Normal won 20 arguments. Garfield blocked 400k accounts.
Seems blocking was probably a good call
I try to reserve blocking for debates where the other person finally gets mad and resorts to childish name calling, people who repost the same article to 10 different communities all at once, and people who post graphic closeups of penises ๐
Please provide the list of penis posters for research purposes.
Pretty sure I haven't posted this one before, I have like a big folder of Garfield memes to post and sometimes I get mixed up with which ones I've posted already and which I haven't
You gotta flex that excell muscle. Really dive into a robust sheet with meme descriptions, dates, communities posted in, the whole nine lives. A pivot table or three, and colors changing depending on certain Garfield facts.
Oh no! Am I more of a Nermal than a Garfield? ๐ข
Tbf, most debates I get into are for the sake of not letting shitty opinions stay unchallenged. I kind of enjoy tearing down statements that might otherwise sway people into believing stupid things. I don't try to persuade the person I'm arguing against, only the audience.
I also haven't needed to block people because I'm a fiend for conflict. Trolls don't have fun harassing me or something.
I think, generally, trolls piss off when they realize you actually know what you're talking about and not just parroting popular opinion.
Question for all the block-happy lemmy users:
Do you notice an increase in average quality of the comments you see over time?
Or comment chains that make no sense cause half the commenters are blocked?
Or is it more like trying to dust off the Sahara?
Occasionally I'll notice that a comment or two is missing because someone I've blocked is replying to a post, but it hasn't really caused me any problems
on lemmy i dont really use it because it screws up comment chains but on twitter and fedi and stuff i go wild with it
It depends on how you use Lemmy. Using an app, or the default/next version of the site? The comments might just be collapsed, or anything else all the way to just not even there whatsoever.
Yes. Life is stressful enough without screaming in the void at "Internet debators" with the reading comprehension skills of a meatloaf. Blocking is better than getting hounded by their straw man arguments and trolling. If you don't understand this, you're part of the problem.
Block button connoisseur
Nermal is annoying, Garfie is justified in ~~mailing him to Abu Dhabi~~ blocking him.
I feel like if I get blocked it's an automatic win in the argument. If it's easier for you to block someone than it is to explain why you are taking the side that you are there is a pretty good chance you're on the wrong side.
I just don't care about winning arguments on the internet. It's liberating.
Then what's the point of arguing to being with?
your brain is being eaten by reddit prions
garfield is a queer icon and im tired of pretending he's not, he's for the queers who are just a little bit eepy, for the queers who just want to eat and laze about, he's also canonically an enby who goes by he/him pronouns
idk i just decided to make this space for anyone who wants to post garfield memes and general garfield related stuff because there's like only one other garfield comm on lemmy that i could find and its just one guy posting the garfield comic that was released today 45 years ago (unironically pretty cool though ngl)
Rules: all the normal stuff no bigotry, no doxxing, etcetera. I reserve the right to moderate as i see fit but i dont think i'll be too overbearing with it (any bigotry will be pretty harshly modded though)