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[-] imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 28 points 3 months ago

What dude are you referring to? I'm confused how your comment relates to the article.

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 months ago

Lemmy, where you get downvoted for being confused and asking for clarification. Good job everyone.

[-] imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's baffling how people on Lemmy hate Musk so much and yet can't stop mentioning him in every random, unrelated thread.

The starlink was privately bought as per the article, it wasn't officially procured using federal funds. So the comment I responded to doesn't really make any sense in the context of this post.

But it gets 50 upvotes because Musk is very bad man. I guess that answers my own question about why people can't stop mentioning him on Lemmy: it's free upvotes to shit on him. That's fine I guess, but it can be annoying when it clogs up the discussion in unrelated threads.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You got me. I don't have a problem with him being given the security liabilities of a defense contractor and control over people's Internet access. I posted for upvotes.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's because no one ever reads the article they just read the headline and make up their own story.

In this guy's head Elon Musk personally did this.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

How was that implied by the comment? Tell me what's in my head please.

[-] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I still use Lemmy and Reddit side by side. I find a lot of submissions and comments on Reddit downvoted, where they're nothing burger contributions; some of the most non-divisive, non-offensive, and opinionless contributions I've come across.

I don't recall this behaviour when I first started using Reddit about 10 years ago. It makes me wonder if the world has become a lot more bitter in recent years since this type of behaviour is seen across platforms.

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

I just feel like people are just too quick to assume the question is asked with bad intentions nowadays. It might be more bitterness, as you said, and it could also be more cynicism from most people. All I know is that it makes a lot of platforms more unpleasant to participate in.

[-] Case@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 months ago

We live in troubled times, the planet is overheating at a rate that it might affect my life more than being more uncomfortable in the summer. And that's Texas summers at that.

There is an island of plastic refuse in the ocean bigger than some countries.

I saw the home computer come to the living room and the internet be birthed.

If you were to ask if I was jaded as a kid, already? Yeah. Around 7 years old.

It isn't getting better. Corporations claw for more and more at the expense of the people and the planet.

I hope the younger generations can lead the charge of change, but for me... I don't have the time or energy to play games most days, let alone change the planet.

And for those who will say, "Aren't you just part of the problem then?" Sadly yes, I am. I try to make changes when I can, but I fear changing the small environment of my home will not be enough.

[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 16 points 3 months ago
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