The Context:

Sailor Moon is a mega-popular and influential anime that came out in the 90s. It completely revolutionized the magical girl genre, and nearly every succeeding magical girl show (Madoka Magica, Precure, Cardcaptor Sakura, etc) can trace their roots back to it.

Sailor Moon was also a gateway anime for many children and adolescents outside of Japan due to it being widely dubbed and broadcast around the world. As a result, Sailor Moon has a passionate fanbase; many people in it have been Sailor Moon fans for literal decades.

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that /r/sailormoon is a massive subreddit with lots of activity. However, many fans found the subreddit stifling due to its strict mods and often nonsensical rules. Being banned for minor infractions was a common complaint. Much of the strict moderation came from RockyCoon, who was the head and basically only active mod.

Another big point of contention is the rule against "self-promoting," which is strictly enforced by the mods. Artists who post their work are not allowed to link to their socials or tell people where they can buy their work, even if someone directly asks. It's to the point where the automod removes any links to social media/art sites.

The Controversy:

On January 14th, a popular artist named Eugenia Lysa made a tweet about how her 3D art of a Sailor Moon character was removed by the mods of r/sailormoon because it "reeks of AI." She was then muted and had no way of providing evidence that her artwork was authentic. One of the mods also blocked her on Bluesky when she reached out to them, and she was soon permanently banned from the subreddit.

Eugenia's post quickly blew up; as of the time I'm writing this, it has 135k likes and almost 2k comments. A lot of hate started getting sent to the mods of r/sailormoon, which Eugenia denounced. On the subreddit itself, any and all posts about the controversy were banned. RockyCoon made a post doubling-down on their decision, which prompted further outrage.

Discussion:

/r/PrettyGuardians is an alternate Sailor Moon subreddit, made by people who are dissatisfied with the main one. RockyCoon reached out to the mod of this sub and asked them to take over. The mod asked the community for advice, leading to discussions over the state of the main Sailor Moon sub.

Bad experiences:

I've seen a lot of people who had a very bad experience on that sub. I left after seeing about 6 different people post about similar experiences all in a short time.

Bad policies:

Subreddit moderation is a thankless job, but I sincerely don’t agree with many of the policies on the “main” Sailor Moon subreddit. Banning professional artists for “self-promotion” when posting the works they make a living on, automatically filtering the name of a major social network, strict definitions of piracy while allowing blatant bootlegs to be posted constantly…it’s a headache. I still post there because I love this series and its fandom, but something’s gotta change.

Power-tripping:

Yes, PLEASE someone take over the main sub. The mod is incredibly lazy and obviously doesn't have the time/energy to moderate such a large sub, that's why they are so insta-ban and mute happy. I'm not familiar enough with the reddit modding community, but if you can't handle such a large sub, surely there's gotta be someone willing to?

Reply:

I'm part of that mod's other community. I can say that this is not why they're ban-happy. They're ban-happy because they genuinely enjoy banning people for anything or nothing, depending on their mood that day. They're an unapologetic asshole and proud of it. They encourage this sort of power-tripping mod behavior in mod threads.

Happiness over RockyCoon stepping down:

I am SO HAPPY that they are stepping down!!

Similar experiences:

i, along with many others have had a similar experience of being banned from the SM sub, then muted. after reading other comments, i agree that a huge sub like that should be modded by more than one person. i’m glad that artist brought awareness to this poor behavior. i’m sure many others in this sub can relate to the helpless feeling after we were banned and muted. it really sucks.

A more empathetic perspective:

The main Sailor Moon sub's moderator has been known for years--YEARS--to engage in the type of behavior you see all over these comments. I found myself on the unfortunate end of a permaban for mentioning the DiC dub and wanting to see it again. It's a huge no-no there but it isn't stated in the rules anywhere. Just sending a message asking where I went wrong with the comment that got me banned caused the moderator to send me a pretty dismissive and nasty message and then they muted me. I'd posted something in another Sailor Moon subreddit unrelated to the ban and I was shocked to see they even followed me to the subreddit and commented on my post there with a "lol." It freaked me out. Like... that was really scary stuff.

I kind of understand how it got to be as bad as it is, because moderating a sub that big cannot be good for one's well-being. You come across a whole lot of anonymous people on the internet. Some are using sock puppet accounts to bully, harass, stalk, skirt rules, or scam people. Can you imagine what could happen to your capacity for trust and empathy after being caring and understanding for so many rule breaks, reports, and nasty messages? I can't. At the end of the day, it is up to that person to seek assistance so they can step away from the toxic engagement and have a mental break for a while, so I cannot excuse their behavior. It seemed that they were actually the sole moderator of that sub while also moderating a multitude of others, and reached their limit. If they are actually going to take a break from it, I am really happy for them. I just hope it didn't come due to pain, fear, or anxiety.

Shutdown

On January 18th, 4 days after the initial controversy, RockyCoon posted this announcement:

So after a few good days of death threats, I think it's time I step down from running a hugebig subreddit. It's not good for my mental health, clearly. So thusly, I have deleted my most recent post, and instead am placing this one in it's place.

While I tried to find a new owner, primarily in a similar subreddit (I will not name them, since they didn't accept/reply.), I did not get a response from them and thusly, have decied to leave the subreddit to whoever admins deem worthy on r/redditrequest.

EDIT: I turned off my personal messages due to death threats. Apparently, this stopped me from getting a reply from the folks I tried to reach out to, the folks at r/prettyguardians. So I never got a reply because...I couldn't, apparently. That's may bad I guess. This is just a public acknowledgement of the whoopsie from me. x.x It's too late for me to fix it now though so my bad.

As no one will be administering the subreddit, I've re-engaged the automoderator to remove every post and comment. I assume that the new owners will turn that off when they take over, by editing / deleting the filter commands from: https://www.reddit.com/mod/sailormoon/wiki/config/automoderator/ , if they don't know how, already.

It's been neat.

-Everyone's favorite trashgirl

Hope

Just a few hours ago, the mod of /r/PrettyGuardians (who has a good reputation in the Reddit magical girl community) announced that they and fellow moderators from other magical girl subreddits decided to form a team. They sent a request to the Reddit admins asking for /r/sailormoon to be given over to them.

The announcement was met with positive reception, with many expressing hope that the main Sailor Moon sub will become a less toxic place under new moderation.

Context : TikTok is an extremely popular app among young people, so popular that its most avid users spend 6+hours a day and its part of their daily routine. It got taken down yday and now users are freaking out on the sub and others. Before the ban, most of it was political, however, post ban its more of a doom mood. The key threads used here are

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/

/r/TikTok/comments/1i4qfes/i_feel_like_my_world_got_smaller/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4p832/i_thought_i_had_until_12am_est/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4xbf7/people_arent_upset_enough/

I will include the nonpolitical drama first, as its more interesting than the political ones

Several users lamenting that their life is now meaningless and they are cutoff from all info

I feel lonely in a way that makes absolutely no sense. It’s not that I even posted often or had specific mutuals, but it’s like 80% of the world just disappeared.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7xzb6x/

Yes there’s something super alienating about this situation. We’ve been able to watch every major event in real time for the past 5 years. Now all of a sudden it’s lights out. It’s disconcerting.

First responses to "touch grass comments"

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7ymk71/

It's extra isolating because anyone who wasn't on the app, doesn't get it and thinks it's just a dancing teen app. It's so weirdly quiet on other platforms.

Replies (all downvoted)

Addiction can be hard to understand

Touch grass tho

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7ykerf/

This. You guys are literally experiencing withdrawals, like an addict who can’t get his fix. Open your eyes people, this should be a red flag.

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Life is hard. We all have our coping mechanisms. Losing something you enjoy and feeling loss is natural. If or when Reddit has this happen, you gonna be telling people on the street who are upset about it "that's a red flag bro"?

