Bozicus

It’s possible this particular admin is not an asshole, but yeah, this whole move is a big pile of hypocritical garbage.

I think Huffman may have gotten rid of the “other people’s opinions matter” part of his worldview, due to decades of everyone in his life telling him that he sucks, and needs to get his shit together.

I knew there was something else I should be adding to my box of cake mix! Turns out it was “fuckspez”!

I liked the Mashables title: “Reddit is trying to make nice with its moderators. They aren’t having it.”

Yes, I think content warnings make it easier to have difficult conversations, not harder. People who don’t want to discuss something are not magically going to become open to those discussions because you spring the topic on them without warning. Content warnings save time, and give people a chance to brace themselves before going into what is usually a big fight.

I like that this is being covered in The Independent, which, afaik, is not a tech-specific publication. Sure, they’re being prim about the phrasing of the protest message, but they’re presenting the motivation behind it in a relatively sympathetic way.

I think they actually did put in fine print saying they could remove about a dozen different kinds of things, including insulting specific people. So this is an example of general restrictions on content creation in /place rather than specific anti-protest action. But it’s still an example of Reddit sucking. If they don’t want free expression, they shouldn’t market this as an opportunity for free expression.

Seconded. This particular kind of BS is often fact-resistant, even if the person is rational about other things.

I don’t know if full coverage would help me, lol, it might just emphasize my occasional, unfixable flubs. But whatever you’re doing is working!

I was under the impression it was ducks, due to a typo in a bill proposing payment in USD.

I like “[insert magic-user class] is a stage magician,” whatever that means in the particular setting. IMO it works best when “stage magician” is well-defined and distinct from authentic magic (again, consistent with setting, like “Vegas entertainer” in the late 20th century, “spiritual medium” for early 20th, “medicine show [salesperson]” for the 19th, “alchemist with patrons” for Medieval to early enlightenment, and so on, though inauthenticity or bad reputation are usually an important part of the fun for me). It can drive some excellent dramatic irony.

This is gorgeous! Your stitches are so consistent.