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Poe'e law states that there's no such thing as satire, and that every post that could be considered a joke is actually a display of incredible stupidity

• Every thread against people not strictly aligning with Leftist politics will be boiled down to: “There are three types of people: reasonable people who agree with me, crazy fascists on the other side, and lily-livered wimps who can’t pick a side (and are also secretly fascists who just won't admit it)!”

• Anyone with passable writing skills will be downvoted because creating cogent arguments against them is hard, and heaven forbid anyone see a smart argument that doesn't align with your views perfectly.

• In a similar vein, people will use the downvote as a "fuck you" button without commenting or adding any value to the conversation whatsoever.

(Edit: Yes, yes. You're all hilarious. I may not have a button to hit, but fuck you too.)

All hail Stamets, Lord of the meme.

Pretend ai is insignificant

AI hate or get downvoted

Everyone here is old.

Make sure to keep an escape rope handy as the rabbit holes have rabbit holes

Never mention you don't use Linux or Firefox otherwise the neckbeards will come at you.

I'm a half step away from being a normie and I hate it here

Rule 34. Doesnt exist here

5. liberalism > conservatism
6. firefox > chromium based and yes, i found it the hard way.

If we wrote it here they wouldn't be unwritten!

Don't comment on anything related to any conflicts immediately East of the Mediterranean lest you wish to be in an ad hominem "debate".

This problem drives valuable content away from the site, unless the lurkers up/down vote based on the value of a contribution (and not their personal opinion) or the mods step in, which is still seemingly rare.