Polenko’s last words were…
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Okay, okay, sorry.
A tourist fell more than 170 feet to her death when she stumbled while taking a selfie from a clifftop viewing platform, the latest in a string of such incidents.
39-year-old Inessa Polenko plunged from the panoramic Gagry viewing point in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia as she tried to take a photo of herself.
Polenko, who was a beautician and a keen Instagram user, climbed over a barrier to reach the clifftop viewing point which overlooks the Black Sea. However, as she climbed over the barrier to take a selfie, Polenko stumbled and fell onto a beach below, according to eyewitnesses.
Not to be callous (I guess it’s too late for that) but isn’t this and the above-linked tragic incidents the very definition of “culling the herd”?
Something worth noting is that this is yet another example of how the patriarchy hurts people. She felt that her image on Instagram was so important that she took risks which ultimately lead to her death. She doesn’t have to be an idiot to have this happen, I’ve done tonnes of stupid dangerous stuff in my life and I’m fairly sure everyone else here can think of a few things that could have gone wrong.
The algorithm of something like Instagram is built around enhancing use of the platform. This is the same fundamental motivation as tobacco companies or gambling companies. Your continued use of the product is essential, even if it is harmful to your health. So they design their product to enhance it’s addictiveness and market to people who are vulnerable, say younger women for example, and boom, revenue.
Meta has a meaningful hand in this type of situation. The same goes for all the other attention economy companies. Their product doesn’t have to be harmful but it is way more profitable if harm is not a consideration.
Nah, it was her fault.
She wanted to be popular, and men are to blame, ok. Is it about me as well? I identify myself as a man.
No… She wanted to be popular on social media, because of the dirty bullshit tactics that social media networks use to keep people addicted, online, and posting.
“The Patriarchy” is not “men”. The apparatus is called that because it’s grown over a long period of our society being ruled primarily by men, that’s all. It’s a structure that victimises men as well as women.
I’m open to calling it something else, but I don’t have a better name.
Edit: Aw, snowflakes can’t handle the idea they might share their sex with horrible people, so they lash out impotently at people who can articulate the problem. When a bunch of people downvote me I question my beliefs, and upon reflection I am convinced I’ve said nothing wrong or objectionable. So I guess in response to all of you - especially the troglodytes I’ve already blocked - neener neener nibble my wiener
Then frankly needlessly gendering the issue turns away would-be supporters with those that don’t understand your coded language.
It’s not my language, but it’s also not needlessly gendered. Unless you’re gonna contend that society in general hasn’t historically been run by men? Since that is the direct and exact reason it is called the thing it is.
And if the name of a thing is enough reason for you to turn on your fellow man, then your support isn’t anything more than “would-be” regardless.
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An inability to comprehend basic concepts like cause and effect, combined with a towering arrogance that assures you that you’ve thought this through and haven’t missed anything. Bravo 🤡 I’d engage further, but you aren’t worth even this much of my time.
Keep blaming “patriarchy” for a thing that the entire arrangement of the economy gets you will only blind you to effective change. Do better. Stop being so pathetically narrow sighted.
Are you so dumb as to confuse capitalism with patriarchy?
… wow… just … wow. Companies doing shady shit to grow and protect their bottom line is distinctly NOT a product of patriarchy. Last I checked, women were fully capable of greed, too. Stop being sexist in your judgements of evil.
They’re not wrong, and neither are you because both forces are at work. Patriarchy and capitalism have long gone hand in hand; after all, they say prostitution is the oldest profession. Read about the kyriarchy and how various systems of oppression impact us all simultaneously
I suspect this was also her income source. She had a monetary incentive to draw eyes to her profiles. It’s tempting to take risks when one sees a way to improve their livelyhood.
Excellent observations.