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  • Aremel@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldBe positive
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    2 months ago

    Both things can be true at once. Current events have me feeling more like the guy facing the mountain rather than the guy facing the valley. “Be the change you want to see in the world” is all fine and dandy but it honestly feels like trying to run against the wind in a hurricane. It’s hard to argue with the results of being a greedy narcissistic sociopath when the world is literally run by them.









    1. Upload Topic A
    2. Comments discuss Topic A
    3. OP edits post to Topic B
    4. Comments reflect Topic A discourse.

    When Topic A discourse is applied to Topic B, it changes the entire context and tone of the conversation. I’ve seen it used to make humorous posts where the OP was transparent about the fact that they would change their posts to make the person responding to them seem crazy. While being upfront about that for the lulz is fine, it can easily be abused if the OP has ulterior motives. The OP can post flamebait, some people fall for it, then the OP edits their posts to seem more grounded and reasonable, while making the people replying to them seem unreasonable.

    All that said, I’m sure the mods have change logs of posts and some people would definitely notice the edits. Not to mention the Way Back Machine.

    I’m sure someone smarter than me could come up with worse abuse of the post edit system, and why it wouldn’t really matter too much in the end.







  • Bob the Builder encourages confidence in one’s abilities. He says “can we fix it?” And then immediately responds with “yes we can!” and expects you to respond the same with him. The meme is saying their decline in their self confidence and even world view started when they didn’t respond “yes we can” but instead “no we cant”