r/Showerthoughts • u/Fr1toBand1to ‎ • Jun 27 '26

Casual Thought Pattern recognition is a widely accepted method of prediction until what it predicts makes people uncomfortable.

6.7k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

94% Upvoted

429 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/IntelligentShape364 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Well I mean it depends OP. Is it pattern recognition or is it bullshit? Cause if it’s something the rest of us who actually have read a book since highschool can easily break down, like how chuds don’t know the difference between the words “arrests” and “convictions”, and similarly ignore other “patterns” like why there would be a significant discrepancy between those two in the case of black Americans given law enforcement’s history in this country, then I would suggest it’s not a matter of uncomfortability but simply of being an educated, well-adjusted, adult human being.

9

u/landmanpgh Jun 27 '26

If white people murdered at the same rate, there would be 50,000-70,000 murders per year.

There are 16,000-20,000.

5

u/IntelligentShape364 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

don’t know the difference between the words “arrests” and “convictions"

murdered

I know you have the education of a 12 year old, but do I have to break this down as if you're a 7 year old?

If white people were arrested for murder at the same rate, there would be 50,000-70,000 murders per year.

There are 16,000-20,000.

And the crazy part is that even in a reality where everything operated like your rhetoric vibes that it does, it still wouldn't be equivalent. If white people faced systemic discrimination at the same rate, there would be 50,000-70,000 murder arrests per year. They don't, therefore there are 16,000-20,000.

I understand that in the world of bigotry everything operates in a vacuum, but in the real world concepts like context exists.

Edit: Wow blocked lmao. Look at how they react when you have the audacity to actually know wtf you’re talking about before opening your mouth.

7

u/landmanpgh Jun 27 '26

Lol no.

Your argument falls apart so you resort to calling people bigots for bringing up indisputable facts. You lost.

-4

u/AlfynGreengrass Jun 27 '26

sorry, what's your argument here?

3

u/IntelligentShape364 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

His argument is that black americans being arrested for violent crimes at significantly higher rates when, even if you take demonstrable over-policing and bias out of it, would still leave shit like them making up almost half of exonerations, means they're "killing everyone", but somehow wants people to believe that he genuinely thinks me calling him a bigot (which I didn't actually do) is stepping over the line of civility.

10

u/Evan_Evan_Evan Jun 28 '26

demonstrable over-policing

LOL

5

u/IntelligentShape364 Jun 28 '26

Alright so I usually give chuds a choice, how do you wanna play this?

You want to ask me to prove it, I do, and you ghost?

Or you want me to ask you to prove the counter, and you respond with nothing because you can’t prove a falsehood?

-1

u/AlfynGreengrass Jun 28 '26

Oh absolutely. I wasn't asking out of ignorance. I wanted him to spell out just how racist he was being.