The u/JasonCarswell vs u/socks drama by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]astronautrob 22 insightful - 8 fun22 insightful - 7 fun23 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

Man this is some boring shit

What do you think about TheAmeliaMay (saidit admin) thinking about reporting us to the FBI? "I might have to report him to the FBI..." by Node in SaidIt

[–]astronautrob 18 insightful - 6 fun18 insightful - 5 fun19 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

How do you know it's a teenage boy who thinks they are girl?

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Not this shit again good lord, are y'all fucking serious? No one should be banned, period. This fake drama shit is annoying as hell people come on. If you have a problem with a user block them, or maybe put a post limit or w.e but this talk of banning is fucking stupid. People should allowed to post what they want here. Whether it's stupid, inane, WHATEVER, it doesn't matter when we start banning one side for some things then the same can be done to the other. We've already been through this fake saidit drama bullshit, idk why this keeps coming up. I feel like you guys have a inability to just stop interacting with people and instead want them banned or w.e. Just fucking grow up jeez. Banning = censorship, period. And at that point we are no better than Reddit. Just stop this stupid shit guys and grow up

Wth is this ice poisoning thing & why are all the posts on new so strange by astronautrob in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob[S] 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Correction, ice Poseidon.... my bad...still am confused what any of it has to do with real.life tho

I'm trying to get banned from this faggotnigger site. by faggotnigger in Banned

[–]astronautrob 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Don't think it's gonna work bro

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Are you really going to say that if someone breaks a rule then banning them from a platform, or anything at all, is not the same as censorship? So if you break rules on YouTube or Reddit or any other platform and they ban you, do you not consider that censorship? I really would like to know where you stand on this. If it is a yes and you do think platforms should have the ability to censor people if they break a rule does the same apply for everyday life in your belief? People who break societal rules, should they be banned from society (so to speak)? I'm not trying to troll here I would like to know your belief on this. This is what is happening in our society today, people wanting other people "banned" from society for not following the rules, a.k.a not getting the shot, not wearing a mask, etc. These are rules that are set or being set, should it be ok for people to be ostracized or banned from society because they didn't follow those rules? I'm in no way saying it's left or right, when I say the other side I'm not speaking in political terms I'm speaking strictly in a one side versus the other side no matter the context. What you do to the one side can be done to both, that's all I'm saying. So if we start banning people because they are "breaking the rules", instead of taking another avenue, then what happens when someone takes over saidit and makes new rules? The precedent is already set that we ban people who don't follow the rules. That precedent will stay even if the rules change. You see what I'm saying? Censorship is never the answer no matter the reasoning.

SaidIt team changes June 2021 by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]astronautrob 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Dope

This is ridiculous by jykylsin2034 in funny

[–]astronautrob 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Yea this site has turned in to a pre-teen drama. It's tired. I maybe hit this site one or twice a week. It hardly has any relevant information on it. Most of the stuff is either about saidit or about reddit, how bad or good one or the other is. What transphopic thing was or wasn't said. There no news other than highly polerized political crap and the discussions are the same. It's sad. I remember when magnora7 was on THC. I had so much hope for this website. A place we could really speak our truth. Look how laughable that is now.

His name was J a s o n C a r s w e l l.. He was cast into the desert for 7 days and nights.. by [deleted] in whatever

[–]astronautrob 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like everything is removed when I click that link. This site has been going downhill for awhile. People say "make the site what you want" blah blah blah, but these people who are active it seems like just cause they have different viewpoints they are getting singled out. Jason was an active dude, granted his stuff wasn't always what I agreed with or thought relevant but the point is he was trying. Its sad to see a "free speech" website being so heavily moderated at this point. And honestly this crap is boring it's like a fake TV drama or some shit. Like don't you people have lives outside this website? This crap is getting lame. The only things on the front page are adds and products. There is hardly even any relevant info on this site anymore it's all spam and you can dudes who are posting original content? It's laughable. This comment isn't specifically for you cqtz or anything, just venting.

I'm sick and tired of this by jykylsin2034 in Fascism

[–]astronautrob 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Lose the savior complex my friend and do something yourself on a local level. They only own us cause we allow it. Put down the phone, computer, turn off the technology and tune out for a bit. Go outside. Spend a little less, or even better, live under the poverty line so we can starve them of our tax dollars. Use you dollar power locally. Find a local rancher buy beef, eggs, etc., on a local level. Stop going to Walmart or Albertsons. Get off social media. Stop giving them you hard earned attention. No one is going to save you, you need to rise up and take individual responsibility for what is happening in our society. We all need to rise up and take more individual responsibility. We need to lose this savior complex that has shown throughout history to be a lie.

