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Very well-stated (& calm) response to what is turning into a heated discussion about users on the hexbear.net instance (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by OpenStars to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

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(The title you see below mine is the wording chosen by the OP of the full post - I hope I do not cause offense, but I cannot control it showing up here as it is linked.)

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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Fuck hexbear, they are all, and I'm not generalizing I'm being factual, all a bunch of neurodivergent anti-social, ignorant, dipshit, troglodyte morons who have never left the comfort of their homes or kept a stable job or have anyonein thier pathetic lives that love them. They are all burdens to the societies they happen to live in, and have become shut-in losers.

If you're a hexbear moderator reading this: fuck you, ban me.

[–] OpenStars 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even if that were true - and it's objectively not - sinking to that level does nobody any good.

Take care of yourself, and don't worry overmuch about people on the internet being wrong, would be my take:-). (Also, they cannot ban you here - hexbear.net is an entire instance, and BestOfLemmy is not a community that resides on it, but rather Lemmy.World)

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one -1 points 2 months ago

I'm just kidding, I love hexbear and their counter culture. They essentially exist to lure the crazies and unhinged and deserve to continue

[–] m_f@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't put it so aggressively, but I stopped arguing with one of them recently, because I realized that I was punching down. I'm not going to try and diagnose, but some sort of neurodivergence that leads to hyperfocusing on irrelevant details, and black and white thinking.

I don't think the answer is insulting them, that just validates their ingroup/outgroup mentality. The best thing to do is to just encourage them to keep on trying to improve themselves, and try to work on their maturity for when they become adults.

[–] OpenStars 3 points 2 months ago

If they can learn more to live in the world, like to have discussions politely, then they can learn much over the years.

While if they must remain constrained to the spaces that will tolerate them... then they may, probably even, not.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Hot take: sometimes it's okay to punch down.