I decided to do a blog of this, as bulletins only last 10 days.

So something that confuses me on and off when I see it, happening to either myself or others.

When someone posts something and people question it, the poster normally just gives a "do your own research" and then no follow up/reply if they get a reply to such a comment, depending on the post/topic.

So there are people who get their news/stories from the media and such and don't question it - that's fine persons choice. There are people who hear news from media and such and question/believe its a lie which is also fine, I think its good to question things.

But the one thing I'll never get is the people who get marked conspiracy theorist or whatever for believing/saying the opposite of what one side says on how they say people need to wake up, don't believe the media etc but then make 0 effort in why they posted something they believe is fake/not true and expect others to just believe it from the photo or to go and do your own research with no like "hey I looked into it from here and here - I recommend you look at these and do your own research". I don't disagree with the doing your own research but I feel if I want to make a point I at least say why I believe it, I saw it from such and such or I've tried it myself etc depending what the topic is.

A kinda crappy example that I've done would be - proving deleting system32 folders from Windows (at least in 7) isn't true but its a joke/statement that everyone uses. I always heard it but never gave it much thought, then one time I was in uni I was needing to reinstall the PC for troubleshooting purposes, as a test I thought I'd delete system 32 folder and see if the PC booted up anymore, as I was going to reinstall in anyway, it was basically fresh anyways so no harm in trying. I deleted system 32, PC ran fine..rebooted the PC..PC booted up. It took quite amount of folders from the system folders until it refuses to boot into Windows (I can't remember what the final nail in the coffin was as this happened back in 2015).

Yet its was and still would be today used as a joke/statement, a little like the BSOD (Blue screen of death). The reason it got called this was when people use to get a Blue screen error it would in most time results someone just reinstalling/not being able to fix the PC without a reinstall and therefore that's how it got its name "Blue screen of death". Though the actual error screen happens to stop the PC from being damaged or doing any further corruption, and basically tells you what the issue via some codes you had to look up and even when this is explained - most people just keep with the joke. In this case its fine, it doesn't mean/affect anything in this case.

But what happens when its on more serious terms? Like votes being rigged, wars, covid 19 + vax and big corp etc.

Some people will never question or give it a thought so when they hear someone saying something that seems to opposite of what they think and know of something - they laugh. That's fine, some people just either refuse to listen or other times the person making claims of said things - doesn't have any believable truth or any hint to get people to think. It's just a "work it out yourself" but for the most part the people saying these things, want people to believe and "wake up" and think for themselves etc, yet don't give any real meaning or reason on why to believe. In some cases, I fully understand why people laugh and say such people are stupid/crazy/nazi etc but at the same time I don't always understand why people believe without a second thought about the media or presidents etc.

Over here in AU, politicians say why to vote for them, they get in and then don't really do most of the things they said on why to vote for them. Yet people keep thinking the voting system is good/will work. Here we don't have electronic voting systems, we use paper and pencil.

As long as you go there, get your name ticked off, I can draw a big cock on mine, submit it and nothing happens. Got 0 way of knowing who voted for who and its with pencil, it can always be erased - some say use a pen but once it's in a box...you don't know where it goes you just accept and assume it gets taken and counted and your vote is fairly and legitimately counted.

It could be, but how do you personally know? You don't and most people accept that as normal. Here in AU if you don't vote, you are fined unless you have a good reason. What's a good reason?, depends who is deciding. My Nanna years ago had a fall and was in hospital and wasn't able to vote on the vote day and had to explain via letter or a call - not good enough reason and got fined. Yet someone can claim their religious views doesn't allow them to vote - can be accepted by law at least weather it does/has is another story (I did try but my writing was terrible and was crap so fair I got rejected).

I personally think its dumb to be forced to vote. When you turn 18 you have to vote, what happens if you don't like whos there - just vote or draw a dick, doesn't matter either way as long as your name is ticked off you "voted". I spoke about this with an ex's dad who was an older man. His belief was its good you are forced to vote - that way for example someone who was working - your working and you gotta vote today, oh no my boss won't let me leave to go and vote. You do have the option of sending in an early vote via mail, so you could always do this or you could have a law that stops people from being able to do such a thing, but then I guess some people would use that as an excuse on not to vote and how would you prove such a thing, would the boss be punished?