Nice by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Sometimes I wish this site had a down vote button...

Pyramid of debate is ridiculous by [deleted] in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Yea def posted to wrong sub but agree with the sentiment nonetheless. It just another way to exert control on another person. Some of the biggest contributors on this site, including the dude who created it, don't follow their own stupid pyramid. They follow it when it suites them and when they can throw it in someone else's face as a debate tactic, but overall it's a dumb idea. If someone is being unconstructive in a debate or just being rude, ignorant, etc., Then just stop debating with that person. Why do we need the pyramid Gestapo to come in a be daddy and mommy for us. Just stop debating. Block the person or w.e. Its super simple and puts the responsibility on the individual instead of a bug brother type authority.

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The idea that Saidit needs to be "saved" is not something I subscribe to so I can't answer that question. Saidit seems fine to me. The front page is relatively clean, diverse sub-saidits represented, not a lot of stuff I'd consider straight up spam, w.e, etc. It's certainly a lot better than it was a couple months ago when it seemed like other people where in charge (Ironleft gang or w.e). I mean weren't they trying to ban you or someone else for the same things? Granted they maybe didn't change the rules (Idk I didn't pay that much attention) but they seemed to reinterpret the rules so they could ban people because they were "breaking the rules". So it's funny that you try to discredit the idea of someone taking over saidit, because that's pretty much exactly what happened in that situation. Maybe it wasn't that overt but one group did get a lot of sway here on saidit, isn't that right? I mean come on that happened don't try and act like it's crazy to suggest it happening again and even on a bigger scale. It's not about being flexible for anyone, it's about enforcing censorship for any reason at all. I don't support censorship, or rules that try and enforce censorship, w.e you want to say. You can say I'm confusing censorship with any Orwellian term you like, but again that's just semantics. Banning = censorship, period.

You think socks is A.I.? Or some paid shill from some three letter company? Maybe, but it also might be that it's a person who leads a sad and boring life while getting dopamine hits from arguing with people on a semi (maybe?) popular website and if y'all didn't engage him/her, they would have nothing to do. The fact that you don't have the self control to just not engage with an individual is childish. Trying to use an excuse like the block feature doesn't work, or is "incomplete", is silly. You have the ability to ignore someone if you want, it just takes a little self control.

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Again I don't understand how I was calling him dumb. I said "We both know your (you're) smarter than that." That's saying you and I both know you are smarter than how you are acting, i.e. you are smart but you may be acting below your intelligence level at this time or concerning this subject, etc. That's not the same thing as saying someone is dumb. You could say it's the same thing as saying someone is ACTING dumb but that isn't the same as saying some one IS dumb. So no I wasn't saying he is dumb, I've engaged with Jason's content and contributions to this site for years. He's always seemed like a good guy to me so when he starts calling for censorship I felt the need to call him out. I was on my phone so yes it did auto-correct to your instead of you're, but come on man Nazi much? It's not even a good contribution to the conversation, it's just being a troll. Anyway, try to correctly represent what people actually say in the future before calling them out because it was obvious that I was (and still am) saying he is ACTING dumb, not that he IS dumb. It's called nuance my friend. I know it's a lost art on the internets but lets try and be better people, what do you say?

Reddit is the Cesspool of the Internet – Amelia May Johnson by [deleted] in SocialMedia

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"We're pretty much all here cause Reddit sucks, so I'm sure you'll agree with at least a few of my points."- no.

I'm part of the resistance from within the Iron LEFT. Ask me anything. by MisterQ in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This is stupid. You guys need to get off the internet for awhile, real life is happening.

Announcement: SaidIt is a sinking ship by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]astronautrob 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Man sad to see this fake drama fake ruin something good. It really is disgusting what has gone on with this site and the people who now seem to influence it the most. Seems like the people who are "saving it" and destroying it are one in the same. It's also really sad how all these people only have been here the last year or so. Such a quick downturn, man....anyway I wish everyone the best of luck if you've been on saidit for more than a year or two, if not fuck off you're probably part of the problem. This site used to be something special and I can still remember magnora's podcast interview on THC and what he said. It's too bad he let it go in dumps but this pity party of woe is me I have to run a website is garbage. Everyone wants to be a victim these days I suppose. Man, but have you guys ever really experienced real hardship? Doesn't seem like it. Seems like a bunch of complaining to me. Eh, not my place to judge I suppose. Anyway, again wish all the best of luck much love guys.

