it’s really sad because i take great pride and pleasure from reading other people’s thoughts and posts. but when i try to give back, it’s immediately jumped on by dogpilers and “oh you actually meant something else…” people. and when i do the bare minimum to defend myself, they slap back with the “okay buddy, sure” and downvote my defense so it’s invisible to other readers.

needless to say my blocklist is nearing 100 users.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

and downvote my defense so it’s invisible to other readers.

Lemmy isn't an endless torrent of comments. Even downvoted ones get reached.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Wanna get mad? Yesterday drag made a similar post criticising Lemmy, but it focused on the transphobia on the platform. -46 downvotes. Thread full of transphobia anyway. On Blahaj. https://lemmy.nz/post/17415487

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

hmm i honestly just don’t understand what the post is trying to say. it’s a bit unclear to me but im sorry there was confusion and hard feelings going on

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone who thinks pretending to be trans is an effective troll hates trans people.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

see i agree with that statement when written out like that. the post doesn’t really do anything to get me to that notion on its own though.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Hm. Maybe it was too subtle? Cunk is explaining why "trolls pretending to be trans" is supposed to be a problem on Lemmy, using her usual brand of accidentally telling it like it is. Lemmy only has a "troll problem" because Lemmy users hate trans people. No trans hate, no troll problem. If everyone respected trans people, nobody would be getting called a troll. If anyone actually tried to troll that way, they'd be met with acceptance and have no power.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 points 43 minutes ago (1 children)

hmmm try workshopping different ways to express this thought, i’m quite lost sorry :(

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 38 minutes ago* (last edited 38 minutes ago) (1 children)

All drag's friends on Discord understood the joke on their first read. Drag isn't sure where the misunderstanding is. We're currently in a voice call trying to figure out why anyone doesn't understand this one. Drag's friend suggested maybe you don't think Lemmy is full of transphobes, but drag thinks you do, since you've said Lemmy is very misogynistic, and those two things go together. Maybe you didn't understand that Cunk is supposed to be wrong about the trolls actually existing but right about what the problem the users have is?

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 7 minutes ago (1 children)

oh okay i get it now. it’s… dense. i usually understand the more complex memes but this one is impenetrable to me. i’m not surprised others had a bad time.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 minutes ago

Out of curiosity, have you ever watched a Philomena Cunk show? Drag is wondering if that's part of what makes the difference