We've seen an uptick in people posting dunks in here that belong in dunk_tank, as well as low-hanging fruit that gets removed from or isn't allowed in dunk_tank anymore. For context, rule 8 of dunk_tank:

Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.

There's a reason that dunks are cordoned off to their own comm, some users rightfully don't want to see reactionary nonsense all the time, even if we're making fun of the person who said it. /c/cth is a general-purpose comm but it's NOT for posting some random nobody asshole twitter user's bad takes, the absolute best course of action to take when you see that stuff out in the wild is to either directly shit on them yourself, or ignore them and don't give them more attention.

From this point on I'm going to be more stringent about moderating this. I get it, it's fun to dunk on the libs and the blue checks and the frothingfash and that's why we have a whole dedicated comm for that. Any post that's obviously meant to be "hey look at this piece of shit, let's laugh at how bad their opinions are, upbears to the left and emojis in chat" belongs in the_dunk_tank. And any super low-hanging fruit doesn't belong on this site, period (see TDT rule 8 above). We have better things to do with our time than give unearned attention, time and energy to low-follower-count nobodies yelling into the void.

Thanks for your discretion comrades, stay sicko sicko-jammin

edit: as others have pointed out, /c/shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml is a good place for any and all dunking content not allowed here. Post that ragebait to our comrades at the 'grad, they'll make good use of it. Also, per rule 9 of TFT dunking on fediverse users is still explicitly allowed so it's still open season on those in our own backyard.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    The idea that I ever tried to make this about "a cabal of people controlling the narrative" rather than one specific individual is all in your head.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      Ok good, glad to hear you're not doing nazi dogwhistles then. Though I think if anyone has stuff "all in their head" its you imaging sockpuppet conspiracies against you. Even if it were true, why bother? They had a point about getting too attached to internet treats, once you start accussing anyone who disagrees with you of being a sockpuppet, it's probably time to log off and touch grass. This isn't a healthy thing for a person to be worrying about.

        • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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          2 months ago

          Agreed about touching grass, but what you were saying was really weird, I should've been clearer with what I was saying, I was too accusatory there, I wanted you to clarify what you were saying. But I was way too combative there.

          • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            Same here. Sincerely sorry about that.

            My grandfather was a literal fucking nazi and an all round piece of shit, and I tend to overreact when I feel like I'm being compared to him. (Not saying you were doing that of course)

            I'm also not very good with words, especially when I get all fired up and start rambling lol. That's on me.

            • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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              2 months ago

              I totally get that, my family were pieces of shit too, and I get a knee jerk reaction anytime anyone compares me to them too. Glad we could sort this out, one of my favourite things about hexbear/lemmygrad, we can stop talking past each other and actually calm down and fix things. :)