... I don't think my interpretation makes me rigid or fundamentalist...

Correct- it makes you wrong 😆

Cry to someone that cares 😢

You haven't made a point- you've been on an indignant rant to someone that doesn't care.

Literally, you are the problem.

Exactly how I feel about you.

I am using the voting buttons as intended. For some reason that triggers you. Idk why you're so convinced you're right, but you have yet to give anything other than your opinion to justify it. Give a source of some kind to prove it, and others might agree. I know the source "I made it the fuck up," is really hard to source properly, but do try.

Edit- Yes, you objectively are wrong.

I don't need to, I'm not wrong

I mean, you objectively are wrong.

I don't need Lemmy's rules or documentation to dictate what I believe the spirit and intended purpose of a voting system should be.

Got it- so you just don't understand social media, and because it doesn't work the way YOU believe it should, everyone else is wrong.

You're just wrong. No matter how many words you type- the voting button was NEVER meant for what you have described. It has ALWAYS been a personal "Like/Dislike" button. Find me ANYWHERE in the Lemmy rules that says otherwise. Oh, you can't? Weird.

That doesn't matter to this conversation. The point the guy made was "Upvotes and downvotes used to mean something! Now it's just for disagreements!"

Which is objectively false. Those buttons have ALWAYS been there for agreement/disagreement. Nothing more, nothing less.

Upvotes and downvotes have increasingly become a measure of whether someone agrees or disagrees with an opinion, rather than whether a contribution is relevant, factual, constructive, or adds value to the discussion.

...That is literally what the voting buttons have always been for? If you like something, upvote it- if you dislike it, downvote it- if you don't care, ignore it. What reality have you been living in?

I would put money on this being done by someone associated with Musk, Trump, and/or Paxton.

Unrelated question- how many judges on the Texas Supreme Court are members of the Heritage Foundation ?

Oh no! The Gestapo had a leak on their goose-steppers? How unfortunate! /s

Fair enough- I had never heard of either of those before. However, I know Mervyn Peake has been a heavy inspiration of modern fiction. I may have to give the Gormenghast series a try- just super daunting.

Anyways, thanks for indulging my curiosity. Just had time to kill. Have a good one!

I agree- which is the way I believe most Cormac McCarthy fans view his writing style. I have never read his books, they aren't for me- but I feel that bucking trends is the way art is meant to evolve. Some trends getting bucked are more annoying than others, though.

Do you have any authors that you suggest to others?