Another thread where ppl lament where they are gonna get their news from now

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7z396u/

I had a blue sky account, But I deleted the app because it just wasn’t doing anything for me. I re-downloaded it this morning for that reason specifically. I refuse to go to Twitter, but I need to know what’s going on in the world and without TikTok…

More unhinged section

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7xrma0/

It's like I lost my friends, my comfort, and my access to information. I have loved seeing creators grow year to year in expressing what they love. I have found amazing musicians that have been in my top ten for years now. I get news from independent news as well as the big congomerates. I am truly devastated that 4+ years of my life and my growth (mostly recorded in my likes and saved videos) are inaccessible. It's so hard to explain how big an impact tik tok has had on my life. I'm grieving.

Deleted comment in that thread, but I was able to save it (mods are starting to delete as I'm typing this out) replies are still up though

I feel cutoff from the world and society. I know NOTHING that is happening, no news, nada. There could be a fucking GENOCIDE going on right now and the elites are preventing us from learning about it. I lost all of my friends, like they were fucking murdered in front of me. FUCK THEM, fuck everyone. I am alone with my thoughts and there is no outlet for me to let it out. I feel so fucking depressed. I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I don't even feel like waking up and going to school on monday. I don't have cable, all of my friends are gone and I don't know how to contact them without my account. I feel so isolated

Replies (that are still up) https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zba3d/

This thread is gold lmao

They're literally complaining about not having an outlet for news WHILE ON FUCKING REDDIT. I've lost so many braincells scrolling through this post

I feel like I'm becoming an old lady who yells at clouds reading these comments. People can't possibly be so dependent and emotionally attached to an app like this. I refuse to believe

Less unhinged comment to let y'all recover

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7xm9xc/

It’s the loss of connection to others

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Relational damage can cause grief. It is a basic and old human experience.

Maybe you need to develop a social clique in real life

I'd be a bit sad and move on with my life

Everyone in this thread unironically sounds like an addict and the type of people who would benefit the most from TikTok getting banned

Yes. Unironically this thread has radicalized me against TikTok. You all sound so pathetic. It's scary. You just miss the constant dopamine rush. I'm going to be a dickhead about it.

User commenting they can't sleep (they didn't sleep the entire night judging from post history)

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7xqqwh/

Same. Struggling to get my mind to shut off so I can sleep. As someone with anxiety and depression, living in American has be I’m so overwhelming.

literally no other app replicates the TikTok communities and algorithms. I keep trying to open the app and it’s just a defeating and depressing feeling. makes me kind of lonely.

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I can't bring myself to uninstall the app, but I kept trying to open it as well. So I just moved it off my home screen and that helped the action. But it hasn't helped the feeling.

Advice to help ease the tension

If moving it off your home screen has helped with the action but not the feeling, maybe redirecting that emotional investment could help. Is there another platform or activity that might bring you a similar sense of joy or connection? It won’t be the same, but it could ease the transition.

General depression comments https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7ylipr/

I've gone through many sites dying out before, but this one has made me feel isolated in a way I've never felt before. I feel like I'm completely out of the loop with what's going on in the world, and it's a scary feeling considering the way it went down. I was starting to feel crazy talking to my family about it, but it's somewhat comforting? seeing others have similar feelings.

Completely cut off from the world

Best Reply to all of this

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7z4v0f/

YOU LITERALLY HAVE INTERNET. Actual Brain Rot wtf.

General responses of users telling ppl to touch grass https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zg3ny/

Holy shit. This app truly cooked your brain. The US government did you a favor. Time to touch grass

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zfxlr/

Lay off the internet for a while. How do you think people did it before any internet? They actually had lives

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zh0kf/

Addictions will do that. There's nothing stopping you from connecting to people, you just can't use tiktok anymore.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zhqg5/

One of the more lengthy arguments btw gen x and gen z - https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7zhqg5/

Oh for God's sake. Go outside. Actually meet people. Form groups and do things together like every generation before you did for all of human history. Even in a small town, you can find people to hang out with who have mutual interests if you try.

I'm Gen X. I was a feral kid who practically lived outside when I wasn't in school and growing up all of my connections were face to face. I cannot fathom going into a public forum and complaining about how I feel so cut off because an app was shut down. And don't hand me some sob story about how some people have this or that limitation when it comes to leaving the house. Yes , I'm certain some people are limited in their ability to leave their house, but the reality is most Tik Tok users are perfectly capable of going out and socializing. Instead, they've chosen to make apps and social media their entire interaction with the rest of humanity. That's not healthy and it never will be. I've seen about a dozen posts this morning across the different social media platforms I frequent and they're all versions of this same lament you've posted here. Talk about a tempest in a teacup.

I don't use Tik Tok. I'm familiar with what it is and I've even been on it briefly, but there's nothing there that was that appealing for me, so as someone who specifically chooses to go outside and do things in person, I actually find these reactions funny. It's meant to be entertainment, not a lifestyle. A don't even get me started on how worthless the app is for getting news that isn't laden with conspiracy theories and misinformation. Anyone who gets their news solely from Tik Tok is not well informed, no matter how much they've convinced themselves they are.

Please feel free to down vote this comment. I don't care. I'm one hundred percent correct here and stand by what I'm writing. Or to borrow a quote from Rick and Morty, "Your boos mean nothing to me. I've seen what you people cheer

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As a gen z, may I ask an honest question? (Fair warning that you might see this as a “sob story” as you said, but I’m not whining, it’s just facts. How are we supposed to go out and make friends in this world, when some of us can’t drive anywhere cuz we don’t have a car, because we can’t pay for one, because the older gens won’t give us jobs? (and yes, I went to college and hold a degree) and even if we did, where are we supposed to go to meet people? My mom is gen x, and she said people used to hang out at malls, and fast food places, etc. now, you go to those places and there aren’t many young people like there used to be. We don’t have a physical “third place”. My town doesn’t really have any clubs or community events for things I’m interested in. TikTok (and i suppose Reddit) is/was the closest we had. And most people you do see, are busy doing their own thing. So tell me, what are we to do? Go up to random people in stores/coffee shops and be like “hey, I’m John Doe, wanna be friends?” Cuz that doesn’t actually seem like the best approach. When’s the last time you went up to a stranger, talked for a while, and then kept in contact afterwards? I wish it were that easy, I long for actual face to face, and I wish at times I’d be born in your time and grew up the same way, but that’s much harder in the world we live in now. I wish no hate to you, or gen x. I only wish you’d try to understand a little. (And honestly, if you could provide me with a clear understanding of your perspective as well, I’d be glad to listen. I’m all ears for solutions, provided they’re not just hating on us for being online) Just so you know, I had friends in highschool, but we grew apart for various reasons, so I’m very capable of talking face to face.

Hate against Reddit and other app section, also my friends are dead

Idk why it feels like I lost a friend almost. It pisses me off that all these people on Reddit just hate on us because we liked an app. Pretty sure everyone is addicted to something because it helps them get by day to day. I liked TikTok cuz it distracted me, I got to see cool stuff, talk to people and relate to them and help shelter animals get adopted. I guarantee you that most these people taking shit probably used the app at least a couple times and if their source of escape or favorite apps, games, tv shows etc whatever were taken away they’d feel like shit too. I’m not even just sad about tik tok. I’m sad about a shit ton of stuff going on in the world and it’s just gonna keep going downhill from here. https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4ptv7/i_feel_lonely_in_a_way_that_makes_absolutely_no/m7ysfts/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4qfes/i_feel_like_my_world_got_smaller/m7z0dlw/

Typical reddit rxn, someone shares vulnerability and they're told to go outside and touch grass. People are allowed to feel their feelings.

The silliest part is that if reddit gets banned next, they'd lose their collective mind

its why i dislike this site too because its been like this as long as i can remember, people on TikTok are generally much friendlier and less judgemental, it was easier to build or have some semblence of community

People really do need to go out and touch grass.

