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PugJesus

@ PugJesus @lemmy.world

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Cripple. History Major. Irritable and in constant pain. Vaguely Left-Wing.

Moderating

Rough Roman Memes lemmy.world

2y ago

Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again
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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago
The longer the race, the more true it becomes.

2y ago

Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Slow and steady wins the race.

2y ago

Just a tad too tender

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Bite into it and it'll moo

2y ago

A downtrodden chonker who looks medicated and is wearing a blue vest... dont worry Dorris, it's a common mistake

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Oh my God!

It's Larry David!

Our failure to elect Bernie robbed us of many things, a more moral and better functioning government not least of all, but missing out on 4-8 years of Larry David doing a Bernie impression was a non-trivial loss 😔

2y ago

Permanently Deleted

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Because the leopards hunger for your face, you dangerous intellectual.

Anti-intellectualism was fine with this well-educated moron - supported by him, even - until it affected him, it would seem.

2y ago

How many pizzas per month is your rent?

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

2y ago

Pain.

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Ah, high school. I never did my homework, though, so it never bothered me.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Happy to help! I'm terminally online af, so I see a lot of... all of the discourse, lmao.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

This seems like an odd message considering that Lemmy, as software, is being praised here; and what is being criticized are instances wherein the admins enforce apologism for authoritarian regimes.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Sure, but only if they’re solely in those echo chambers, which if they’re posting in .world, they clearly aren’t.

Not necessarily. Like how people who use 4chan regularly maintain the standards and behaviors even though 4chan isn't their only online community of choice. People take their norms with them, even when they leave home, sort of thing.

And any ones who do are told off because of the content of their posts, not their home servers.

I mean, I agree this should be the case, my point is just that the bad reputation of an .ml home instance is not entirely unearned by the .ml community, regardless of the individual user.

I see quite a few inflammatory posters from .world and .ee (especially of the American exceptionalism, anti-Palestine, and more recently anti-Canadian (🤭) varieties) but I don’t automatically assume every single person on those servers hold those values. In fact, I think 9/10 comments I see you post specifically, PugJ, I agree with.

I can't speak for .ee, but I would point out the same about .world, albeit phrased differently. .world absolutely has a reputation for being more moderate and less leftist than much of the Fediverse (though, again, I would emphasize that 'social democracy' is the standard, and that both North American and European right-wing and center-right parties are reviled, so it's definitely a question of relative political stances), and if you see someone espousing a "Capitalism isn't so bad 🥺" view, the chances of them coming from .world is probably better-than-average, insofar as the Fediverse is concerned. It would not be incorrect to make that connection - pattern recognition is useful.

Remember to treat people as individuals, yes, but when all the [Sportsball Team A] fans are out wearing plain red shirts from [Local Store] for their team, you are not wrong to scrutinize people who choose to wear plain red shirts from [Local Store] extra closely in that light, even if that isn't that individual's intent or leaning.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

If the users from there are participating in communities from outside that instance and following the rules, why does it matter if they’re from .ml?

Communities shape how people think and act. Normalizing bootlicking for authoritarian regimes causes those who participate in those communities to feel and reproduce that normalization. Not only that, but when grad and Hexbear were defederated by many instances, many users on Grad and Hexbear created accounts on .ml for the explicit purpose of continuing the authoritarian apologia they so enjoyed in the exact places that told them they weren't welcomed. At some point, pattern recognition sets in, and it's not inherently wrong for it to do so.

I don't think every .ml user is an authoritarian. But if I see someone making authoritarian apologia, I'd say a good 4/5s of the time, it's someone from .ml.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

They’re not censoring or banning me from posting Winnie the Pooh, you know? Your experience may be different.

I mean, unless you frequent .ml communities, they can't censor or ban you.

That's the thing though. Those .ml communities end up quietly curated to curb any criticism of the admins' favorite authoritarians. Highlighting this fact is necessary, and participating in .ml communities is undesirable at best; those who still wish to do so should at least be informed as to what goes on.

2y ago

Welcome ex-Redditors!

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Lemmy.ml admins remove content critical of the CCP, and similar things. The admins of most other instances don't do that shit.

Grad is much the same, while Hexbear is just 4chan for Stalinists.

2y ago

We Didn't Start The Fire

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say?

2y ago

Nobody hates working together with leftists more than other leftists

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Vegans poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague onto our houses!

2y ago

Nobody hates working together with leftists more than other leftists

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

But vegetarian food is so much more than just replacing meat.

Sorry, I'm not in the market for a new faith.

2y ago

Nobody hates working together with leftists more than other leftists

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PugJesus @lemmy.world 2y ago

Calorie for calorie, no.
Vegetables aren't the totality of my diet. As it stands now, vegan or vegetarian replacements for meat are more expensive than actual meat.