And, right on cue, someone complains about my "political" posts not having a content warning.
Let me explain: fuck you.
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@mattblaze I haven't had rhe energy to "Internet" for awhile now, but nice to know the climate hasn't changed any.
@mattblaze Although I'm with you on the CW Thing - one may filter out political terms oneself - you are becoming more and more rude lately (or always were?) and somewhat whiny/touchy about these things. My consequence? I won't block or mute you, but unfollow. This is not the kind of behaviour I expect from people on this network, even less so from someone who is a scientist/researcher.
@Gilgamesch You totally remind me of some random blathering about "evolutionary economics" on BSky when you say this. And when you do say this, you remind me of the manifest moral cowardice we see almost everywhere today, quite unlike the Atomic Scientists of Chicago in 1945 who were mostly of The Greatest Generation. @mattblaze @cstross @kimcrawley @davidgerard
@bms48 @mattblaze @cstross
Oh I can be incredible rude, when it's appropriate.
And maybe I'm not aware of the initial post, that warrants such behaviour, but wishing for CW on political matters is hardly the same as e.g. propagating a fascist world view. (Burn them on a stake!) Everything is political. Just ignore the special snowflakes without insulting anyone is all I'm saying. (See what I did there? 😜)
As for evolutionary economics, well... I don't know what that is and probably don't care.
@Gilgamesch @bms48 @cstross I’m curious. What did I ever do or say to make you believe I’d be even slightly interested in your opinion on what I should and shouldn’t post, random stranger? I realize you think my language is beneath my station, but I will, I assure you, find a way to live with your disapproval.
@Gilgamesch Do whatever you want. I really don’t give a shit if you think I’m too rude to trolls. Sounds like a you problem.
@mattblaze @Gilgamesch Being rude to trolls in front of an audience is one of the few perks of being slightly famous on social media.
@cstross @mattblaze @Gilgamesch now there’s a level of fame that feels worth aspiring too.
@cstross @Gilgamesch Not famous enough to get a good table at a restaurant when it’s fully booked, but famous enough to be able to speak my mind as I see fit, is good enough for me.
@mattblaze mate, I vote for progressive candidates, donate big chunks of my money to progressive causes. I recycle. I do everything I fucking can to do things right.
I have no more energy left to get outraged at problems on the other side of the world I can do nothing to help. I am burned out.
So if you or anyone else posts unfilterable politics about causes I can't do a damn thing about other than get upset about, you go on the naughty list.
And I get this shit bubble up in the trending page?
In conclusion: fuck you too, buddy!
@Hyperlynx You might not have learned about Mastodon’s new policy where you’re no longer required to follow me or read my posts. In fact, if they really bother you, you can even mute or block my account.
So I no longer feel the least bit obliged to cater my posts to the whims of every censorious asshole on the planet who wants to control what I write about.
@mattblaze @Hyperlynx And we can make our own CWs by creating Mutes on words and terms, with completely invisible if we really want to keep out timelines clear.
@mattblaze I'll second that explanation. 🙄🤦♀️
@mattblaze
Back around 2015, my brother complained about stuff I was posting on Facebook and would i please stop it. I told him "my page, my posts." He was free to unfollow or block, whatever he chose.
@mattblaze fuck you is a perfectly fine content warning if you change your mind
The Block button is your friend :)
Sadly, they didn't get to see that, because I blocked them before I posted it.
That's always the emotional dilemma of blocking, isnt it. When i tell someone I'm blocking them, which is rare, i almost never actually do, because i dont want to miss anything. But i never respond ever again.
Seriously, if you're allergic to posts about election technology, you really, really, shouldn't follow me. Or at least keep an epi pen on hot standby.
@mattblaze the thing that is incredible to me about all of this, is on mastodon there's no "algorithm", it's all opt-in directly by your choices. So people are complaining to other people about their own choices, as if they're entitled to direct others.
In any event, let me tap the sign, which is clearly posted as a pinned post:
@mattblaze Maybe US politics has become so obscene that it warrants for the same precautions as adult content would ... 🤔
@mattblaze
Mastodon should have a way to put a universal content warning on an account. I.e. do not follow this account if you might be upset by something I might post.
"We're not asking you not to post about US politics. We're just asking you to use a content warning. We're being very reasonable, and your refusal to do so now that we've asked is unreasonable and hostile"
Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. Fuck you.
I’m not sure I understand the mindset of someone who signs up for a social media account and then gets surprised and upset when they find people discussing *current events*.
@mattblaze basically: oh the huge …
@mattblaze I apologize for our earlier entanglement because I follow you for the expert analysis of a system I don't know.
Too many post that the sky is falling, but you and other clear eyed observers post on *how* it is and is not so far falling specifically.
And I thank you for that, and the photos.
@mattblaze Amd on mastodon it's pretty easy to mute and block stuff you don't want to see.
The need for some to have a content warning on fucking near everything is the reason a fucking Nature documentary on YouTube has to bleep out the first fucking word relating to a group of crows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. Kid. You. NOT!
Very, VERY soon, nobody will be able to say a fucking thing for fear of one or more words in any sentence, correctly used in the context they were intended, upsetting some softcock with a zero grasp of their own unimportance!
I'm done, I tell you, done. No more self-censoring where it isn't necessary.
And as was so eloquently stated in your post ...
If that wasn't clear enough, Fuck you!🖕 😎
@mattblaze Very well. We shall resume in an hour.
@mattblaze I think I get now. On the other hand, one more fuck you might be necessary.
During fascism and potential election tampering, people’s biggest problems being your posts is wild to me.
@LALegault Apparently my words are very, very powerful. Like the hands of a martial artist. Deadly weapons.
