Dunning Kruger

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Cake day: August 16th, 2023
  • Dunning KrugertoAsk Lemmy•Which one of your views gets you labeled as "the other"?
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    26 days ago

    I don’t think that those are the same position.

    Let’s update our understanding and use other more meaningful categories that better reflect people’s lived experiences is a good idea. Let’s confine our understanding and hold people in rigid categories that often do not match their lived experiences is not.

    John Oliver also has a good segment on this topic, if you’re interested.

    Also, one could listen to someone such as Erin in the morning to understand the context of the anti-trans sports campaign.

    Some of what Erin describes here is that much of the current anti-trans efforts are being funded and pushed by many of the same religious fundamentalist groups that previously pushed “defense of marriage” campaigns and and legislation against gay people.

    The market research that these groups have used since losing that debate have shown them that religious arguments against inclusion are generally unpopular. So now they’ve made a very deliberate, and rather successful, effort to repackage their agenda through the sports topic instead.

  • Dunning Krugertocats•Crawford Eating Soup and Crackers 😻😹😺🐾🍲
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    3 months ago

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    Crawford looks like a cute guy, and if you want him to have a healthy life, it’s important to understand that food like saltine crackers and Campbell’s soup would be extremely unhealthy for him.

    Cats internal organs function differently than humans, and they are especially susceptible to kidney disease and failure as they age.

    You can read more about kidney disease here: https://www.chewy.com/education/cat/health-and-wellness/cat-kidney-disease-kidney-problems-common-cats

    tl;dr “Of the variety of health conditions that affect our sweet felines, cat kidney disease is one of the most common. In fact, it’s one of the leading causes of death in cats. …Chronic kidney disease (CKD) refers to damage done to the kidneys over time and is generally associated with cats 7 years of age or older. …When we talk about kidney disease—including acute renal failure and chronic kidney failure—we’re referring to a condition where the kidneys aren’t operating as they should… This means the kidneys are no longer able to adequately eliminate toxins, conserve water, or regulate the balance of some electrolytes, minerals, and proteins. …Once kidney function is lost, it usually does not come back…”

    Reposting a comment by @TigerAce from the thread: Jove chomping down on a waffle

    “It contains too much sugar and salt, maybe milk, this is really bad for them. Cats are lactose intolerant carnivores, please don’t feed them anything they shouldn’t eat. Especially their kidneys are very sensitive and are often the cause of them dying in the end. So don’t feed them salty stuff and make sure there’s fresh water everywhere around the house. They eat grass so they can puke up hair, as plant based stuff they can not digest. So don’t feed them veggies but make sure there’s grass available. Especially prepared veggies with herbs and salt are really bad. It’s important to feed cats a proper healthy diet, preventing them from getting obese with proper portions. This way they will have an increased chance of a long and healthy life! I used to be ok with them getting something here and there, but my vet was very clear I shouldn’t do that.”

  • Dunning KrugertoNot The Onion•Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distressEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There’s a lot of information that we don’t know about this, but I bet that there are a couple of pieces of information that you are overlooking here.

    My guess is that someone who believes that another person is a trapped astronaut is probably not just “stupid,” as in it’s not just that they didn’t go to enough schooling or they weren’t paying attention to their surroundings, but they are more likely to be someone with an intellectual or cognitive impairment.

    Cognitive decline and dementia are common parts of aging, and frequently affect people in their 80’s, as this woman is reported to be.

    Scams also frequently target people who are vulnerable, with one theory being that misspellings and grammar mistakes in written correspondence may be deliberate ways of screening out more savvy individuals.

    Vulnerable people are often targeted, not just through romance scams which prey on our desires for connection and understanding, but also towards people with intellectual disabilities and impairments, or more pronounced mental health conditions.

    Adding to this, many of these vulnerable people also have extremely limited financial resources; as individuals with cognitive decline, intellectual disabilities, and mental health conditions often live in poverty or are reliant on meager social service programs.

    I can only imagine what portion of this woman’s savings $6700 was, and what she may have been sacrificing to try to help someone who she believed was in danger.

    As magnetosphere mentions above, it is possible to laugh at the absurdity of the situation, while still holding empathy and compassion for the real person who was hurt here.