Shout out to my fellow super stonk ape, u know who u are. 💎👋💎 by [deleted] in funny

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

These post dont do as well without all the fake bot participation like you see on reddit. Idk how people havent figured out this is just a other distraction.

Why I'm Quitting SaidIt - Part 1 The Intro by JasonCarswell in GlossedOver

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

But you're not quitting saidit, which is what you put in the title. Judging from the frequency of your comments you don't seem to be taking any different action. Question for you, Is not liking promotional clickbait titles deemed a "demotivational attitude"? Is demotivational even a word? Is it demotivational to point out something objective like, "Hey your titled clearly said one thing but that clearly isn't what you are saying in your actual post?" Is that called gaslighting or something? Either way, clickbait sucks and I don't know if it's necessarily required for self-promotion. Do what you do though my brother, I hope it works out for you. Don't take yourself too seriously though.

Why I'm Quitting SaidIt - Part 1 The Intro by JasonCarswell in GlossedOver

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yea your right I don't care. Thought you were taking a real stand but instead it's click bait promotional garbage like the rest of this site. Thanks buddy

Why I'm Quitting SaidIt - Part 1 The Intro by JasonCarswell in GlossedOver

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

So you're quitting saidit but in one of the first comments you say "I'll still be around here", how does that work? Come on man at least stand for something.

How can we fight this "pandemic" and keep our freedom? by powpowpowpow in conspiracy

[–]astronautrob 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Throw out a second mention of freedomcells.org. Think getting involved with your community, trying to be more self sufficient, lessen your carbon footprint, rely less on corporations,etc. All that cliche stuff. Put the phone or computer away and don't pay attention to it for awhile. They want you to feel like you don't have control but we do. We could stop all this if we could just not rely so heavily on our phones and internet. But alas it is what I am using right this moment to express this idea. Technology is the mode of control for the technocracy. How do we organize without it? We can't beat them at their own game we gotta do something different. Stop buying shit off Amazon, find local meat, eggs, etc., Start a garden if possible. Get rain barrels. Just do whatever you can right now with what you have. But also idk bro tbh. I feel I've been moving in this direction my whole life and have always felt unprepared. And now with covid1984 and how fast things seem to be moving I feel like I should be doing more but I don't know what.

Human Trafficking Arrests up by 800% under Trump by [deleted] in news

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This narrative is so funny to me. This dude appoints William Barr the same attorney general who gave sweetheart deals to everyone involved in the Franklin investigation. And you guys think this dude is locking up pedophiles, hilarious. Said it has become such a right wing circle jerk it's laughable. Do they pay you guys the same wage as the left wing propaganda pushers? Honest question.

Just looking for good content - that's all by benesatto in Introductions

[–]astronautrob 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Opinions aren't censored here although many with try to shame you with the "pyramid of debate". Other than that it's pretty chill other than far right/far left rhetoric that gets parroted and circle jerked. Just remember you can mute subs that don't interest you or w.e, makes it a lot better experience.

Hey magnora7 WTF? by jmichaelhudsondotnet in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Idt anyone cares about your personal vendetta. Just hide dudes comments, get on with your life.

Nice by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Is one better than the other?

The COVID-19 mortality rate is turning out to be around 0.3% instead of 3-4% by magnora7 in WorldNews

[–]astronautrob 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Man all that for a bad flu, terrible. Really just laughable at this point. We've gone from end of the world to bad flu season in a couple weeks and no one bats an eye. Funny how quickly the sheep can be redirected these days.

Coronavirus: Trump-Led US Doing Much Better Than Western Europe by RickC-137 in politics

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

"trump-led", that's hilarious.

Illinois Mayor Signs Executive Order Granting Power To Ban Sale Of Guns And Alcohol While Addressing Coronavirus by magnora7 in news

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You think this could be a "dipping your toes in the water" type moment? See if something like this can be gotten away on a lower level before it's tried on a much bigger scale? IDK just some questions this article raised in my mind. Feel like this whole Coronavirus thing is all one big dipping toes in the water test. See what government can get away with in a time of panic or manufactured crisis. Take some liberties, see what happens, get no push back, take more liberties, rise & repeat. Not saying this crisis was was caused on purpose, also not saying it wasn't cause don purpose, only that it is being used to see what governments can get away with in terms of limiting the people's freedoms/liberties.

