ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

There are a lot of reasons for the downfall of the #USA but a big one is the purchase of traditional #media by plutocrat goons

Look at this fucking shit:

EDIT: some people are angry that i am potentially misleading because this isn't a recent headline. i am trying to make a point about the decay of traditional media and our current state of things. but yes, this is is from 2014, after #bezos bought WaPo. my point still stands, and you should follow my account for commentary, not breaking news

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 5
@benroyce Please say that it's 14 years old! When did Bezos buy the WP? (Rhetorical question)
Until now I trusted your posts. But using content in such wild combinations, sorry ...
Edit: more than 11 years.
Show threadPaul SchoeMar 5

@NatureMC

You are very right, this post is from April 25, 2014, More than 11 years ago.

I hope that it is an oversight from Ben Royce, but otherwise it is very disappointing.

@benroyce

Show threadArmin HanischMar 5
@paulschoe @NatureMC @benroyce By browsing thru the comments I am not astonished by the fact how few acutally looked up the article (at least the date) or read it (or beware, at least read an abstract of the book by Ian Morris if not the book itself). This just shows that (and Ben should have known this as he left out the date) how easy it is also in the „friendly fediverse“ to misguide people and how lazy and unread most of them are.
Show threadPaul SchoeMar 5

To my regret, but, as you demonstrate, the picture seems to be manipulated by removing the date,, from now on I will be more cautious when I see posts from Ben.

@Linkshaender @NatureMC @benroyce

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 5
@paulschoe I don't think that it's openly manipulated. Depending on the device, the date can be under the picture. Then it would be wrongly cut. 😉 @Linkshaender @benroyce
Show threadPaul SchoeMar 5

@NatureMC

I indeed concluded that because on my PC browser, the date is above the picture.

You might be right (I hope so).

@Linkshaender @benroyce

Show threadArmin HanischMar 5
@paulschoe @NatureMC @benroyce Nope, I have to object Petra. Just did a test on four different devices. Every time the date is clearly visible between the title and the illustration. No way you can accidentally skip that. For me personally, alas, that‘s a hard blow to Bens credibility.
Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 5
@Linkshaender oh ... thanks. @paulschoe @benroyce
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe

is it really that big of a deal?

the point i am making is true. that it isn't recent doesn't change that. but i suppose there is an expectation that my account is a breaking news account?

Armin, Paul: if you want to unfollow me, that's fine. i believe you're holding me to expectations which are unfair on flimsy grounds

that someone makes a point with their account, if it is true or not. not that they are paid reporters. obviously i am not

Show threadPetra van Cronenburg

@benroyce And thank you very much for the edit, now it's clear! 😊 (BTW, I wasn't angry).

@Linkshaender @paulschoe

Mar 5 at 1:38pmWeb
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe

i don't care

endless endless endless endless nitpicking on the fediverse is beginning to really piss me off

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 5
@benroyce ok, I also want to say this one time in my life: fuck you! 💐 I don't disturb you any longer. @Linkshaender @paulschoe
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe

shut up

fuck you

Show threadRejinMar 5
@benroyce Fwiw I think your original point is valid with or without the date. If the professional factcheckers of the fediverse object to your edit, they should just unfollow and move on with their lives. The nitpicky arguments on here about the correct way to post are tiresome.
@NatureMC
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@rejinl @NatureMC

thank you

it's just reached a boiling point for me, apologies for my temper

i might have been too hard on these 4 but i CANNOT STAND this endless nitpicking on the fediverse. i just can't deal with it anymore, i'm just going to start severing connections

they apparently believe they are helping?

they just drive everyone insane

Show threadRejinMar 5
@benroyce You were definitely not too hard on them.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@rejinl

remember laffy?

it's these sort of assholes that drove them away

Show threadRejinMar 5
@benroyce She actually blocked me! I thought I was agreeing with her, but maybe my tone was wrong 🤷🏽‍♀
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@rejinl

that's the anger

i do need to tone it down, i don't want to go off the deep end like that

i just blew my top

what's the acceptable amount of blowing one's top? once a month? 10 times a day? 😆

Show threadRejinMar 5
@benroyce no those people were relentless. Like a dog with a bone! Your response was justified.
Show threadLee from ColoradoMar 5
@rejinl @benroyce (she blocked me too. Similar experience of failing to meet her expectations of how to agree with her.
It's ok -- my timeline is plenty informative and more peaceful without that...)
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 5

@colo_lee @rejinl

i liked laffy. but i also didn't comment much on their posts either, otherwise maybe i would have fallen afoul of the banhammer as well

that's why i'm talking about toning down my anger

i think what happens is valid things annoy you... then it builds and then every little fucking thing annoys you, things that aren't a problem, then boom

i don't want to do that

social media is good and bad in many ways. you have to control how you interact with it, or it controls you

Show threadLee from ColoradoMar 5
@benroyce @rejinl Yeah, it can really build.
Wise of you to see that happening and work to manage it!