• TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Fucked up headline out of India? Checks article Yep, UP. Dunno if that’s confirmation bias, or if the place really is that bad, though.

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      3 months ago

      Idk if it’s still the case but there used to be a guy that would post here all the time about terrible stories coming out of there which lead to at least a little confirmation bias among people. Especially since it was during the great Reddit exit.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, he got banned for being racist. Which is weird, because I’m pretty sure he was Indian himself. Maybe just plain “bigoted” would be more accurate, because he also posted a lot of anti-Islamic stuff.

        He also got banned from !world@lemmy.world for the reason “Probably the most violations I have ever seen”, which made me chuckle. It’s not wrong, though.

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          3 months ago

          That’s incredible. I always did get a bad vibe from him even when he wasn’t being outright terrible

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      3 months ago

      There are 240 million people there (almost double the next most populous state) and it is one of the poorest states in the country. So it’s not confirmation bias; just a whole lot of really fucking poor people who do not have great access to basic education.