ChairmanMeow

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Kuttenberg sounds really funny in Dutch, it basically translates to "Cunts Mountain".

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's dead simple to Google mate.

And I'm not reinforcing what you said. For your theory to be true, it'd require the absolute silence of that entire crowd of people. They'd all have to be in on it. You really think none of those people would spill the details? Governments can barely keep shit secret once it spreads to 2 people.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but that's the textbook definition of inflation (being forced to raise wages because the salary becomes less valuable). I'm not sure if that's really the goal here.

I can understand the case for UBI, but so far most trials have been quite small in scope... that means few national effects have been properly observed.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair, if 8% exits the labour market that would have a pretty severe economic effect, no?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Normally speed checks take into account that the car's speedometer and the speed camera are off by a bit, always in favour of the driver. So whilst the violation might be 38 in 30, the actual speed was likely a little bit higher (eg 40-45).

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There's hundreds of people there. All paid actors? None of them would break their silence? Not one? That's an even more absurd suggestion.

Also, one of the people shot did upload some of their video footage.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Chargebacks are incredibly expensive, yes.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No I was referring to the OP, who stated they're from Florida. Sorry if that was unclear.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 4 weeks ago

Your sidebar also says:

Small instance with respectful moderation staff

Yet here you are, telling another user who tried to give you constructive criticism to "grow a pair", "pound sand" and that they're "tolerant of such bigotry". That doesn't seem very respectful to me. You could also have addressed the criticism directly, but opted to instead misconstrue the argument and presented a slippery-slope fallacy.

If you're not going to treat other users with respect, then that's a block from me.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Your sidebar rule explicitly talks about "hatred". But I don't see that at all in this comment. At worst it's a critique of the US education system, which at this point I don't think either side of the political spectrum is really happy with. It's also well-known that the state of education differs greatly between US states.

If he commented something along the lines of "Probably the USA, because you have to be a moron not to know this", I could see your point. But they didn't. They didn't even pass any value judgment about Americans at all.

It could even be a sarcastic reply, because the OP also posted what state they were from, so they "probably /s" are from the US.

I think you're making a lot of assumptions about this user and their mindset when they wrote this comment. As you've seen from the immense feedback you got, the vast majority of users heavily disagree with you that they violated the sidebar rule. Being too heavy-handed on the moderation damages communities, it does not protect them.

In my opinion, this user should have been let off with a warning, and the comment should have stayed up because it requires a very subjective reading for it to come close to violating the sidebar rule. Alternatively you could have issued a warning and removed the comment if you want to err on the side of (excessive) caution. But a full ban was not appropriate.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)

... How is this "hatred"?

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