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Might be controversial but: the whole Israel/Gaza stuff.
I don't know much about it. It seems super complicated and controversial. I even realize that it's controversial not to have an opinion on this topic!
But I really can't get myself to have an opinion on something that I am clearly no expert in, something that frequently seems to lead people into arguments with others and something that, sorry to say, really doesn't affect me at all in my life. There are wars all over the world, dunno why this one is the one people have such strong opinion about.
Pretty easy to motivate your own learning:
That makes you objectivly a pretty terrible human.
Why don't you ask your favorite AI to tell you what to think then?
Honestly I would rather say "I don't know" than adopt some random opinion from some AI bot. And I think you should prefer people saying "I don't know" rather than just following what the AI bots are saying. Do you really want AI bots to decide this stuff?
whoooosh
it was sarcasm. TBF it wasn't obvious, I wish we lived in a world when it still was.
because i can think for myself when it comes to things i care about
I want you to repeat that to yourself, slowly.
Is it just that you only care when it starts happening to you? Or is it just that since you do not know yet, you simply cannot know or care? Why not just shock your brain to forget everything that bothers you, you'll be so happy!
yeah besides a "it would be nice if there was peace" i can't say i care about it to the point of spending the time to form an informed opinion
Yes, there is a long and complicated history, but it is irrelevant in the face of a very active ongoing genocide. I accept that you could somehow not be exposed to enough information to be able to see that, but it is still shocking not to be able to form an opinion on ethnic cleansing and genocide. I suppose it is the product of propaganda and the culture war.