• sam@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I remember the vitriol of old reddit. I believe you are contributing to that more than helping.

    Reddit was never pure in terms of discussion or kindness; I think you’ve got some heavily tinted rose glasses on. But reddit succeeded and brought you the deep, insightful discussion you crave because the enthusiasts were there. And enthusiasts are human, they are not all heartless cogs there to infodump and complain. The most knowledgeable, well-read, and well-spoken people I know are also ones to crack jokes and make their passions accessible and interesting.

    If you want healthy discussion, I strongly believe you should allow at least a bit of levity and let people speak a little more freely. Chastising people for not being insightful enough will turn away plenty of the people you want to keep.

    Let neckbeards and normies mingle. It’s okay to have fun.

    Also worth mentioning: this is Microblog Memes. It’s in the name.

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        Pick a year and I will prove there were always shitposters on reddit.

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          And there are feces particles in every breath you take in, where the important part is, is the concentration.

          Compare frontpages from 2009 to 2017 and put them side by side. Which version has the highest shit density?

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            there are feces particles in every breath you take in

            False. You are contributing to misinformation and are therefore a shit poster.

            You have made the internet worse for your presence. Please go back to shitting up digg with your fossilised takes.

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                It isn’t “obviously true” and you would realise that if you considered the supposition more carefully.

                His claims is that every breath you take contains faeces.

                Firstly the linked studies show bacteria in the air, bacteria is a component of faeces but do not constitute faeces by themselves.

                Secondly every breath? Yes outside of a chip making fab clean room. I see no evidence for faeces in the air in a reasonably clean room. Where’s the source? How are faeces being aerosolised ?

                It’s implausible.

                But the study outdoors that detected bacteria in American Midwest cities!!! Yea there’s zero chance those cities are near farms where they spray with fertiliser. Zero.