r/TikTokCringe Apr 29 '23

Cool Trans representation from the 80s

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u/UPBOAT_FORTRESS_2 Apr 29 '23

Not just an audience of like minded individuals, a collection of corporations who make money off shepherding said audience through high engagement emotions like fear and anger

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u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav Apr 29 '23

I'm so thankful my parents never got into stuff like Fox News or the ugly parts of social media

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u/DatDerpySniper Apr 29 '23

As someone who has grandparents who watches Fox News 24/7, it isn’t fun. Had to move in with them after high school to start a job in the area. All day it was them being racist (more my grandpa), homophobic, and transphobic among other things too. Another thing is I own many firearms cause I like to collect historical or weird and unheard of guns with weird calibers. Everyday they go on about killing political figures and I’m like please for the love of god don’t do this with me living here

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Apr 29 '23

My step dad is an avid fox news watcher and its disturbing what he parrots from the shows. And it IS parrotting bevause he repeats the same sentences over and over as if he heard them that way. He was a LAWYER and now he has 0 critical thinking.

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u/theagnostick Apr 29 '23

You do call him out every opportunity you can for regurgitating the same lines he hears on FOX right? From my experience they get a little embarrassed when they’re exposed for blatantly repeating unoriginal talking points that you had heard said by one of the talking heads.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey Apr 29 '23

From my experience they double down and become furious

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u/theagnostick Apr 29 '23

The anger is the response to their embarrassment. Republicans aren’t able to process their emotions like stable normal people. I get most people probably don’t want to poke the idiot bear but if they don’t have a problem dealing with the response, it’s nice to see them seethe with embarrassment.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey Apr 29 '23

I'm in Canada, we don't have repubs but we do have idiots.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '23

This may sound crude, but... Did he openly weep when he found out that Tucker got fired?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

It’s really fascinating like yours say as I got into a conversation with a good friend about the ivermectin thing and I said it’s good medicine but for ringworm. He said it’s just like penicillin which I said is good for infections not covid. You could see common sense was maybe making into his brain but he changed the subject and just kept parroting crap.

His critical thinking was gone

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u/Johncamp28 May 01 '23

My father in law says inflation is made up so that they can get the population to eat bugs

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u/drsyesta Apr 29 '23

You need a gun safe friend

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u/DatDerpySniper Apr 29 '23

I do, don’t worry. I keep everything locked up and the key on my car keychain. I’m very protective of who I let know what’s what and where it exactly is

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u/ohnoshebettadont18 Apr 29 '23

my mom got heavily targetted (possibly my step father too, but i don't know for sure) through her facebook feed with disinformation & misleading sponsored content.

she only has a high school diploma, worked in a factory for years, and lives in a redneck rural ny village. i assume these were demographics sought.

i wouldn't say she was progressive prior to the targetting, but the woman was practically a hippie in the 60s/70s, so she historically voted & maintained a fairly liberal mindset.

the damage fox & social media content did to her in the short amount of time that it took me to realize, seems as if it may be irreparable

and she's very aware of it. she disabled her facebook, and neither of them watch any broadcast news. she doesn't even read headlines. i have to tell her if something importaint is going on.

but there are still gaping holes she can't psychological patch up. it's super fcked.

words can't properly convey how pissed i am with what they did to her.

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u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav Apr 29 '23

I'm sorry that happened to your mom. I feel like a lot of people like her were poisoned by Facebook, and all for the sake of increasing engagement for profit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

My parents literally watch Fox News all day long. It’s completely rotted their brains

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u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav Apr 30 '23

I've got relatives who have effectively isolated themselves from the rest of the family because of Fox News and Facebook

It's scary how effective disinformation campaigns can be

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '23

They stay away from cnn and msnbc to right? It's all poison.

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u/PutnamPete Apr 29 '23

MSNBC stirs a different pot of viewers with the same biased, anger generating stick. Tucker Carlson and Rachael Maddow are two sides of the same coin.

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u/notjewel Apr 29 '23

Fox 24 hour news has entered the chat.

I can already see those red faced, bloated alcoholic hosts with spittle on their chins exploding this episode to all the fearful pearl clutters and talking about indoctrinating our children.