Parents Worried They'll Have To Raise Their Own Children As Government Schools Shut Down by [deleted] in funny

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Terrible way to look at things. I'd expect a little better from you Jesus.

nationalism vs. globalism by futurefunk in memes

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This made me laugh so hard, thank you

What our snowflake society has come to by astronautrob in Sociology

[–]astronautrob[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. It reminds me of the whole transgender bathroom thing 5-6 years ago.

What our snowflake society has come to by astronautrob in Sociology

[–]astronautrob[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This is what our snowflake society has come to, worrying about texting ok or whether or not you put exclamation points after something. They want us all to be these happy people on the surface while everyone is slowly dying inside because our moral fiber is so fucked.

Wth is this ice poisoning thing & why are all the posts on new so strange by astronautrob in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Exposed them doing what tho? Also, didn't Chris Hansen get arrested for writing bad checks? Just wondering if Chris is helping from jail or is he out like on the street helping you guys...

The Jewish role in the Russian Communist revolution. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Don't understand the point of these posts. So what if there was a large population of jews in the Bolshevik party, what does that prove? Also, Lenin was a lot more accepting of jews than Stalin. Once Stalin came to power the real purges began.

How to be a friend with magnora7? by [deleted] in magnora7

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

:))

r/BlackPeopleTwitter bans non "black" users by prometheus in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]astronautrob 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Man what a terrible "joke" Also like how they say they got a ton of positive feedback....really?

Top 5 Ways to Supplement your Chickens on the Cheap by astronautrob in Sustainability

[–]astronautrob[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Another video from our homesteading here in CO. This one we go over ways that we try to supplement our chicken flock on the cheap while still keeping them in tip-top shape. Would love to hear any other ways you guys supplement your flock. Thanks :)

Grapes at High Altitudes, will it work? We're going to find out! by astronautrob in Sustainability

[–]astronautrob[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Good to know, any info on grapes is much appreciated. Do you grow them where you currently live? I also read they don't like having wet feet which is kind of a problem for us since the soil we grow in is so high in clay. Luckily being in Colorado Springs we don't have a issue with it raining a lot or being damp usually. It's usually too dry here tbh.

Creating a Self-Sustaining Food Cycle on our Urban Homestead by astronautrob in Sustainability

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Haahahaha, spreading the good word my friend

Straight from the horse's mouth: Klaus Schwab, himself telling us about the next step in The Great Reset in his own words by magnora7 in videos

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

A lot of weird shit in that video but the interviewer is probably the weirdest. She says his name, "Kyle Schwab", in every question she asks him. Do you think it's some kind of brainwashing technique. In some questions it even seems like she forgets to say it at the beginning so she says it randomly in the middle of her question. Weird shit.

Texas Says 'No!' to Covid Mandates - Ron Paul by magnora7 in videos

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly my point.

Texas Says 'No!' to Covid Mandates - Ron Paul by magnora7 in videos

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Checked. Still don't know wtf you're talking about.

Texas Says 'No!' to Covid Mandates - Ron Paul by magnora7 in videos

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Are you making a joke? The government has never given us our rights and will never give us our rights. The will of the people dictate the rights we have no matter what the government says, that's why the are inalienable.

Texas Says 'No!' to Covid Mandates - Ron Paul by magnora7 in videos

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ah yes government over reach to combat government over reach. It's funny that people are applauding this. It's like which dick do you suck, red or blue? Either way your still getting cum in your face. Thinking the elite are helping the people in any way is laughable, this case included. This is a polarized topic, just like guns, abortion, immigration, etc., that the two sides are again acting like they are opposite sides. Its theater people come on this man or any of these elites are not out to help us.

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So you're calling for censorship because they are breaking the rules. Ok cool, I'm glad we got the semantics out of the way and are calling it for what it is. Again, I don't agree with any form of censorship for any reason. I think that if you build a robust enough community these people can be weeded out. I think that there are other ways of doing things. Improving the block feature, ignoring people, post limits, maybe limiting what sub-saidits they can post in, idk, anything but just outright censorship. I don't agree with the statement that "Ceasing to interact with them won't stop them." It's logical that if everyone, or at least of a majority of us, where to stop engaging with these people, stop talking ABOUT these people/accounts, stop making stupid posts that include their name or even referencing them, if we all blocked them and acted like they didn't exist, etc., they would have nothing to do. These are just people dude, they aren't some paid MOSSAD agent trying to counter your anti-zionist truth talk. They're bored, sad, probably obese, people, probably dudes, who have no life and get kicks from arguing with people on this site. This is their version of fun. I mean that dude socks already said in a comment here that he only keeps talking because people talk back to him, or something similar. Trolls troll, it's nature man.

