A man crashes into the party assembly of the SED (East-German communist party back when it was in command): "Comrads! The Russians, they're on the moon!"
Nope. Don't worry. Those that really just do it for the money (and I mean big money) will find a way around it. Those that do it as a passion project are few, far between, and usually about as entertaining and interesting as all the other "let's play" videos.
What we'll really lose is the ones that have a passion, want to show, teach, inform and share their knowledge and need to make at least a bit of revenue to make it work out. I.e. the only thing still worth going to YT for.
The problem is that we're not pushing increasing educational standards. We apparently want dumb people who practice rote learning and believing whatever they're being told without the ability to reflect and test for veracity of the claim being presented.
Herd immunity doesn't work? Well, then I'm sure you can explain why we haven't had any measurable outbreak of measles for the longest time, only since idiots started to put cracks into the herd immunity we're now back to having hundreds (in some areas thousands) of cases again.
And, it's great that th. vaccines worked so well on small-pox and polio. And now we are told that measeles and chicken pox are just as deadly. And 6 months old need vaccines for sexual intercorse. It gets a little bit crazy what they want to push into you.
No. Measles and chicken pox are comparably nonlethal when you put them side to side with polio and small-pox. But a mortality rate of one in a thousand (as with measles) is still something I'd like to avoid if I have a chance. Especially considering that they're contagious as all hell.
But I'm interested, what place do you drag that "6 months olds get vaccines for sexual intercourse" gem out of? Must be a dark, dank place, I take it? Mostly because I don't even know of any vaccines for sexual intercourse, let alone one that would be aimed at kids.
I'm done trying to keep people alive. There's about 8 billion humans now. That's plenty.
You know why there are no 80+ year old anti-vaxers? Because they remember what an iron lung is. My grandma allegedly slapped a doctor because when I was born they stopped vaccinations for smallpox in our area and she was adamant that I HAVE TO get that vaccination. She lost a brother that way when she was a child.
I guess people have to lose loved ones again to be reminded that there's a reason for this.
Launching to the west means that you need more fuel. And going to the moon is already something that takes a lot of fuel, even if you don't have to compensate for Earth's rotation twice.
Challenging established orthodoxy, yes. But the process matters. What is done right now by the various bullshit artists is basically to say "A is established knowledge, but I say A is wrong because of (insert very bad argument here), so I dreamed up B, which I found a few pointers that let me imagine it's true, so I believe that now. And the thousands of contradictions you find are just big conspiracies from the industry, the Illuminati, NASA, you name it so I brush them aside and ignore them".
That's NOT how you improve our knowledge. That's how you destroy it.
If the anti-vaxxers would just let their kids die after getting infected I wouldn't complain, but I get to foot the bill to prolong the life of their spawn.
Makes you wonder why they act the same way. Anti-vaxers and flat earth believers follow the same thought model. You have something you don't like for some reason, so the opposite has to be true, and anything supporting your newfound pet idea is accepted (even if fake or debunked), everything contradicting it is brushed off as some industry complex conspiracy.
Is it true? Does thinkofthechildren turn your brains off?
Disputing facts is not the problem. Actually, questioning established "knowledge" is what drives science.
The problem is that it's usually done by people who have no idea how to do that. Being "skeptic" of established knowledge doesn't mean that I don't like A and think that A is false, so I believe B without evidence. But that's what usually happens.
Whether that's anti-vacc, flat earth, chemtrails or whatever other nutty conspiracy theory you can pull out of some dark, smelly place, the modus operandi is the same for all of them. There is an established model that is generally accepted. This is being questioned. So far, no problem. The problem start right afterwards, though, when an alternative is sought where only the flaws (or just perceived, maybe even just invented, flaws) of the "old" system are paraded while only observations (again, fabrication is not a problem here either) supporting the "wanted" model are taken into consideration.
If the "wanted" model or system is met with contradictions, they are brushed aside as a big conspiracy that only fakes it.
