Oddbean new post about login | logout yup, i don't believe any of the news, at all, yet some people are so sure about shit being true that if i express skepticism they start to tell me i'm a homophobe or something nostr:nevent1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq32amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdau8gu3wv3jhvtcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgkwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhyetvv9ujucm0d5hsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xwtcpr9mhxue69uhhwetvvdhk6efwdehhxarj9emkjmn99uqzqyn8c28jdzdc7qjcxmm0hslc98tza0glxv95ctvmjue5du0965wypjmvwh
That's my coworkers. Glued to the screen like moths to the flame. They believe all the propaganda. There may be a couple of exceptions though. They dont vocalize their skepticism like I do though.
one morning they see in the news the pepe meme is red flag and turn see your GM themed coffee mug...
yeah, i've been inclined to not wear my bitcoin shirt for a few weeks now
wen i've that thought i paliate it with "i got gifted this idk what it, do you?", or, "idk, i bought it at church's charity garage sell" :P
haha yeah, i'm glad this is a low crime, everyone knows everyone sorta place bitcoin merch is a bad idea in any place where wrench attacks might become popular everywhere else tho, probably fine, and honestly, the thought of visiting a place where crime rates are high is like, nope... not in a million years, you literally could not pay me enough to visit San Francisco or New York, at all, at all.
all i know is, i'm keeping my ears open, my eyes peeled, and whatever information i get, the more it is smeared by the mainstream the more likely it is to be dangerous to them - but that doesn't mean it's true, even a lot of people even just think if the mainstream says it's conspiracy theory that it must be true... these people believe that the government has omnipotence and omniscience and we're all fucked anyway, like they have swallowed the kool-aid fully, even though they pretend to be counterculture history and world events are a lot bigger than us and those who get swept up in the tide of manipulation tend to end up dead, and i don't plan on living a short life
as if could ever be as simple as stop offering them attention... wait a second...! https://c.tenor.com/fIV7ynpdPQQAAAAd/tenor.gif
It always amazes me the people that will admit that the news was wrong about one thing, but insist that those people are 100% right this time without any support evidence and despite evidence I try to show to the contrary. It is hard to fathom how common cognitive dissonance is.
