True! It wasn’t until recently that female singers became popular enough to warrant better audio engineering for their voices. And even so, much of the pro-sumer hardware, and all of the casual consumer mics (like gaming headsets) is geared towards the existing customer demographic majority: white men

Big same. Biiiiig same

Thank you for taking the time. It definitely is worth explaining! I didn’t have time and am glad you did :)

And this is the thing so many people don’t understand: Bias doesn’t have to be intentional. Racism, bigotry, privilege, etc can all happen purely because we’re flawed beings that find it difficult to think outside our own lived experiences

I like to make a point of calling out the difference between “fault” and “responsibility”…

As a cis white man born in the 1980s, it’s not my fault that black people in America suffer from the long term consequences of slavery and segregation

But as a cis white man born in the 1980s, who has comparatively benefited from the systems built on the foundations of slavery and segregation, I am - and others like me are - responsible for making it right, today.

And anyone who doesn’t believe that should read some T.M. Scanlon

All good. One can never quite tell over text heh

To expand on the other reply, conservatives in America are staunchly opposed to teaching students of any age about critical race theory. They argue that it’s anti-America, unfair, and divisive. Of course the reality is often that they don’t think there’s anything wrong with it and don’t want to be faced with the reality that they have undeserved privilege

While America has it especially bad, because of our history with black slavery, the subject isn’t limited to America by any means, and isn’t limited to black people.

For example, the camera issue I discussed above is not limited to the US.

Racism exists all over the world. And anywhere that racism exists, and the racists held authority or leadership positions, you will find applications of critical race theory. Because even really, really subtle racism gets institutionalized in crazy, unexpected ways.

EDIT: I’ll add that it’s not just race either. There are all sorts of weird ways that preferential treatment of the majority in power sneaks into our lives.

Here’s a silly one: Novelty coffee mugs are biased against left handed people. No joke.

A reality in which the thread of racism has been so pervasive throughout our history that we can find its downstream effects in surprising ways. A reality in which - and I’m dead serious about this - we can clearly trace the path from prehistoric mineral deposits, to slavery, to congressional districts. A reality in which the implementation of fundamental institutions can be shown to work in favor of white people. A reality where it took until Google decided to do something about before we began to redesign cameras so they produced equally good photographs of black people as they do white people.

I could go on but I hope you get the picture

It’s a Starship Troopers reference

“I’m doing my part 🫡”

Bad bot. You omitted very important information. The headline is click bait

Or read the article instead of the bullshit click bait headline

This is a trash headline and complete click bait

Tourists are not being banned from the geisha district

Tourists will be FINED if they enter PRIVATE STREETS that are not meant for or prepared to handle the tourism industry

The geisha district will remain open to tourists. Full stop.

Sky News is garbage

Good. They deserve the support. And unfortunately these companies have already dealt with harassment from these lunatics and can provide useful guidance on how to handle them.

I really hope none of their staff are scared away from the industry, even though they have every right to be under the circumstances.

It’s important to know the difference between

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned

and

I’m sorry, Daddy; I’ve been very naughty

I started ignoring them when they willfully disregarded my explanation in order to reiterate the same misunderstanding they’d already made, simply pointing at text and saying, effectively, “it means what I say it means”. They have their view and nothing you or I can say will ever change it. Best to just ignore that type

oh I see, you just suck at reading comprehension

Please go reread the post you replied to. Nobody, myself included, “decided it had to be about the US”. They asked a question. They wanted to know if it could be malicious, and the thing that made them think about it was the fact it’s Super Tuesday.

The only thing I’ve ever been arguing is that it is reasonable to think about whether BGP could be abused for malicious intent when you realize it’s Super Tuesday. That’s it. It’s a reasonable connection to make that would precipitate the question. They didn’t even ask “is this because it’s Super Tuesday?”

But go off, chief. Can’t pass up a perfectly good opportunity to let your angst out

Solo Leveling x Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

So… Kinda just FF7 where Cloud is even more of an emo loaner than he already is?

That’s no fun so let’s go back one show further…

Battlestar Galactica (2013) x FF7R

Chadley has decided to wipe us out. We’re fracked.

Alternatively, Avalanche joins the Fremen. I would watch the fuck out of that

This is an example of how you can make factually true statements that are contextually irrelevant.

When a major outage occurs on the day in US politics when 15 states all vote for their party nominees, it’s not unreasonable to question whether there was malicious intent.

You’re like a “not all men” or “all lives matter” person barging into a conversation, hijacking a perfectly reasonable discussion to push your agenda. Just stop.

Ahhh yes, let me just get all of my brothers’ business’ account’s followers to switch to telegram. I’m sure they’ll all be willing…

“Just use something else, duh!” is ignorant. Not everyone uses social media to just post memes and argue with strangers. Some people use it for making money, or for access to support resources, or for a specific community that is important to their well-being.