Myself I personally don't care who runs the country, they will either do things that don't affect me or will screw me over and what do I do? Nothing, so either way it doesn't matter what my vote is either it benefits me in some way or it impacts me and either way I don't really get a "say" is how I feel basically, but you "gotta do it". I hate this mindset and forced crap, they use things like "you get to decide to shape your future"...do I though? No, because whatever the leader decides is what gets decided and done (or not done).

It took many years to finally get an 18+ rating system for video games (always had it for movies) so many games that were "too gory" because the gov here loves to pretend their your parents for some odd reason, they would get rejected. Even now, we still get games that get refused or the game must be edited to be allowed in AU yet 18+ exists, and its fine in other countries.

So basically I would either import or download (which hurts the devs) to play such things because why can't I play video games that are not even real, they don't hurt anyone and I'm not retarded enough to think it's real life and "want" to do such things in real life. I understand it from a parent point of view sure, but the gov is to run a country, not hold your hand and raise you.

So I got a little off topic, but basically things like this is what made me start to question things, things that didn't add up or make sense where before I was like eh whatever it is what it is. While I am still like that as personally myself 1 person ain't gonna make a change or do shit nor would I have the resources or know how on how to effectively change something. It's hard enough for someone to give of enough shit of what I do as it is xD.

So while I wouldn't say I have a "side" I'm more of the think for yourself and question things. But same time I understand why people don't/won't as ignorance is bliss or they are just too busy to give a crap about such things (which makes sense). But with the media I do have my doubts here and there depending on the topic.

When the war with Russia and Ukraine business happened on our side (like many others) were getting shown how Russia was attacking Ukraine - this automatically makes Russia bad without a thought. I did have a Denmark friend who was showing me some of the other news reports and such that never did or will make it to western tvs - Russia was there but not attacking (at first) - but because people take 1 side - automatically - oh its Russia propaganda, it's bots its fake but what you were shown on the media couldn't be at all could it? People take 1 side and then it's almost their personality.

Now I'm not saying Putin's a great man or by any means, I don't know the guy and if I believed just what I was told by my media - He's a piece of shit. And not that it would make him any better or worse but there was reports of him donating rice and such to Turkey during the war and something had happened in Turkey (I don't personally remember what) but do you think that story made it to our media at all? Nah just the bad side of things of him so how can you blame people who hate him as if they went to school with him and got bullied by him. They don't give it a second thought, because its on the news it MUST be true or because of another event they have seen (on the media again) why wouldn't it be true?

This same sorta shit happens when growing up, its either happened to you or a friend or someone that went to your school. A rumor/something happens, one person points and shouts and all of a sudden its the truth and no one ever asks the person themselves, they just go oh because such and such said "x" that makes them weird. They will even ask others if its true and the dumb af cycle goes on nor does the victim get to have any say "oh your just saying that" and while in some cases its true...many other times it's not true but it doesn't matter they don't get to prove or say shit.

So the main reason I wrote this is, the start of this post happened today. It was a YouTube post about the CEO of Nestlé. The photo simply said that the CEO (no full name or anything) saying back in 2017 that he believes humans shouldn't have free access to water and should cost or something along those lines. I'm like hm I've never heard of the guy myself, that's weird. So I did a little google search to find out his name - found out his name. Googled that + searched what the photo was claiming. I found a page from Nestlé themselves and they claimed people said this due to a 2005 interview but it wasn't true/taken out of context. So just that itself gives me "hey people say this, due to this but it's not true". So I asked the OP where was the video/source for this claim. And I got a "do your own research its out there". I'm like ok I did very little but it pointed me to say why such things existed and that the claim was false. So I wanted to know the side that was claiming it was true so I could look into why they thought that, do some more digging and make up my own mind who I thought was in the right.