I have to say, I read your comment, then went back and actually looked at the first three links they posted. None were rhetorical questions. Are you looking at something somewhere else that I'm not aware of?
But it doesn't... Like I'm not actually interested in your fight. I just have a massive pet peeve about someone coming in, seeing a wall of links called 'evidence,' and choosing to ignore all that to start a different fight.
I appreciate your vehemence and the vigor with which you make your point, and also agree with your point. I only had issue with that particular insult because in my culture, it does initially read as misogynist. I figured I'd ask if you meant it that way because you probably didn't.
Every time some liberal recommends peaceful protest, I yell that MLK Jr. couldn't have got where he got without Malcolm X, that Stonewall was a riot, and if someone takes away my right to vote, I'm going to behave in the way that got my foremothers the right to vote!
With 15-hour weeks I'd be first to sign up!
Diva, we disagree on a lot of things, and we agree on others, which makes you (genuinely) so much fun for me to see in a thread.
I just told people on another thread that (because of my trauma background) I don't feel anger very often, which means I appreciate folks like you (and conversely, maybe, Rusty here) because I see you leap straight to it with abandon.
I guess what I'm saying is, it takes all kinds to make a world, and I'm glad you're in it.
cm002, I have no dog in this fight, and lemme say, I love having no dog in this fight.
But if someone tells you that you have too much evidence and they aren't going to engage with it, and then instead pivots to trying to force you to engage with their points, and devolves to "please state whether you believe the comics are antisemitic..." This is just a suspicion, and I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they're not engaging you in good faith.
Those three links were posts of screenshots of mod actions? If I was doing a big, hyperfocus-style, documenting-things kind of thing, I wouldn't link directly to the modlog for a lot of reasons. I'd link to a screenshot of the modlog. That way, people can see the thing I want to point out, and then if they want, go verify that it's in the modlog.
Normally I wouldn't wade into this obvious shitshow, but I have a massive pet peeve of a person dismissing another person's argument with, "There's too much evidence." I get not wanting to comment individually on each and every thing they posted, who has the time, but for "I don't want to engage with all this content," there's the option of not commenting at all. Telling someone that their point is invalid because they have too much content is really really really frustrating for me. That might be my neurodivergence but...
But, "your point is wrong because there's too much evidence and I don't wanna read it" isn't a counterargument to the original point being made. And making a counterpoint of, "but here's MY argument and MY evidence and I want you to engage with THAT" is... not what good faith debate should look like. If you can't be bothered to engage with the original point being made, using it to pivot a discussion to your own point is... rude.
So I'm 100% on board with most of what you said but... What on earth does 'bitch-made' mean? It's setting off my women-hating red flags.
I googled it and scrolled down and got some garbage about a man raised by women, so I have concerns.
So your reply to... 20 links, is to complain that someone is documenting well ("obsessed") and then make one claim against the entire instance with one supporting link?
I have a massive problem with .world. There's a reason I'm not on it. But the .world liberal problem doesn't undo the .ml tankie problem. Two things can be true.
toxic positivity
Oof, you're not joking. There was a community somewhere else on the internet who was 100% about that bullshit. Some days, you just want to be able to do the fucking laundry. Or in my case, make the marinara sauce. I took meds today and I'm all focused but I'll be damned if I can start cooking. Executive dysfunction can really fuck right off forever.
why I’m not interested
There's that depression-like emptiness where once a whole-life obsession was! I'm really grateful that I've gotten to a point in my life where I recognize that feeling for what it is, because that helps me a lot in coping with it. "Why am I not having fun anymore?" It can be such a bleak thing, but I'm lucky enough (I recognize not everyone is!) to be able to objectively realize that's what's wrong with me, and now that it's been identified, to set aside that feeling and wait for the next hyperfocus.
You're for sure right. There'd be less struggle. There'd be less strife. And I wish you could give it up, and be those things, and not have to kill yourself to do basic, normal things every day. But I think I'd keep it.
Hey, thanks for the conversation. If you ever need an accountability person, my DMs are open!
And now we are friends!
That's the other cool thing about the Sailor Moon fandom. I've never once met a Sailor Moon fan who was a racist, or a bigot, or... anything. It comes with the 'love and justice' thing.