More redditors trying to calm tik tokkers down

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTok/comments/1i4xbf7/people_arent_upset_enough/m7z7wg4/

No offense, but reading this forum is like looking at a substance abuse subreddit. You people are legitimately demonstrating withdrawal. It’s a social media application that boils down to dopamine fodder, and honestly, your brain is better off without.

I don’t mean any disrespect either by saying this. I truly get it and hope you guys find solace. It will be better in the long run without the brainrot, though the short term does suck, I feel for you all.

Final big rageout drama

It's now 8 in the morning, Been up all night with my thoughts, I think this is a plot to make us more isolated and alone. I don't know what to do anymore. Where am I going to get information on new books to read from Booktok and share my experiences. Where am I going to learn about the world and find new hobbies? All of my recipes I saved on the app are gone, how am I suppose to eat without paying exorbitant prices for restaurants. I'm so done

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MOTHERFUCKER YOU HAVE THE INTERNET

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I don't have time to find 100 different websites to cater to my needs. I have a job and classes. With TikTok I can just scroll and it will show me the data I need. What, am I supposed to spend 30 minutes finding a good cooking website, endure 10minute videos on YT? With Tiktok it gives me what I need immediately. Where do I even go for news and fun science facts?

Update - A Gen Z just set fire to a congressman's office due to the ban https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/2025/01/19/tiktok-ban-cited-in-arson-of-us-congressman-glenn-grothmans-office-in-fond-du-lac/77825530007/ - These kids are unhinged.

#The Context:

A user posts to /r/EconomicCollapse asking users how they can legally ban Trump supporters from becoming members of their co-op.

The post in full:

Snubbing Trump Supporters.

We started a food co-op locally since things are getting harder under the next president.

We've also started a housing co-op that will be completed in 7 months with 11 units for capped rent at 300$ a month.

We also have a free community closet.

However we are seeing an Influx of Trump supporters wanting in on these collaborations and incentives.

And we just don't want them to benefit for collaborations while they outwardly live for the system. Mist if us are Anarchist or Anti-government.

Our director is having a meeting Monday and we are going to decide how we accept members and how to legally exclude them.

It's not really political because some of us have never voted It's more so how they make everything political and polarized. We just don't want to help them because as a co-op we voted in agreemnet that they voted for things to get worse so they shouldn'tget any help. . Politicd aside they voted for more economic hardship, chaos and termoil. I think we are going to make it a requirement to be Anti-Capitalist/Anti Government to be a member. Like a open pledge. We don't want people in our co-op who have no empathy for anyone but themselves ans were trying to escape the politics. It's very hard to turn someone away for food but we don't want to work next to a redhat.

Any idea how to exclude them, legally of course?

The sub has a lengthy discussion about the ethical and legal implications of such an idea.

#The Drama:

Some highlights:

My favorite part….”pOliTiCs AsiDe”. Imagine the smell in that place

I’d imagine it’s a mix of cat piss, patchouli and dirty diapers.

No, Biden is not responsible for that. Maybe take an economics and a civics class?

I guess the economics and civics class will tell me that the Republicans are always responsible lol. You guys never take any responsibility for anything at all

Please, detail what responsibility you want us to take. Please note it down so we can take it and improve for next time.

Politics have turned your brain to mush and your heart to coal. Keep turning away people who need your assistance and see how God punishes you. That’s the kind of Karma you get back 10x. Good luck failing in the eyes of God loser.

You guys are so full of hate and judgement and it's really sad.. you're doing exactly what they want .. dividing us more ..love one another support one another. Not find ways to use the system to deny people help based on things like politics . You're doing exactly what you condem them of .. rigging the system for their benefits.

God will punish people like this. I don’t care who anyone voted for I help whoever needs help if I can assist in any way.

God can feed them then.

Were beyond that now. Voting for Trump was an act of violence. 

Thank you for doing your part in ensuring a conservative government for a long, long time

voting for Trump is an act of violence

You are a caricature of the screeching lib lmao

This post is an act of violence. You're being absolutely ridiculous. You call trump a fascist I'm sure..don't you see how you're thinking is exactly just that fascist.

Sounds like discrimination. You are sick in the head to exclude people who need help because of their political beliefs. Disgusting.

found the magat

Name calling liberal. No ideas except fascism

the sub DnDmemes is about well... memes about the popular tabletop game DnD (dungeons and dragons). In one posted recently, the poster made a comparison of magic wheelchairs vs spider mechs while favoring the latter. This ended up sparking into a lot of debate and people not liking how wheelchairs are getting slandered.

Post in question: https://www.reddit.com/r/dndmemes/comments/1i4mi9u/reject_wheels_embrace_skittering/

Juicy threads:

The titular thread with one particular big branch: "It's quite an odd call to refer to people who make the choice to represent their disability in-game as disgusting."

One person tries to give an opinion: "Realistically a spider mech is better than combat wheelchair the same way realistically a spear is better than a trident"

One person tries arguing wheelchairs don't have to be boring: "You can't think of a way to make a wheelchair cool without replacing the wheels?"

Small drama thread as a treat: "has anyone who's disabled and in a wheelchair thought "Hmm, I want this fantasy character of mine to be disabled too!" (the answer is yes)

Backstory

The current Pokemon card game expansion, Prismatic Evolutions, released this January 17th, has been extremely anticipated by fans, collectors, and scalpers alike.

The content of this expansion focuses on Eeveelutions, and includes 32 special full art cards, along with 5 hyper rare golden etched cards.

In order to accommodate the insane demand for the expansion boxes, the Pokemon Company announced on January 15th that they would be quickly printing more of the cards from the set.

Despite that announcement, people will and are desperately doing whatever they can do obtain the rare cards, most likely to sell for a profit.

OP’s furious post

This brings us to OP, who posts in /r/PokemonTCG the following:

My local card shop was broken into

[image of announcement from local card shop, transcribed below]

Rookies closed today.

Early this morning we were broken into and robbed. First time in 32 years, so I’m a bit shaken. I apologize for any inconvenience, but we’ll be back soon. Thanks for your understanding. ~Jack

OP: im so mad at this community. my local family owned card shop was broken into yesterday night. guess what they stole? pokemon cards , and i feel itd be safe to say it was prismatic evolotions. im so so so so mad. i just visited this card shop for the first time wednesday and i planned on coming in friday morning for release but ended up getting sick. we called them today to ask about the cards and the guy said no and hung up. i didnt even realize what i was doing in that moment, i feel so bad asking that kinda question after that. i got a facebook notification literally 5 minutes too late about rookies. i hate this community, they ruined a cute like card shop. uhg i am so so so so mad.

Redditors react

Okay but price??

Try to find out how much they were going to charge for Prismatic Evolutions so I can decide to be upset for them or not. [downvoted]

Was thinking the same thing, if their ETBs were over $150, then that’s just thieves robbing thieves at that point. [note: ETB = Elite Trainer Box]

I'd give you a reward if I wasn't broke. 100% facts!

Lol y'all are crazy. That is no justification for breaking into a small business and robbing them.

Since violence or threats weren't used against a person it's just burglary.

O...kay. Thanks for that.

You're welcome. You should take every opportunity you can to learn.

I'm confused at why you feel the need to be passive aggressive but alright big guy

"Alright big guy"

The only person being passive aggressive is you.

I simply took an opportunity to educate you on the difference between burglary and robbery. Then you thanked me so, as a person with common decency, I said, "you're welcome" and gave you the piece of wisdom about taking every opportunity you can to learn.

It was an inside job:

Plot twist, they broke into their own shop, stockpiled all the pokemon bbs/etbs and are gonna claim the insurance. This comes with 2 benefits:

1. ⁠No work on monday

2. Sit back on a big old pile of insurance monet and sealed pikachu butts,

and

3. Thug Life

This isn't a plot twist. This is likely what happened.

OP: this is def not what happened

LOL. Police have gotta check to see if their lease was coming up for renewal too.

