In the past, this rule has only applied to the specific user you say it to. I'd like to suggest going forward that if someone on another instance uses it, we treat it as applying to all of us.
Gonna be hard to get this since I don't think most of us are down for reading a 200-1000 comment thread before commenting when the disengage request might be buried somewhere in it.
Petition to get a Meredith from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City disengaging emote 
The corollary is that bad faith disengages don't count as disengages.
That's not what that means - it means if you don't want to argue with us, just stop arguing with us.
DON'T TELL THEM THE SECRET
Bit idea: we follow this rule on every Friday the 13th
You cannot Sage Hexbear, this isn’t /b
This is the dumbest fucking shit. Been here since day one first time I'm hearing about this rule.
Closest I remember is some member a couple of years ago was melting down in a thread and posting up a storm ending all their comments with "Disengage!" phrased as an imperative and we dunked on them for a couple of days and then I totally forgot about it.
I'm of the opinion that anyone is free to disengage from any conversation by putting their fucking phone down and spending some time with real people or reading a book. Trying to get the last word and then ordering someone else to disengage is ridiculous, and this is a ridiculous rule that honestly I cannot imagine following.
Obviously if someone said, as I have, something like "look this exchange is really getting to me emotionally and I need to just step away from this, have a good night comrade" that's of course a different story, but everyone here is pretty caring I can't see why we'd need a magic word.
Disengage
Yes! Great note for our new federated friends!
Additionally, the admins have clarified that this is not a free "get the last word" trick either though, so it doesn't count if you go "hey I want to disengage and also here's why you're a doodoo head"
Frankly, most people on other instances have seemed either content to ignore us (and optionally make inaccurate complaints behind our backs), or just as eager to get into a slapfight as our users, so idk if it will make a huge difference, but this will get us to leave you alone if you are in that scenario, and if it doesn't can be reported to our mods/admins
Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
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