I was* banned for commenting an incomplete sentence.
You're on thin ice, mister!
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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I strongly suspect the incomplete sentence wasn’t the issue.
That same user, I’m pretty sure, was the one posting “joking” absurdist comics about how Biden and Kamala Harris had gleefully caused the entire genocide single-handed and then running and hiding behind “I’m just saying ridiculous stuff, like Monty Python, oho” when the comments were alarmed and pushed back on it.
The “incomplete sentence” thing sounds a lot like more of the same absurdist cover to deflect from the fascism they are actually doing.
Yeah, nah. Your sentence is completely fine. When I read the title I was expecting you to have clipped it midway, without including the most crucial bit of info. (I know someone who does this. It drives everyone around her crazy, so I get why a mod would scold people for doing it.)
The mod is clearly a troll, and the modlog being full of similar occurrences reinforces it. PTB.
Is this the same crank getting mad at initialisms?
On SDF?
I'm reminded of whichever schmuck runs OpenUserJS, and seems to think sending a PM is the moment the recipient becomes aware of the PM. And that eight hours is a sensible timeline for demands like 'please clarify the license for this code or I'll ban the entire project forever.' Just a whole website owned by a broken stair.
There's currently only one mod on the news community, so it's probably the same!
How could this
The mod of that community is a real asshole. Bans people for the littlest things including just things they don't like (they claim acronyms are against the rules there but have no rules listed).
You're better off posting in a real news community like [email protected] or [email protected]
It’s happened to me before, too. As far as I’m concerned, that mod is a troll (“Thank you for creating content!”), so I don’t engage with their communities at all.
Wow, I mean I've seen them create comments like that before but I had no idea it was that bad. they almost seem like a bot from those responses.
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Ngl it's quite a funny ban reason 😂 but you really shouldn't take any sdf communities seriously, they are just screwing with you.
Your question was valid:
Source for Biden orchestrating it?
But they could have simply replied "Ok, maybe aiding and abetting would be a better choice of words" or something similar.
they are just screwing with you
This construction is called Schrodinger’s Douchebag.
Deleting someone in the comments who is pointing out that your dead-serious post is being dishonest, doesn’t all of a sudden become light-hearted and silly just because you are lying in a weird way about why you’re doing it.
I don't think they are particularly political tbh. I guess you can choose to take it seriously or choose to find it funny. You do you Philip.
You do you Philip
Always do.
do me next
See, as far as I can tell, you are actually doing the kind of political absurdism that SDF is pretending to here.
I honestly can’t tell whether you are trolling or doing satire or what your real political leaning is, which probably means it’s pitch perfect satire. Maybe. Like I say I have no idea. But the fact that I can detect a single strong political leaning in SDF’s antics, and often the funny has to give way to the politics apparently, is exactly what makes me feel like they’re not doing absurdism so much as they are hiding behind it.
that didnt sound anything like me
Precisely. Like I said, I always do me.
Censorship for sure. We won't k ow the reason but until we see more reports.
That's the beauty of fedi!
PTB for sure. Guys sounds like a jerk anyway, so at least now you know to avoid him.
The news and politics mods need to be replaced
What's a Tagen?
Tagen = Days
Severe sense of humour deficiency up and down this thread. YDI because it's funny