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[DesertRoo]

Isn't he a christian?

Love’d that cult the exclusive brethren, much like the moonies in sth Korea..

 

[rickety]

Went to the doctors yesterday with a sinus infection I had been tolerating for a few days. Couldn't see my usual doctor, ugh. Anyway, after the niceties this other doctor reckons I am symptomatic and need a Covid test. Then asked why I groaned when she suggested what she did. No biggy, just need to cxl a few things. Got home, rang, messaged and texted work, school, footy club, soccer club and vet, then had a cup of tea. Just had a call from this same doctor, "you're test came back negative, so if you'd like to come back in and we can treat that infection .....". "I'll make an appointment" I said. Bollocks I will, am off to get my ears lowered

 

[Themanbun]

Went to the doctors yesterday with a sinus infection I had been tolerating for a few days. Couldn't see my usual doctor, ugh. Anyway, after the niceties this other doctor reckons I am symptomatic and need a Covid test. Then asked why I groaned when she suggested what she did. No biggy, just need to cxl a few things. Got home, rang, messaged and texted work, school, footy club, soccer club and vet, then had a cup of tea. Just had a call from this same doctor, "you're test came back negative, so if you'd like to come back in and we can treat that infection .....". "I'll make an appointment" I said. Bollocks I will, am off to get my ears lowered

Sucks but it's standard practice now mate. Best to get a negative test right before booking. Took me a week longer than usual to get my sinuses treated as well.

 

[Val Keating]

Isn't he a christian?

Aren’t they all?

 

[B4Bear]

The West Australian on Twitter: "Police are treating a shocking flamethrower attack on an Indigenous woman and her daughter in Gosnells as a racially motivated assault. A composite image of the attacker, who had a white Swastika painted backwards on his forehead has been released. https://t.co/IxJ3UdrXEi https://t.co/8wqtDtUTAU" / Twitter

Some people need to be cancelled.

 

[Val Keating]

Love’d that cult the exclusive brethren, much like the moonies in sth Korea..

My wife had a job that was run by them. Think she lasted about 6 months. Best thing she got out of it was a trip to Hawaii but it didn’t take long before she realised that she was just a token female appointment and they didn’t let her have any responsibilities. Very strange bunch. She absolutely hated there. They paid very well but it was career suicide.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Val Keating]

He’s done. Just get back to your other game Tiger

 

[Snake_Baker]

"It is an A.I. of the power that beats Kasparov at chess..........."

 

[goalieboy82]

Coach Emeritus Scamper from today:

 

[disco_cowboy]

"It is an A.I. of the power that beats Kasparov at chess..........."

it's interesting you posted this. You use the term wokesters a lot and that plays into the divide being manufactured by social media. The more you (we) dig our heels into us vs them mentality the worse it gets.

 

[Ry009]

Some great points there but the title of the video is a bit clickbaity isn't it? Before opening the video could already tell you what the issue is with social media, just like fast food (as they said) social media is the quick fix dopamine rush that isn't giving you any knowledge or enlightenment. It's all about addiction.

People constantly driving the left vs right narrative is the food equivalent of running in for a quick Big Mac.

Like creating a nice salad, or homecooked meat and veg for dinner. Writing a long well considered post, or doing your own research about an issue may require more effort, but its going to be increasingly better for your own well being in the long run.

 

[goalieboy82]

Coach Emeritus Scamper from today:
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when i saw him before i left, he was in his litter box (his look said, go away or at less give me the scouting report on the other teams).

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Some great points there but the title of the video is a bit clickbaity isn't it? Before opening the video could already tell you what the issue is with social media, just like fast food (as they said) social media is the quick fix dopamine rush that isn't giving you any knowledge or enlightenment. It's all about addiction.

People constantly driving the left vs right narrative is the food equivalent of running in for a quick Big Mac.

Like creating a nice salad, or homecooked meat and veg for dinner. Writing a long well considered post, or doing your own research about an issue may require more effort, but its going to be increasingly better for your own well being in the long run.

