Summary
In 2024, conservative-leaning online spaces emphasizing traditional masculinity gained mainstream influence, driven by figures like Joe Rogan and trends like the “tradwife” movement.
Platforms like X, under Elon Musk’s ownership, became hubs for anti-“woke” sentiment, while podcasting further amplified right-wing ideas.
This cultural shift mirrored Trump’s election victory and reflected backlash against progressive gender norms.
Though some view these spaces as promoting traditional values, critics warn of growing misogyny and radicalization in the “manosphere.”
The rise of such spaces highlights deepening political polarization online.
Please, tell me more about my values.
No. I’m telling you you’re reading the situation wrong if you think not knowing what Hawk Tuah is means you’re “doing something right”
Being aware of a cultural phenomenon, however fleeting it is, does not mean you’re doing something wrong. So maybe step down off that high horse.
But it does mean I’m doing something right, as not knowing about things like this is exactly what I aim for. Not knowing what “Hawk Tuah” is means I’ve successfully excluded the kinds of things from my media diet that I intended to avoid. I’m not making any universal moral judgments here - these are my values. You’re free to value different things, but don’t waste your time telling me I’m valuing the wrong ones.
What you’re saying is you’d think less of yourself if someone in the circles you run in exposed you to a simple piece of information?
“Hawk Tuah” is how a girl described spitting on a dick in a stupid viral video. She used her 15 minutes of fame to promote a crypto scam.
Now you know…tragic.
That’s why I’m saying it’s stupid to be proud of not knowing. You’re exposed to pop culture at random.
That’s not even remotely what I’m saying.
Did you not say you place value on not knowing? Now that you know, you must have less value than before…
I place value at curating my online media diet in a way that certain topics I’m not interested in are exluded from it. I don’t value what ever is trending on twitter at this very moment so I don’t pay any attention to it. I don’t just simply feed on what ever the social media algorithms are serving me but instead I try and be intentional about it. I can’t know what I don’t know. It’s only when something like “Hawk Tuah” shows up on my Lemmy feed that I get concrete evidence that I, in-fact, have succesfully managed to avoid it.
And I’m sorry to inform you but I still have no clue what it is nor do I care.
While you partied, I studied the blade
I guess curating your online media diet includes not reading comments before replying to them because I told you what Hawk Tuah meant.
I stopped reading mid-sentence as it doesn’t interest me.
How do you know it’s something you’d want to avoid if you have no idea what it is? If you know it’s something to avoid, then wouldn’t you have to know what it is?
Take this at its most extreme.
So, for instance, I have to watch scat porn to avoid it? I don’t have permission from you to say I want to avoid watching people eating shit until I’ve personally watched people eating shit regardless of my preference?
You understand how stupid you sound?
What does having my permission have to do with anything? I’m assuming many people who haven’t watched scat porn knows what it is. The person I replied to claims to have no idea what hawk tuah is. You should try to do better understanding the context of the previous discussion before you feel the need to say anyone else sounds stupid
You are pretending that without a state sponsored education about someone… no one is allowed to police them?
Why are you gate keeping?
I have no idea what you’re talking about, did you reply to the wrong post?
Not sure, why is everyone disagreeing with you?
What does my context have to do with anything? You should try to do better understanding the “context of previous discussions…”
You should get a clue before posting this shit…
It’s not this specific thing I try to avoid. It’s this category of things. The vast vajority of it I’m not interested in so if I lose few gems with it then that’s a price I’m willing to know. By definition it cannot bother me when I don’t even know what I’m missing.
I feel they respect the fact you keep these things out of your life, but as an outside voice, your original comment read similar to the classic “I don’t have a tv in my house.” I’m glad you clarified!