• zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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    28 天前

    If the news can run “story about a struggling individual or animal overcoming odds through community support or sheer will, like the sickly squirrel nursed back to health by a man trapped in a collapsed cave.”… For the thousandth time…

    Let’s just say I would rather watch this every year

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      28 天前

      Yeah, well, I will admit that “lesbians mud wrestling“ is a fucking ton of fun to watch

      Lollapalooza or not

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        28 天前

        No, I was simply stating that as fluff pieces go, it’s a good one. Fluff pieces can be about many topics, the relative value of the individual subjects is irrelevant.

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      28 天前

      Comparing lesbian mud wrestling to a sickly squirrel is a bit rude, even in the context of “what might best grab headlines”. I know it was a joke, but still…

      Equating people with animals, even indirectly, isn’t nice. It sets the precedent that there is a context where that’s acceptable, when that’s not acceptable in any context.

      • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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        27 天前

        it’s not about nice. it’s about what gets the most clicks and brings in the most ad revenue.

        the context is ‘story that makes us the most money gets run’