Michael

In all seriousness - I wouldn’t because I value people’s privacy, but I imagine it’d all be quite lucrative with the data economy being what it is.

I’m seeing a bit of a shift in others’ attitudes. I’m usually everywhere discussion is found online. Things just seem to have gotten more real to people and that seems to be what is prompting this. Plus the propaganda from the usual places just isn’t hitting the same.

Most people cope with reality by escaping or distracting themselves - e.g. into various hobbies, interests, habits. It doesn’t really help that media and games just kinda suck anymore and hobbies/habits are more expensive than ever.

I’m doing my best to soften the hearts of those who engage in feckless browbeating, as you aptly described it. Usually behind the veneer of hate and hard feelings is a very sensitive and vulnerable person who is seeking rather harmless things (like validation, approval, camaraderie, community). Of course, that’s not always the case - sometimes people are caught up into hate and bad faith without even realizing it, and some absolutely do intend on spreading hate and operating in bad faith.

Regardless, I just do my best to clear things up for everyone and it seems to help. I don’t delude myself into thinking my impact is very large, but I do intend on helping others in a general sense - and I know I have helped many.

If a mindset or perspective is vulnerable to the delusions and other breaks from reality of others, perhaps we need to work on expressing ourselves with clarity and confidence - and gather facts for people to consume.

Trust me, in a neutral arena, the truth will always resonate with the majority of people. I’d say the fediverse has pockets that are fairly neutral compared to other discussion boards/websites.

Delusion usually starts from a place of persecution, real or perceived gaslighting, and paranoia and concern. We can address the gaslighting if it does exist, and ease their concern.

And they should be free to do so. We can still lay the facts bare - so when they are ready to face reality, they are available to them.

There is no way to reason sense into someone who has reasoned themselves into their mindset. No evidence or proof can change their mind for them.

Those are limiting beliefs and I firmly disagree. You can’t change someone’s mind, but they can. We can succinctly give them the information to do so on their own terms.

Any reply on confirms the beliefs of anyone who reads it, regardless of their side on the matter.

Not everybody is operating from a fixed set of beliefs and a narrow perception.

Humanity has a lot of curiosity, if it’s all laid out bare, we can at least stop impressionable people from getting herded into rabbit holes that they don’t understand and being propagandized.

Calling people names and spreading hate only perpetuates the tribalism that you see coloring reality.

Or you can call out bad faith and veiled extremist views in a few words. It only takes a little more effort.

Sometimes that is infinitely better for people reading (who are not in the know) and it still gives the person with the controversial views something to latch on to that inadvertently exposes their beliefs and bad faith further if they keep engaging.

If I was the owner of Reddit, i would 100% save in-progress comments, and […]

sell the data to AI companies

I read enough of OP’s comments and looked at their past commenting/post history and it was pretty clear that it was a cry for help. It wasn’t for karma - they deleted their account. OP was nothing but polite and responded to many comments.

Of course, I do realize that there is a lot of junk, especially on the front page.

It’s not hard to give somebody the benefit of the doubt, be compassionate, and direct them to services and resources that can help them. It takes much more effort to be hateful, doubtful, and judgemental.

OP’s last comment was them admitting that they should be institutionalized, they also admitted that they were probably being lazy given the massive amounts of comments accusing them of such behavior.

OP didn’t give off the air of being unable to live independently, they just couldn’t do physical chores, like taking out the garbage, because their heart rate would go up to 200~ upon standing.

If OP just hired a cleaning service - problem solved.

Everybody deserves kindness, compassion, and empathy.

Ableist people also include people that idealize not being ableist. They come up with excuses like, “I’m not being ableist, I’m just giving you hard love!”, or, “You need to do what I say and do it exactly how I say because I care about you!”.

There was a reddit thread on the frontpage recently where many people were dog-piling on a severely disabled person. The person was diagnosed with moderate autism with intellectual disability, a severe heart condition, severe PTSD, and ADHD.

Many people came into the thread to say that OP was making up their disability, that OP should be institutionalized if they can’t comply with the unreasonable (and harmful to OP’s health) demands from their relative, they accused OP of being a troll because their doctor wouldn’t give them bad advice (OP bought $30 dollars worth of alcohol every couple months to entertain with friends with their doctor’s blessing), they shamed OP for not getting a job when they can barely stand up on their own two feet (and OP’s doctor/therapist/psychiatrist say OP can’t work), and so forth.

OP’s aunt was fining OP (who is on a limited income of $1000 a month and charging OP $500 a month for rent) $200 dollars for every instance of them not doing their chores exactly how their aunt wanted and behaving in the way that the aunt wanted. OP was a formal tenant, and living in a split unit and was mostly independent, though unable to do things like take out the trash. If OP reached fines totaling $2000 dollars, OP’s aunt threatened them with institutionalization and/or homelessness.

Commenters said how sick OP’s story made them (the sickness being directed towards OP), how bad they felt for OP’s aunt, they commented how OP’s aunt’s demands were completely justified because her resentment built for many years from “putting up” with OP, they said how disgusted they are were at OP’s “laziness”, and many chimed into to say how they are also disabled and OP doesn’t deserve special attention or care because OP is a grown adult. Most repeating constantly that they weren’t being ableist.

Some people even coaxed OP into detailing their sexual relations with others, while questioning OP about their heart condition.

It was truly heartbreaking to witness an incredibly vulnerable person being abused to that degree by their relative and hundreds, if not thousands, of redditors. OP eventually deleted their reddit account.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/tyson-foods-toxic-pollutants-lakes-rivers

Don’t forget the massive amounts of toxic dumping they engage in, which to the best of my knowledge, has not been remediated.