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I'm happy to say my subscription list has left me with no idea who this post is about.
Apparently I still have some curating to do on my subscription/blocks. It's not about any one specific person - just the Debbie Downers that pop up.
A LARGE fraction of these can easily be curated by noticing what instance they are on. Hexbear tends to hold trolls, and while not everyone on Lemmy.ml is insane, conversely the most batshit insane comments I've received on Lemmy kept coming from there (less so than lemmygrad.ml, but still very noticeable).
So rather than leave the Threadiverse behind, I just personally blocked those instances, and I'm much happier ever since (note you can't really do that using Lemmy software as the "instance block" feature is misnamed, only offering a "community mute", but PieFed and a very select number of rare apps can do it, or custom Ublock filtering).
I just try to remember that I’m not always at my best when I comment, either. Sometimes the most polite response is to make no response at all. Not even a downvote. Don’t draw attention to it. Just let it die.
Would this be appropriate to crosspost to !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world? If so, would you like to post your OC there?
I'd like more people to see this lol.
Christ this is so fucking real 🥲
I'm tempted to save this and post it any time we're doing that, but then I'm sure everyone would decide it doesn't apply when they do it lol
A+ meme, A+ commentary
Nice new avatar!
Oh, you like going to Small Local Gym? Well did you know that the dumbbells they have are made by A Corp, which is a partner of B Industries, who is a main supplier of C Inc which is a subsidiary of NESTLE. So by going to that gym you are POISONING BABIES.
Edit: For clarity, the "you" used here is the collective you and not "you" as in the account I'm replying to.
For the record, I agree with your example and personally won't eat/buy The Lord's Chicken™. But do you really think you've changed anyone's mind? Probably not. All you've accomplished is making yourself feel morally superior. You don't like something? Fine, more power to you. Don't buy/support the thing (you should see the ever-growing list of companies and subsidiaries I won't buy from). But also don't slide into the DMs of other people's lives and shit all over what little brings them joy. Why is this hard?
edit: thinking about it, you probably were talking about people on the fediverse doing this out of turn and not the example I was thinking of.
I was. Collective "you" and not a personal "you". Could've been more clear I suppose. I usually try to say "one" instead of "[collective] you" but sometimes that makes the phrasing awkward.
Were I a crackhead, it would be to my benefit if someone discouraged me from enjoying it, right?
Please see the meme above
Known plenty of crack users who didn't do this.
Maybe you should be upset with landlords who and thd clergy of scarcity instead?

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