weaponized nerdery

What makes them think that the library of Alexandria did it any other way? Nerds have existed long before the internet…

That's literally what the library of Alexandria was all about.

They told all of the nerds that the best nerd paper would get into their nerd building, and nerds traveled there from around the world and dedicated their lives to correcting and one-upping the other nerds.

I love the fallibility of humans and our consistency, it makes me much more comfortable to live in a world that seems comprehensible, because I know underneath all of it are like three dumb existential complacencies that any human part of the species can't deny.

Just ignore the 150M a year they spend managing finances, contributors, tech, moderation, etc. Takes a lot to maintain an accurate library.

It's not the real Library at Alexandria until it burns down. Twice.

Dammit he correctly used the apostrophe.

"The best way to get a correct answer online is not to post a question. It is to post the wrong answer."

All human advancement was created by nerds. Spears were invented by weaklings too slow to kill with their bare hands. Fire was tamed by the people who were scared of the dark

I donated to wikipedia. Then I found out their scummy biases towards anything outside the anglosphere. Now I want my money back.

At least that is the PR.

It all goes out of the window as soon as politcal events are concerned, then it is just western naratives all over. With things as sources, good sources, multiple viewpoints all forgotten. What the west says is treated as gospel. While paid editors up to and including state actors rule the site. The system of nerds correcting each other is then used to prevent corrections.

Yes, I do, every time there's seventeen exceptions on a statement that used to be simple. 'This was their last album with this drummer, until he came back, except for this other time, before he left again.' Just rewrite the damn sentence.

And still, even with a do-over, somehow failed to call it "M'akshually". 🤷🏼‍♂️

it better not get burned down again

What I find amazing is that some people are so dedicated to Wikipedia that they literally and consider vandals for how much information they put in.

The other day I used the term weaponized a*t*sm in a positive way, and I got site banned for a day for ableism.

I'm on the spectrum. I'm also the one that ended up going into weaponizrd detail in that thread.

Semi-related, only because if you used the title you actually wanted to, you probably would have been banned too.

Mods are weaponized.

I don't feel the need to correct anyone, EXCEPT when it comes to myths about date rape drugs. Most people still believe that roofies are the Rolls Royces of seduction, when in reality, chloroform remains The Gold Standard. Ever since our society began shunning manual labor back in The 1960s, shoving a chemical-soaked rag over the mouth and nose over the girl you fancy fell out of favor, despite the fact this remains the most effective way of charming her pants and underroos off

That's what it should've been. In reality anything even remotely political on it is heavily biased towards imperial core and NATO countries, and against their geopolitical rivals.

This happens partly because most of these "nerds" are also westerners and rate their own outlets as more reliable, thus enforcing western propaganda.

Wikipedia is not a library neither is it a reliable source of accurate information.