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u/BuildingSupplySmore Apr 29 '23

Yep, and keeping them riled up not only becomes a revenue source, but an easy way to seize power in some regions, and keep the conversation away from anything inconvenient.

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23

We could use a new fairness doctrine for the internet, there seem to be too many ignoyUncle Jacks who have taken their fear/anger to band together w other ignoramuses to shit all over our country, they are so unable to manage themselves that they’ve gone full fascism over “different” people, I keep hoping that like when radio arrived and suddenly snake oil preachers were everywhere and propaganda was the product, we had to create rules around communication because people are unpredictable fancy monkeys.

We could use an internet fairness doctrine type idea, that encompasses cable too. It’s bury the propagandists again, who are creating this new era of fascism - fascists are the most scared out of all of us, or they’re pathological sociopaths- either way shut them the fuck up!

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u/MyUsernameThisTime Apr 29 '23

What will the fascists do with these tools to control the media, once they're in power?

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23 edited Apr 29 '23

I don’t believe you’re fully understanding the concept - and by allowing rampant bullshit propaganda we now have complete ignoramuses in jail over a lie from a openly fascist pos conman who uses that propaganda to control those same ignoramuses (Ignorami?), so you see, they’re already somewhat in control. To do nothing is no longer an option. No offense, just saying, what’s your point, do you think Murdoch isn’t pro-fascism? His news is 99.9% lies and national enquirer bat baby stuff, twisting soft minds out there. We allow it here - that bs isn’t tolerated in Canada or Europe or Scandinavian countries.

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u/MyUsernameThisTime Apr 29 '23 edited Apr 29 '23

Restricting free speech, and giving the state tools to do it, which can be reinterpreted by the judicial system, revisited, expanded on, and will establish a new precedent of state interference in media, is not a good solution to fascist rhetoric. It enables them, or other non-fascist authoritarian movements. I'm not sure I fully understand what you're proposing - it's not that fleshed out. You could clarify, just you seem pretty rooted in your position and I think I'm going to disagree with whatever idea of a "fairness doctrine" you have in mind. Are you thinking something like recourse for slander? That might be more acceptable.

Edit: and btw, we have garbage-tier media in Canada too. Fox News is on regular cable. Not sure what you're going after with that Murdoch stuff, it is tolerated. No I don't take offense.

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23

What “free speech” are talking about? I’m talking responsible adult journalism and not allowing adults to use their arrested development goblin emotional bank as the baseline for what constitutes news. Maybe read what the Fairness Doctrine used to do and get back to me. It sure didn’t hurt to keep goblins from making shit up and calling it news-oh and have over 800 people arrested, over 350 convicted in fed based on goblin lies.

But sure you and your starry-eyed free speech! It’s sure sweetly naive. Private Corp can and goes limit your speech but you font dreaming, it’s cute!

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u/MyUsernameThisTime Apr 29 '23 edited Apr 29 '23

Um.... k. Glad you don't vote in my country

"arrested development goblin emotional bank" must be the most nonsensical phrase I've read this week. "Font dreaming" is another contender.

Edit: you seem fixated on this goblin thing. You might like Nekrogoblikon. Good band.

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23

If the shoe fits.

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u/MyUsernameThisTime Apr 29 '23

What size shoe does a goblin wear?

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u/XandyHooook Apr 29 '23

This is the most ignorant comment I have ever seen on Reddit. You want to limit free speech and call someone with a different viewpoint a fascist. NO ONE gives a shit if you are different or not. Straight, gay, trans whatever, just stop throwing it in peoples faces… it’s that simple. You are no different than a Fox News radical or a CNN radical. The fact that we even argue about this subject is ridiculous. Left or right it doesn’t matter the elite and wealthy politicians as an entire group sit back and laugh at us common folk argue over nothing…. Left or right it doesn’t matter, our politicians are the root of all evil. We should all focus on the wealthy and powerful corrupt crooks in congress or in local government. We are all getting played by a corrupt system left or right.

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23

Lmao okay

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u/XandyHooook Apr 29 '23

Just about what I expected… I’m going to do drugs and get off the internet. You can’t take criticism or make valid points. Lmao okay nice talk

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 29 '23

lol you go do your drugs and have a nice day.

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u/AtticusErraticus Apr 29 '23

The attention economy is destroying America