Attacking OP:

Safe to say it was your first time there in 32 too....

you may be younger than the 32 years of being open, but the fact you've posted how mad you are but only been there once is ironic.

Stay mad, bro.

OP: ive known the owner through my dad for a long time. to tell me basically it aint that deep over a robbery is insane dude lmao.

Makes you only once going even worse.

Nothing about the robbery is good. Did I say it was?....

Fishing for upvotes fills your belly huh.

Low-life scums fill the 🌎.

Insurance will do it's job, not your fishing for likes post.

OP: i was venting my frustration, i didnt expect so many people to interact with this. i rarely post on reddit. if you look at my profile its mostly questions about my animals health and showing off my poke plush collection. yeah im not here for the upvotes and i think its weird for you to imply that.

Avoid scalper shops:

Found out yesterday that my only local tcg shop are belligerent scalpers

Sadly wont be going there

Yes, this is the time and place to bemoan you not understanding how businesses and markets work. [downvoted]

Yeah i understand, business buys at msrp and tripples the price, i dont support it

I love when people confidently make idiotic statements. It lets me know exactly what type of person they are and how little of my attention they deserve. [more downvotes]

And yet you keep typing and responding.

“It lets me know exactly what type of person they are and how little of my attention they deserve.” You say that, then come back to reply. Are we, or are we not, worth your attention?

Singular takes

Pretty racist post. Take this down.

"im so mad at this community" this is not the community those are thieves that steal anything that holds value, this has nothing to do with any one of the pokemon collectors.

Id be sleeping in my shop if i got an order of Pokémon cards. Id also park in front of the store so no one can drive through it.

getting shot over a pickachu holo card is such an embarrassing way to go out lmaooo

Crazy world we live in—last year, a cop in my area got arrested for stealing Pokémon cards from Walmart. Gotta catch ’em all… including the thieves, I guess!

Full thread with more divisive takes here

Previous post with Prismatic Evolutions drama here

Reminder not to comment in OP’s thread!

Edit: Thread is locked and mods stickied a comment:

Mod: Post locked for misinformation.

OP has a lot of assumptions in their rant and while its valid to feel this way, lumping the whole hobby together with their assumptions does a disservice to all the people in this hobby. The shop was broken into and people are saying cards were stolen, no other facts or clarification.

Reminder to everyone that: Violence or theft should have no place in this hobby and threats of it will get you banned here. Not everything is about pokemon and sometimes bad things happen. And that a community is made of the people in it so if you want a better community then start with yourself and what you can do to make it better.

And for those who will no doubt misunderstand the intention of this, Yes, scalpers suck. Yes, the hobby's popularity is frustrating right now. No, that doesnt mean that every shop selling over msrp is complete scum nor that every person with a sob story is crying with pure intentions.

Full NewsNation video of the "egg" UAP

SHIT'S A REGULAR ASS EGG

Context: Hollow Knight Silksong, a long awaited sequel to the original Hollow Knight, had gone without real acknowledgment for roughly 2 years, and without any real updates for it for even longer. By this point, the dedicated subreddit to the upcoming game was already in a state of increasing clown-painted disorder due to a lack of anything substantial coming out from the game's developers, Team Cherry.

The start of the latest situation was when Team Cherry co-director William Pellen posted this tweet, which coincided with changing his profile picture to a picture of chocolate cake.

Said picture was reverse-searched, leading towards a recipe page dated on April 2, 2024, and some people believed that it was teasing something at the upcoming Switch 2 Direct, which also fell on April 2 later in 2025. Considering how many times they had set themselves up for disappointment before with previous events including past Nintendo Directs, many a Game Awards and whatever else could've been on the table, you'd think they would be a bit more cautious by this point. Nope, they simply went along with the cope.

Hours later, however, fireb0rn, a well-known Hollow Knight YouTuber, popped in and revealed that, after Matthew Griffin aka 'Leth', another member of Team Cherry reached out to them, that the tweet and profile changes on William's Twitter page were effectively purely coincidental and that there was no ARG connected to what was posted then.

Naturally, the subreddit took this as William basically trolling them and went batshit, leading to much vitriol coming out towards Team Cherry, and considerations of making a post of theirs go viral and hypothetically review-bombing the Hollow Knight Steam page as a means to 'force' Team Cherry to explain themselves. As of right now, it doesn't seem to have breached much of the subreddit outside of some discussion (and sometimes ridicule) in other parts of Reddit.

Also the guy who made that "WE DEMAND A STATEMENT" post on the Silksong subreddit got a month-long ban for spamming about it.

On the bright side, they did at least get some sort of confirmation that the game is still being developed.

"I hate to break this to you, but what you assume is history is revisioned propaganda you been spoonfed to. If you want actual history, even 70 years ago gays were called deviants in Usa, which is quite fitting description."

"Gay scene equals no buy from me. I never was interested in having that in my entertainment but was trying to be "tolerant". No more."

"You're using the phrase fuck man to complain about homosexuality?"

Woke up to this post on the Subreddit r/protonmail

"So.... That happened".

Community becomes pretty outraged in the comments:

No ! I was expecting some other CEO's to go rogue but I can say I didn't saw this one coming...

CEO responds in the comments:

Andy here, since it's my original post that's being reposted here, let me comment further. My post is talking about Gail Slater, who is by all measures, actually a good pick, with a solid track record of being on the right side of the antitrust issue. Yes, she happens to be nominated by Trump, but her record speaks for itself. .....

CEO starts doing damage control and responds in the subreddit with this post:

On Politics and Proton - a message from Andy

A lot of concern of him using the official Proton accounts to make this endorsement:

Hi Andy,

Although I appreciate this response, you are still leaving out the important part of what caused all this mess: Protonmail posting on Mastodon/Bluesky and also on here from the OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS, statements labeled as OFFICIAL RESPONSE. I have no problem with you sharing your political opinions on your personal X account or whatever, but you can't just post your political views as official response from the company accounts, and then act like it didn't happen.

Archive of reddit post starting with "official response".

Archive of Blusky/Mastodon posts.

I would really appreciate you to comment on these points as well and not just make this whole debacle out to be people attacking you for expressing your political opinions on your personal accounts.

Which he apologizes for and creates a separate username for

Good question. It was an internal miscommunication. Our social team asked if I had a comment I would like to share, which I provided. It was then mistakenly posted as "official" when it should have been made clear it was personal. It was corrected immediately after I spotted it. Unfortunate, but things like this can happen. To avoid this issue in the future, we will be posting from a separate Reddit account in the future if something is coming from me and not the company.

People already looking for alternatives to Proton Mail over this

Good alternatiive?

And they have started posting pretty angry posts:

I hate angry posts like this--but I have zero respect for anyone on Proton's comm's team who is currently scrambling to justify, defend, and spin, Andy's naive and counter-productive public political statements.

Link Here

Context : A few days ago Elon Musk streamed himself playing the hit game Path of Exile 2, who at the time was one of the highest ranked players in the game. Controversy struck when Elon was seemingly making beginner level mistakes and decision which led many come to the conclusion that Musk had boosted his account in order to make himself look like a pro.

Famous Twitch-Streamer Asmongold who had accusations of being a right wing grifter due to his many anti woke videos and coverage was confronted by commenters in order to make a risponse in order to prove his political neutrality. When Asmongold posted a short video covering the contreversey on his clips channel in order to pretend to maintain political neutrality, was soon unfollowed by Elon Musk. In a desperate attempt for validation from Musk, Asmongold sent a DM to him and his editors in order to reach some sort of compromise. Musk, being the dense man that he is assumed that his editors were behind the Asmongold brand and attempted a gotcha by leaking said DM's on his account and as "punishment" removed his blue checkmark.

Members of his right wing subreddit, who have already been posted on this subreddit for defending Musk turn on him.

