Original post here: https://hexbear.net/post/3856299?scrollToComments=false

I think we have a general path forward based on community feedback. “We see you, we hear you!”

I went ahead and unpinned the old post. I’m pinning this one for now and will edit this post when I wake up from eepy time. I had a very mid week and have no particular alarm set so be on look out. Love y’all and I’m amped for my first announcement post since coming back. :)

  • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    36·
    4 days ago

    Fuck off you dork. I’m pretty obviously being hyperbolic to underline a point in that sentence.
    You’re still being a dismissive shitheel who fails to engage with the users who have put forth well-reasoned arguments for why dunking is not toxic. You continuing to repeat “it’s toxic” like some fucked up parrot does not make it so.
    If it’s boring, maybe don’t be a mod of the comm you massive dipshit. Just block it, it’s actually really easy. There’s tons of comms I don’t interact with, because I don’t find them interesting. You are a fantastic example of the attitude I’m talking about.

    Now I’m gonna become the parrot and repeat myself, but it’s pretty fucking telling that all the shitheels who cry about “toxicity in the dunk tank” have been massive assholes throughout this entire thing. If this was about toxicity, one would think you of all people would be less of a turd when you’re interacting with other people, even people who dares to gasp disagree with you. Do some fucking self-crit you bug

    edit: “we think” is obviously not everybody. Stop hiding behind a general vague group.

    • replaceable [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      42·
      4 days ago

      I did not engage with those arguments because i did not find them convincing, all they boil down to is that its cathartic and “fun”, but i fail to see why the targets must be other common people for it to be cathartic and “fun”

      • Tomboymoder [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
        42·
        4 days ago

        If I go to work and my coworker is being a bigoted asshole conspiracy weirdo I am gonna vent about it when I get home to my partner.
        I don’t care how much of a “common man” he is.

        • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          28·
          4 days ago

          NOOO VENTING TO YOUR PARTNER ISN’T PRODUCTIVE YOU HAVE TO PRODUCE VALUE ALL THE TIME I AM A SOCIALIST AND YOU ARE WHITE AND CIS AND HET AND CHAUVINIST AND TOXIC

      • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        30·
        4 days ago

        I think it’s clear that plenty of people here, evidently at least a plurality, find these posts to be cathartic and “fun”, so why should you and a handful of people disagreeing have any impact on why people shouldn’t get to have catharsis and fun?

        Essentially, why are you right other than you think you are?

      • iByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        29·
        4 days ago

        The “targets” don’t even know we’re talking about them. In the off chance that someone sees a post on the comm and decides to go dunk on some fascist, I’d say it’s deserved, we should not take any actions to protect fascists from having their feelings hurt.

      • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        26·
        4 days ago

        Ah is this the fabled improved rhetoric? Or is this your idea of not being dismissive and toxic?
        “I didn’t engage with the arguments because I didn’t agree with them” amerikkka-clap
        Fuck off, seriously. Do some self crit.

        • “Oh I don’t like this thing, so therefore it’s not good.” Narc mindset.
        • You’re also changing your reasoning. Before it was that targeting non-powerful people “had no impact” lol. Now it’ that you feel sorry for some chud who will never see us laughing at them?
        • Also you’re presenting it as a “has to”. It doesn’t have to target “other common people”, which is a very loaded phrasing, but it can.
        • What happened to it being unhealthy? Or do you realise how stupid that sounds, so you excluded it. That doesn’t make sense though, since that would have required you engaged with the arguments.

        Why are you modding the dunk tank? Why take the job if you hate it?

        edit: If you can’t even be arsed to put in basic effort when having an argument, how can you expect this site to be one that fosters effortposts?

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
          18·
          4 days ago

          Time for tone policing. Take your strongly worded words in your replies to replaceable down by like 30 to 50 hogs.

          Some of the people that have Ms or As next to their names are gonna need having strong words of their own so I’d suggest not getting too tilted.

          • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            20·
            4 days ago

            rat-salute-2
            Thanks for giving me a warning, I appreciate it. I got too heated and treated an annoying dork like a genocide-apologising lib. It was too much.

      • Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        24·
        4 days ago

        i fail to see why the targets must be other common people for it to be cathartic and “fun”

        You’ve read the posts though right? like objectively there are some pretty bad fucking people getting represented in that content