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Some of the mods on .ml are Really sensitive. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Dasus@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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I made a joke about how Russia was a bit behind in video game tech in the 90's and got banned, lol.

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Low opportunity power tripping is so common in russia, it has it's own term "синдром вахтёра" (watchman's syndrome). The .ml people go extra mile when cosplaying the mother russia.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

This particular watchman pretends to be an American, by the way, but yeah, that's exactly what he's doing. Thanks for the term!

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 months ago

Ah sounds analogous to the concept of a power hungry rent-a-cop