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zacb
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04 Nov 2024, 7:18 pm

I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems like people on the internet have been dumbed down from 15-20 years ago and will gaslight you like in real life. But if you express what you see or your disapproval you are an incel or this or that. It feels so grey and 1984 like where there is so much censorship for simply explaining patterns you see (and not even touching sensitive topics).



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04 Nov 2024, 9:32 pm

zacb wrote:
I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems like people on the internet have been dumbed down from 15-20 years ago and will gaslight you like in real life. But if you express what you see or your disapproval you are an incel or this or that. It feels so grey and 1984 like where there is so much censorship for simply explaining patterns you see (and not even touching sensitive topics).


Seen that when Iwas younger..after awhile, I figured nobody cared to know, and see the common pattern .


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04 Nov 2024, 11:41 pm

Same here.

Latest was when some bilge rat accused me of "Cos-Playing" my military service, even when shown my DD-214.

Some people want you to believe anything, especially when you know they're lying.


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08 Nov 2024, 9:43 am

I have heard

"You don't know what you are talking about."

I have also heard "What you are saying makes not sense."



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08 Nov 2024, 9:47 am

I chalk it up to people are being nasty and hateful bullies.



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08 Nov 2024, 12:51 pm

Agrees with the above post by Physicallycreepy.


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08 Nov 2024, 4:37 pm

zacb wrote:
I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems like people on the internet have been dumbed down from 15-20 years ago and will gaslight you like in real life. But if you express what you see or your disapproval you are an incel or this or that. It feels so grey and 1984 like where there is so much censorship for simply explaining patterns you see (and not even touching sensitive topics).


I'm confused. Could you provide an example?



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08 Nov 2024, 8:25 pm

Autistic people tend to notice patterns that other people do not. When an autistic person points out a problematic pattern within a situation, most people simply ignore it because many do not want to acknowledge or address complex issues. Most people prefer ignorance sadly. Ignorance is easier for most people.
Humanity is sadly rather apathetic towards a large portion of issues. I am a Christian and Jesus Christ was and is the only human who has ever lived and is alive who actually had and is the pattern of life. Every other human being, myself included, has failed to properly love and care for others. It's why I believe Jesus Christ heals those painful parts and reality of human nature that no one else can. That's just the pattern of life that I have experienced and seen.



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09 Nov 2024, 1:21 pm

rse92 wrote:
zacb wrote:
I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems like people on the internet have been dumbed down from 15-20 years ago and will gaslight you like in real life. But if you express what you see or your disapproval you are an incel or this or that. It feels so grey and 1984 like where there is so much censorship for simply explaining patterns you see (and not even touching sensitive topics).


I'm confused. Could you provide an example?


At the risk of pissing off anyone the alt-right and woke left. Also a depression in the making (not yet but sometime in the 2030s), kinda young men voting for Trump, also that government is funding thought influencing campaigns (ie propaganda), we are repeating the timeline of the early 20th century, and a few other things I cannot remember. This is not because I want one side to win or whatever, but that is the pattern I see.



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09 Nov 2024, 1:28 pm

I used to have a manager whose favourite thing to say was "You're reading too much into it"

I mean I just can't help but to call people out on this kind of thing if it's directed at me so I ended up getting ghosted and later unfairly dismissed


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09 Nov 2024, 1:39 pm

babybird wrote:
I used to have a manager whose favourite thing to say was "You're reading too much into it"

I mean I just can't help but to call people out on this kind of thing if it's directed at me so I ended up getting ghosted and later unfairly dismissed

When I first worked retail I could see a million ways to do things. Oddly as I moved up in other jobs that job became obvious. Now with my current job they are getting hr involved because I automated clicking refresh and looking for work while I wait for new assignments to appear , which I would have to click on for ab hour for manually. But oh no must be a mouse clicker. Slightly off but lord forbid you see a process improvement.



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09 Nov 2024, 1:46 pm

I know what you mean

and HR have got absolutely zero human resources in my opinion


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