Yeah, an announcement isn’t really part of it. The attempt to suppress information being what ends up amplifying it is the crux of it.
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The result of trying to suppress information which has the opposite effect of spreading the information further.
I.E. A celebrity sees a picture of themselves on the internet that they don’t like. Instead of ignoring it, they actively try to suppress it which only serves to bring more attention to it, thus exposing it to far more people than would have seen it had it been ignored.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Wolfenstein 2 is Available Free with Prime Gaming4·2 months agoAlready been through it.
I think the most cathartic was Sniper Elite in VR. Exploding nazi testicles in x-ray slow motion feels wonderful!
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Wolfenstein 2 is Available Free with Prime Gaming24·2 months agoAny games focused on killing Nazis seem much more fun to play lately.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison? We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be.173·2 months agoI thought the least safe place was an American school.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto HistoryPorn@lemmy.world•A Victorian device for trying on shoes.English0·2 months agoThe lady’s eyes were under their skirts in Victorian times?
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto aww@lemmy.world•This penguin crashed a helicopter in South AfricaEnglish6·2 months agoThanks, little guy, but your target was in a different helicopter.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•Shout out to all the people wondering what the opposite of in isEnglish8·3 months agoUnless you’re in a library.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•What if there really was a "pee tape"?62·3 months agoFor what he’s doing to the country, he’s more deserving of the Osama treatment and should be dumped off the side of a boat in the middle of some ocean so his grave can’t become nazi mecca.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got CaughtEnglish11·3 months agoBuy donation clothing. And by that I mean, buy protest clothing that you can easily take off and donate to a homeless person.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldOPto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Going to a Tesla dealership and spending a day with a salesperson when you have no intent on buying is a great way to protest without waiting for a scheduled event.9·3 months agoI think the Geneva Convention says something about chemical warfare. Sounds like you’re flirting with danger there. See if you can get a note on medical letterhead confirming your diagnosis with Crohn’s Disease so you can bring it out and threaten medical discrimination.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldOPto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Going to a Tesla dealership and spending a day with a salesperson when you have no intent on buying is a great way to protest without waiting for a scheduled event.6·3 months agoNot everyone has the courage to fire bomb a dealership, and a death by a thousand cuts is still a death. If the only thing you are comfortable doing in protest is gumming up the works a bit, so be it.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldOPto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Going to a Tesla dealership and spending a day with a salesperson when you have no intent on buying is a great way to protest without waiting for a scheduled event.225·3 months agoHard to retain salespeople if their income tanks because they have customers who are never quite ready to make the decision.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...English10·4 months agoMythbusters did that years ago.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Facebook Cybertruck Owners Group Copes With Relentless MockeryEnglish21·4 months agoYour assuming a lot. I just like cheese.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Facebook Cybertruck Owners Group Copes With Relentless MockeryEnglish71·4 months ago“Pleasant” in the context of what it would be otherwise. My understanding is that, without the emulsifier, it would be crumbly and kinda chalky, and not hold a form very well.
SPRUNT@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Facebook Cybertruck Owners Group Copes With Relentless MockeryEnglish103·4 months agoI didn’t say it was cheddar. I said it was made from cheddar. It’s decidedly not cheddar, which is why it’s not called “cheddar”.
This is the point of view that I’ve had since elementary school after a game of “Telephone”.
If you can’t put 6 people in a line, whisper something to the first, and have the same thing come from the last, what are the chances any of those books contain any original text? Especially when you have sycophantic rulers like Orange Hitler looking to bilk the masses and trying to rule the world.
Religion is a tool of fear and control to keep the population where you want them. It is broadly and repeatedly used to justify the absolute worst actions in humanity. Religion is the fuel that makes individuals hate entire countries of people they have never met.