I’m just going to assume that there’s corn behind the black rectangle.

A new report just came out which shows that AI created the same amount of CO2 in 2025 as the entirety of New York City. So there’s also that. Add it to the pile.

I am not obtuse, in my opinion. My personality is consistently perceived as obtuse, hence the name. The label has been consistently applied to me my entire life, so I co-opted the word for myself.

People call me “white knight” and “social justice warrior” and whatever a lot, too. But I like the word obtuse better. This obtuse side of men only emerges when something bothers me, usually of a societal nature.

I’m right about this meme and if I was better at expressing myself I wouldn’t get so many downvotes. Being downvoted for being right isn’t actually a hobby of mine, but sometimes it sure feels like it is.

Yes, posting this doesn’t necessarily make OP sexist, that’s true. Just clueless and a proud member of the boys club that is Lemmy. Like I said, it’s embarrassing.

…Lemmy is so embarrassing at times. Did you know that Lemmy has a reputation for being bad for women? This meme is blatantly sexist. And here’s day two.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-love-video-games-me-too

I am not even remotely apolitical. You are so fucking toxic, holy fuck.

Go fuck yourself, you gaslighting creep.

Normal people like politics? Huh. That’s a new one. So I’m not normal, and all the other people who agree with me aren’t either. You’re being manipulative and judgemental at the same time, while falsey calling me a hypocrite for disagreeing with you.

If you like politics and memes, I have great news for you! There’s a community on Lemmy SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT called c/politicalmemes! Have fun!

Lol, no. Why should I stop? The motherfuckers posting political shit are trying to influence it, too.

Ummm yes I am betting people think that. Are they wrong? It makes sense that Google could do that if they really wanted to, but I doubt they do pretty much anything that doesn’t have a profit motive.

Yes! It was something like that. It’s been a few years since I took that biology class but that sounds right.

I think that was the intent. Lemmy is extremely anti-Google.

Well, it would be difficult for a format like that to bring out the biases of meme creators.

One of the reasons this meme format is problematic is that this is a screenshot from “500 Days of Summer” which was a film that was wildly misunderstood by misogynists. The entire point of the film is to show the perspective of the male character, which villainizes the female character when she breaks his heart when she dumps him. But by the end of the movie the viewer is supposed to realize that she did nothing wrong and just wasn’t as in to him as he was into her.

Incels and misogynists everywhere misunderstood the hell out of the themes and message. So it’s not a great movie to take a meme format from.

Yes, it would still be sexist if it were the other way around. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a meme with this format which didn’t have a “good” and “bad” side.

Scientists theorize that the mitochondria was an entirely different organism which was captured by our ancient single-celled ancestor and assimilated into itself. I can’t remember what the evidence is for this theory but it’s wild to think about.

This meme format is inherently sexist. Anytime you have a meme format that has both a man and a woman on it, and one side is going to be the “bad” side, it’s always going to bring out the biases of whoever is creating it.

Ok. This meme is.

This meme format is sexist. Why is it always always always the woman who has the negative side?

People upvote this shit because they think they’re helping. Some sort of “activism” bullshit. They don’t seem to realize that their actions are having the opposite fucking effect. The presence of politics where it shouldn’t be is causing people to disengage. It causes apathy.