• @Woozythebear@lemmy.world
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    02 months ago

    If they banned lemmy and reddit you would be freaking out too. The difference is many people run their businesses on tik tok. Your making fun of people who are losing their livelihood.

    • @Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      02 months ago

      I would love it if the government banned Reddit.

      Lemmy I could live without. If any users are making their livelihoods on Lemmy or Reddit, they should find something more productive to do.

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        2 months ago

        I would love it if the government banned Reddit.

        Lemmy I could live without. If any users are making their livelihoods on Lemmy or Reddit, they should find something more productive to do.

        by Stovetop@lemmy.world

        I nominate this for the least aware comment on lemmy. We truly have a gem here. “If someone is making their living in a way I don’t understand, they should get a real job. After all, it doesn’t affect me, so it must be fine.”

        Truly well-spoken, just look at all of the many high-paying jobs available to people of all skill levels, I mean, it’s not enough that an entire generation needs to hustle and convert every waking moment into opportunities to generate capital in order to barely survive… but also please do it in a way that Stovetop understands and supports. Otherwise, it’s not “productive”, whatever high-minded values that meaningless phrase is supposed to represent. Clueless.

        Null empathy, null emotional intelligence, null consideration. Truly a masterpiece.

        Stovetop please stay the way you are, we want to study you.

        • @Stovetop@lemmy.world
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          02 months ago

          What sort of living do you think users are eking out on Reddit or Lemmy?

          Social media commerce is all scams and influencers. There are much more productive things people could do to contribute to the betterment of society without trying to capitalize the brain space of gullible and vulnerable people.

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            2 months ago

            That is a good question.

            The world of late stage capitalism. When “scammer” starts to become a common profession… perhaps instead of asking why everyone is becoming a scammer, ask what type of system rewards and necessistates it, and why?

            There are hints in this discussion to what is wrong with the world we inhabit that leads people down this path, and that is the picture I want to draw for you.

            In short, people are extremely desperate. Some might think this is just how things are, but I happen to be one of the people who thinks it is by design. The richest want to keep the workers hungry, afraid, lacking security, and the house (in which they have financial stake in) can rake in the gains. The intentional applied divisiveness of capitalism.

            In that context, I wanted to point out the privileged life that you likely live in order to not realize the desperation that drives someone to capitalize on every financial opportunity available, even the crazy ones. My statement isn’t in favor of making revenue on X, Y, or Z platform, my statement is in critique over your critique of how others earn a living, as well as your disregard for their situation. I was urging you to walk a mental mile in someone else’s shoes.

            Also I apologize for mocking you, it’s not personal but I couldn’t resist taking the piss out of your comment.