Haven’t finished season 2 yet, should I hold off on listening until then?

Is there a less shitty platform on which to watch this? I am not downloading their shitty app for one video.

Sounds dubious but they’ve achieved surprising things before.

Sure, I didn’t mean it was impossible or anything, just could see how it might lead to more abuse since you’ll inevitably end up mediating between instances that hate each other and sometimes just are downright hateful to everyone.

Damn that sucks. While I’m glad such an instance existed, I have to wonder if their ideological opposition to defederation was a factor here. I’ve usually argued against defederation in all but the most extreme cases but I could see how not doing so would increase the burden on admins considerably.

I don’t have access to one currently but maybe I’ll consider looking for one. I like to be outside so the weather here can be a bit of a drag in summer since it regularly exceeds 110F.

Sauna? I just go outside lol

Jk that’s cool though. Do you feel like you can handle outdoor heat better as a result?

You’re allowed to identify with this description if you want to but it’s important to acknowledge that these social categories you’ve described are not reflective of reality. There are no alpha or beta males. Some people might be more or less likely to settle into those roles in particular situations, but they aren’t immutable personality types, nor even aspects of human nature. Rather, they are the result of unhealthy social structures that are forced on people and which they adopt in response. From what I’ve seen, “alpha” and “beta” in particular tend to be highly overlapping categories. A person who adopts a dominant persona in one context is often more likely to act submissive in another, usually because they’ve been indoctrinated into thinking these roles are inevitable or healthy.

If you are completely trapped in these extremely hierarchical social relations (or if you imagine that you are—online narratives about society are important here) then the sigma label might appeal to you. Acting “beta” is humiliating and acting “alpha” is sociopathic—or perhaps it merely seems out of reach if you have low self-esteem. So there was a need for another role for people who didn’t feel they fit into the alpha-beta dynamic, and it turns out this was most people.

But none of this is healthy human behavior. Just because alpha and beta don’t fit doesn’t mean you or anyone else is sigma. Most people I know don’t fall into any of these categories. They neither dominate, submit, or isolate. They are social, but in a supportive and collaborative way. In my view, this is how people are meant to relate to one another. The prevalence of these social hierarchies—or at least the belief in them—are symptoms of a deep sickness that has invaded our society. Rather than asking yourself which box you fit in, you should be asking yourself how you can free yourself and others of these boxes.

What’s wrong with being able to opt out of cookies? This does not seem comparable at all.

Real talk people are just going to need to get over this because there’s no real way to stop it.

Are you sure they weren’t spilled by accident?

I don’t think there is any such instance but there are similar communities: !outdoor@slrpnk.net

There are some nature pics since that’s an easy type of content for a less busy community but also some people posting about outdoor recreation.

In addition to https://slrpnk.net/ which I will endorse, there’s also https://mander.xyz/ which is focused on natural sciences but includes plenty of nature focused communities as well.

Love that is enforced by violence is meaningless.

There has been a lot of serious political analysis done about the connection between human domination of each other and human domination over nature. I agree with the thesis that these are interrelated, but that doesn’t mean everyone who adopts these ideas or practices is a fascist.

Not all of them! Earthworms are not native to areas that were recently glaciated, since prior to human activities, earthworms were extremely slow to migrate to new areas. Southern areas of the US do have native earthworms species.

That said, the native earthworms are usually uncommon except in very undisturbed natural ecosystems. Most human modified landscapes are dominated by invasive species.

Wait why didn’t they turn it on? When they upgraded I assumed this issue would be fixed.

So you think people just happened to decide on a narrow range of positions that are highly convenient to the ruling powers in society?

Modern propagandists have realized it doesn’t matter if the truth is out there—you just need to make your narrative the loudest, most available, algorithmically boosted option and most people won’t put in the effort to question what you put in front of them.

Free will is an illusion and this completely ignores the near monopoly they have on the media and information people are exposed to.

Also, this isn’t saying they cause all problems, just a lot of them in our current society.

But that never happened. We never decided that. No one even asked me. Again, I never opted in and there’s no realistic way to opt out. I’m far more afraid of the state than I am from my neighbors, and if I had a real choice, I would opt out immediately.