I don't think addiction really quite cuts it. Of course people do get addicted, but we have a large portion of this society for whom this addiction is normalised, perhaps a generation or two now who engage with social media as a matter of course, for whom it is a legitimate form of human interaction, not just communication. I fear that the horse has bolted on this one and reigning in SM use is beyond our capacity.

What we do need to change are the models that are behind the Social Media platforms operation, those that push crap and misinformation down peoples throats. Tristan Harris at the Centre for Humane Technology has been pushing this in recent years, via his documentary The Social Dilemma and his podcast 'Your Undivided Attention', both of which are super informative.

Without changes to how SM platforms operate the general public will continue to have their attention monetised and their understanding of the world hijacked by a combination of nefarious actors, hucksters, moronic influencers and trolls. The Guardian have started an Australian focussed series discussing the rise of misinformation that is quite interesting, with their latest piece looking at how the Wellness industry has been hijacked by fringe anti-vaccers, quasi-QAnon conspiracy theorists and hucksters, all pushing crazy ideas either to promote their own image, make money by selling bullshit products associated with the industry, or sew dissent against the system.

We live in interesting times and most if not all of our policy makers are asleep at the wheel.

 

[Themanbun]

I don't think addiction really quite cuts it. Of course people do get addicted, but we have a large portion of this society for whom this addiction is normalised, perhaps a generation or two now who engage with social media as a matter of course, for whom it is a legitimate form of human interaction, not just communication. I fear that the horse has bolted on this one and reigning in SM use is beyond our capacity.

What we do need to change are the models that are behind the Social Media platforms operation, those that push crap and misinformation down peoples throats. Tristan Harris at the Centre for Humane Technology has been pushing this in recent years, via his documentary The Social Dilemma and his podcast 'Your Undivided Attention', both of which are super informative.

Without changes to how SM platforms operate the general public will continue to have their attention monetised and their understanding of the world hijacked by a combination of nefarious actors, hucksters, moronic influencers and trolls. The Guardian have started an Australian focussed series discussing the rise of misinformation that is quite interesting, with their latest piece looking at how the Wellness industry has been hijacked by fringe anti-vaccers, quasi-QAnon conspiracy theorists and hucksters, all pushing crazy ideas either to promote their own image, make money by selling bullshit products associated with the industry, or sew dissent against the system.

We live in interesting times and most if not all of our policy makers are asleep at the wheel.

For me the biggest thing is the rise of radicalism that I've seen with social media. And I don't just mean political radicalism I mean people so steeped in their own views that they can't imagine someone else thinks differently.

They're constantly bombarded with a mix of people who agree with them and people who outrage them, since that promotes engagement and interaction, and they lose sight that there's a million shades of grey in the world. I had to explain to a mate the other day that the three people he was obsessively debating on twitter are 3 out of 7 billion people on the earth. They may feel like 50 per cent of the population but they're somewhere in the 0.0000003 range.

Then there's the misinformation, fake news, etc. It's just a really unnatural dynamic - opinions aren't getting the reality check that they otherwise would.

One thing about this joint is that everyone's here for footy, meaning we probably have a wide range of social and political views. Much healthier debate.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

For me the biggest thing is the rise of radicalism that I've seen with social media. And I don't just mean political radicalism I mean people so steeped in their own views that they can't imagine someone else thinks differently.

They're constantly bombarded with a mix of people who agree with them and people who outrage them, since that promotes engagement and interaction, and they lose sight that there's a million shades of grey in the world. I had to explain to a mate the other day that the three people he was obsessively debating on twitter are 3 out of 7 billion people on the earth. They may feel like 50 per cent of the population but they're somewhere in the 0.0000003 range.

Then there's the misinformation, fake news, etc. It's just a really unnatural dynamic - opinions aren't getting the reality check that they otherwise would.

One thing about this joint is that everyone's here for footy, meaning we probably have a wide range of social and political views. Much healthier debate.

Yeah SM really has put the ME in Social MEdia and allows for 'conversations' to occur that would never happen in the same way if the two or four protagonists were face to face at a BBQ or over a beer at a pub. It's like road rage for discussion. The cocoon of the platform makes people think that they can act like complete arseholes much like the cocoon of the car makes people feel invincible in a way.

