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PaperclipPerfector  6mo ago (text post)   4643 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 28, 2024

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Is there really nothing wrong with Canadian government to the point that most problematic part is cute but almost certainly false story?

I'm not sure what you mean here? That I should be doing more thoughtful investigative journalism into the fall of the Canadian way of life? Or that Canada should have bigger fish to fry than dealing with this conspiracy theory?

That spending time on making world a worse place seems bad use of time.

Unless it is some complex plan of making this guy seems better by unhinged attacks on him? Or further move into direction of low C trust society? (Well in such case it is also effort spend to make world worse)

I'm not here to make the world a better place. I do that in real life where I am kind to my family, friends and everyone I meet for the most part, I go out of my way to help almost anyone that isn't an asshole, to the point where it confuses people used to being scammed or ignored.

I kind of think of it as A Picture of Dorian Grey type situation. I take the ugly weirdness, intrusive thoughts and over-analysis and put 'em online, where often they provide entertainment and food for thought for the people that don't wish to contribute. I've been doing that since college oh so many years ago. If "do something" is your motto, what are you doing to make the world a better place today?

what are you doing to make the world a better place today?

This is sadly unique enough that I would likely doxx myself. And I prefer to not invent fake equivalent.

(it is at least 98% culture-war free)

Without being rude I highly doubt that to be the case. You're not the only one doing X.

I am not claiming that.

But I may be the only one of day 1500 people doing this in Poland, at which point someone dedicated may start checking each person or doing various smarter matches.

Do I need to get out the Dennis Nedry "nobody cares" gif out?

The question is whether the payoff of posting something even theoretically cancelable is worth the small risk of losing one's livelihood or personal relationships. Everyone will have an individual payoff matrix. Personally I've decided that the minimal utility I get from online posting is not worth any risk of blowing up my life. Especially considering that advances in AI may make it much easier to identify writing patterns and habits.

If Justin is Castro's son, and he with the Canadian government vociferously deny it, then who is sewing seeds of low trust.

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As I understand main evidence "it would be great if my enemies would be even worse and lame"

It looks to me like the main evidence is:

  • Justin Trudeau looks very much like Castro did at a similar age, while bearing no resemblance to Trudeau Sr.
  • Justin's mother and father were unquestionably sexually adventurous swingers who were legendary for engaging in coitous with their friends. Seperately, Castro was a close friend of theirs, who was likewise extremely sexually adventurous.
  • Justin's parents were enjoying a honeymoon in the Caribbean and made a visit to one particular island whose identity they insisted on keeping a secret roughly nine months before Justin's birth.
  • Justin's parents subsequently acted like Castro was someone they already knew when they supposedly met him for the first time on a subsequent visit to Cuba.

The first bullet point seems pretty decisive to me.

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