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Dilbert loses newspapers, publishers, distributor, and possibly its website
Zero999:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on May 25, 2023, 10:30:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 25, 2023, 08:14:35 pm ---Anyway, is there anyone who found Adam's remarks offensive, or extremely disagreeable, yet still appreciates his comics?
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That's not how cancel culture works.
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I know. That was my point: most people don't care, which is at odds with how people such as Adams have been treated.
Come to think of it, I've become much more tolerant of those with differing views over the last few years, because I've changed my position on a variety of topics, even to the point of being 180° on certain subjects. Heck I can see my old self being upset about some of my current views, but my old ideas don't trigger me. In most cases it's not my personality which has changed. I've just altered my opinion, based on new evidence, like any rational human being should do.
tooki:
--- Quote from: magic on May 27, 2023, 08:22:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on May 27, 2023, 05:22:38 pm ---That’s why I say that if you have people from both sides accusing you of being the other, you’ve probably got a balanced stance on things. (That’s happened to me over the years many times…)
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If you think that there are only two sides to anything then you are probably an American, and if you are being attacked from all sides by strawman arguments than you have probably found yourself immersed in the inane American politics.
That's all it means. There is 300 million others like you, all equally right and balanced snowflakes.
This is what makes all this bullshit so fun :popcorn:
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It’s not limited to American politics, nor to politics. It’s anything: iPhone vs. Android. Coke vs. Pepsi. Blue vs. white dress. Any time you take a middle ground, you’ll get attacked by both sides as being a “fanboy” or “shill” or “sheeple” or whatever.
And the fact that these are binaries is kinda my point: reality isn’t simple, single axes like that, but people often react as if it were.
tooki:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on May 27, 2023, 05:27:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on May 27, 2023, 05:24:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: PlainName on May 27, 2023, 09:46:16 am ---
--- Quote ---but if they feel so strongly, where are their own videos?
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Are you saying one needs to be a content creator to be able to have an opinion, or that a comment should only be made via another lengthy and tedious video?
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100% agree. And not just in politics.
Like if you point out a factual error in a tutorial video, and the channel’s acolytes bark back “well if it’s so bad why don’t you make your own tutorial!” :palm:
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:palm: :palm: back at you.
We aren't talking about comments regarding a video rather commenters using the service to attack the youtuber for existing.
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I was literally commenting simply on the “well why don’t you make your own video?!?” nonsense. That’s it.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: wilfred on May 28, 2023, 11:32:16 am ---Scott Adams lit the touch-paper on his comic syndication when he saw a more lucrative market. I don't think he's at all stupid no matter what I think of his ethics.
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That's not what happened.
He's lost 80% of his income because of this. He said he did not expect to be cancelled by his syndication company, just by a bunch of more newspapers that has already happened to him several times before.
I believe him when he says he did what he did because he's in a financial position to do it and wanted to push the race discussion in a new direction.
Long time, he might eventually end up financially better off, that remains to be seen, but it's certainly no the case at the moment. Now that he's been "completely cancelled ", he's now more free to say what he wants. And that's not my speculation, this is stuff he has said.
.RC.:
--- Quote from: wilfred on May 28, 2023, 11:32:16 am ---
When Kmart sell vlogging and "influencer" lighting kits you just know there is a market for opinions out there.
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/6in.-ring-light-influencer-kit-43033058/?
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Not sure why they would need that. Seems plenty of those types think they already have a ring that emits light.
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