B Traven said:

Agar Wedge said:

I confess, I generate more plastic than any person should. And this is just from summer

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Come to the borosilicate petri side, my child, the buy-in is steep but its love springs eternal...

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callmehippie said:

Right. I honestly have no clue about all that. And I haven't heard anybody else use the word politics. I'm not blaming any mod for anything.  i simply cofused by it. Literally all flew over my head.

I saw people standing up for cat not having a TC Tag. not standing up for what he did. It's obvious what he did was pretty wrong and warranted a ban.

  it seems like politics. The whole s should cat .shouldn't he.  why  does/ dosnt deserves a TC tag etc.. That's the part that really says politics to me.

Then
Whenever you said I warned you guys and now I'm closing the thread. I didn't see the actual  warning.  I guess I missed it and I didn't understand when you closed it. To me.
seemed all connected.

Also seemed like politics because you punished everybody. including me. like I said I had nothing to do with any of that. So by shutting down the whole thread you punished everybody.

Instead of just selecting the few people that were causing you problems. That's another part I was annoyed about. I was like damn the threads just gone because of a few people speaking their mind.damn them lol

To me It seemed like it was a big misscumminaction in  what message people were portraying. But who knows that's just the way I saw it.

Hopefully you don't take any offense into me simply asking for clarification on the whole thing. cuz I was no part of it at all and really actually clueless. By no means was I picking aside and saying you were wrong for your actions if that makes sense.

But  You guys said this thread wouldn't of even made it past page two back in the day.  I haven't seen anything about blaming mods from page one to page 2.

I was asking what is the issue with the thread and its entirety that back in the day this wouldn't have made it as far as it has?  That part seems dumb now and then.

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AZ Starman2112 said:

We to often stereotype people saying because you’re white and Christian you have to be conservative or because you’re gay or black you have to be liberal.

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Volunteered some time at a queer liberation Methodist church over the weekend, after discussing community safety in regards to the fascist regime.

We host family friendly EDM events in their basement

1NFIN8 said:

I read this elsewhere and I’ll shamelessly take it and share it here. The message is that important and relevant.

My son came home from school and said, “Dad, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”

His teacher told the class they were going to play a game. He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions…

“Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.”

He said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion. Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying? Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.

The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone. Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.

Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said, “Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.”

And not one hand went up. The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!”

And then the teacher dropped the bomb: “Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?”

My son said the room went dead silent…

That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.

And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today? Different words, same playbook. Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that. The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.

Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided. Then sit back while trust crumbles.

The danger was never the witch. The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.

Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.

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tree frog said:

AZ Starman2112 said:

We to often stereotype people saying because you’re white and Christian you have to be conservative or because you’re gay or black you have to be liberal.

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Volunteered some time at a queer liberation Methodist church over the weekend, after discussing community safety in regards to the fascist regime.

We host family friendly EDM events in their basement

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So Anyway said:

B Traven said:

It's a whole lot bigger than "should I mist this tub?"

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Well, should I?

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B Traven said:

I grew up in a very diverse place

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as did i.

the 'culture shock' i had when i was 21 and first moved out to the boonies

and in boot camp i had a dude from tennessee tell me that i was a hick cause i lived in northern virginia born in DC.

mushboy said:

B Traven said:

I grew up in a very diverse place

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as did i.

the 'culture shock' i had when i was 21 and first moved out to the boonies

and in boot camp i had a dude from tennessee tell me that i was a hick cause i lived in northern virginia born in DC.

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mushboy said:

he was missing some teeth too. and thru a thick accent

he was just jealous of my non regional dictation

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mushboy said:

B Traven said:

I grew up in a very diverse place

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as did i.

the 'culture shock' i had when i was 21 and first moved out to the boonies

and in boot camp i had a dude from tennessee tell me that i was a hick cause i lived in northern virginia born in DC.

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OLDDAD77 said:

mushboy said:

B Traven said:

I grew up in a very diverse place

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as did i.

the 'culture shock' i had when i was 21 and first moved out to the boonies

and in boot camp i had a dude from tennessee tell me that i was a hick cause i lived in northern virginia born in DC.

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Hahah! I live in that diverse place!

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KlarnEvil9 said:

OLDDAD77 said:

mushboy said:

B Traven said:

I grew up in a very diverse place

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as did i.

the 'culture shock' i had when i was 21 and first moved out to the boonies

and in boot camp i had a dude from tennessee tell me that i was a hick cause i lived in northern virginia born in DC.

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Hahah! I live in that diverse place!

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I'd rather be a hick than a redneck.

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