The reason for this is that most people never learn how to verify (or falsify) claims. How to properly examine theories and models, essentially how to tell fact from fiction. Many people are totally unable to do this, no matter how trivial it should appear.
The problem is that in the "good old days", pre-internet, the nutter was one per 1000. And he had to interact with those 1000 others who were not nuttier than squirrel poop and who didn't think the aliens from Zrbt are listening in on their thoughts. And at least for the non-clinical cases of insanity, this was enough to convince them that they're wrong.
Today, that one in a thousand means nothing because it's not one in thousand, it's ten thousands in ten millions. Sure, the sane people still outnumber the insane ones, but the nuts can now band together and create their own echo bubble where they get their "suspicions" confirmed, reaffirmed and where they're told that they're not completely off the rocker but that they are the only ones who have seen The Truth.
I've tried reasoning. Forget it. You're dealing with religious zeal here. No amount of sense, proof or demonstrable facts will have any kind of impact.
You have a bunch of people who will not only question whether you're a paid shill but simply brush aside anything you bring to the table as forged and fake, then turn around and pull some shit out of their ass that "proves" their point. These people have never learned to tell fact from fiction and have no way of discriminating between something that is demonstrably true and something someone whipped up for whatever reason. They will literally believe what they want to believe, for no good (or even bad) reason other than "I feel this is right".
Slashdot Mirror
A man crashes into the party assembly of the SED (East-German communist party back when it was in command): "Comrads! The Russians, they're on the moon!"
Hopeful inquiry: "Really? All of them?"
If you get a boner watching a video with a child, the problem is not the video but you.
You think YouTube does not put ads on videos that were demonetized? Who do you think you'd hurt that way? Hint: It ain't YouTube.
We are the trolls who say "FUCK!". We shall say "FUCK" again to you, if you do not appease us.
And a shrubbery won't do this time!
Nope. Don't worry. Those that really just do it for the money (and I mean big money) will find a way around it. Those that do it as a passion project are few, far between, and usually about as entertaining and interesting as all the other "let's play" videos.
What we'll really lose is the ones that have a passion, want to show, teach, inform and share their knowledge and need to make at least a bit of revenue to make it work out. I.e. the only thing still worth going to YT for.
My solution is to use YT-Adblockers and instead pay the content providers I like directly.
FUYT
The problem is that we're not pushing increasing educational standards. We apparently want dumb people who practice rote learning and believing whatever they're being told without the ability to reflect and test for veracity of the claim being presented.
Herd immunity doesn't work? Well, then I'm sure you can explain why we haven't had any measurable outbreak of measles for the longest time, only since idiots started to put cracks into the herd immunity we're now back to having hundreds (in some areas thousands) of cases again.
And, it's great that th. vaccines worked so well on small-pox and polio. And now we are told that measeles and chicken pox are just as deadly. And 6 months old need vaccines for sexual intercorse. It gets a little bit crazy what they want to push into you.
No. Measles and chicken pox are comparably nonlethal when you put them side to side with polio and small-pox. But a mortality rate of one in a thousand (as with measles) is still something I'd like to avoid if I have a chance. Especially considering that they're contagious as all hell.
But I'm interested, what place do you drag that "6 months olds get vaccines for sexual intercourse" gem out of? Must be a dark, dank place, I take it? Mostly because I don't even know of any vaccines for sexual intercourse, let alone one that would be aimed at kids.
I don't. I'm quite ok with your spawn dying and taking you out of the gene pool.
Do me a favor, will ya? When your kids get measles, pay for the cure from your own money, don't waste mine on it.
I'm done trying to keep people alive. There's about 8 billion humans now. That's plenty.
You know why there are no 80+ year old anti-vaxers? Because they remember what an iron lung is. My grandma allegedly slapped a doctor because when I was born they stopped vaccinations for smallpox in our area and she was adamant that I HAVE TO get that vaccination. She lost a brother that way when she was a child.
