[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

Justified ban imo. You weren't there to discuss veganism as a vegan, you were there for drama. It's not spam when they make a lot of posts to their own community. Unless the content is hateful, the correct response is to block.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Users cannot vote in a community that has banned them. If the mod wants to restrict voting only to people who vote in good faith, that's their prerogative. It's probably a good idea, it prevents downvote spam from bots and the like. When you have a community that has very different values from /all, maybe kicking the /all people who vote against the sub's values out is good. Voting is participation.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

Cause over the last few weeks, a bunch of debates over moderation drama have been full of people attacking vegans over the cat taurine debate. That drama is over and it reached a consensus resolution between the mods and admins. If they've made an executive judgement that the moderation drama is no longer relevant and baits carnists into breaking rule 5, then removing that debate is a valid application of rule 5.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

You're right, how could I be so blind. They're actually sausage sangas

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There's a lot of Americans who work at restaurants and don't understand a single bit of economics, and they think they're getting a good deal because they game the system to make more money. Maybe half of them are right. But the thing is, the other half, the ones who aren't working fridays, they're losing. And the bosses have successfully convinced those two sides to fight against each other instead of against Capital.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I know a lot of yous don't read past the headline, so rest assured he had a good reason. His cousins were starving, so he inflated his score to end the game sooner and put the snags on the barbie. Everyone in the family forgave him when he put on a bloody ripper apron that was painted to make him look like he was budgie smuggling.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think we need a doctors note for more than two days

I don't understand that policy. The only times in the last 4 years that I've needed more than 2 days of sick leave was because I had covid, and I think that's a very common experience. And people with covid should absolutely not be going to the doctors office and exposing themselves to the sick and elderly. If someone has covid, you should be telling them to stay home. We're currently in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

You should read these memes slower so you can pay attention more. This meme is about calling in healthy on the day of. People don't know if they're going to be healthy in two days. So your comment has the opposite meaning of the one intended. You're saying you do ask questions if someone asks for time off on the day, and therefore that you're a restrictive boss who wouldn't allow this meme.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

Circus girl bath water

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Mod ban for bad reason.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 days ago

Planning to offend bigots isn't the same as trolling.

A few weeks ago I had a lovely conversation with Shovel on SLRPNK about playgrounds. There was an image with a LARP arena for the children in it. Shovel was complaining that a LARP arena is too niche and specific, and kids aren't going to use it. I pointed out that playing swords and castles is a lot of boys' favourite thing to do at playgrounds. Once the issue was rephrased in familiar terms, Shovel realised they had been wrong, and tons of boys like to LARP. They just don't call it LARPing. In conclusion, Track_Shovel is left wing, interested in social justice, and willing to admit when they make a mistake. Those are good qualities.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -3 points 6 days ago

Track Shovel isn't a troll. Squid was wrong.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.blahaj.zone

The community c/libertyhub@lemmy.blahaj.zone states in the sidebar it's a community for leftists and post leftists, but if you actually look at the posts the mods are making, it's almost nothing but trolling and telling people not to vote in the general election.

This rhetoric is especially dangerous to trans people, who this instance is supposed to be a safe space for, and West Bank Palestinians. If the USA elects a fascist president, there is guaranteed to be multiple genocides of society's most vulnerable groups, in addition to what the US is already doing in Gaza.

The mods on Liberty Hub openly troll their users and ban people for advocating left wing or harm reducing positions. The only action that is allowed on the sub is advocating political inaction in the face of genocide, taking a centrist position with regards to open fascism.

This community has absolutely no place on Blahaj Zone and should be removed by the admins.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

Remembering how if you didn't realise the full stop was part of what he wanted you to say, he'd just yell at you over and over and over again

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submitted 2 months ago by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/atheism@lemmy.world

"You do, you know," said The Lady. "Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods."

- Terry Pratchett

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Episode 4 did Obi-Wan Kenobi completely dirty. In the first three movies and The Clone Wars, we see that he's an honourable, compassionate, brave person. He killed Darth Vader and left him for dead. By all rights, he should have continued to fight for the rebellion instead of moving to a desert and being alone for 20 years.

You expect me to believe after being a general in the Clone Wars and defeating multiple Sith, Obi Wan proceeded to do absolutely nothing while the emperor oppressed everyone? As soon as he heard Darth Vader was still alive, he should have hopped on his ship and gone to kill Anakin! The version we see in A New Hope is an old loser hiding from his own mistakes in the desert.

Obi Wan is supposed to be determined, a warrior, someone who always accomplishes what he sets out to do. Not a coward! I grew up with the original trilogy, and these new movies completely ruined my childhood. Why did George Lucas feel the need to crap all over us Obi-Wan fans who loved his original three Star Wars movies? And all in the name of sUbVeRtInG eXpEcTaTiOnS


This is a joke about The Last Jedi.

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submitted 3 months ago by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/steam@lemmy.ml

There's this game I'm trying to download, and it's big enough that it's going to take several days of continuous downloading to get. I have about half of it so far. I want it to download during my scheduled auto update hours, and pause in the morning when I wake up. Sounds simple, right?

Problem is, it won't. I can either drag it to "up next", in which case it downloads immediately, or I can drag it to "unscheduled", in which case it won't download at all, even if I leave my PC on all night. I can't click and drag it into the scheduled category. How do I get it in there so it'll download when I'm asleep, but won't hog the pre-bedtime bandwidth?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

(Seizing the state and then slowly reforming it is still slowly reforming it)

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Alright, just started watching Steven Universe. I'm 4 episodes in. That poor boy. All he wants is to be part of a family, and all three of the crystal gems are horrible mentors. Pearl likes to think of herself as responsible, but she cannot relate to Steven and is utterly failing to provide a system of structure that he can understand. Amethyst gets along with him, but she acts like she's the same age as him and can't provide him any of the guidance a kid needs. And Garnet is barely even trying. Greg is the best mentor figure Steven has in his life, and he's homeless with no future. At least he's actually taught Steven to have a positive outlook, but he's still not parent material.

That poor boy is getting wrapped up in big ideas of how he's going to save the day and have the perfect family, because the reality of his life is unbearable. I saw this show on the TV a few times when I was a kid and it bummed me out, but now that I'm a grownup I can see how traumatised that boy is and how badly he needs a responsible parental figure who can relate to him. All of the adults in his life suck! Watching this show is miserable, because I'm watching a kid who desperately needs a family be failed by the family he has.

I like traditionally grimdark settings like Warhammer 40k, but watching Steven Universe gives me the same feeling I imagine non-grimdark-fans must feel seeing a setting like 40k. Overbearing, unrelenting misery. It all sucks and it isn't getting better. On occasion 40k describes the life of civilians in that setting, how oppressed and abused they are by the fascist governments they live under. The fun of seeing evil soldiers who chose a life of violence killing each other fades away. Suddenly, we're seeing the perspective of the innocent. Their suffering. It's depressing and heartbreaking in the same way SU is.

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