booty

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[–] booty@hexbear.net 36 points 3 months ago (19 children)

I know this will sound unreasonable and I apologize, sometimes we're going to be unreasonable. I do not believe you. Not even a little, not for a second, not once. I feel that I have many strong reasons to disbelieve admin statements at this point and it will take a lot of work before I believe a word from any red-badge again.

Given this admin statement I will in the future refrain from making that specific accusation again. Feel free to purge the specific comments of mine in which I leveled the accusation. But I stand by it.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Regon unfortunately is retaining the temp ban.

agony-4horsemen

Holy shit

[–] booty@hexbear.net 54 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok but whatever you 'see some use in' the point is that that is wildly unpopular. Absolutely does not fit the culture or desires of the user base of the site. We just want to post the shit we like posting. If you don't want to see that content you're perfectly capable of blocking it. I think the fakenews comm is bad, mean-spirited, unhelpful, useless, awful in every way. I blocked it (and the person who made it) the day it was made. I've never been affected by its existence since. Why exactly do we need people to remove comms for content that they personally don't like, when those comms are among the most popular on the website?

[–] booty@hexbear.net 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's not a renaming. Essentially, they had one comm where you're allowed to post low effort dunks of celebrities, and another comm where you're allowed to post high effort refutations debatebro-r of random losers. The old dunk tank / new dredge tank would, once again, be removed.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 53 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Yup. Admins can't stand that the users of this shit posting site want a comm where they can post low effort dunks. That's the core of it. At every opportunity the mods and admins could have just stopped antagonizing the users of the site for no reason, and at every opportunity they have instead doubled down with some of the worst and most offensive arguments I've ever seen from supposed "socialists."

[–] booty@hexbear.net 58 points 3 months ago (67 children)

At this point it's like 4 struggle sessions stacked on top of each other. In short, the mods/admins still hate the dunk tank and are mad that they failed to kill the dunk tank using rule 8 ages ago. So they tried a new strategy which was wildly unpopular, insulted and condescended to and banned loads of people for expressing the unpopularity of this strategy, and then repeated. Like 3 times.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 56 points 3 months ago (71 children)

Literally no one is upset about the Alaskaball thing and it was only for like 20 total minutes that anyone was before the matter was cleared up. Pretending it has anything to do with the core of the struggle session is just yet another in the seemingly endless series of shameless admin lies.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've personally witnessed overzealous, extremely aggro mods and admins bully random users all the way off the site before, too. One of them didn't even require a ban, just one comm mod harassing them for like 2 hours straight and they just logged off and never came back.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well here's what I'll say. A very confrontational and aggressive mod not known for letting arguments go waded into the first struggle session in a vitriolic way, overstepped the line, and got some of their comments removed. They then immediately logged off, coinciding with the beginning of the creation of the spam alts, and have not shown themselves here for multiple days of struggle sessions despite myself and other users openly accusing them of being the one responsible for the creation of the spam alts.

You crunch those numbers and get back to me.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 55 points 3 months ago (15 children)

toxic and troubling behavior in the tanks

Behavior such as?

[–] booty@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Keep on speaking from the heart, sister. I've got nothing of value to add but I just want you to know I love you and all my trans comrades. penguin-love

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by booty@hexbear.net to c/vegan@hexbear.net
 

Hey there comrades, I'm so tired of trying to find toothpaste that seemingly doesn't exist. It really doesn't feel like I'm asking all that much. All I want is:

  1. Vegan
  2. Contains fluoride (is toothpaste, in other words)
  3. Not "whitening" (abrasive)

I don't care what flavor, how much it costs, what other horrific cancer-causing compounds it might contain. I literally just want vegan toothpaste that doesn't contain hydrated silica or other abrasives and isn't pretend-toothpaste. Why is that so hard?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by booty@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
 

I just got an email from Hirbawi which reads as follows:

Dear [Name]
We are delighted to announce that all pre-orders prior to the 16th October will now be shipped, and those who ordered will be emailed today with their tracking details.
It was an adventure to say the least.
After many pickups and dropoffs, our drivers were eventually able to pass through the valleys around Hebron by using dirt roads.
Despite being blocked at four different Israeli checkpoints, we kept trying, and eventually succeeded in passing through the fifth checkpoint.

With another section down below:

Next Shipment? We are now working on getting our next shipment across the West Bank border and past the Israeli blockade.
The factory is working flat out to resupply Black & White Kufiyas as these have been the most popular choice for wearing in support and solidarity for Palestine.
We are forever grateful that so many of you were willing to pre-order a Hirbawi Kufiya, despite the uncertainty due to the ongoing blockade.

In other words: They're making it work somehow. Get yourself a fancy handmade scarf for way cheaper than you'd expect, and directly support Palestinians.

If you're a white devil like me and concerned about the optics of wearing traditional middle-eastern clothing, maybe take a look at this article for the opinion of the Palestinians in question themselves. In short: It's a good opportunity to start conversations about Palestine and normalize visible support for their struggle. Go nuts.

Any of the ones that don't say preorder are available for the next shipment they can get out there.

 

I was pretty excited to see where that comm went and learn some stuff about cultures and philosophies I'm not familiar with. Just curious about two things I guess: Why was it created in the first place, and what changed to cause it to be deleted?

 

Might be an oddly specific post, but I've seen this recommended, and I'm just not sure I understand how it would be used effectively. Surely an air/water kineticist should be acting as a ranged spellcaster most of the time, in other words, not being within 10 feet of an enemy and especially not of multiple enemies. Furthermore, this impulse doesn't discriminate, so even if you were within 10 feet of all your enemies, you'd probably be within 10 feet of your allies too, subjecting them to a bunch of slippery bullshit as well.

Am I missing something about what makes this useful / not a detriment?

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