I guess people have to lose loved ones again to be reminded that there's a reason for this.
At step 1. Noted.
Hey, don't worry, you'll eventually catch up.
Launching to the west means that you need more fuel. And going to the moon is already something that takes a lot of fuel, even if you don't have to compensate for Earth's rotation twice.
Oh YOU're the one who knows someone harmed by vaccines!
Hey, folks, we found the guy!
Great. Want to go back a few years and discuss whether a polio vaccine could potentially be a good thing? Maybe in an Iron Lung ward?
Challenging established orthodoxy, yes. But the process matters. What is done right now by the various bullshit artists is basically to say "A is established knowledge, but I say A is wrong because of (insert very bad argument here), so I dreamed up B, which I found a few pointers that let me imagine it's true, so I believe that now. And the thousands of contradictions you find are just big conspiracies from the industry, the Illuminati, NASA, you name it so I brush them aside and ignore them".
That's NOT how you improve our knowledge. That's how you destroy it.
I would no consider all over 21 states of the US a localized phenomenon.
So I take it you're still at 1?
But they're funny!
I know, I know, it's so very non-PC these days to laugh about retards, but ... please let me have that little guilty pleasure.
If the anti-vaxxers would just let their kids die after getting infected I wouldn't complain, but I get to foot the bill to prolong the life of their spawn.
Makes you wonder why they act the same way. Anti-vaxers and flat earth believers follow the same thought model. You have something you don't like for some reason, so the opposite has to be true, and anything supporting your newfound pet idea is accepted (even if fake or debunked), everything contradicting it is brushed off as some industry complex conspiracy.
Is it true? Does thinkofthechildren turn your brains off?
I think you just identified why religions are so successful.
Disputing facts is not the problem. Actually, questioning established "knowledge" is what drives science.
The problem is that it's usually done by people who have no idea how to do that. Being "skeptic" of established knowledge doesn't mean that I don't like A and think that A is false, so I believe B without evidence. But that's what usually happens.
Whether that's anti-vacc, flat earth, chemtrails or whatever other nutty conspiracy theory you can pull out of some dark, smelly place, the modus operandi is the same for all of them. There is an established model that is generally accepted. This is being questioned. So far, no problem. The problem start right afterwards, though, when an alternative is sought where only the flaws (or just perceived, maybe even just invented, flaws) of the "old" system are paraded while only observations (again, fabrication is not a problem here either) supporting the "wanted" model are taken into consideration.
If the "wanted" model or system is met with contradictions, they are brushed aside as a big conspiracy that only fakes it.
The reason for this is that most people never learn how to verify (or falsify) claims. How to properly examine theories and models, essentially how to tell fact from fiction. Many people are totally unable to do this, no matter how trivial it should appear.
The problem is that in the "good old days", pre-internet, the nutter was one per 1000. And he had to interact with those 1000 others who were not nuttier than squirrel poop and who didn't think the aliens from Zrbt are listening in on their thoughts. And at least for the non-clinical cases of insanity, this was enough to convince them that they're wrong.
Today, that one in a thousand means nothing because it's not one in thousand, it's ten thousands in ten millions. Sure, the sane people still outnumber the insane ones, but the nuts can now band together and create their own echo bubble where they get their "suspicions" confirmed, reaffirmed and where they're told that they're not completely off the rocker but that they are the only ones who have seen The Truth.
I've tried reasoning. Forget it. You're dealing with religious zeal here. No amount of sense, proof or demonstrable facts will have any kind of impact.
You have a bunch of people who will not only question whether you're a paid shill but simply brush aside anything you bring to the table as forged and fake, then turn around and pull some shit out of their ass that "proves" their point. These people have never learned to tell fact from fiction and have no way of discriminating between something that is demonstrably true and something someone whipped up for whatever reason. They will literally believe what they want to believe, for no good (or even bad) reason other than "I feel this is right".