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too many cop emojis, that’s what’s wrong with it

• spelling “catsup” as “ketchup” is as juvenile as spelling “night light” as “nite lite”

• Ohio isn’t part of the Midwest

• all of Rory’s boyfriends in The Gilmore Girls were terrible, but Logan is the worst

• using a slur “because it’s not a bad word in my culture” still isn’t okay

Not as long as there are videogame wikis.

We do have comment and post karma. It’s better with just those and not a running total.

zero or more

“we” and other first-person-plurals

split all vowels into the two-four sounds they actually make

I compliment my wife on her personality traits multiple times a day. But not just my wife, everyone in my life. Friends, coworkers, children, pets.

aay ebe eke ede eay efe ege ehe iay eje eek ele eme ene oay epe eque ere ese ete uay eve ewe ekse yay eze

but if we’re making changes, we should really get rid of C, Y, X, and W; bring back thorn; turn all soft Gs into Js… the list goes on

Not for me. The written word is much more vivid and conveys information much more efficiently than video. Other people process things differently, I know, but that’s how it is for me.

Ten right away, and then another as often as there’s a 10% turnover in world population.

Hey, you never said they had to be my fingers.

You cannot change the game, you cannot change others. The only one you can change is yourself, and thus the only time blame can be profitable is when pointed inward. Just remember: sometimes the mistake is in playing the game at all.

like a Tuesday one

Like half a dude.

They’ve dealt with so many bad actors in the past

This is for sure part of it. Remember that most of us fled here from reddit, and many made a clean break. For me, that includes avoiding political discussion communities. I actively moderated two conservative political communities for years (r/AskConservatives and r/Tuesday) and also r/As an American, where political discussions often came up. I’m just exhausted by it. I’ve seen every bad argument under the sun from and towards every major political position.

When I spooled down reddit, resigned my modship in r/AskConservatives, and came to lemmy, I resolved to a) never mod a discussion community again and 2] never sub a political discussion community. And my life became so much better! I still engage with politics IRL, with real people in my community, but have zero interest in seeking out the same here.

So yes, if you want to discuss certain topics here you’ve got an uphill slog. And if you don’t want to be treated like a bad-faith actor you’ve got to put in the work to build a reputation as a good-faith one. There’s no shortcut for that; users recognize each other here.