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@UniversalMonk@lemmy.world, your thoughts?
I think he’s still under his temporary ban ;)
Only 21 hours to go before we get graced with their wonderful presence again!
Oh, phew. I was worried my clown signal was broken. I'll try again.
Oh boy, I can't wait to see more sealioning, fake positivity and condescension from them!
Oh, wait. I have them blocked. Oh well!
You can't see this, but my positivity is not fake. I'm just happy. Thank you!
Wait, am I famous? You guys were actually talking about me while I was gone?! Really! Oh wow, I feel sorta honored. Thank you!
*“infamous”
Actually I like that word better! Imma update my profile with that!
Wait! Dammit, I can't. If I do, then it'll just be a barrage of "You have the worst case of Main Character Syndrome ever!!" comments. So I'll just note this mentally. But thank you!
Awww…temporary? Why?
Honestly, I think the mods should be promoted to sainthood for the level of patience they've shown with Monk (who as of late runs what seems to be a community related to MGTOW but without the toxicity called MRTOW) which is so beyond what I feel I'm capable of. I hope Monk appreciates the level of leeway they've been given here.
I’m honestly not sure if sainthood is the way I’d put it. It feels negligent to me. But in fairness I’d love to hear the mods perspective on what they consider the threshold for trolling. It almost feels like it’s a secondary offense here. Like they won’t ban you for trolling, it’s got to be trolling aaaand [pejoratives|hate speech|etc].
Is this MRTOW/MGTOW just mask-off incel shit? I think it would fine to ban that level of toxicity permanently.
Except that MRTOW expressly doesn't allow the toxicity. I'm not an incel. I have a gf and kids.
Now if you wanna make an argument that I'm an idiot or something, ok, cool. But MRTOW is just celebrating men not actually getting married because the justice system is still skewed in a lot of ways when it comes to division of assets.
It's not anti-women. It's anti-marriage. I love women, just not marriage. MRTOW is not related to the current MGTOW movement--which IS incels now.
Thank you!
Well at least it's been proven that I don't get preferential treatment, so now people can stop saying that!
The fact you weren't perma-banned for the amount you spam this community with propaganda is unambiguous proof that you're treated with kid gloves.
Dude, I just came off of a 3-day ban for "sealioning." And the mods have mentioned more than once that they think I have idiotic opinions.
You think that stuff is kid gloves?! Say wat, mate?! lol
I love how the one downvote on this comment only appeared after a certain someone’s ban had expired 🤣
I thought that username felt familiar, so I clicked through to their profile. Yup, already blocked lol.
lmao same
I like her. I'm not voting for her, but I still like her. Thanks for asking!