Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?

• MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you’re following them around, that’s not living rent free in someone’s head, that’s just being weird.

  The whole idea of the phrase is the one living rent free is just enjoying their life while the OTHER person obsesses about them.

  If you’re the one doing the stalking, it’s the stalkee that’s living rent free in your head.

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• BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You weren’t tagged and still showed up to prove OPs point. It’s not rent free when they’re being stalked by a fucking weirdo basement dweller.

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  • mistermodal@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m browsing all and you guys are telling your daily ghost stories. I have blocked all of the meme communities where you repost stuff from reddit, so most of what comes up is this or world news, and I don’t need to explain its political bent. You have to realize this comes off as very forced and melodramatic to people on some level. Your being completely unable to take a joke is just icing on the cake.

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    • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Daily ghost stories? Me posting memes from reddit? You told a joke? The fuck are you on about, lol?

      If you’re suggesting that by saying “rent free” in response to someone outing you for stalking them is a joke, then we have very different definitions of what a joke is. It’s akin to a Republican making a dumbass comment and when confronted responding with, “it’s just a joke”.

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      • mistermodal@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Also, did you seriously not understand that “you” can be plural and nobody thinks you are posting every single meme on multiple different websites? Can you see straight right now?

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      • mistermodal@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You do not have a very strong case for stalking (who, the site itself?) by talking about something you federated with in a public forum. Remember, this is a website the owners willingly hooked up to another. This is like loudly complaining about a business while standing in front of it and acting like one of the customers is stalking you when they say something. It’s hard to believe you would say that sincerely. It’s more like an un-self-aware attempt at manipulation from a child. The internet moderation-attuned desperation to control conversations is palpable. I pity any coworkers you dare to express yourself to.

        Do you have any other ways that you would like to describe my saying the words “rent free” as an unforgivable provocation? Let’s see what you come up with this time.

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