I’ve found a few and they seem to be growing as of late:
- questions about Lemmy demographics
- anything discussing negative effects of porn
- benefits of AI
- negative effects of “wokeness”
- critiquing of individuals in trans community
- calling out men as predominant perpetrators of violence towards women
- anything US pro-conservative
One topic that I’ve noticed used to be a nonstarter and is now popular is anti-democrat conversation.
What are other nonstarters you’ve experienced?
EDIT: seemingly asking people what the community doesn’t want to talk about is a nonstarter
EDIT: calling out men as being predominate perps of violence is NOT a nonstarter and accepted within the community. A select few think that’s being a terf but they are wrong.
I’m convinced people railing against wokeness are just AI bots at this point. OP, can you prove you are not a stochastic parrot without saying something silly?
Countering arguments with ad-hominem puts you right up there with AI bots when it comes to providing value to online discussions.
Not really… AI bots are bad at providing value because they have no values and don’t understand context. You can deliver a scathing reproach that has value as long as it fits the context and reflects your values. But do you consider your response an ad-hominem?
Yes, really. You’re effectively saying “everyone who disagrees with my worldview is a bot,” which is a textbook example of ad hominem - dismissing a position based on who is assumed to hold it rather than engaging with the argument itself. That kind of framing is both delusional and extremely bad faith.
To your question: no, what I said isn’t ad hominem. Criticizing someone for making an ad hominem isn’t the same thing. I’m not using a personal attack to avoid addressing your argument - I’m pointing out that you’re using personal attacks to avoid having one. There’s a difference between attacking someone instead of responding to their point and calling out someone for refusing to make one.
I hardly consider my opinion on AI a “worldview”. It is an observation that generative AI use in decision making and creativity reduces cognitive activity. Yes I asked OP to disprove me in an “ad-hominem” manner though. I guess we violently agree on that?
Nobody has claimed your views on AI count as a worldview, nor are they in any way relevant to this discussion. The discussion is about you blanket dismissing everyone who criticizes “wokeness” as a bot.
Okay then, swap out AI with wokeness, it still doesn’t come to the level of a “worldview”. It is still an observation.
You can swap out “worldview” with any other term you like as that is neither relevant to the discussion. You’re getting hung up on terms and completely ignoring the substance of my argument.
Yes I had an inflammatory response. I honestly don’t perceive OP as making a good faith argument when they say “negative effects of wokeness”. It’s a thought terminating cliche.
Exhibit A
I’m not even from the Lemmy world instance. I’m from the instance that specifically rails against AI slop. Thank you for being silly.
Do you have anything of value to contribute?
What is your intention with this response? Do you expect me to suddenly give you something you value as a response? That would be silly based on the conversation this far.
You never replied to the question in the post. You just came in with your own silly anti-AI agenda. Essentially showing that this discussion is a nonstarter for you. So I guess this was a valuable discussion after all.
I think you might be hallucinating.
Just say what you’re alluding to
You are right in that I never answered the question asked. However, I would not say the conversation is a nonstarter, I asked you a question and you answered it well. That sounds like a discussion to me…