Yeah, 3 is -rough-

I loved it in its day, but it did not age well.

I don’t know if this counts, but I’d say the Enlightenment. It was a discovery in that we discovered a new way to interpret the world.

I think there is kind of a glass ceiling when you talk about fire, plumbing, electricity and so on. Each one was a necessary stepping stone to get us where we are, but without any one of them, we wouldn’t be here.

The Enlightenment gave us a brand new sense of autonomy as a species, which in turn has given us a greater amount of control over “Destiny.”

Thankfully I don’t live there, so it’s only my problem once.

This is great… lol. It redirects me on mobile but not desktop…

Holy shit. This is really good to know… Thanks

TXDMV.GOV

It opens on my cell phone, but my desktop gives me a static image with no links.

Oh… Oh no…

It’s my fault, y’all. I’m sorry.

I recently started using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and it’s clinically proven I ruin everything I touch, so I think I’m killing the bird…

I downloaded this along with the VBs complete library…

It’s easily the best 3d experience I’ve ever had with my 3DS! It’s really well done, especially with the New 3DS’ eye tracking.

I can finally play Telero Boxer and Mario Tennis again. 😁

This isn’t a shit post. This manosphere division shit doesn’t create awareness, it just prolongs the problem.

I am literally advocating for men…

How am I trying to censor the issue when I specifically called out the need to educate and communicate about the underlying societal causes?

Look at the division here. Is this type of communication helpful to the issue?

Trust me, I grew up in a family where the women fucked us up. They still -are.- I understand it.

I’m genuinely asking, though… Where did I call for anyone to fix women’s issues?

Yelling, in this context, is abuse. Full stop. But Google “understands” abuse as physical, and considering that:

Emotional abuse can and often does escalate, and The power dynamic alone gives men an overwhelming ability to escalate to physical abuse.

In the black and white world of math, that message is more relevant to women than men.

We have got to stop treating faceless corporations and their algorithms as people. They are not people. We have to treat google like an unemotional robot, because at the end of the day that’s exactly what it is.

Look at the divisiveness here… This is rage, not progress.

I think you’re absolutely right on all accounts, and the faster we educate ourselves about these issues the faster we can put enough societal pressure on google to change.

I don’t feel like this kind of meme helps the conversation, though. You don’t even have to look past the comments to see the divisiveness it’s generated.

No one is telling you that here. I said nothing like that and Google is literally an algorithm.

If someone encouraging others to educate themselves so that fewer people have to know the pain you felt makes you feel like you matter less, and I mean this in a genuinely positive way, you might need to work on that.

That’s fair.

Thanks for this. You summed up what I was trying to say nicely.

I didn’t minimize anything. I pointed out how googles algorithm used statistics to deliver search results and then urged people to educate themselves about the issue to start building a foundation for meaningful change.

How did this meme help the conversation?

Do you think the comments seem divisive?

You had a very well reasoned and written response, and I disagree with virtually none of it. I just feel like posting emotionally provocative content like this hurts more than it helps, if it helps at all.

That being said I was citing statistics as a metric Google’s algorithm uses to return results. Everything you said fits into the “We need to educate ourselves” portion of my initial reply.

Edit: I’m getting a lot of replies that seem to miss the point that I’m advocating -for- men…

As someone with life experience on both sides of this issue…

Seriously, this meme is bullshit. Yes, it is a fact that men are also on the receiving end of domestic abuse.

Statistically speaking, however, women get the lion’s share of receiving it, while men are culturally groomed to be emotionally closed off. (At least here in the states)

Google is taking these statistics into account when returning search results in an attempt to get the most relevant information to the user.

Is that Google’s problem or a larger cultural issue?

Does absolute equality in Google search results push the needle toward change?

Does posting a meme that highlights a “problem” lacking context (or purported purpose, as stated by OP in another comment) affect change in the way the issue is understood, or does it just serve to generate emotion and engagement?

If you (meaning anyone) genuinely want to affect change on this issue, you need to educate yourself on what’s actually happening. Talk to your family and friends about it and lessen its impact on future generations.

Shit doesn’t just change. We make it change.