[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Your last submission was a ~~little~~ lot too "Thanos was right, and we should do that" but without a fictional framing device. If you can re-work it to be a ~~little~~ lot less dehumanizing to 50% of the world's population, please feel free to resubmit.

But I will say that those people you're calling parasites would probably be more "useful" to society if society wasn't largely an orphan crushing machine and they had a chance to utilize their potential.

Again, if you can rework it so it's not "Thanos was right", feel free to resubmit. This post, however, is not an unpopular opinion and I'm going to have to remove it.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm pretty sure your heart is in the right place, but your argument is more than a little confusing.

The first paragraph clearly states that you believe sexual attraction is not a choice, and yet your argument is that "it's not a choice" is counter-productive.

If I understand it correctly, you're basically saying to re-frame the "it's a choice" narrative into something that affects straight people who oppose LGBT+ rights because they believe it is a choice that can be made?

e.g. If you're straight and then one day "choose" to be gay, but LGBT+ rights have been abolished, then the government has taken away your right to choose?

If I'm understanding correctly, all other points aside, it may be too confusing to have any good/meaningful impact.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would highly encourage anyone who feels sympathetic to this comment to read through the comment history and modlog of the person who made it before voting.

Combative, promoting violence, and generally using the Palestinian crisis to universally bash anyone they disagree with about anything while also derailing unrelated conversations. But yeah, it's the mods who are the problem. 🙄

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

If people would at least just check the community they're posting to, it would help immensely.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Good truly unpopular opinion, and mostly good discussion on the points made. That said, I think pretty much all the points that were going to be made have been made. Locking thread.

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[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Good lord, I can't believe Lemmy World's federation queue is backed up for so many other instances because of stupid shit like this.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

OP, the wording of the post is very confusing. Would you mind perhaps editing the post to clarify your opinion?

Thanks!

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

I think the distributed nature of the Fediverse is a big part of it. Lot of moderation policies at play, on a lot of different instances and some allow some real jerks to flourish and spill out elsewhere. I have zero tolerance for any of that garbage and am very quick with my block/ban buttons, but those are only effective on my own instance or the few communities I moderate outside that.

OP, best I can suggest is to report them. Most of the communities I interact with are pretty responsive to those kinds of reports and similarly don't tolerate it. Mods, unfortunately, can't read every comment and often rely on reports to know when to look deeper/take action.

And don't feel bad about blocking the jerks. There's a lot of them, lol.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

As a GIF, that scene looks like it's cut from a horror movie lol.

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Since the world is so depressing right now, the mod team has agreed to rebrand this community as "Popular Opinions" to try to lighten the mood.

Instead of than sharing opinions that highlight our differences, share the ones that everyone can agree on.

The voting guidelines remain the same: Upvote if you agree it's a popular opinion, downvote if you think it's an unpopular opinion.

So, let's hear some things we can all get on board with!

In conclusion, happy April Fool's Day!

Note: This is a real rule change and will be enforced, but only for today as a fun change of pace. Normal rules return tomorrow.

Since we're all on differen timezones, we'll be running these rules midnight to 23:59 UTC.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

More like a parasite since it's competing with the rest of your body for that oxygen.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Didn't think I'd see a useful Life Pro Tip here, but such it is. Going to give this a try.

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