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Hell yeah!

Yoho!

BPR.

Bottom-line, I think that you asking for clarification, I think the rules change, all of it was for the better. But you made it clear that the comment that was the catalyst in all of this starts with you putting Stamets' actions on the same level as stolen valor, and without doxing myself that is such an egregious and uncalled-for statement I had to actually do something else for half an hour before I came back and posted this.

Not everyone has the clarity of mind or the physical capability to walk away when they see something so insulting, so I'm giving it a BPR. If you hadn't done that, I would've gone with PTB, but that was... too much.

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Right there with you. The fact that their reply starts by calling them "toddlers" really isn't helping, is it?

I think one of the issues is that several of the people involved in that crusade were also banned from blahaj.

People tend to not disclose their conflict of interest.

I know this flies in the face of what everyone else seems to be saying, but fuck it.

I don't know of an acronym, but my reaction is that even if they overreacted, your insanely aggressive response makes me think it's right to leave it in place. I get that you're saying that you're just angry because you like blahaj, but up and down this thread your bitching is so antagonistic... Like, calling it narcissistic, referring to people who care "too much" about their pronouns as having main character syndrome? This is not the behavior of a friend, or an ally, and it's not one I'd love in a member of my community.

Being queer and neurodivergent is not an excuse to be an asshole. As someone who identifies as both queer and neurodivergent, let me say I wouldn't unban you for this. Whether the initial ban was right or wrong!

I went through real shit in the 90s for being queer. I wasn't even diagnosed as neurodivergent (despite a disgusting amount of evidence since I was a child, because "girls don't get ADHD") until my goddamned 30s. That doesn't mean that just because other people are suffering differently, their suffering doesn't matter, and screaming about it makes you look like an abusive fuck. People don't have to suffer "enough" for your definition to deserve respect. Jesus.

I get that this could be stepping on your trauma, and nobody loves being excluded, but this reaction ain't it.

I'm so glad to see this post. I was starting to think I was taking crazy pills.

If I was an admin and I banned someone for whatever reason, and their reaction was this insanely aggressive, and they clearly kept using insulting terms to describe everyone (whiny, 'main character syndrome,' saying they haven't suffered enough to be treated with respect) I would definitely not think I was wrong to ban that person. Even if I initially was wrong, the reaction is the kind that makes me think... yeah, don't want that in my community.

Phone anxiety is an anxiety, it can't really be logicked away. But you can sometimes practice it away, desensitize yourself to it.

I was coming to recommend CeraVe. I apply it in like, layers- so I'll apply a teeny bit, then a teeny bit more, and keep doing that, and rubbing it in each time, until it's all absorbed, and it stops absorbing. Then I might, if I'm bothered or touching stuff, wipe off the extra at the end with a towel.

But like reddfugee said, if you do it before bed, it's so much better, because you can just lay down and let it absorb!

Really hope you get there. It's a hard thing to do.

Those are known people, versus calling a stranger.

I get it. I used to have a lot of phone-related anxiety. I ended up practicing making calls a lot, and now I can call anyone.

I'd be more mad if my friend let me die because they couldn't do CPR! All my friends have their first aid certification!

Babish did? Jesus. Well my opinion of him has gone down a bit.

Can't speak for all the other anarchists but-

Gonna be a "no thanks" from me dawg.