Some realize that they may have voted for the wrong candidate -

It's actually SCARY, not sad

Imagine you're Asmon - or any content creator watching this happen for that matter - and one of the most powerful men on the planet, essentially the 2nd President, has no qualms about openly and publicly punishing you for criticizing him about something as small as a poe2 stream

yeah, a blue checkmark is whatever, but what message does that send?

"Criticize me and I'll punish you and there's nothing you can do about it"

It's way scarier that this is happening publicly because it means Elon doesn't give a shit about being seen as abusing his power or being petty, or unprofessional or any of that. If you step out of line, he'll punish you

Leaking DMs is also wild. What if Elon can read all of Asmon's DMs? He OWNS Twitter. There's 100% a backdoor for government requests to access anyone's DMs. He has the power to leak ANY of your DMs anonymously.

How in the fuck is that not FUCKING SCARY and LITERALLY censorship through intimidation?

Some finally realize that he is a grifter - I finally see why people hate elon

Other turn on Asmongold - "Twitter has never been better!" -Asmongold

My CTO was quickly and quietly fired today.

Short story long: I need advice, ideas, or resources. How could a somewhat “new” executive assistant wow the pants off her bosses with unexpected “exit strategy” problem-solving during a company crisis?!

Long story short: I am the c-suite executive assistant at my company’s corporate headquarters. Was hired on only 3 months ago. I directly report to the CEO, but also provide mild support for the rest of the executive team (8 total people). Most of my tasks are obviously pertaining to my CEO’s needs but after that, the execs I assist every-so-often in the office are the CFO, HR Director and CTO. Hence I have built the closest relationships with those specific leadership team members.

Well, today my CTO and I were working on tedious IT tenant migration issues in Microsoft Teams. We were actively chatting in teams up until 1:59; all of a sudden he goes into another 2 o’clock meeting. At 2:10 HR Corporate blasts an email companywide announcing CTO’s “decision“ to leave the company. I could immediately read through the lines. This is a super nice (corporate) way to say ole boy got swiftly dismissed. I swing by his office at headquarters around 2:30 only to find it unoccupied.

See my CEO pass by my office on his way to CFO’s office at 2:45. I say “Hey boss, that’s crazy about CTO! So, when exactly is he leaving us? How are you doing with all this?!” CEO keeps a calm demeanor and puts on a welp face, says, “Yeah it sucks. He’s leaving us very soon. But don’t worry this industry is small enough so I’m sure we will see him again in the near future in whatever he decides to do.” CEO then rushes off to CFO’s office for another shut door meeting.

I pop in HR directors office. I tell him candidly that I know, but don’t know, what’s going on here (wink,wink). He tells me, but doesn’t tell me, that I’m right and CTO was fired. Takes me to CTO office and says my priority is to now break everything down, organize, etc what was left behind. And literally everything was left behind. I ask HR director if there’s anything I should keep and we can ship to CTO’s house. HR says without hesitation “Nope.” Surprising being that CTO’s office was occupied for 3 years and had a lot of somewhat personal-looking items (book collections, Knick knacks, photos, etc.) in there.

So then my CEO and CFO walk in to join our convo in CTO office. I ask them how I can help with this sudden and unexpected executive exit. CFO says: contract a large shredder and vendor services. You’re going to need to destroy a lot of paperwork in here asap.

Yeah, CTO had some big boy fuck-ups or had shady goings-on for what I believe was all year long (their old executive assistant quit in December 2023; they didn’t hire a replacement until me in October 2024. A LOT was swept under the rug during that interim, I think.)

I ask if there’s any other tedious or administrative tasks I can easily do for them that would be high priority (like having IT remove his permissions and accesses to all channels, files, etc; other reorganization efforts; memo-sending, etc.). They say no, not that we can think of right now but we will let you know. Go home for the day because we are going to be in meetings with our off-property board members the rest of today. So here I sit at home with a fat glass of wine and an even fatter thirst for ideas, my mind is mind racing.

TLDR; my CTO fucked up something big and got fired today. What are some creative ideas that I can suggest to my executives that maybe they hadn’t thought of handling during this sudden exit? What Resources would help me - such as programs or tools maybe to proactively structure or help plan their actionable steps immediately? What tasks can I offer to do that would be simple yet “life-saving” problem-solvers for my execs? What exit strategy items are often overlooked in sudden exits like this?

I want to look GOOD but feel USEFUL. Im a first time executive assistant that came from a crazy sales background…I’m a creative problem-solver, if nothing else. However, because I’m a new hire, new to this career, and even new to the industry my company is in (chemical manufacturing), I feel helpless. Help me feel EMPOWERED instead!

Thanks in advance for any advice, experienced or references yall have!!

Edit: I realize that most of you will probably suggest that due to my newness, I should just keep my head down and do only as instructed. Basically “do not speak unless spoken to” on this topic. The reason why I feel slightly more comfortable with actively helping in this situation, though, is because I got hired for this position because I had a previous social/acquaintance-type relationship with both my CEO and CTO (the CEO’s son and I worked together for years, my brother and another one of CEO’s sons are close friends, I’ve known that whole family a long time, etc.). So because I have known both the CEO, AND the now/gone CTO on a somewhat personal basis for close to a decade, I feel like it’s possible to carefully navigate SOME conversations regarding this topic – at the very least, just with my CEO and privately, maybe.

Edit again: I see that the general consensus is to keep my head down and work quietly in the background, as if none of this is happening aside from the two tasks I have been assigned: office clean out and documentation sorting/shredding. I respect and will heed your advice.

I know many of you are seeing me as being nosy or gossipy. This is far from the truth, I fucking loathe gossip because it’s useless. What I do love is information, though. Especially USEFUL information that would assist in creative problem-solving. However, I’m big enough to realize that if all you more experienced EA’s see me in the less-desirable way, that means my executives probably do/would too. In light of this, I will assume my intentions were misconstrued in the office this afternoon, and I’ll attempt to correct that by NOT doing, saying, or asking absolutely anything else on this topic (unless otherwise invited or instructed) as most of you have instructed.

/r/LetGirlsHaveFun is a meme sub about women having sex. A user posts a meme about a woman going to the dentist and what their dentist sees.

Our drama begins when one user chimes in with the comment: “I feel like it's an appropriate time to remind ya'll that dentists know when you gave a BJ recently.”

One user objects to this comment, and our drama spirals out from there.

#The Drama:

Some highlights:

I’m a lesbian so this is irrelevant “fun facts”

Idk why people are so offended that male body parts have no place in my life 🤣 but umm okay?? Good for y’all. Not my life. That can be for other ppl. It’s a useless fun fact and always will be. It doesn’t matter if that makes men triggered lol it’s reality.

I'll explain. You're a bit sensitive and vocal about penises.

PENIS

It's all a joke. It's the internet.

So what? I don’t think they need to be mentioned in literally every single topic in the world. You can’t ever talk about dentists without someone saying this stupid fact as if it wasn’t already stated over and over and over and over again for the past 10 years at least. Like okay…. Can we not talk about bjs? Like who cares. It’s weird and awkward and annoying and you don’t have to bring it up every single time dentists are mentioned.

Also people have no reason to be all offended that I mentioned how I’m a lesbian so it’s an irrelevant fun fact. What the life perspective of a lesbian is too offensive for others?!? WTF. I can’t even imagine. Nobody even respects lesbian sexuality anymore anyway. I’m so tired of this. I don’t even know if this is a LGBT sub but there’s a lot of lesbophobia in it, yet there’s clearly a lot of queer women. I’m so done bro.

You the one out here starting arguments over a fun fact that I didn't know, so I think the stereotype checks

So you’re lesbophobic yeah checks out.

Oh so it’s a stereotype? So my experiences weren’t just situational, but they were incredibly lesbophobic, too?! Cool.

You did know it, you’re lying, or you haven’t been on the internet AT ALL in the last 10 years. Most likely the former.