 

[Ry009]

I don't think addiction really quite cuts it. Of course people do get addicted, but we have a large portion of this society for whom this addiction is normalised, perhaps a generation or two now who engage with social media as a matter of course, for whom it is a legitimate form of human interaction, not just communication. I fear that the horse has bolted on this one and reigning in SM use is beyond our capacity.

What we do need to change are the models that are behind the Social Media platforms operation, those that push crap and misinformation down peoples throats. Tristan Harris at the Centre for Humane Technology has been pushing this in recent years, via his documentary The Social Dilemma and his podcast 'Your Undivided Attention', both of which are super informative.

Without changes to how SM platforms operate the general public will continue to have their attention monetised and their understanding of the world hijacked by a combination of nefarious actors, hucksters, moronic influencers and trolls. The Guardian have started an Australian focussed series discussing the rise of misinformation that is quite interesting, with their latest piece looking at how the Wellness industry has been hijacked by fringe anti-vaccers, quasi-QAnon conspiracy theorists and hucksters, all pushing crazy ideas either to promote their own image, make money by selling bullshit products associated with the industry, or sew dissent against the system.

We live in interesting times and most if not all of our policy makers are asleep at the wheel.

Don't disagree at all with anything you've said but essentially what you have said in the first para is essentially addiction.

Law/societal issues, physical and mental health, technology are things that change over time, and naturally our approach to them all has to move with it as well.

Having a progressive society doesn't mean we need to hold hands, sing kumbaya and be communists. But we do need to move with times and approach situations and issues on a case by case basis, with solutions that satisfy the consensus.

Unfortunately we live in a world where politicians/media/corporations that are taking advantage of the non critical thinker.

Unfortunately while a lot of people mean well, a vast majority don't take time to pause and think.

Critical thinking, resilience, use of technology, respect to others .....these are the things primary schools around the world should be drumming into kids, just as much as English and Maths.

Like you've said the horse has bolted. We need to focusing on the kids of today to be prepared for what teenagers and even adults don't have that ability to cope with.

 

[Snake_Baker]

it's interesting you posted this. You use the term wokesters a lot and that plays into the divide being manufactured by social media.

Do you have any other term for stupid, disingenuously empathetic, self serving people?

I can assure you as a person who has not utilised twitter for months & facebook for years, that my distaste for these morons is very much shaped by real world experience.

The more you (we) dig our heels into us vs them mentality the worse it gets.

Resistance is futile?

 

[DesertRoo]

Time going early for headline of the year..

 

[Snake_Baker]

Ironic

 

[DesertRoo]

Anyone following the GameStop story?
GME price just doubled today to $91

 

[andana]

(Reuters) - GameStop Corp’s Frankfurt-listed shares trebled at one point on Thursday, overshooting the videogame retailer’s 100% surge on Wall Street overnight, as European retail traders joined in the fresh buying push.

GameStop shares rose as much as 240% in premarket trading and were up 210% as of 0741 GMT.

The surge comes after a couple of weeks that saw the shares move in relatively tighter ranges.


“It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Whatever happens resist the urge to sell. The longer we hold the higher it goes,” said @catchme1fyoucan, one user in Italy of the retail trading platform eToro, in a discussion on GameStop.

Analysts could not pinpoint one reason for the sharp move, but at least one ruled out a short squeeze that had fired the “Reddit rally” in January when amateur investors piled into stocks that hedge funds had bet against.

Some Twitter users cited factors including options trading and the resignation of GameStop Chief Financial Officer Jim Bell, announced on Tuesday.


GameStop’s U.S.-listed shares soared nearly 104% on Wednesday and were halted several times in a rally that began after 1930 GMT. They jumped another 85% after hours.

 

[andana]

The clearinghouse whose demands for increased margin collateral from Robinhood forced the brokerage to restrict trading last month published a white paper Wednesday that laid the grounds for speeding up the stock settlement process. It proposed cutting settlement to one day from two, prompting some chest puffing among the retail crowd on Reddit.

bloomberg.com

 

[samoodan]

Athens, Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris, LA, Brisbane.

Wtf

 

[samoodan]

and I'm from Queensland