this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Steven Crowder. He does not deserve this meme format.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We should stop using memes of a hateful and abusive douche

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just curious, who is this guy, sounds like you knew about the original picture? I've been curious

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

steven crowder, a far-right talking head who moves in the same circles as Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, etc. if rush limbaugh was vader then crowder is kylo ren.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Do you mean: failed comedian, and wife abuser Steven Crowder? That Steven Crowder?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is a great description, okay fuck that guy. Thank you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He also abused his wife a bit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That video was hard to watch

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why?

And I do mean that honestly, it's not like he's empowered by people making memes of him. He receives no benefit, there is no gain. If I used Hitler in a meme because he made a funny face, that isn't an endorsement of his actions or beliefs, sometimes a meme is just a meme.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I know you weren't asking me, but to chime in, it's safer to say that the circumstances of memeing are actually way more complex than we give credit. I'd argue that it's rarely the case that a meme is just a meme. Situations where an event or a person becomes a meme can be totally misinterpreted, reinterpreted or otherwise change from reality. Memes are used tools, many times as propaganda, and who is in a meme possibly, does have an effect. Memeing is actually a big complex part of the human experience! Especially since proliferation of the internet.

Anyway, it's interesting to think about.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

With how few pixels left of his face this has, is it really still of this douche?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Id pay taxes to support open source projects.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Those in the EU do with NLNet! (Although arguably not nearly enough)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah def not enough. It's funny how governments and companies are willing to pay overpriced proprietary software that even comes with no or horrible support, but when they use OSS they hardly contribute and sometimes even get great support via github. But sometimes that's also the other way around. You pay for expensive license and get shitty support even if it's OSS. Looking at you Teleport

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

As European, thatvis not true in my case! (I get funded by them)

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