I was most definitely not the one starting arguments. I made the initial comment that everyone got triggered about just bc a woman doesn’t like penis. Fuck off and get over it. Actually stay crying about it bc it’ll never change and it’s pathetic that that angers you so much, as if it isn’t a common thing for a lot of people to not be involved with penis at all. Wow the logic is so twisted you see what you want. How can you see things so opposite of what they really are? Truly. How?

Yap yap yap

Triggered by the truth.

I've actually not heard of the stereotype about lesbians thinking they're better than everyone either, maybe it's just a you problem? Maybe you just give off that energy?

Okay so now ppl cant talk about penis on a horny post of a (kinda) horny subreddit anymore?

Okay so now people can’t mention their sexual preferences/experiences on a horny subreddit anymore ??!!

girl you’re the one who engaged with the comment about blowjobs! no one forced you to! if penises have no place in your life and you don’t want to see them mentioned, then leave the sub or something because they get alluded to or mentioned quite often here, because we have trans women, bi women, lesbians who like girlcock, etc. if you don’t like it then simply don’t engage! you CHOSE to engage with the comment about blowjobs and then freak out about it why??

i really don’t like that you called a penis a male body part. you’re a terf, straight up. plenty of women have them, get the fuck over yourself! it’s fine to have a preference but why do you have to be so damn weird about it??

Fuck off. Lesbians don’t like penis and it is actually perfectly correct to say it’s a male body part because it is. Sex and gender are separate things. If you are a trans women and you want to be with lesbians, don’t expect them to be into you unless you have a vagina bc that’s what lesbians like. And they have a marked absence of attraction for penis. I should not have to be saying this and it’s disgusting that you can’t even accept that and respect that. Lesbophobia is not okay. You are not in the morally correct position. Quite the opposite.

PS- I’m allowed to exist and comment as a lesbian in this world. And a sub that is supposed to be for queer women should exclude penis or at least keep it to a minimum. Bisexual women have many other spaces to indulge in dick. Lesbians don’t have those spaces but now they’re all filled up with dick too. So what are you just watering “lesbian” down to bisexual and literally any other sexuality that included penis at least in some way? It’s not offensive for people not to be into it. Also I didn’t say anything to warrant an argument. You people just can’t stand a woman who doesn’t give a shit about penis. It was supposed to be a lighthearted comment about my own experiences but you just can’t stand that can you? That is predatory first of all. Let me not like dick and not be comfortable hearing about it for fucks sake. I wasn’t even angry until you assholes started invalidating and harassing me and being lesbophobic as shit just bc you can’t stand an “unfucked” woman.

Right but your opinion on male body parts has no place in any of our lives, why did you feel the need to inform everyone?

Why can’t I?? I’m tired of everyone forcing dick in society everywhere, even when it wasn’t even thought about or alluded to. Not everyone wants to hear about that all the time, why can’t people understand this? It’s supposed to be taboo, not just casual conversation. People would NEVER casually mention eating pussy, and if they did everyone would be offended . Other people who don’t involve dick in their life are allowed to exist too and I shouldn’t have to be typing that... And it should not offend you so much. Like seriously nobody had to say shit to my comment bc there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. People just got offended that someone doesn’t have penis in their life at all. Like wtf? That’s normal for me. You people must be miserable if my life actually offends you. So weird!!

Plenty of lesbians give blowjobs

No they don’t wtf are you talking about?

• ⁠trans women

• ⁠strap-on

Lesbians aren’t into penis, even if it’s on a woman…. Can we respect that?! And a strap on is NOT A DICK.

Maybe you aren't, others can be though. You don't speak for all lesbians.

That is invalidating and lesbophobic as shit. Lesbian erasure. Lesbians don’t like penis. They can’t. It is just as monosexual as gay men and straight people. It is not a spectrum like bisexuality. Can people just respect lesbians like they respect every other group in the LGBT community?! Gender identity and sexuality are two separate things and they do not have to exist to validate each other simultaneously. They are both individual things and can both be respected at the same time.

get out of here you’re SO weird.

Lesbophobia at its best

wow, you're chatty for a homunculus even if the shit you spew is beyond comprehension. why would the physics of a strap on be different than a penis here. is a strap on just going to magically not bruise anything just on account of it being a strap on?

Are you seriously saying a strap on is the same as a dick??? Did we seriously go full fucking circle?! Do you know straight, lesbophobic, men have said the SAME EXACT ARGUMENT for as long as I lived?! Fuck off lesbophobe.

Wow. When a person from a minority group tells you something is offensive to their marginalized group, believe them. Don’t sit here and tell me this isn’t lesbophobic as if I can’t tell for myself as someone who lives with it everyday. You are insanely ridiculous and dismissive.

Did you even bother to consider if I'm in that minority group too? Did that even register? No you didn't, you only concerned about yourself and how you feel. And let's say I was wrong, (I'm not) my first two points plus my first comment still stand as facts. But you don't want to address when I'm right do you? You must get away with things a lot to keep doubling down on "they're mean because I'm a lesbian and not my actions or demeanor" still. You're in one of the most accepting communities for lgbtq+ people rn. I assure you, if people are giving you hate, it's because of YOU. Not who you sleep with or what genitalia you prefer.

It’s irrelevant if you’re in a minority bc you aren’t the one being attacked and you aren’t the discussion. Unfortunately it’s me. All I said was it’s an irrelevant fun fact bc I’m a lesbian and people lost their shit. You can fuck right off for saying I cause my own oppression. And this is most definitely the most judgmental and hateful time period I’ve ever been alive for the LGBT community in its own community. I mean open your fucking eyes I just got a ton of shit for saying I don’t relate bc I’m a lesbian. Wow. And you don’t see that as lesbophobic? WTF did everyone need to get all offended for just bc I don’t relate to their POV. Everyone is a selfish asshole whi cane accept that some women don’t like dick for some reason. Idk maybe they’re just insecure bc they do like it and they have their own issues to work out with accepting themselves. Either way, I don’t deserve this treatment, especially from my own community. and if you are seriously going to sit here and tell me I DESERVE to be oppressed and I “put it on myself” as someone who’s apparently a fellow minority, how in the FUCK can this be the “most accepting the LGBT community has ever been” like are you experiencing the same reality as I am right now? WTF is going on. I don’t even care to walk on egg shells and not offend SOMEONE for shit that has absolutely nothing to do with them, and everything to do with my own identity, (bc someone is always offended by lesbians existing and speaking about their experiences now for some reason…. Great example shown here in this whole argument) anymore, because CLEARLY they do not give a single shit to not offend and ostracize lesbians. Idk what’s going on but it’s not okay and don’t for a second think you can get away with tell me that I deserve or cause the lesbophobia I face. Seriously what is wrong with you for saying something like that? You should be ashamed.

You just like to portray yourself as a victim, huh?

It's not about you being lesbian, it is about you unable to grasp social cues.

It's like going to someone's birthday and saying "uhm I don't care about birthday person fr it's so irrelevant to me"

#The Context:

A user posts a video of a sheep (misidentified as a goat) charging a young child in a field to /r/AnimalsBeingBros. The hysterical kid runs towards the adult filming the interaction until a cat intervenes and scares off the sheep.

Users debate if the animal in question is a sheep or a goat, if the adult filming was irresponsible for not stopping the interaction, and if people are raising children wrong.

#The Drama:

did you grow up with... other people?

Are you just learning that your family are assholes? I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

With several older brothers and sisters yes they laughed when you weren't in actual danger and you didn't know it.

But enjoy your manufactured outrage.

I'm sorry your siblings laughed at your suffering, that must have been hard. Having your fear responses triggered often as a child can cause lasting changes to your brain function.

I guess im starting to understand why everyone on reddit is so miserable. If you take everything so cynically and just assume people are assholes including even families playing with little kids thatll do it.

Yeah I'm choosing to ignore the slight at my family. it's fine because it's the Internet and they are protected by their keyboard.

but I'm definitely getting a miserable sad sack vibe

Its okay my family were assholes too. No need to feel bad about it.

Also, the vibe you're getting is "person whose terror was dismissed as a child."

