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Spamming, by the tankie definition: "Posting something once, but it's something I dislike >:( " (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

easy way to get upvotes on here is to call out OP for something the average user thinks is cringe

doesn’t even have to be true! just do it first and with conviction. “OP troll” “OP is sealion arf arf” “OP spams” “i have OP flagged as blue MAGA do with that what you will” and BOom top comment, no effort no research light work ez w. mods might clap you in 8-10 hours but by then the damage will be done and your game a success.

reddit brains love to criticize the toxic culture of insta and twitter, then turn around and upvote the first whiff of drama farming they see. 😘🙃

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

no effort no research light work

Basically 99% of ml/hex posters right there.

Why bother with effort when spamming emojis, stickers, gifs, and pretending like the world is as simple as "country do bad things, wipe out country, world good again"

Honestly it feels like listening to a bunch of American 6th graders who have just figured out that the US might not be the knight in shining Armour their history teachers made it out to be.

[–] azulavoir 18 points 4 months ago

I think the worst part about hexbear is that they've made pronouns in username feel like a red flag

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It must be more specific than "country bad," since they are simultaneously simping for countries that are doing awful things.

If it is a nominally socialist (with capitalist characteristics) country, they justify whatever atrocities happen. If it is a capitalist economy, everything that country does is evil.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

simping for countries that are doing awful things.

You have already fallen into one of the classic blunders! There are no atrocities in [insert famously fascist, oppressive dictatorships here] and any evidence you supply to support your argument is simply mainstream media lies, regardless of the actual source. And if you are the primary source you're a shill.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OP is sealion arf arf

The 'arf arf' makes OP seem cute, though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

it’s a meaner implication in normal context, like, “here, let me speak to you in the only language you understand, the language of an animal”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why DO they always have anime profile pics?

[–] ZombiFrancis 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Weren't you banned on there for a while?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't realize I was a subject of such interest to so many people.

[–] ZombiFrancis 2 points 4 months ago

I dunno if that's the case. I just remember seeing the banned symbol on a number of threads that went overboard. Figured that might be a cooler on the whole posting thing.