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Thank you, this was genuinely insightful and I did not know this about hexbear culture at all, which caused several similar clashes already. I guess I'll just stick to trans mega then because this is not for me and I think it's pretty uncool to think this way even.
Absolutely. You are welcome.
You are more than welcome anywhere here, but there is absolutely a dominant posting culture outside the trans mega that was developed specifically to combat online Western liberal brain worms, which it is very, very good at. Posting combat is not about being excruciatingly specific and correct, it is about dunking as hard, and fast, as possible, with overwhelming force.
'Chapo-posting' shone brightest when we were essentially predators, singling out bad takes from the packs of redditors, striking fear into their hearts through things like the n-word bot. This is a reduced, if still mildly effective form.
Unfortunately, like any vestigial organ, while it occasionally has it's uses for the wandering liberal/fascist, it more often than not causes friendly fire these days. That said, it would be a shame to lose it entirely, like killing the last white rhino, and it was fighting a losing battle so I stopped advocating for less dunks on fellow posters years ago. Gotta treat a forum like a forum, no matter the forum.
Glad to be of service.