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  • I could, but that’s not the point. The point is that someone posted a picture of some text, without any sources. And that when someone asks for a shred of proof, some people don’t get why. This is very important.

    And this is what I’m trying to tell you, and anyone else reading. A picture of text is not reliable, and it does not help that there’s also a picture of someone you trust. The guy asking for proof is the sensible voice, not the voice of a person with issues.



  • I spent a few minutes researching this, and I still have no idea what the problem is. Or any motivation to keep researching.

    Honestly, I might be part of the problem. I’m a white guy, and there are basically no black people in my life. I don’t see any in the streets, at work, at home or here. Especially here, I have no idea who anyone is.

    Basically, I have no reason to get involved. However, I don’t want to be part of the problem. So if you spoonfeed me information I can use to make life better for “the blackness” (I’m very confused about the terminology), I will happily read it and try to remember it.

    So don’t just tell me the solution, none of the TLDR makes any sense to me. Spend a few words on the problem.

    As far as I can tell, there’s basically two kinds of people:

    1 - People who just don’t care about other people in the Fediverse. They will not read any of this, there’s nothing you can write here that will change anything for them.

    2 - People who are trying to be nice, but don’t always succeed. They will listen to advice, but nothing will change by telling them to be nice, be less racist, or to listen to people even if they are black. That’s what they are already trying to do.





  • You can think of it like this:

    If a / b = c, then c • b = a

    So if 0 / 0 = 1, then 1 • 0 = 0

    Which is true. It feels right at first.

    But what about other numbers?

    If 0 / 0 = 7, then 7 • 0 = 0

    That also works. But if every number works, then which one is the correct one?

    The question boils down to:

    Find x, where x • 0 = 0

    Now it might be more clear that the question doesn’t really make sense, so no answer will make sense.