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New comment by gthtjtkt in "YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count"

gthtjtkt — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:34:57 +0000

HN is the most heavily moderated, manipulated and astro-turned forum I've even seen, but you don't realize that until the mods start suppressing your posts and comments. Titles are constantly edited for no apparent reason, users who post unpopular facts are permanently penalized, and you can watch as negative stories about large tech companies are quickly flagged off the front page.

There's literally zero transparency here. At least on Reddit you can track the censorship in real time.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot"

gthtjtkt — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:25:43 +0000

That's like saying "if you dislike any single black person for any reason you're racist".

New comment by gthtjtkt in "FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot"

gthtjtkt — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:23:49 +0000

> Which? Next to medical reasons there are none.

COVID vaccines aren't eligible for the VICP and have a laundry list of horrific side-effects, that's plenty of reason for any reasonable person.

> It's just selfishness and not caring about the greater good and health of society, your neighbours, colleagues, friends or family.

You can say the same about fat people, smokers, drinkers, and all other people who take unnecessary risks of any kind. They're all burdens on the healthcare system that reduce access and affordability for everyone else.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine"

gthtjtkt — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:27:50 +0000

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New comment by gthtjtkt in "NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings"

gthtjtkt — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:22:46 +0000

> and done: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

Vaccine effectiveness is changing every day. In Israel they're seeing 16% efficacy 6 months after the 2nd Pfizer dose.

Also, benefits are only one half of the cost:benefit analysis. Where is the public data on side effects? It doesn't exist because all we have is completely unverified VAERS claims.

You can't make an informed decision when you only know half the equation.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Coca-Cola says 'Be Less White' learning plan was about workplace inclusion"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:43:15 +0000

> This probably sounds pedantic

It doesn't just sound pedantic, it is pedantic.

The topic is clearly about personality traits not medical conditions.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Coca-Cola says 'Be Less White' learning plan was about workplace inclusion"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:18:41 +0000

Funny how people are jumping out of the woodwork to defend racism. There's literally no context where attributing qualities to people based on their skin color is OK.

When did we go back to the 1950s? I sure hope you don't feel comfortable being this racist in real life.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Coca-Cola says 'Be Less White' learning plan was about workplace inclusion"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:12:37 +0000

Didn't Biden reverse that?

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Coca-Cola says 'Be Less White' learning plan was about workplace inclusion"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:11:43 +0000

Don't try to justify racism. The slides literally told employees to "be less white".

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform"

gthtjtkt — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:44:21 +0000

The justice department tried to count all the federal criminal laws once. The best they could come up with was a rough estimate, and that didn't even include state or local laws. There are literally so many criminal laws now that no one is able to count them all, let alone understand them.

Is it fair to penalize someone if they couldn't possibly know their behavior was criminal?

New comment by gthtjtkt in "How Huawei controls its employees in Europe"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:46:46 +0000

9-9-6 schedule, "brainwashing" training, public humiliation for mistakes, automatic termination at age 50, penalties for integrating with EU culture. This isn't employment, it's slavery.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Governor Schwarzenegger's message following the attack on the Capitol [video]"

gthtjtkt — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:08:30 +0000

Here's a little summary of Kristallnacht for anyone who thinks the Capitol protest was comparable:

> Rioters destroyed 267 synagogues throughout Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. Over 7,000 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps.

> Estimates of fatalities caused by the attacks have varied. Early reports estimated that 91 Jews had been murdered. Modern analysis of German scholarly sources puts the figure much higher

This is exactly the type of hyperbolic rhetoric that only enflames political tension.

Also, don't forget that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were cheering on the BLM rioters who killed 30 people and caused $2 billion in property damage.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Parler App delisted from Google Play; Apple threatening same within 24h"

gthtjtkt — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 06:39:49 +0000

So you think they were about to start legislating after they walked into the Capitol? How would that work exactly?

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump"

gthtjtkt — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:27:44 +0000

You forgot Kamala Harris, who encouraged the extremely violent and destructive BLM riots that killed more than 25 people and caused over $2 billion in property damage. That didn't seem to get Twitter's attention. She even set up a bail fund for the terrorists who participated in those riots.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump"

gthtjtkt — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:26:31 +0000

Kamala Harris encouraged the extremely violent and destructive BLM riots that killed more than 25 people and caused over $2 billion in property damage, but that didn't seem to get anyone's attention. She even set up a bail fund for the terrorists who participated in those riots.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China"

gthtjtkt — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:51:20 +0000

> immediately after this become public, Apple put Wistron on probation

That's far too late and at that point they had no choice. They deserve no credit for doing it.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’"

gthtjtkt — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:55:25 +0000

That's the point. They had numerous reasons to believe he was lying and they chose to ignore them.

Sadly it no longer surprises me to see the NY Times reporting what they want to be true rather than reporting the actual truth.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?"

gthtjtkt — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:48:33 +0000

Remember Thalidomide? Remember asbestos?

I'll wait.

New comment by gthtjtkt in "The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer"

gthtjtkt — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:37:28 +0000

> not having access to healthcare or food which seems incredibly orthogonal to how much money Jeff Bezos has.

How much food and healthcare do you think Bezos could buy with his extra $180 billion?

New comment by gthtjtkt in "YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud"

gthtjtkt — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:12:54 +0000

It says they found the same thing: a lack of sufficient evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Kremlin to impact the outcome of the 2016 election.