▲ 1601 ▼ Slightly different approaches (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 196 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] charonn0@startrek.website -30 points 2 years ago (3 children) The context of this thread is my criticism of that example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Finland did not in fact make ice cream free, but you don't challenge that. This is a meme, it could have said anything that sounds grotesquely arbitrary and callous, like banning left handed scissors, even if two-handed tools are probably more easily available in America than in many other parts of the world, perhaps even Finland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Except the OP's point would be much better made by criticizing something the US doesn't actually do pretty well at. Wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charonn0@startrek.website -3 points 2 years ago* The point is America is taking things we’re good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we’ve always been bad at. That seems backwards and ridiculous to me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't criticising anything though. It was a hyperbole, an outlandishly absurd proposition that nobody in their right mind would take seriously. Well, almost nobody I suppose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -8 points 2 years ago Nonsense. Humor and hyperbole are often used to criticize. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Check the thread as a whole, my guy. Your critique of the example isn't where people started disagreeing with you, but the secondary argument you made when someone said the meme itself isn't just about wheel chair accessibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -15 points 2 years ago Literally the first comment was disagreeing. permalink fedilink source parent [+] corus_kt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Finland did not in fact make ice cream free, but you don't challenge that. This is a meme, it could have said anything that sounds grotesquely arbitrary and callous, like banning left handed scissors, even if two-handed tools are probably more easily available in America than in many other parts of the world, perhaps even Finland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Except the OP's point would be much better made by criticizing something the US doesn't actually do pretty well at. Wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charonn0@startrek.website -3 points 2 years ago* The point is America is taking things we’re good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we’ve always been bad at. That seems backwards and ridiculous to me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't criticising anything though. It was a hyperbole, an outlandishly absurd proposition that nobody in their right mind would take seriously. Well, almost nobody I suppose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -8 points 2 years ago Nonsense. Humor and hyperbole are often used to criticize. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] charonn0@startrek.website -16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Except the OP's point would be much better made by criticizing something the US doesn't actually do pretty well at. Wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charonn0@startrek.website -3 points 2 years ago* The point is America is taking things we’re good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we’ve always been bad at. That seems backwards and ridiculous to me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't criticising anything though. It was a hyperbole, an outlandishly absurd proposition that nobody in their right mind would take seriously. Well, almost nobody I suppose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -8 points 2 years ago Nonsense. Humor and hyperbole are often used to criticize. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charonn0@startrek.website -3 points 2 years ago* The point is America is taking things we’re good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we’ve always been bad at. That seems backwards and ridiculous to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] charonn0@startrek.website -3 points 2 years ago* The point is America is taking things we’re good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we’ve always been bad at. That seems backwards and ridiculous to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't criticising anything though. It was a hyperbole, an outlandishly absurd proposition that nobody in their right mind would take seriously. Well, almost nobody I suppose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -8 points 2 years ago Nonsense. Humor and hyperbole are often used to criticize. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] charonn0@startrek.website -8 points 2 years ago Nonsense. Humor and hyperbole are often used to criticize. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Check the thread as a whole, my guy. Your critique of the example isn't where people started disagreeing with you, but the secondary argument you made when someone said the meme itself isn't just about wheel chair accessibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] charonn0@startrek.website -15 points 2 years ago Literally the first comment was disagreeing. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] charonn0@startrek.website -15 points 2 years ago Literally the first comment was disagreeing. permalink fedilink source parent