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In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

Heh. That’s funny given you just likened me to Vidkun Quisling, who supported the Nazi’s. This is how you want to talk to people – likening the moderators to actual fascists who exterminated several members of my family.

@Inkarnate

Well, the Nazis were the ones who exterminated/ousted anyone with differing ideologies...and you're currently defending the people on this site who issue unfair bans on the basis of these banned parties "setting dangerous precedents" and "sowing dissent"... and you're seemingly doing this purely for personal gain while pretending you're doing it for the good of the site (your "nation," analogically) ...

so yeah it's pretty accurate.

Also, literally using "muh holocaust" to make people feel sorry for you, classy move.

Favorite Food?

the guy who mentioned potatoes put me in the mood, so here are some homemade potatoes and onions au gratin.

Guest starring: Rodenbach Classic Sour.

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In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

@Inkarnate Are you saying that an action is justified simply because the moderators say it's OK? Sounds an awful lot like an "appeal to authority" to me.

Not as catchy as "false equivalency," I'll admit, but ... ;)

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

@Inkarnate Whether the mods petitioned you to gather these screenshots, or whether your own Quisling spirit spurned you to gather them of your own accord, is quite irrelevant, because that's not the question at hand. The question is: did the mods accept your screenshots once you delivered them, and once in their possession, did these screenshots make an impact on their decisions and actions to follow?

If so, then they're still hypocrites, because they have benefited from the same "tactics" and behaviors as which they berate in passages like this:

Your actions here, combined with Grim's actions, and even the actions of the staff, have affected many members in a negitive [sic] way. Friendships have been lost, trust shattered throughout the community, and the screenshots of who is the worse person needs [sic] to stop if we have any desire to move forward.

NuttsnBolts

And really this little hypocrisy is microcosmic of the much larger ones at hand, both confirmed and speculated.

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

@inkarnate You think a private Discord channel being discontent with the current state of the website, gathering evidence to support these grievances (ie. screenshots), and vocally expressing their opinions is a "dangerous precedent."

Whereas mods decrying this behavior and, in the same breath, sending forth their little spies to engage in it, is not hypocritical at all.

Because of a meme fallacy?

It's certainly an equivalency, but not a false one. I begin to suspect you're just using big words and hoping their academic airs will intimidate the meanieheads back into their dark corner without putting up any more of a fight.

You also either didn't read the thread, or, while attempting to read it, failed to comprehend its contents, as evidenced in the fact that you're still persuaded that @Nytem4re is only here to "sow dissent," spread drama, and otherwise watch the site burn. I guess it's impossible that he feels like his and his friend's bans were unjust, seeing as how the mods are perfect and above having to follow their own rules.

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

@Inkarnate What I'm gathering from your "logic" is that sharing screenshots is perfectly okay as long as we enter a knee-jerk panic-response about how dangerous the screenshot's contents are.

And/or as long as I'm snitching to a mod and not to [insert person who mods dislike here].

This is pretty pathetic even as far as mental gymnastics go, seeing as how it's an eloquent, dressed up way of saying "as I say, not as I do."

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

I appreciate that the mod in question was able to own up and admit a mistake, whereas I had assumed that "A week-long ban was too severe" would be the official excuse for why my ban was rescinded early.

Obviously I'm grateful that the ban was removed at all, too.

But @Nytem4re brings up an interesting point: if I was able to get away with my signature being forcibly altered/edited against my will, why was another user banned for what is effectively the same transgression? Furthermore, whereas that "no Discord drama" rule exists now, it did not exist at the time of that user's ban, so one could even argue that I deserve the stricter punishment.

And yes, I know it's claimed that j8cob did more to deserve a ban before that; that the offensive signature was a "last straw" of sorts. Although it's natural that under the "We don't discuss bans" rule, the public hasn't seen these reasons, apparently j8cob hasn't seen them either, and in fact has no idea what he did to build up this hay-bale in the first place.

It's just fishy overall, considering that shitposting and "trolling" are rather common here, and hardly grounds for a penal response.

Favorite Food?

:)

You should know if something food related is posted I will find it.

I love so many foods but I will show you something I made with my mom that egg lovers and pizza lovers can get behind.

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@Tyler Night

is that a mothafuckin frittata, the Italian god-emperor of breakfast foods?

Peer-to-peer grammar critique. (Grammar nazi hangout spot)

Feel free to critique anything I've written so far. After all, no matter how good we may think we are, we could all use some improvement.

@TwelveOf8

I haven't RPed in a while, but I'll throw my weight behind this clause, too. Anything that someone exhumes from the depths of my profile is fair game. Alternatively I can send poetry.