Anyway, to not try something like blocking them or just ignoring them and stop engaging, and then to try and say that it won't work is silly. Have you tried blocking them? Have you tried to just not engage and encourage other people not engage? Idk bro, try that shit and see if it works before discounting it. Trying to drape yourself in some cloak of virtue by saying you're trying to save saidit from becoming some internet ghetto is silly too. Just chill man, saidit is fine. These people are not the bulk of what people see on saidit. Hell, I didn't even know who these people where till you posted this stupid thread. And that's what I'm saying, you're bringing attention to it when you could just ignore it.

Are they really disrupting and delegitimizing saidit? lol, Really? Don't you think that's a bit dramatic? Again, I don't know if a lot of people even know who these people are. Saidit seems to have a small group of people who are VERY active, overly active IMO, on this site. I think people who come and lurk, or just like myself contribute sometimes, been on here a long time, but don't get into the drama, don't give a fuck about these people but do give a fuck about keeping saidit a place for free speech and free of censorship. TBH the incessant jew shit or the "oh my god the white race is being killed" or w.e shit, is much more annoying then someone trolling. And I see way more of that stuff on the front page now a days then anything posted from this socks person or whoever the other person is. But hey this is saidit, people do what they do and that's what makes it great. Hell, we can have a sub-saidit called "debatealtright" that isn't about debate at all, it's just a place for white supremacist to have a circle jerk party. Look, saidit is filled with a lot of different people and yes some can be trolls, but lets not get too dramatic. These people are trolls and we should have a better way of dealing with trolls then to simply to censor them. If we can set a good precedent now, and find a better way of dealing with trolls and other similar issues, then it is way less likely that it will be abused in the future. And if some authority does try to abuse it, it will be easier to spot. Just censoring them sets a precedence that can be easily abused by any authority in the future.

SaidIt Survey: Ban /u/socks and /u/ActuallyNot or keep them around? by JasonCarswell in AskSaidIt

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I don't agree with that statement at all. There's a big difference between someone acting dumb and someone being dumb, but it's a waste of time to argue this with you. You can equate the two if you like but I don't. I think you're smart enough to see the difference but you just want to be difficult to make an argument.

I was very careful to make my point clear that I think Jason is acting silly in this situation, not that I think he is overall a dumb person. Just because you find that you can not make that distinction "in real life" doesn't mean all of us work with that narrow of a mindset. I say what I mean and mean what I said. Jason is acting dumb in this situation. In past situations and interactions I've had with him or seen him in, he seemed to be "smart" or carry himself well. So because you acted "smart" in my opinion in these other situations I consider him a smart person. I still think he's an intelligent person. I think his personal vendetta is getting in the way of his "smartness" and thus he is ACTING dumb. Is it that hard for you to understand the difference? I tried to make it a little less "technical" so maybe you would get it. I mean that seems pretty straight forward and you seem like a fairly intelligent person. I've already stated my idea for preventing this behavior. You stop engaging with the person, block them, and if enough people do that the person would have no one to engage with. The fact that all these people keep engaging with sock or whoever else gives them legitimacy. Are you really telling me people are not adult enough to block users or ignore users? People like Jason or whoever are UNABLE to not engage with these people so instead they want to ban them? Again, if we set the precedent that banning people is what happens when you don't "follow the rules", then that precedent will stay when the rules change. And what happens then? What happens when someone takes over reddit who doesn't share our values? You get where I'm coming from? Censorship is bad for whatever reason, we should try to think of better ways to deal with these kinds of things. But the VERY FIRST thing I would say is that these people, Jason and whoever is complaining about these people, need to block these people and STOP ENGAGING WITH THEM. It's silly they don't have the self control to not engage these people. It's childish. This site seems pretty small, if the "power users" or w.e were to all stop engaging with these people they would have no one to argue with, they would become bored (like the children they are), and they would move on. It's really simple. To act dramatic like these people would someone take down the site or turn it in to a "internet ghetto" is silly. Idt saitit is trying to be the beverly hills on the internet but a couple of shitty trolls is not going to turn it in to a ghetto either.

