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You've made the decision to let a business deep into your personal life, a space once reserved only for loved ones. These are the consequences.

Nice victim blaming there, let's hold individuals responsible for the bad experiences they have with the vast data collection and ad targeting infrastructure they're virtually forced to interact with. If only they had been studying the blade instead.

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Victim? She's not a victim. She's upset she saw an advertisement. Aggrieved, offended, dismayed, rightfully very upset about the loss of her pregnancy, but she's not a victim.

I didn't read that as victim blaming. Maybe it's a little callous but I don't think the commenter is trying to shift the blame or responsibility from the companies to the author; instead I read it as trying to change expectations about the level of empathy and humanity the author will receive.

> If only they had been studying the blade instead.

Uh, what?

It's a meme that pokes fun at callous personas. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-studied-the-blade

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