Backlo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up11.78Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.76Karrow-down1external-linkTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgBacklo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squarewillis936@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoIt’s because it doesn’t make any sense on the surface. Why were people so angry? Why was the jovial jokey part of the internet being so serious and violent? It marked a shift of the internet being srs bzns to serious business.
minus-squareEdgarallenpwn [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months ago srs bzns to serious business Never thought about it that way, but it’s a great observation
It’s because it doesn’t make any sense on the surface. Why were people so angry? Why was the jovial jokey part of the internet being so serious and violent? It marked a shift of the internet being srs bzns to serious business.
Never thought about it that way, but it’s a great observation