TheFriar

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I only read the unpaywalled portion in the beginning, but I didn’t see that. I assume you got the whole article, would you mind sharing any relevant bits that gave you this feeling? (Or copy/pasting the whole text? That’d be awesome)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I get and understand the concept of what you’re trying to say, but it’s more than a bit of a reach to say it’s in play here, I think. Not fitting in the complicated history of untested rape kits and leniency in sentencing based on the rapists’ backgrounds and the socioeconomic backgrounds and skin color of the victims into a headline about climate protesters having the book thrown at them isn’t bias. It’s just kinda superfluous information in regards to the topic at hand.

I get it, it’s a massive problem. And one that desperately needs to be addressed. I just don’t think it extends to this article. Bias can be subtle and often is. And I understand that trying to point it out can be like trying to catch smoke in a butterfly net. But the subtlety of it cuts both ways, and I just think you happen to be on the wrong side of that divide. Just my opinion, though. That’s the great thing about subtlety and nuance, it’s up for discussion.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think you’re giving CNN too much credit. So much so that it dips into conspiracy logic.

Never over complicate and attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance and greed. Why would they do this? Because it’s clickbait. It’s a jarring word, and they want people to visit the site. Rapist are under convicted, yes. But to spin an entire web about the wording in the headline? C’mon. The body uses the suggested sentences for each crime as reference, which is why they could use the attention grabbing headline.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

So if you squeeze the spoon to the body of the grenade and pull the pin, the countdown doesn’t start until after you throw it, correct? When the spoon comes off, those four seconds are roughly the amount of time it has to reach where it was thrown?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m no grenade expert, but don’t you need to go squeeze that bar down before pulling the pin out? I always assumed that’s how the mechanics worked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don’t know us at all, we laugh when old people fall

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought that cats head was a really round bird

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Women are not allowed in this world anymore because of their own personal preferences or the way their body and body is designed and made and made and they have no choice to make decisions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Feel like I’m OOTL here. Which others have we been rid of?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Damn, I knew that one. My German teacher Herr Felschemëier would be so disappointed in me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

What’s he German spelling for “test”

 
 
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