Honestly though I wish you guys would stop playing with semantics and speak the fucking truth. Banning = censorship no matter who much linguistic gymnastics you want to play. Idk why you guys are defending yourselfs so hard. Like why can't you say "yes the rules call for censorship (or banning) if you break the rules, these people are breaking the rules, we are calling for their censorship." Isn't that easy?

Reddit is the Cesspool of the Internet – Amelia May Johnson by [deleted] in SocialMedia

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Saying "pretty much everyone" is not like saying "most" it's more like saying "almost all", which means a very large majority if not everyone. If you put something more like "a lot of people" then that would be closer to "most". Either way it seemed like you went away for awhile and man was that nice. Idk what made you came back and I thought I already had you blocked but guess not. Oh well, hopefully they run you off again but untill then it's back to blocking.

Reddit is the Cesspool of the Internet – Amelia May Johnson by [deleted] in SocialMedia

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The fact that you think we're "all here cause Reddit sucks" shows how disconnected you are. Many people's use of saidit has nothing to do with Reddit at all. Get off the computer and try to see past the paradigms. Yes yes I know I'm a troll and so is everyone who disagrees with you. Or w.e new term you've come up with these days to call people.

The alt-right sucks by fschmidt in nonmorons

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Dude if you subscribe to any left/right thinking you're a fucking retard. GTFO with this left is dumb/right is dumb bullshit. You guys are two side of the same damn coin. It's gross.

Spam Update by [deleted] in SaidIt

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Dope, thanks d3rr. Have to say just browsing /all the last few days the site seems a lot cleaner. This seems like the right way to go.

Announcement: SaidIt is a sinking ship by [deleted] in SaidIt

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How would someone prevent people from arguing or fighting? You could create a website that's a giant echochamber so everyone agrees and never debates, but if you have debate you will inevitably have arguments. That's pretty obvious and to think that you can eliminate that is retarded. Why is people arguing even a bad thing? People can have arguments and still be civil. The core site on here is fine, the people are fine, it's the idiots who like you have only been on saitit for one day or one year and think they know anything about it.

Why I'm Quitting SaidIt - Part 1 The Intro by JasonCarswell in GlossedOver

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You sure are replying a lot on this thread. Generally when someone says they are quitting something it doesnt mean you'll still be around but in a dimished capacity, it means you're done doing that thing. Sounds like you're just kind of quitting, which seems like a cop out but hey man do your thing. I just dont know of many people who just kind of quite something, its usually an all or nothing thing when you use language like that. So are standing for just kind of quitting something? Seems like some muddy ground to place the pedistool my friend.

What have you done recently? by antares in SaidIt

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Built a greenhouse and chicken coop

His name was J a s o n C a r s w e l l.. He was cast into the desert for 7 days and nights.. by [deleted] in whatever

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Has Jason been banned or something? I thought that guy always came with some good stuff...

Kill ALL trannys!!!!!!!! by superstraight in SuperStraight

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These people are obviously bots right?

Pretty sure we know where they got the idea ... by JasonCarswell in Energy

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That thing is dope if we could all come to turns with our sexuality

It must be really bad out there.. by zyxzevn in memes

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Reminds me.of the old Bill Hicks joke

Suspicious Gossip; Bill Still rpt quotes 4chan post-election rumor from Dec.19 by Marginotions in SundogsPlace

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Are we going to go to the 23rd of Feb now?

Financial Strategies under Biden Administration? by RoccoTheTaco in finance

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Links or is this just going to be a big slab of hyperbole as it's been so far? I'm guessing the latter but I like to give people a chanve. I've seen nothing on "purging the military" or "deranking military officers because they voted for Trump". Both are just silly. If you're talking about the surgeon general stepping down or the national guard troops that got shuffled, than again I say that is all hyperboly. That's not purging the military or anything close. Can I get links to statements about re education camps? I've seen some Dems tweet about making list, etc., Etc., But nothing about camps. Again let's get some links instead of just you making statements. Either way, in my mind this is rhetorical and meant to get people in a fear based mindset. and we have a casein point with OP here (and many others on this site). &To think there's any difference between Dems and Republicans is even more silly. They play for the same team and you ain't onit. Their goals are the same and to think this president or that president would change the course that they are trying to take us on with this technocratic takeover is silly. See the game for what it is my friend and get out.

