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1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 15:49:31 EDT Bob Jonkman
   "if you’re not on Facebook you go to no parties, you meet no girls, you have no sex, so you have no kids and your genes die out." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2166331-dont-blame-academics-like-me-for-facebooks-privacy-crisis/ Ross Anderson on !Privacy
   1. Antón (antonlopez@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 16:05:34 EDT Antón

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      @bobjonkman Big facepalm.

   2. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 16:16:17 EDT Annah

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      @bobjonkman So what if you're homosexual?  I like the implicit bigotry in that phrasing.
      1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 16:59:48 EDT Bob Jonkman

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         I suspect that quote was used as a rhetorical device, so it could be used as a pull quote by people who don't fully analyze all the implications. Like me.
         1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 17:42:37 EDT Annah

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            @bobjonkman I personally think its the kind of language that betrays the bigotry of the author.
      2. strypey (strypey@quitter.im)'s status on Tuesday, 01-May-2018 13:32:15 EDT strypey

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         @maiyannah @bobjonkman if you're a gay man, and not on FB, then you don't meet a lesbian willing to be a babyfarm for you and your husband. You would have to add a lot of disclaimers to that paragraph to cover all possible edge cases, but the implication remains that FB is now a force in "natural" selection *shudder*
   3. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 18:21:08 EDT mangeurdenuage

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      >if you’re not on Facebook you go to no parties, you meet no girls, you have no sex, so you have no kids and your genes die out
      I didn’t need facebook to do that.
   4. Jan Koekepan (jankoekepan@freehold.earth)'s status on Sunday, 15-Apr-2018 01:55:41 EDT Jan Koekepan

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      @bobjonkman Looking for love, in all the wrong places ...