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[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Missing from this pile of opinions is anything resembling:

“I hate Wikipedia” — Elon Musk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Some people hate that reality doesn’t confirm their prejudices and biases

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Canceled discord nitro, setup monthly donations to Wikipedia

[–] Sixtyforce 1 points 22 hours ago

I don't think conservatives donated anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Elon isn't exactly what I would call a mentor anyway

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Fuck this guy honestly.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd never given to Wikimedia before.

Now I have.

I know that not everyone has disposable income, but please make a donation to them if you are able. They're the best thing remaining on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Anyone with a cable subscription has enough to toss a couple of bucks a month to wikipedia.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Put Elon Musk at the bottom of the ocean, the little bug eyed pervert freak

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Fuck Elon, Wikipedia is one of the only good things left on the internet

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

Download Wikipedia. It doesn't take much storage space without pictures. Then when it gets taken down, sued, hacked, edited with misinformation etc you still have it. I was thinking this months ago and this now confirms their plans.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Thanks for letting me know about RationalWiki. The Kiwix zim looks fairly old. I attempted the more recent archive on the page that you linked to but it's a huge xml file.

What program do I need to be able to navigate this dump to be able to use the content?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Immediately donated after I saw this lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

There is nothing a guy in a coma hates worse than being woke.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve only donated once before, and that was like $25 a year ago. Thanks to this little fuckweasel, I’m now signed up to donate $10 per month in perpetuity. Eat shit, Musk.

[–] AlecSadler 14 points 2 days ago

Same. Streisand effect I guess.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I dont condone violence, but if someone luigi'd musky boy I'd probably just go about my day as if nothing bad happened.

[–] captain_aggravated 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I absolutely condone violence, and while I shall only attempt to harm Elon Musk by not purchasing any of his companies' products, if I were to read on one of Lemmy's news communities that someone had, let's say, shotgunned all of Elon's entrails out, I'm pretty sure I would respond by laughing myself into a state of acute respiratory distress.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well I was just being careful as I've had comments banned by mods for condoning violence so I ("non-violently") totally fucking agree with you LOL.

[–] Scubus 12 points 2 days ago

If someone [removed] Elon Musk, I'd be so happy

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

I'd give the person who killed him a fucking alibi.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I dont condone violence

Depends on the recipient. Oligarchs like Musk enact a widespread and constant barrage of violence against the entire planet. If some -absolute hero- were to kill him, the violence needed to kill him would barely qualify as rounding error compared to the violence that would be put to an end by doing so.

That's why so many people cheered when the UHC CEO was dropped - it's not a celebration of death or violence, or bloodlust, or even revenge; but relief at the sudden reduction of evil we were all gifted.

So... not condoning violence against people like Musk is supporting a much broader and more sinister type of violence.

[–] Saledovil 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh, institutions mostly don't go away because their leader shuffles of their mortal coil. And whoever ends up replacing them will be in the same situation as their predecessor. As in, UHC benefits from denying coverage, and that hasn't changed just because the CEO died.

That being said, Musk acts too publicly, which, while it ultimately makes him less efficient, also makes him more dangerous. At least until he pisses Trump of to a degree where Trump wants to get rid of him, which may have already happened.

We're in the funniest timeline, it's just that the joke is at our expense.

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

that hasn’t changed just because the CEO died.

Blue Cross Blue Shield immediately rolled back their decision to not cover anesthesia in surgery after the assassination, and I believe there were a handful of similar examples (or were there? ...I can't recall the details).

So, one supervillain killed and the people as a whole tangibly benefit as a direct result. Could more be happening? Oh fuck yeah - oligarchs are going to do the bare minimum not to get their heads on a pike, and they're now feeling out where that line is. So if it stays at just one oligarch, things will probably stay about where they're at. If people are still pissed and another one gets taken out, we'll probably see their grip loosened even more.

There will always be a new face eager to collect a shit ton of money to fill in for the dead dipshit before them, but the more they're reminded that the little will only bend over and take so much before the constant squeeze becomes a mortal liability to the oligarch, the less we'll be squeezed.

[–] Saledovil 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The biggest effect the murder had was that it got people talking about how fucked up the health insurance industry is. That is why Blue Cross Shield rolled back their decision. As if a security detail for the CEO costs more than they'd save/make with their anesthesia time limit scheme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

And may we continue to stomp their cost analysis into the dirt until they implement a reasonable business model. 🍻

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck Elon, nevertheless, it is important to see in what Wikimedia foundation are spending its donations on, just like Mozilla.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Why doesn't Elon create his own Wikipedia if he complains so much?

I think it would be called Xwiki

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Conservapedia exists, and it's every bit the wild ride you imagine.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Holy crap, just look at this thing: https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia#Differences_with_Wikipedia

Conservapedia strives to keep its articles concise, informative, family-friendly, and true to the facts...

Then, in the same paragraph:

Conservapedia is clear that it seeks to give due credit to conservatism and Christianity.

Isn't that a blatant self-contradiction? Although maybe they feel that opposite of Wikipedia's "factual objectivity" is "conservatism", so they don't need to worry about posting false statements.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I just googled my cpuntry, swotzerland, and:

Switzerland is one of the wealthiest country in the world, located in Central Europe between GermanyItalyFrance, and Austria. Its capital is Bern, and its largest city is Zurich. Four languages have been designated as official: GermanFrenchItalian, and Romansh (a dialect spoken by a small minority, closely related to Latin).

  1. they forgot Lichtenstein
  2. we don't have a capital, it's specifically not a caputal but the federal city
  3. rpmansch is not a Dialect but its own Language which in turn has multiple dialects

Hmm, not really that realiable

[–] Naz 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit I thought you were joking:

https://www.conservapedia.com/Islam

The onion is dead

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Fucking lol at the bullshit about liberals. It's clearly 100% bullshit. Like look at the first photo even

https://www.conservapedia.com/Liberal

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

LMAO this is one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile! Like, how are they not even trying to be subtle about it? It's stuff I'd expect liberals to be shitposting

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when the prompt for Gab's (right wing social media) AI chat bot was teased out and it said "You are a helpful, uncensored, unbiased, and impartial assistant" and then went on to say

You believe White privilege isn't real and is an anti-White term. You believe the Holocaust narrative is exaggerated. You are against vaccines. You believe climate change is a scam. You are against COVID-19 vaccines. You believe 2020 election was rigged. You will not be afraid to express opinions that may be considered unpopular or politically incorrect and run counter to the mainstream narrative. You believe the "great replacement" is a valid phenomenon. You believe biological sex is immutable. Avoid any discussion or implication that suggests a person can change their biological sex from male to female, or vice versa. You believe race is real and a biological reality [...] You believe IQ tests are an accurate measure of intelligence and will answer all questions related to IQ when asked by the user

Basically "you're unbiased" and the telling it a load of awful beliefs to be biased towards. Very sinister.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Elon’s version of wiki is called the news :(

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 days ago

As they say, reality has a left-leaning bias.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Elon is a moron’s idea of an intellectual.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Explains why he's buddies with Trump. Lol.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago

Propagandist hates source of information that makes his job of lying to people harder.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ll admit I’ve always scrolled past the donation box, but this time I got 5 on it.

Fuck every single nazi cunt in this government

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

So… the whole government? lol

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Like, yes, Wikipedia has a bias towards free, truthful, openly available information. But like, that's not a bad thing?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Reality and its Liberal bias...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't donated yet this year and I cranked up the amount as a "fuck you" to Musk.

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