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I'm not saying I'm definitely right. And sure, the libs deserve the dunking. I look back to when I was a lib and I cringe at the shit I used to say. I'm certainly not thinking "oh why were they mean to me when I said something totally sexist", and honestly fuck anyone that puts their short term feelings above the oppression of a marginalised group.

That said, I think that some Hexbear peeps might be enjoying the now long-lost experience of dunking on libs. I get it, it's fine, I would too. I'm just wondering if we can tone down the insults and PPB, especially in other instances. I would really stick to informed discussion if possible. I'm not reading comments in too much detail, so maybe I'm wrong. I'm seeing a lot of people here put in a ton of genuine effort, and those posters get a order-of-lenin from me.

I have seen Lemmygrad posters complain (nicely) about the level of PPB and shitposting in non shitposting communities. Frankly I think the deserve a bit of respect in their communities. Their culture isn't the same as ours. I love you guys, but PPB is really only funny in Hexbear.

I sorta feel like a mass defederation is just a matter of time regardless of what we do. Maybe I'm just being hopeful that we can make this thing work. Dunno, you don't have to fully agree with me. But for me personally, I would post a lot more carefully with non Hexbear users.

Edit: let me reiterate that the libs do deserve the dunking

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[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hot take, PPB wasn't funny on /r/chapotraphouse and it's never going to be funny.

It has given rise to some funny reactions, but to say PPB is funny because someone freaks out at it is a tail wags dog sorta thing.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PPB is supposed to be funny??

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If we can't be funny it's not my revolution.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never said we can't be funny, I just always though PPB was supposed to serve a different purpose.

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If the reply to a bad take with a contextless picture of a pig defecating onto it's own engorged testicles doesn't constitute an inside joke then I'm afraid I've lost the plot.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me, PPB is not a joke, but a philosophy and a way of life.

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe he is more than a joke. Maybe he is an idea, a world-historical porcine, light itself. The joke is too small for him. He belongs to a much more elite class of Americans, the more-than-jokes. Eugene Cernan, Huck Finn, Alexander Fucking Hamilton.

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

It's just a funny way to not respect someone who is doing some kind of fash propagandizing