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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As of today, I have stopped using Reddit entirely.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay? The ocean has more water than my sink, but you don’t see me complaining that my sink has too little water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As of today, I have stopped using Reddit entirely.⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If 100% of posed questions are answered, I don’t think it makes sense to call it any flavor of inactive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As of today, I have stopped using Reddit entirely.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  With respect, “it’s not as active” for a Home Assistant community as in what? You don’t get replies to your questions? People don’t ask you enough of them?

  If the former, that is a genuine problem, but hasn’t been my experience on Lemmy. There are fewer responses, but they are more thought out and less likely to be puns, references, and other low-hanging-fruit jokes.

  If the latter, then proactively make guides so people will be more likely to join? Someone has to be the first on the dance floor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I tell if I was banned from a federated community/instance from my home instance of lemmy.world?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I really don’t think 90% of people who do or should use the fediverse are regularly hopping onto other instances directly to check their mod logs, nor do I think they should be expected to.

  This is turning into a feature request, but there should be some way of viewing federated instances’ mod logs from your home instance. Or maybe a ban/removal notification?

  People less technically inclined are just going to shrug their shoulders when they encounter obvious QoL bumps like this and just go back to Instagram/Twitter/Facebook/Reddit/etc. rather than take the time to make a Lemmy.world Support post and/or DM every mod (as I was previously told is the fediverse equivalent of modmail).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I tell if I was banned from a federated community/instance from my home instance of lemmy.world?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for your help.

  How do I find the modlog of an instance? I’ve always just clicked the hamburger menu on someone’s comment to view it, and that’s not available on yours.

• How do I tell if I was banned from a federated community/instance from my home instance of lemmy.world?
  Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨4⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Threat" to America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Me? No.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Threat" to America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Already has killed loads, as far as I understand it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Threat" to America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re stuck in the Zero Sum Game mindset and their Circle of Empathy is smaller - that’s all it is.

  They think that if someone on the other side of the planet (who they don’t care about) benefits, they (and their loved ones) stand to lose.

  Once you wrap your head around that, 90% of their behavior makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just coincidence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How much do you want to bet he studied that exact photo to get the iconography and pose right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s called “rage-baiting,” a practice most people mature past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Police firearms are used far more often as a threat to force compliance thannthey are to defend life.

  True, but you’re still almost certainly vastly overestimating either use.

  By disarming most on-duty officers like a civilized country we’d have a more peaceful society because the police wouldn’t feel as empowered to escalate conflicts.

  It’s possible, but in the interim there’d be a lot of deaths. The “civilized countries” you’re referring to don’t have the Second Amendment, a culture of violence, or (usually) as much distrust of government as Americans do.

  Being a police officer isn’t a particularly dangerous job.

  I never said it was.

  Honestly I’m not going to bother reading the rest of your comment because you are repeatedly jerking the wheel into a conversation that you prefer to have rather than the conversation we were having and I’m getting bored of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you dialed in the last slice of my comment to argue the one point you wanted to pounce on because you sensed you weren’t winning the original argument. That’s interesting, but not surprising.

  I’m not particularly violent, scared, little, or a bitch, but if you’re going to stake the entire rationale and funding behind the equipment and training modern law enforcement has on one guy who had zero say in even one agency, I think that’s pretty funny and also pretty typical of ACABers.

  I think I wrote maybe one speeding ticket every two years or so? That was an extremely tiny slice of my job, but again, it is pretty typical ACAB perspective to have no idea what law enforcement does; that’s a fundamental building block of that kind of person - having no idea what you’re talking about but being enraged about it.

  The funny part is you kinda answer your own perceived mystery on that bit. Yes, the gun is useless in 99.9% of police contacts (or more); that’s not what it’s for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The difference is every single place I go that isn’t a police station people talk shit about cops.

  Someone who is employed to strategically and often deceptively visit consequence on you - while rarely helping you - will have no shortage of haters.

  But at the same time, there are plenty of more adult and rational people who realize law enforcement isn’t worthy of universal and unconditional contempt.

  You’re hated, and it’s not the unjustified hate of racism, intolerance, or ignorance. You’re hated because you actively choose to drain society’s resources while stimping on people’s rights. You should be hated.

  Only by people that really haven’t thought it through, i.e. people that think “cops” is a monolith and they’re ideas rather than people - antagonists in the game of Fun Crime.

  I’ve met plenty of ACABers and without exception they go from “omg u r evil” to “Oh, you’re a human being and law enforcement is more complex than I realized.”

  Yeah - you may occasionally do something useful, but you’re a net drain on society and you should be ashamed of yourself and your entire profession for what you’ve become.

  There isn’t really any political philosophy that thinks that way other than anarchists, and I view that “society is best when there are no laws” perspective as incredibly naive, so I shrug at your opinion.

  Definitely not ashamed of what I did - hope that doesn’t trouble you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All [Anything] that doesn’t describe the definition is almost always wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a shame you’re getting down voted, seemingly just for admitting on the Internet that you used to be a cop and not on the merits of your comment.

  That’s Reddit Lemmy for ya!

  Regardless of the sentiment people feel towards the police, it doesn’t change the fact that exceedingly few people would actually confront someone in real life like that, whether they are a cop, a healthcare CEO, or an AI bro.

  True, and that’s kinda my point; the OP is built on a false premise.

  Plenty of people in this thread huffing pure copium that everyone who’s ever been nice to me secretly hates me, when in reality some people like (ex-)cops, some are indifferent, and some dislike them. As you say, a rare % of the latter say something about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure they talk shit about you behind your back too; it’s part of the culture of employment alongside radically different positions.

  That’s just how people are. You’re neither a visionary for figuring it out, nor particularly insightful for not realizing it doesn’t apply to you.

  Again, I think you’re just vastly overestimating how much people hate the police because of the company you keep; echo chambers and such.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I interact with people who know I was a cop all the time without a gun or the uniform. People are much less hostile to others when they don’t have a veil of internet anonymity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, most people aren’t hostile towards the police. That’s a fantasy of yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People generally don’t say that kind of thing to cops in the flesh, no. It’s mostly an internet thing.

  Never minded being called a pig; pigs are very intelligent, sometimes cute, and usually friendly.

  Never minded being called a racist; it’s always out of nowhere based on virtually nothing - because I happen to not be a racist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems pretty clear to me I wasn’t using one of the niche definitions, but you’re welcome to accidentally or intentionally misunderstand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Either way, those aren’t “babies.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea there was a market for eating human eggs. Seems like an extremely low Calorie:Cost ratio, but capitalism gonna capitalism I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you missed my point, but I’m glad you tried.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So in your opinion they were doing a ridiculous roundabout way to assert “Use your best moral judgement?”

  My money’s on them never replying to agree or disagree with your guess at their intent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The fun genius* part

  If you can make both sides of an issue think you’re on their side, you win both of their support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm right and the other vegans are wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Radicalism is always stupid. Moderation is key.

  How often do you eat babies?

  Personally, I’m radically against eating babies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paid Time Off Hypocrisy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to beat this drum pretty hard until I learned/realized just this week that ostensibly this is so representatives can spend time amongst the people they represent.

  Obviously there’s no strict laws governing what they do with their time and they are only accountable to re-elections for that, so the potential for slacking off is tremendous, especially in the age of R vs. D being virtually the only thing worth mentioning come election time.

  “Sure, I’m never in DC working for you and I’m never back home listening to you, but at least I’m not a filthy [other party]!” is a convincing argument for a staggering percentage of American voters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disgusted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a great ragebait comment, but everyone’s missing the obvious response:

  So?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Park benches don't "open" until 10am⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s more illegal than I can openly suggest.