Notices by Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈 (ainmosni@berlin.social), page 2

@Mabande @jmcs

Very much so, they need to see that their own feelings of being abandoned and betrayed comes from the same system that keeps women down, it just looks different.

@jmcs

I think that's oversimplifying the problem, people have been accepting change forever. A big problem now is that a lot of young men feel left behind as things changed, and as a result they are lonely, lost, and looking for a new "role" to play.

The problem is that the only people (at least that are well known enough to make an impact) addressing those feelings are people like Andrew Tate, and Jordan Peterson.

We need some less toxic male influencers.

Just a reminder that the extreme right is using toxic masculinity as a way to recruit young men.

While we can easily blame men for being toxic, I don't think it will fix much. We need to create a narrative that speaks to men that feel lost. One that's different than all the toxic shit that's so effective on these guys right now.

There's legions of young men feeling left behind by society, and we need to make sure they don't feel that way before things get ugly.

@LALegault
The worst part of it, is that despite all his fucking bullshit, I'd still wish Biden would win.

Iow, having to vote for the lesser of two evils sucks.

No matter how much you work, or how much you love your corporate employer, they don't care about you. Sure, maybe your direct superior cares, but he can easily be told to fuck you over if it suits the corp.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-worker-showered-factory-slept-laid-off

@ocdtrekkie @GossiTheDog

The events were such a big thing, especially if you hire a lot of non-locals. You end up with people, who's entire social circle is in the company, which makes leaving or even criticising the company difficult.

@ocdtrekkie @GossiTheDog

The sad thing is, those big corps do try to brainwash their employees. They put so much money and effort in making their employees think they are all a big awesome family, and that being there makes them cooler and better than everyone else.

I used to work for a place that had events like that, and it worked for a while. I snapped out of it eventually, but the cult tactics do work.

@ocdtrekkie @GossiTheDog

This seems relevant: https://berlin.social/@ainmosni/112404348515843128

@mekkaokereke @liferstate @tess @alienghic

I am aware, I was born there in the 80s and still remember how some of the big squares were essentially big urban highways. it was a decision the city took and it has payed off so much.

@liferstate @tess @alienghic @mekkaokereke

Oh, I am pretty aware of how car dependent the US is, and that what I'm saying would be a huge shift in urbanism in most of the cities there, I'm just saying that it's possible, and it does make cities nicer to live in.

@alienghic @deepmud

I've lived in Amsterdam and Berlin, and in both of those cities, the elderly and disabled tend to not drive personal cars.

So I always find that argument a bit odd.

@deepmud that falls under "a good reason".

Also, the elderly reach a point where driving is the absolute worst mode of transport for them and everyone else.

I've lived in cities where the elderly walk and take transit, and where they and the disabled have special busses that picked them up, or have small mini cars that help them get around but only go 20ish km/h.

There's options, many of them even.

@tess @alienghic @mekkaokereke

yeah that they went for those vehicles is telling, we should be trying to get rid of that class of vehicle as they are not even useful for what they are advertised.

That said, I'd go even further and say that unless there's a good reason, personal vehicles should just not be in cities. Have big parking facilities at transit hubs on the edge where people can leave their car and hop in transit.

Here's a reminder, EVs are not here to save the environment, they are here to save the car industry.

This is how you both take the piss out of the tech industry while also recommending a product. Nice work @theverge_com
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

URGENT in #berlin

My friend's landlord just cancelled her contract and she has to find a new room/apartment within the next 3 months. She can pay 600€ max on her own, or she and a friend can pay 1000€ together for two rooms. She has a cat that must be welcome.

If you know of any places that qualify, please DM.

Please boost for reach.

DRINGEND in #Berlin

Der Vermieter meiner Freundin hat gerade ihren Vertrag gekündigt und sie muss innerhalb der nächsten 3 Monate ein neues Zimmer/Appartement finden. Sie kann maximal 600€ alleine zahlen, oder sie und ein Freund können zusammen 1000€ für zwei Zimmer zahlen. Sie hat eine Katze.

Wenn Sie einen Ort kennen, der dafür in Frage kommt, schicken Sie uns bitte eine Nachricht.

Boost bitte für Bereich.

Does anybody else ever think how messed up it is that unless you go out of your way (or live in a very rural area), you are bombarded with ads for the entire time you are awake.

- Ads on your phone
- Ads on your TV
- Ads on every place they can buy outside
- Ads on almost every website

It is honestly exhausting, and I wonder what a world with heavily limited ads would look like.

Incidentally, the lack of ads is one of the very nice things about self hosting things, and being on fedi.

Just to make it clear:

Yes, I am aware of, and use, adblockers, piracy, and other ways of evading ads. These are exactly the things I was talking about when I was talking about "going out of your way".

But that shouldn't be needed. We shouldn't be wasting so many resources on creating and ignoring ads.

Capitalism was supposed to be efficient, they said!

@mttaggart @tante

One of the things that bugs me about the current generation craze is that it only considers the consumer, or worse, only the middlemen, of art (I will not call it content, as I really dislike that term) it never considers the actual producer. Being creative is so fundamental to the human experience, and the people pushing generation hard seem to be giddy at removing the creative endeavour as a valid way to make a living.