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It should have been me, not them. If I just owned the mods hard enough in debate, maybe they could have been saved.

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[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This would have done numbers in c/badposting

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Post in c/bad

12 upbears

HELL yeah this is popping off

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

69 upbears in badposting and we having a bean feast frfr

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, but I miss @PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net who got kicked out over moderator drama and later on the people who conspired to kick out foucaults crashed out over isntrael and left anyway

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's interesting how many people on both sides of moderator drama aren't here any more. Probably for the best really, moderator drama has really slowed down since they left.

[–] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That petty shit should be kept off the site, it's embarrassing pain

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

It was also just so incredibly pointless

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Seems like there was really only one side to the drama considering how it died down after that side disappeared, and how it had kept going until then despite a bunch of purges

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Too bad that one side had a (former) admin on their side. But eventually that admin got exposed for being a liberal Zionist over a silly emote and nobody respected what that admin said anymore. That admin's final act on this website was arguing with users about /c/slop because "/c/slop was too toxic."

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Removed by mod

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

They fell in battle like the weaklings they are, only the strong survive on hb.

[–] RION@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Struggle sessions over indoor/outdoor cats. I watched rocks stacked in the dark near the Bannhäuser Gate. All those posts will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to be banned.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

chomsky-yes-honey I was there, comrade. I was there six thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of the mods failed.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

I could make a joke about never getting banned, but I know that would only invite disaster

And if I get banned, who else could provide quality Simpsons memes at the speed of if i'm awake and on my phone?

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

3 month old account

survivor's guilt

fry hmmmmmm

(i kid i kid mods plz dont ban i-spil-my-jice )

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

go back to old megathreads and scroll, it's like 75% banned. This site really has an issue with friendly fire

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Weep not for the lost, their purpose has been fulfilled.

You must claim the bits of your fallen comrades and weave them into your badposting.

The greatest poster will be born piecemeal from the crucible of who have strove to post only to fail.

[–] PowerLurker@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The hard autumn of '24...few alive today dare even mention that bloodbath comrade-stoic

[–] Commiechameleon@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

I only ban myself (uhhhh don't ban me as a joke... MODS!!!?! MOOOODDDS!!!!!i!1?I!!!) and lurk in the shadows, cultivating tankieness.

[–] BironyPoisoned@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you haven't been banned at least once, then you haven't effort posted on this site. If you haven't noticed a problem with the moderation, then you haven't been paying attention.

But accounts are cheap to make so it's not like you lose anything. I'd prefer if this site was all anonymous posters to prevent cliques and other shit.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I almost never read the usernames im-doing-my-part

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[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Lol no. The only questionable decision I have really seen was when there was that brief stint where TC69 was brought back as a moderator.

Otherwise, respect the mods, they literally don't get paid enough for this.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

holocaust emoji

mods literally just drove like 10 arab users off this site like two months ago. I guess that's "not a problem" though

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[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Nah, they should have just read "Trans Liberation Beyond Pink or Blue"

[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No. They simply should have had good and correct opinions all the time and then they'd have a 5 year account like me 🤓

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

many got banned precisely because they had good and correct opinions. Being correct too early is the #1 cause of being banned here

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you've never been in trouble you've never really posted. screm-cool

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I kinda got called out by an admin and never got banned...

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I never really interrogated it. I just do a good job of keeping my nose out of drama and have really good opinions

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm all over the drama and have a 5 year account. That's the power of being more dialectical than everyone else.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Light vs L style friendship where we're both trying to prove that the other is actually a secret lib

"So uh, do you think cats should be able to have salami?" dean-malice

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[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Rip to them but I'm different

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Survivors thrill't

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I carry forth the flag of the revolutionaries that fell before me.

I am beginning to feel a little like how Molotov must have felt after the Great Purge.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

I get survivors guilt when I think about all the nerds I should have banned sooner tbh

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

no but i do think it's really weird since most of my posts are fedposting

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

i fly my flag at half mast to honor all the brave posters who aren’t with us today because they were banned in the war of liberal aggression

xFemboiixTrotskiix this one’s for you brother

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[–] PurrLure@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, my takes here are as mild as grocery store salsa.

Somehow, I'm considered spicy outside leftist areas and have to keep the lid vacuum sealed at work. gustavo-brick-really-rollin

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

No, because most of them are still here in their 8th alt

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

No. They could have simply posted better

[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

No. But sometimes when I'm getting a little too stubborn in an argument I asked myself "is this my sevendeaflyfetishes/baseball/blackmoldfutures/liberalsocialist moment?" And disengage.

[–] OttoboyEmpire@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i'm sure they just made a new account!

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I don't believe in reincarnation on web forums. They're gone for good.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I don't pay much attention to site drama but I really wish the guy who offered to buy me a gun was still here

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