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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

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[–] Structure7528@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Sadly, a big part of these (admittedly clever and funny) put-downs is to enforce conformity. Makes it hard to have some degree of self-expression when you know you're going to face ridicule for the smallest thing.