admiralpatrick

admiralpatrick, 1 day ago

I think the distributed nature of the Fediverse is a big part of it. Lot of moderation policies at play, on a lot of different instances and some allow some real jerks to flourish and spill out elsewhere. I have zero tolerance for any of that garbage and am very quick with my block/ban buttons, but those are only effective on my own instance or the few communities I moderate outside that.

OP, best I can suggest is to report them. Most of the communities I interact with are pretty responsive to those kinds of reports and similarly don’t tolerate it. Mods, unfortunately, can’t read every comment and often rely on reports to know when to look deeper/take action.

And don’t feel bad about blocking the jerks. There’s a lot of them, lol.

admiralpatrick, 3 days ago

https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdzI0N2EwYXAxdnUzcjM2bWdsMTM2eWNjMGpxaXFneXY4YmtuYm0wbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/c1zviFHCf4pq0/giphy.gif

admiralpatrick, 12 days ago

Lol, yeah. I was referencing the plot (Elaine accidentally grabs her breast in the sauna and tells Jerry she think’s they’re fake).

Also, I tried to merge that exact GIF into the static image but failed miserably 😆.

admiralpatrick, 12 days ago

As a GIF, that scene looks like it’s cut from a horror movie lol.

admiralpatrick, 12 days ago

https://dev.dubvee.org/image_proxy/lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cf45394a-0906-4cd0-a67e-e5a4f9b508a6.webp?fallback=true

admiralpatrick, 18 days ago

I’ve seen this site get spammed in the past, but it’s been a few months. Guess they’re at it again.

That whole site is an unholy mixture of religion, conspiracy, and Elon Musk. It’s bonkers.

Basically if you see tiblur [dot] com, you can pretty much just report it as spam.

admiralpatrick, 21 days ago

There’s an amazing bakery near me that’s like that. People have just kind of adapted, and it seems to work well for the business. They start at like 4 in the morning to bake everything they’re going to sell for the day, open at 7, and are pretty much always sold out by 10:30 or 11.

If I recall, I think they do a lot of catering, so the part of the shop that’s open to the public is kind of an afterthought. I’m never able to get there when they have the good stuff, but it’s an amazing treat when someone from the office stops by early in the morning and brings a box of something.

admiralpatrick, 21 days ago

Is it weird that I read your reply in Frasier’s voice?

admiralpatrick, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

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MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Country: India
</span><span style="color:#323232;">MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MODERATE FREEDOM
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Media Type: Newspaper
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
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admiralpatrick, 21 days ago

Rule 3 seems to be very unenforced lately 😠

admiralpatrick, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

For the record, I agree with everything you’re saying.

As a mod, I have to say “Rule 1: No Politics”.

That said, I’m going to allow this as long as it remains civil and discussion is done in good faith without “Godwin’s Law” coming into play. I’ll be actively moderating this thread, so please keep discussions as generic as possible, and no blaming/figer-pointing/name-calling/etc. I’ll probably also be locking it once I’m unable to keep an eye on it (no offense and nothing personal, OP).

That that said, other mods of the community may disagree and remove it, as it is technically violating rule 1 (which we all agreed was for the ultimate benefit of the community). If one of the other mods decides this post should be removed, then I support that decision.

So, for now, carry on, but be civil.

admiralpatrick, 26 days ago

Yeah, I got that from the post, and I appreciate it. Which is why I’ve chosen to leave it up. It’s certainly an unpopular opinion based on the types of comments I’ve seen elsewhere, it’s not calling out anything specifically, and the message is important.

If you want to edit it to be more generic, that’d be cool. Otherwise, I’m just gonna watch to make sure the discussions/comments don’t go off the rails. When the new mod team took over, we all agreed we should leave politics at the door since it’s everywhere and sometimes you just need a reprieve.

Not sure where the line is for that, exactly, but I’m willing to allow some generic, good-faith discussion once in a while. May need to chat with the other mods to see how they feel about it.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

Because that would greatly harm accessibility for the visually impaired.

And if you wanted to adhere to accessibility guidelines for the conversational images, you’d need to add alt text to them. But then the ML models can train on that, so you’re back to square one.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

I don’t know if it was intentional on OP’s part, but our April Fool’s Day rules are in effect at the moment, so posts are expected to be “Popular Opinions” .

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

Lol. Only the post submissions are expected (though not required) to be Popular for today. Comments, as usual, are open season.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

Yeah, timezones are annoying when you want to do something for a specific day. Figured going by UTC would make the most sense.

It’s still March for me as well haha.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

We did discuss that, but figured it might be too confusing. Plus, with the federation delays that were happening yesterday, didn’t want to take the risk.

Just assume the new signage isn’t here yet lol

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

More like a parasite since it’s competing with the rest of your body for that oxygen.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago (edited 29 days ago)

What kind of misogynistic bullshit is this?

Edit: Oh, I see you edited the post.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

Downvoting because I agree.

So sick of it being shoved into everything, all the hype about it, and all the drivel it spits out.

The only reason that’s the case is because OpenAI had something people ooh’d, ahh’d, clapped, and threw money at and all the other tech companies said “me too!” and threw their half-baked abominations into everything in order to suck up that sweet, sweet training data.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

I think most people, even outside Lemmy, are in favor of legalization. There’s just a lot of old people in charge of the laws who are against it because of years of “Reefer Madness” propaganda crap.

Like, Ohio had a ballot initiative not long ago to legalize it recreationally and, after it passed, their legislature tried to knee-cap it (unsuccessfully, I believe).

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

All I can focus on is the TI-92 lol.

I wanted one so badly, but it wasn’t allowed on most tests because of it’s QWERTY keyboard. I had the TI-89 which was basically the same thing but smaller.

admiralpatrick, 1 month ago

Not real tags, just [Tag] in the post title.

e.g. [General] Cheerios are the Best Cereal