Financial Strategies under Biden Administration? by RoccoTheTaco in finance

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hmm if that was what OP is referencing its a far cry from his original statement and backs up my previous statement of a lot of hyperbole going on around here. It's just the other side of the same coin though. People on the other side were just as scared 4 years ago as these guys are now. It's laughable and exactly what the establishment wants. Fear, fear,and more fear.

Financial Strategies under Biden Administration? by RoccoTheTaco in finance

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Do you have a link for bidens remarks on deranking military members who voted for Donald? Deranking is not a word but beside that point im unable to find anything on this statement. Seems like a lot of fear based hyperbole coming from you guys these days. It's ok, it's not the end of the world. Millions of people felt the same four years ago when Donald was being introduced. And look everyone survived, what a miracle. It's just going to be another president same story. They play for the same team and we ain't on it. Lose the Savior complex, or devil complex for that matter, and see things for what they are. Fear is never good. Try to funnel your energy into something productive. Here's some financial advice. Don't invest anything, spend local, spend less, make less, live below the poverty line and STARVE THEM OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. Stop buying shit on Amazon. SPEND LOCAL. Put the technology away and go for a walk. Protect your hard earned attention. These are the only financial things we can do that will hurt the establishment, whether that be creepyjoe or Donald. This is what will hurt them and make a difference. These are the financial choices you can make that will make a difference.

Typical Saidit user be like by FediNetizen in funny

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Lol ol socks. Yes people do have opinions on the Internet I'm sorry to say. But again I'd stress that discussing something is not the same as being afraid. A lot of level minded people discuss things on saidit. If you see that as being afraid then yes I guess you would think a lot of people on said are afraid of this or that.

Typical Saidit user be like by FediNetizen in funny

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Idk if being aware of something,and discussing that topic, is the same as being afraid of something. Other than when covid first started, I have not seen a lot of users who have been on saidit for an extended period of time act or seem afraid of anything in particular. Of course you have those you dramatic and what not, but honestly I see way more fear from "alt right" or "alt left " people than any middle of the road types you'll find here on saidit. A bit of projecting maybe?

I have to admit, there is something magical about Joe Biden by ZeroFeetAway in conspiracy

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Turn off the TV my friend and see through the paradigm. This technocratic takeover we're experiencing is nothing like anything we've seen in the past. The two party political theater is just that, theater. Both parties, both presidents, all those in club are all pushing towards a common idea of how society should be structured & how it should function. No matter if they are blue donky or a red elephant. The quicker you see that the easier time you'll have seeing this for what it really is.

I have to admit, there is something magical about Joe Biden by ZeroFeetAway in conspiracy

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Anyone who cares about who actually "won" the election is the real dupe. They're both playing for the same team. And the real traitors are all of us who participate in the circus that legitimizes the process. If we all didn't vote, and instead called for a general strike on election day, then there would be no way we'd be having this silly conversation. The reason we are is because people do vote for this person or that person. You participate and therefore you legitimize. If all of us were protesting on election day instead of voting and Biden got 20 votes and Trump got 10 then the whole process would be illegitimate. See what I'm saying here? But because we are mostly compelled to vote for one or the other, and not given a chance to abstain or vote against the legitimacy of the process itself, the only other option is to not vote at all. Voting legitimizes the process, period.

The Sooner We Realize Corporations are the Real Enemy of Freedom, the Better We'll Be in the Long Run by mongre in conspiracy

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Damn bro that's a fucking knowledge drop right there. Well done sir.

Suspicious Gossip; Bill Still rpt quotes 4chan post-election rumor from Dec.19 by Marginotions in SundogsPlace

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It's just sad to see my brothers caught in this silly game. No stress and people can definitely have their own thing, no argument here, but I do try and help those see above the two party savior complex paradigm when I can.

Is it just a coincidence that the rollout of 5G coincides with the prevalence of coronavirus symptoms? by dontbuyanylogos in conspiracy

[–]astronautrob 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This isn't true. Look at Derek Brozes research among others although his is the most in depth. This 5g thing with coronas only came about because wuhan is saturated with 5g already but if you look at other examples like Houston for instance they had 5g a year or two before conoras hit. There are many other examples like that. To play devil's advocate maybe they change the signal after putting in the towers or w.e, or maybe it takes time idk, but the fact is a lot of cities had 5g before this coronas thing hit. I would say rich countries are the ones with money to buy PCR tests and a more centralized society in general to administer those tests hence why they have more cases and deaths.

