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Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

It’s not that believers in conspiracy theories are massively overconfident; there is no data on that, because the studies didn’t set out to quantify the degree of overconfidence, per Pennycook. Rather, “They’re overconfident, and they massively overestimate how much people agree with them,” he said.

I wonder how much of that false confidence comes from people smiling and nodding because they just want the conspiracy theorist to shut the fuck up already 🙃

They Cancelled Colbert to Send a Message

This is what tyrants have always done. For all their power, they cannot withstand even the lightest joke. So they silence the jester.

I wonder how people would react if it was still David Letterman’s version of The Late Show.

Regardless of political affiliation, Letterman was something I feel like everyone watched. Then I realized it’s already been 10 years since Colbert took over, and he’s the top rated host in late night.

I hope he goes the Conan O’Brien route and finds a less spineless network where he can keep doing what he’s doing.

The crypto industry got what it paid for

After a four-year struggle with the Biden administration over crypto policy, the industry is finally seeing the US government adopt policies it’s long asked for.

The cryptocurrency industry struggled back then because the Biden administration saw it for what it is: a literal Ponzi scheme.

It’s an exclusive club for old holders who dump massively and leave retail investors holding the bag after they pour their life savings into it. This is not a thing for normal, working class people. It’s for their bosses and CEOs.

PieFed.world is now open (via lemmy.world)

PieFed is a Fediverse/Threadiverse platform similar to Lemmy or Mbin/kbin. You can find a description and feature comparison with Lemmy on their website…While PieFed has a range of features currently not present in Lemmy, it also is a a lot younger and isn’t quite as robust as Lemmy currently is.

I hung out on Lemmy a lot when Reddit started going downhill. If it wasn’t for Digg.com being revived, I would be so stoked about PieFed right now.

Nintendo bans Switch 2 owner after they played used Switch 1 games — decision eventually reversed after ‘proving innocence’:

[Nintendo] confirmed that their console was indeed banned because of the use of pirated games. Nevertheless, they were able to prove their innocence by pulling up the Facebook Marketplace listing for their games and sending the photos of their purchased cartridges.

I get that piracy is bad but this person is still out whatever they paid for the games and they would’ve been extra fucked if the original marketplace post wasn’t still listed.

Honestly I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t started going into second hand stores and busting heads. I don’t see how reselling legally bought games is much different, and I can’t imagine they’re any more okay with that.

They should patent an official Nintendo cartridge shredder for when you’re done playing something.

In all seriousness I think simply disabling the pirated cart from running on the Switch would suffice.

If You Still Vape, You Might Wanna Read This:

“Common sense tells you — your mom would tell you — that a superheated chemical inhaling right into your lungs isn’t going to be good,” the doctor said.

I’ve kicked a lot of addictions over the years, but nicotine isn’t one of them. I used to smoke two packs a day, then I switched to vaping about seven years ago. I’ve since switched to nicotine pouches, which I gotta believe are at least a little less harmful, but they’re still hard on your gums. And heart. And wallet.

With vaping, I don’t have any horror stories other than hitting the thing too much and getting nic sick. But it is pretty much common sense that breathing in boiling hot vapor made of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, food flavorings, and a stimulant can’t be that great for you.