a warning that I have no source and am just making casual conversation.
Source: my previous comment on Lemmy.
The evil version of this is when people cite a click bait article, you go to the article and read the attached study and the study is not backing up their claims in any meaningful way. Like come on bro you clearly haven’t read this study don’t cite it and claim I need to educate myself.
Spoken like someone who’s never experienced the ancient healing frequencies :p
Average YouTube influencer for me.
It’s gotten even worse in the past year. Most of them sound like they’re parroting AI summaries of blog posts and sprinkling stupid ass cutaway gags to memes. Like rather than actually consuming the entire body of context around a subject and having an informed take, they’re just giving shadow thoughts and trying to monetize.
Any YouTuber whose whole angle is to spicy commentary on current events in tech/programming is definitely part of the trash heap.
Problem here is you’re watching “influencers.”
I’ve heard a saying, two things you should never do on the Internet are argue or explain. It takes up a lot of mental energy and time to do it for no reward.
Also trolls and propagandists employ bad faith tactics specifically to make their opposition do the bulk of the world, which they either ignore after or they just laugh at for some bullshit reason they claim is a gotcha.
There is an Islamophobic author who has been employing shit like in his books since the 90s. It isn’t new at all.
Oh you don’t understand how much reward i get on tiktok for proving my point so much that i get blocked.
It brings me unfathomable joy
Source?!
/s
Is that what the s stands for?
Yes.
I think in many cases the people who explain things are doing a huge service. They’re silently appreciated by many. The true GOATs of the internet.
I’ve read so many great explanations on Reddit for things in math, science, literature, etc and I feel very grateful to the people who explained them.
Askhistorians is king.
Yes. The thing to remember is in many cases you aren’t explaining for the person you are debating with or answering a question for. You are doing it for others who may read the conversation.
I’ve had things brought to light in online discussion change my mind or educate me many times. When I see someone claim these conversations are useless or a waste of time, I just think they are really setting weird criteria for what constitutes a waste of time.
Sure, sometimes I ain’t got no time for that, but other times I do, and I figure the same is true for many others as well.
We lost all the ice in the polar regions back in 2013. And the hole in the ozone layer killed everyone back in the 1990s
F’real I think my kids have had maybe one snow day so far, and my oldest is in second grade. We live in southeast Mass.
I thought about buying a new snowblower, but the fact is that I think we had maybe one storm in the past 5 or 6 years where I actually would’ve used my old one. The little dustings we had were easily cared for by a shovel.
I also have a part of my driveway that has a lot of tree overhang and never really gets much snow on it. It also happens that the winter morning sun has a direct path to this patch of asphalt, so if we get only an inch or two, it’ll all melt away as soon as the sun comes up. Assuming it’s not too overcast.
Covid killed snow days around here, they are now e-learning days. They figure if teachers could handle an entire year of e-learning one day is nothing.
Guilty. Show me the almanac. I don’t trust nobody on the internet. Everybody speaks like they’re an expert.
I’m an expert on internets and this guy is wrong.
Source?
Ask the dragon
Can confirm: am expert at experting.
“My source is that I MADE IT THE FUCK UP”
- President of the USA (probably in a videogame)
I would like to see the source for this meme.
The sources are released under a source-available license, you are legally prohibited from reading them
Or you can get a monthly subscription for only $39.9!
Well, then… At least we will have apparently made enough progress by then to have eliminated the penny from circulation.
That subscription allows you to ask the question to an AI that may or may not hallucinate.
59.99 and you can get them ad free!
I’ve definitely noticed people who challenge anything you say by asking for a source, but make tons of unsourced claims themselves.
Where’s your source for this? I’ve never noticed it so it must not be happening
Sealion infestations are problematic. Be sure to call your local exterminator promptly whenever you encounter one.
Just give me back the fucking 80s and 90s.
Fuck that. That got us here by not fixing any problems and just hiding issues in the beginning of social identity politics.
Still better than today.
Hidden panel: guy on left saying “google it yourself, don’t expect me to have to teach you anything”
Why should anyone ever have to substantiate their claims???
I would just assume that anyone who needed a cite for really obvious stuff is just trolling.
Yeah, I suppose the obvious stuff, sure
Guess I’m just rankled by seeing so many people making baseless claims and then telling everyone to figure it out themselves when they get called out on it, and it’s not the same as this.
