This isn’t America.

But it is. And it’s just getting started!

I’ve never seen anyone try to sell horror this way, far from enough for it to be a thing.

Or have kids to “bring them closer together”

I’ve seen it, and it’s horrifying. Like throwing gas at a fire to see if it goes out, because it’s not as though things could get worse if they’re wrong.

I hope newer generations manage to ditch older, screwed up ideas of what marriage is and realize the value of having a beloved partner, rather than whatever the hell I see some older people treating their spouses as.

No need to apologize, I’ve been getting worse as of late.

Re: being from the US, it feels like maybe you think I am, or I implied you were. I’m not seeing the latter, so I’ll use this comment to mention I’m not from there either.

One other place I’ve seen it used is autism communities when someone is describing their feelings about fitting in, or not.

I’d hope they’re not using your version of it, then.

I feel like that terminology could be updated, over time. First alternative that comes to mind is neurotypical, which I last saw in a blog post about the struggles of an autist dealing with office politics and implicit expectations. Very relatable. Conveniently, it doesn’t define a side as normal.

I feel like 4chan is a US-centric thing. And a niche one at that. So it’s a very niche US-centric thing to assume about random strangers on the world wide web.

“Reeks of 4chan” doesn’t mean I think you use it. Sorry if that’s how it came across, as I don’t think charitably of the site. To make a crappy analogy, if Mom and friends used a term that is also used by an infamous group, I wouldn’t think, “Everyone uses it differently.” I’d tell her, “Gee, ma, that’s not the bestest word, how 'bout this one instead?”

And if she’s like you,

Yeah honestly it’s not that serious for me.

That’s probably where the story would end, eh.

So it’s a vague term, often used as an insult, shared with uncool people, that has alternatives… Sounds like more reason to drop it? I’ve said too much already, so I’m dropping the thread, thanks for the talk.

what y’all don’t seem to get is it’s a way to other someone who othering you. to describe a person who hasnt been through it and lacks the experience and context to understand a joke or perspective or struggle.

Wow, I have so many questions. Who othered you, why must you other them, and why is that relevant here?

you sit here and say it “reeks of 4chan” like everyone who uses 4chan should be ashamed of it. You are othering an entire community.

I’m sorry, I didn’t realize othering a group known for its toxicity and harmful effects on users and society was bad. Truly, those who’ve been shunned by all deserve a place to gather, and I’m glad 4chan is there to offer a home to the innocent racist/incel/transphobe and co.

Bitch doesn’t have the courage to step foot where he knows he’d get fucked. He’d rather use his money to destabilize it until they give him a red carpet welcome, which they very well might eventually, considering how the AfD is doing.

That’s some lacking imagination you’ve got there, then.

To me ‘normie’ has always been a little bit of an insult on top of just describing the ‘average person’.

When is this insult useful, though? In this post’s context, talking about users one wishes would join their platform, insulting them isn’t the most inviting of ideas. Can’t help but laugh every time I see a fedi user say stuff like, “Why aren’t normies coming to Mastodon? You gotta be stupid to think Bluesky is any better than Twitter.”

“Normie” is for when you’re describing people that clutch their pearls and their bible when a goth walks past.

I doubt your definition is the common interpretation. For any particular context, there are probably countless better ways to (insultingly) refer to people. Fascist fucks? Folks have been workshopping names since the 30s. Religious nuts? Ask an atheism community, they’ll give you lists bigger than the goddamn bible.

Doesn’t have the same vibes though.

It might be subjective, but I agree with OP: those vibes reek of 4chan.

Surely, as he was in reality. I’ll be paraphrasing this, thanks.

Strawman. You’re implying that OP believes hate speech can’t encroach on the freedom of others. Nothing in their post leads me to believe they think that.

From their post:

If someone wants to say there is a master race … Sure: they’re free to say it.

Tell me where discussions of a master race will lead, if not putting down the lesser races. Tell me how that doesn’t affect their freedom. Tell me how that’s not hate.

Many seem to agree on “Freedom of speech, as long it doesn’t harm others’ freedom,” but too many don’t understand what harm is.

Server choice affects content discoverability, I don’t think omitting that helps in the long run.

My bad, you’re right. I tried to check first, but I didn’t have the patience to scroll past her claiming America Is So Back because “Starbucks kicked homeless people out of bathrooms,” so I ended up not seeing the reposted tweet.

She lies, runs away from OSFM, gets community noted, and still, in the replies:

Um, this is 100% TRUE and WOKE Oregon seems to be covering for WOKE California. Leftists stick together.

There are many people whose work and ideas I deeply respect, but even in my weakest moments, I couldn’t possibly idolize them like this useless waste of oxygen does gargling on Trump’s ballsack every day.

Because I’m a horrible person, I can foresee that there’s zero chance I’ll die before doing something monumentally stupid. My greatest shame is realizing it probably won’t be as effective as what Luigi did.

This stupid bitch has since deleted the tweet and gotten back to it like it’s another Tuesday. OSFM had to put out a statement correcting it. I hate people.

you dont have to do it alone <3

Don’t know. Article asks for sign-in, but much as I like 404’s reporting, I just don’t feel like creating one more account right now, so all I got is they’re unhappy and talking. Maybe they’re talking to people who can do something about it, maybe they’ll do more soon—organizing takes time, after all—or maybe they’ll do fuck all 'cause that’s what we usually do.

Sorry, I can’t tell if you’re serious or not.

It’s extremely unlikely that facebook has in place a system that allows any lowly engineer to cause such damage alone. No hard drive hosting unique files no one else has, without backups, without security, and so on.

If you’re a billion dollar corp that depends on an important recipe to make your product, you’re not leaving the only copy of it on front desk with no oversight.

I don’t see how deleting files would work as a form of protest. Would probably get you in trouble, though.

BG3 might not be a healthy reference for videogame development for different reasons, but it’s definitely remarkable how nothing has made me less excited for ES6 than Starfield.

I can’t predict how long it’ll take until it releases, but I’m doubtful it could be enough to fix whatever mess is already making its way through production—if they even planned to fix it, that is.

It’d be really nice if that were true, but it doesn’t match what I’ve lived so far. Also, people contribute to putting those governments in charge, and I don’t think it’s power making them racist when we talk.

Sometimes, while seeing discourse about the US, I think our region should try to better align itself with Europe, that stronger connections and cooperation could benefit us both.

Then I see how Europeans get when our name comes up and it’s no wonder we’re calling China instead. Sure, they don’t care about us either, but at least they put on an act and we might get something out of it rather than just racism and neocolonialism.

Really, I’m steadily approaching the point where I wouldn’t mind much if you all nuked each other out of existence, much like you wouldn’t care if we disappeared either. In the absence of names, no such thing as friends beyond borders.

This a shitpost in a humor community, so I’m probably over thinking it… But from the very first time I saw that text, it felt a bit like a heterosexual man joking that his dick would fix a lesbian. Not a huge fan. This version with an anime background somehow makes it worse.