You sound very problematic.

Like you vomit your unwanted whatevers over anyone nearby like they are supposed to instantly pity and help you.

Like a perpetual victim.

You're also likely just mean and bitter... the handful of people in your life only do it because they are trying to get into heaven.

Also getting in bad health vibe like TLC my 600lbs life in bad health.

edit: are you using your alts also... lamo.

There's a lot going on here.

Not sure what's cynical about not wanting people to laugh at a person who is in obvious terror. Your opinion that that's just how families are seems pretty cynical to me, but to each their own.

Its a little kid, theyre sometimes in obvious terror at a lot of things. Being scared is a part of growing up and is how you figure out that stuff like fucking baby goats arent scary.

Well I think ideally you learn that your parent will keep you safe even from things that are scary.

Naw, that kid got scared and survived, that’s what he learned today

It's a sheep, dude. That kid will be fine, and will probably grow up to not be a cowardly moron who is terrified by the slightest experience outside of a disney musical.

don't forget you're on reddit, here this is child abuse while in the real world it's kinda funny and the kid learned to not mess with the goats

It's weird. Reddit either really hates kids or will find every excuse to make wild ass claims like "lost all trust/faith in the parent because of this"

In all seriousness. The kid shouldn't have been messing with the goats. There is a chance the parent told the kid not to be messing with the goats but the kid did it anyway hence the reaction from the camera man.

It wasn't a wild claim, it was a worst case scenario.

Bro I get it. You have family issues. But projecting it to this isn't healthy. Get some help.

The kid in the video will more than likely be fine. You know what he did learn?

Not to mess with baby goats.

(This one is a probably) You know what else? Listening to the person that said not to mess with the baby goats.

(Another probably) There is a fantastic chance they will all look back on this one day and laugh their asses off.

Damn dude reddit people are so sad. This is why I stopped going to the comment section. Thanks for the reminder

seriously, I mean I probably would have stepped in earlier if I saw a kid hysterical like that running from a mini goat, but I see the humor in not doing anything either.

i’m shocked how normalized traumatizing children seems to be on the internet

Oh my fuck. Kids cry all the time. There’s no trauma here at all.

Traumatizing lol

Right? Everyone saying "oh he'll be fine" like yeah no shit Sherlock we all know he's not going to die, but HE doesn't know that lol he thinks he's about to get fucked up really bad and his mom is just sitting there laughing and recording. You see how red in the face that kid is? He is....FREAKING...out. Help him lol it's not character building when all he learned is his mom kinda doesn't care if he gets hurt and she's just gonna laugh and record him if he does. That's all he learned right there. That was his lesson. Good job Mom /s

The kid is freaking out, at that moment their life, they are in a crisis (imagined or real). Someone should have stepped in.

Yeah it teaches them life lessons and socializes them. That kid was not in any real danger. These kinds of experiences will ensure they don't become a cry baby on the internet projecting their fear onto everyone else.

Nah dude, goats can do some damage, even when they're smaller than the person. And in this case, the goat was bigger than the kid.

THEY ARE SHEEP. Why even speak about things you clearly don't know fuck all about?!

Tell me more about cry babies

Thread: Douchebaggery to the max: carry a speaker to force your lame music on your fellow passengers

Drama

Look at all the keyboard warriors in the comments😭

Most people here are autistic with a strong sense of what’s justifiably right and law lmfao, they need to be checked mentally tbh, there’s plenty of obnoxious situations on the train and it’s universally common af. but they go straight to name calling and degradation because that’s what they’ve experienced growing up there whole lives so it mostly shows on social media its just all projection

Have y'all ever considered that they're trying to..... share the joy of listening to MUSIC and connecting over it with you?

Maybe you don't like the music he is playing, and hey that's fair, we all have different tastes...

But unless you are easily overstimulated or the volume is a danger to your hearing, MUSIC IS NOT INHERENTLY VIOLENT.

(...)

TLDR: music isn't inherently violent, but your life stresses created by our leaders and greed actually is :) oh and so is the way y'all posted his face and are talking about him.. hella violent and bloodthirsty.

Are yall really trying to publicly shame people for listening to their speakers on the subway. This shit has been part of the culture for fucking decades, it used to be dudes with big boomboxes on their shoulder (read: Do The Right Thing). If you dont like it go live literally anywhere else lol, get over yourself. If having your synchronized brain wave time on the way home is so important to you, perhaps you are in the wrong place ! And maybe think twice before you just go and post peoples faces on the internet, because you never know when you yourself might misstep...

Oh my god, stfu and pay some taxes. How about YOU -- and this guy -- go live somewhere else!

hot take: i love these guys. i love the phone speaker guys, i love the boombox guys, i feel safe in their musical bubble. this is what living in a city sounds like and it reminds me that the world around me is Alive.

I just heckin love the wholesome boomboxerinos! It's so cultural!

It's ten times more anti-social to take someone's photo without their consent and post it to a public forum.

Imagine being this wrong and still choosing to click reply.

What would happen if the entire train car just kicked his ass? Problem solved

Because that’s aggravated assault and mob mentality?

They’re losers begging for someone to pay attention to them or for somebody to start a fight with them. Like a tantruming child, you can’t give them the attention they want.

It’s genuinely disappointing. Thousands of years of evolution, and these pitiful little people are the result.

Eshh with the underlying white supremacy eugenics talk ok clansmen we get it you’re mad “you couldn’t be there yourself” KbwAL

May the South rise again

It isn’t about affording headphones, it’s a power play. He’s relishing every second knowing he’s annoying everyone and is desperate for someone to confront him. He wants conflict.

Orrrr he’s just listening to music. Stop being so dramatic 😭

People that do this are looking for people to engage and be aggressive with. Don't bother

Which is more likely, that scenario, or white men wanting to play heroes by choking individuals they consider deserving on subways?

Over the weekend, u/samkvevo7 posted a piece of fanart depicting the character Serial Designation N from the animated YouTube series Murder Drones as a femboy to r/MurderDronesOfficial. This sparked controversy from people who perceived the art as being sexually charged and resulted in the post being taken down. This caused the OP to release a statement addressing the controversy:

Okay okay... I wasn't expecting that soo much people would "like" Femboy N's fanart that i've did in these days and i got +125k views and i just said "wow", sooo i thank you soo much for that <3

But also i got sad and mad because my art was deleted because it doesn't allowed +18 arts, but i didn't made this... It's just Femboy N in these 2 sides (he outside and he at home) and that's it...

The tight clothes is just a detail that i think adorable to put in him because it's cute, soo i did that...

Also i saw that some people interpreted this art as porn, but it's not porn guys... Tight clothes or flashy body are not synonymous or something entirely related to porn, and my intuition was not that it was confused with porn, so please understand this...

I checked this subreddit before to make this post and i found another reposted arts that was the same thing like me: this was made by a NSFW artist, but there's nothing wrong

And i got really sad and mad when my art with +124k views was deleted and while another arts are in the subreddit yet and was made by another NSFW artists, soo this is fair?

Also i noticed that some people found it that i make arts for another weird stuff and they said this on my post. If your intuition was to try to expose me, I’m sorry but it doesn’t intimidate me, I confess that I am.

Conclusion: Some people created unnecessary drama and discussion because of a fanart of Femboy N and what he was wearing (that’s ridiculous), my art was deleted from this sub and i got soo sad...

That's it, i hope you understand me...

This one isn't huge, but gave me a chuckle. OP opens with the following statement

Anyone else think the Netflix series was dumbed down too much?

Characters explain things in too much detail and at a low level that's unnatural. Also, the general dialogue among the scientists and leaders isn't realistic - I've worked in a Medical school/Biology lab and even the undergrads spoke at a higher level than in the show.

User Geektime1987 points out that scientists are not a monolith, and many scientists have directly praised the show for its authenticity.

