I think it’s a reupload - You can’t stop the signal!

They’d want our coconuts, I bet. They’re pretty cool, I bet aliens don’t have coconuts. They might have some cool alien fruit to trade for coconuts. Or weed.

Maybe they just don’t want to leave their planet because it’s dope af

Here’s my favourite one so far!

Here’s my favourite one so far!

genAI has predominantly been pushed by the US, particularly the super wealthy in the US, so that they can exploit the working class even more and pay them even less. As much as I hate genAI, seeing Iran, who was absolutely the wronged party in this completely illegal and unnecessary war of imperialist aggression on behalf of a genocidal ethnostate, turn the tool of the oppressors against them, and using it to agitate for class consciousness in the USA, is just fucking awesome, IMO.

Did you see the anti-Trump rap one? It actually goes so fucking hard.

Miss that guy. I don’t mind that he was stealing my data, he was my friend, and my dad called him spyware and deleted him :'(

It’s a superposition of knowledge and ignorance.

It’s hard to explain quantum mechanics when you don’t understand them.

Criminalizing sexuality and blocking teens from accessing adult content does make them more vulnerable to abuse, but honestly, I think this is a bit of a far cry - the Epstein class already has unlimited access to working class kids to abuse without these laws being added to the books. Look at how prolific their abuse was, and to how many levels of power it touched. They clearly had no problem at all finding kids to abuse.

I think this is far more about political control and censorship than it is anything to do with kids. “Think of the children” is one of the classic excuses used to justify totalitarian action, right up there with “preventing terrorism/crime”.

Again, no, it is not malicious compliance. As per Tom’s Hardware:

The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age

It is just compliance. Stop lying about that. The law itself is backed by Meta, Google and OpenAI. Wake the fuck up.

Anyways, stick your head in the sand if you want to, that’s your prerogative, but don’t say we didn’t warn you. I’ve been arguing with people like you about increasing authoritarianism and fascism for decades, you always chirp about slippery slopes until it’s already too late. How convenient.

It isn"t malicious compliance at all, it is just compliance. This is exactly what the law requires, to a T. Windows and MacOS would implement it in an identical way.

You want to act like this field is just being added for no reason, and not for compliance with a law that is being created as part of a fabric of increasingly authoritarian age assurance, age-based restriction laws and a rising tide of fascism. A slippery slope argument is where someone claims negative consequences without evidence, there is plenty of reason to believe the goal is de-anonymization.

What benefits would this feature add for you? How would it improve your computer? Why is it being added now and not at the same time as name and location which were added literal decades ago?

Yes, not yet. That’s how they walk it in, a little at a time. First they add in the functionality, but don’t worry, you don’t have to enter your true birth date! Then, well meaning (or malicious) developers will start making use of that field, instead of asking you for it on a case-by-case basis. Then, more regulation will come down the pipe, requiring that the date of birth be sourced by some trusted provider. Soon enough, you need to use your government ID biometric chip to log in, and all of your activity is directly connected to your real-world identity. That is their end goal. That’s why they’re doing all of this.

The more important question here, why do you feel the need to defend this? What does this feature add to your operating system? How does it improve your computing experience?

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“If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to worry about”, people used to say. You don’t hear it as much, these days, probably because it is now such a transparently ignorant thing to say.

Yes, thin end of the wedge. Authoritarianism happens little by little, then all at once. It must be furiously resisted by those of us who care about freedom and privacy.

We should be not complying with any of them, but actively resisting it. This is authoritarianism, pure and simple.

The description hurts my brain, it doesn’t make any sense to me at all, it just seems to be filled with irrelevant words that sound sciency to someone who doesn’t know what they mean. Like a bad sci fi script.

This is a really good explanation, thank you! <3

I love the vibes of this meme but I am not powerful enough to understand, pls someone explain for me :3