Geektime1987:

Yet I've seen many other scientists say they spoke realistically. They said they spent 2 weeks shadowing scientists and were shocked how much they all cursed and cracked jokes. I actually think the show doesn't over explain too many things. The books can be pages and pages of explaining things. You say too much detail the books are the ones that go into pages and pages of detail. Also what country did you go to school because in the west students in my experience curse left and right all the time

This is met with accusations of straight-up lying and just flat-out denial.

Here's where it starts, but you can find little pockets all over the thread.

Despite several career scientists chiming in to say they do indeed talk like that, this is the hill OP has chosen to die on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/1i0a04g/mise_%C3%A0_jour_des_sources_interdites_sur_rfrance/?sort=top

Context : Vincent Bolloré is the owner of most of the popular far-right medias in France and r/France mods decided to ban every news sources owned by him, citing “an internal discussion” to justify this decision.

The whole translation of this announcement is here :

Hello everyone,

Following an internal discussion, the moderation team has decided to ban all news sources owned by Vincent Bolloré. Here is a non-exhaustive list: Europe 1, Europe 2, Capital, Management, Femme Actuelle, C8, Canal Plus, CNews, CStar, JDD, JDNews.

They join Valeurs Actuelles and France Soir on the list of media banned on r/france.

This cause lot of incomprehension from french users as the new rule seem proved controversial from the outset.

Here are some of the most upvoted reaction to this ban : (translated with Deep L)

"That's understood and at the (strong) risk of Downvote. I'm not a reader of this kind of newspaper, but isn't this sub actually preventing us from debating these issues? Won't it create a bias locking us into news with which we will ‘necessarily’ agree? Isn't limiting access to this type of information in itself the kind of drift that this sub wants to avoid?"

"This is obviously a mistake. Instead of trusting the readers of this sub and their critical spirit, you are putting blinkers on everyone. When I see an article in Europe 1, Blast or l'Humanité, I know what I'm reading; I don't need anyone to censor it for me. Having articles from the Bolloré press is also a way of finding out what some French people think. When you voted for censorship, you should have noticed the ideological bias of your moderation team. You're going to turn this forum into a mush with no edges, no debate, while patting yourself on the back and thinking you've done the right thing."

I don't like the approach because we're talking about media that are massively followed by the French. As for France soir, that's understandable, but here... Or maybe the problem is simply that the sub is called ‘France’ and is recommended when you sign up to Reddit, which gives the impression that it represents the country. It may be an unpopular opinion, but I think we're better off having a medium of free exchange of expression precisely to cross-reference sources, precisely because it's difficult to know whether a piece of information is true or not, so that people from all sides can find out about it, rather than just blocking it, which will have the effect (well, that's already the case) of driving those who don't agree off the sub, leaving only people who agree with each other.

A moderator explain the "internal discussion" they had :

Hey team, that's just one more piece of misinformation. Shouldn't we ban this source? [...3 days pass...] *crickets Hey team, that's just one more piece of misinformation. Shouldn't we ban this source? [...8 days pass...] *crickets Hey team, that's just one more piece of misinformation. Shouldn't we ban this source? [...2 days pass...] *crickets Hey team, that's just one more piece of misinformation. Shouldn't we ban this source? [...11 days pass...] *Crickets Launches poll The pros win. (Any resemblance to reality is completely coincidental)

Another message from this mod :

Let me add that if I find a single guy who complains about this who : hasn't taken part in any Far-right subs, has no moderation history for discrimination, has an account that hasn't just been created or woken up, I'll buy my round

Seem like he is receiving a lot of answer from users who complies with its conditions

Some of the humorous comments :

"Thank you to the party comrades for allowing only party-sponsored media. Truth will always win. When will we hear about the uniforms to be worn on r/France?"

"Moderation thinks it's in East Germany. Strange"

Background: OnlyFangs is a Hardcore WoW guild that's a collaboration effort between multiple high profile streamers on Twitch. The list includes Tyler1 (of League fame/infamy), Sodapoppin, Lacari and other familiar Twitch names to any who frequently view them or associated channels.

Recently, a dungeon was run with a group including PirateSoftware (who may be familiar to some for having a lot of Youtube Shorts giving takes on stuff like conventions, cyber security, programming, etc) where (to my understanding) the group wiped and Pirate was accused of being the primary instigator of it, and when questioned, denied having any blame for the failure of the run.

Hardcore is particularly noteworthy in that any deaths are permanent, leading to potentially days of work wasted.

OnlyFangs has been dominating the r/Livestreamfails subreddit over the last few months, mostly because of moments and the rare drama. However, ever since the above incident, multiple threads have come up with people attacking PirateSoftware and defending him.

Out of the Loop thread explaining more

Here are some of the threads, and choice bits of fighting!

Thread of a clip of a streamer named Ahmpy provides a take on PirateSoftware where he accuses Pirate of being a "roach"

Thread of a clip of Yamato (League streamer) attacking Asmongold

Thread of a clip of Asmongold defending Pirate and responding to Ahmpy

Thread of a clip of PirateSoftware issuing bans in his chat

Thread of a clip claiming to show negative behavior from PirateSoftware

Thread of a clip from Tyler1 about PirateSoftware's take on mages

Thread of a clip from Tyler1 where Pirate gave him a plan of action

Upvoted:

Poster tells him to take off hat, furries and more are brought up

Poster brings up Asmongold and Pirate vs Ahmpy and Asmon's WoW career turning into political streaming

Poster brings up confusion on Asmongold and Pirate's relationship

Poster brings up the Soda vs T1 civil war

Poster brings up gameplay of Classic vs WoW

Poster questions Asmongold's credentials in WoW

Poster claims Asmon was scared of joining OnlyFangs

Poster brings up Asmongold defenders claiming ragebaiting

Fighting over whether or not an ice mage could've saved the run

Poster claims Asmongold was carried, another accuses him of using Paypal

Ashes of Creation is brought up

Pirate's involvement in Stop Killing Games is brought up

Poster accuses Pirate of being a poser

Poster brings up Pirate's Blizzard employment history

Poster summarizes what happened

Another poster brings up Pirate's employment history

Comment chain about Pirate and toxic positivity

Poster brings up his ego

Poster accuses him of being a sociopath

Downvoted:

Poster defends Pirate, gets downvoted to hell

Poster claims somebody better than Pirate could've saved the group

Fighting over Pirate being compared to Ahmphy

Another poster defends Pirate, and gets downvoted to hell and causes a massive fight

Poster claims Pirate is a role model

Poster asks how it's Pirate's fault

Flairs!

Do you smear gum blood on your wall?

Deranged Comments

L Neckbeard Take

Gandalf's out of mana

Asmon glazes EXTREMELY HARD

Is he roleplaying a bad player?

Asmongold's NFT Collection for Sale

Going to Africa, leaving you to die

Mana gem = Kill yourself

Trick of the trade: Asmon viewing

Can't gaslight your way out!

The virtuous people of LivestreamFail

DEFCON LARPer

GKick Grandma

Raging Hate Boners for Role Models

There's probably more but across 7 threads (and possibly more over the next few days as the drama continues in WoW), there's a lot of fighting already.

OP on r/TwoXPreppers pushes for learning to perform self-induced abortions.

Many commenters are against this, with some calling for mods to take down the post. OP (along with a few supporters) fights back against the negative comments, arguing that DIY abortions are an important prep, and can be done safely. The post is still up a day later.

The most dramatic threads are linked:

DO NOT PERFORM DETAILED MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT BEING A DOCTOR

Oh I could not disagree with this post more.

This sounds super dangerous.  It is common for people to die trying to do their own abortions. 

Hell no. I'm not performing a DIY abortion.

Mods, I think this should be taken down.

This is not safe! Even the article admits you need training and practice.

this absolutely is not ban-worthy

Thank you for sharing this crucial information. Empowering people with knowledge and preparation can save lives in desperate times

Nice little chain on if this is reportable or not

Some MAGA juiciness