Suspicious Gossip; Bill Still rpt quotes 4chan post-election rumor from Dec.19 by Marginotions in SundogsPlace

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When the 23rd comes and goes in 2 days so will this post. At least it's good entertainment but you guys could be using your energy for so much better things.

BREAKING: SUPREME COURT: The KRAKEN Has Hit SCOTUS DOCKET, Has PROOF Of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAKE BIDEN VOTES, Dominion System GLITCHES, REMOVAL OF TRUMP VOTES by NewsJunkie in news

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This stuff isn't news. Also, do you think the more caps you put in the title the more true it becomes?

Human Trafficking Arrests up by 800% under Trump by [deleted] in news

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You're wrong in thinking I want people to agree with me though. Don't be led to believe my friend, go find the truth yourself. I would much rather have people disagree with me, go do the research, critically think about the information, and come to their own conclusions. Whether they agree with me or not is not important to me. The ability to critically think about information is a much bigger issue. Educate yourself on the Franklin investigation my friend then let's have an honest conversation about the subject instead of trying to shame each other. Let's try and be bigger than what we see in society, think critically and have an open mind with a nuanced perspective about these things. Intelligence has nothing to do with information. Please research and educate yourself on this topic so you don't have to revert this these lower forms of conversation or debate.

"How dare you say they're the same?!" by magnora7 in memes

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Excellent content. People who want to believe the red team blue team narrative when all of them are really on team GREEN! It's laughable how people think this duopoly we have is actually democracy. Hilarious.

Wouldn't it be cool if we asked questions about things other than Reddit/Said It or Politics? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That does seem to be the narrative here.

Petition to declare George Soros a terrorist reaches threshold for White House response by Questionable in politics

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Yes I misunderstood the person above but that had nothing to do with our comments. You just jumped on here because you had nothing else to argue about. You're just an angry individual who wants to argue while others just want to discuss in a civilized manner. You see the actual persons response to this? Nothing like yours. Not defensive or angry in any way? Why are so mad my friend? Are you that attached to your post? Look my friend you made a stupid post stop doubling up by making silly comments. This petition was from 2017, nothing at all came of it and yet you post it like it some revelation. It's silly and when someone calls that it you get angry. It's laughable.

Public Service Announcement by EndlessSunflowers in conspiracy

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

To serve who though? That's really the question that needs an answer.

Redditor finds evidence AI commenting might be far more widespread than we think by magnora7 in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Don't you think all major social media platforms employ bots? I'm sorry I just don't find that interesting. You're right though I can and will unsubscribe from this circle jerk. Thank you my friend.

Redditor finds evidence AI commenting might be far more widespread than we think by magnora7 in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Agree to disagree. Obvious things are usually not interesting. The fact that any mention of Reddit and it flies to the top of saidit is laughable to me. We can disagree on those points.

In the event that the world gets taken over by an elite society of vampires who control our food, healthcare, media and education, what would you do about it? by oneeyedjakk in AskSaidIt

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Post things to the internet about it to make myself feel better.

The lock-downs were counterproductive & now we need an abrupt opening of the economy to build herd immunity. Sweden handled COVID-19 the best. by mr-gem-524 in unpopularopinion

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Don't know if this would be an unpopular opinion on this site. Most people would agree with this statement. There have been some fear mongering folks on this site, with some top influencers being the main perpetrators, but overall think most people here would agree with this sentiment. This whole pandemic has been manufactured. We've been tricked and now some people are trying to backpedal to save their egos or w.e. It's sad and laughable all at the same time.

Hey magnora7 WTF? by jmichaelhudsondotnet in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You are one strange cat my friend. Hope you find some love in your life.

Don’t ever reveal your wealth to women by [deleted] in CringeAnarchy

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That dude could probably do better

Hey magnora7 WTF? by jmichaelhudsondotnet in AskSaidIt

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Really have no idea what you're talking about the. Idk how stuff like this makes it to front page.

This is being shared around social media. by logicalfallacy in news

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So switching one social media for another? Sounds inconsequential.

Security guard, father of 9, shot and killed in Michigan after telling customer to put on face mask by Nemacolin in news

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Guess he should of maybe asked instead.

Easiest way to get votes... by JasonCarswell in memes

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Spot on. Been wanting to make a meme about this for awhile. Great content Jason. If you want to get to the front page of saidit post something about Reddit. If you want to get to the top post of saidit post something about you being banned from Reddit. People seem to love that here.

Zero fucks... by JasonCarswell in memes

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm glad it came off as love cause that's how it was intended. Also, memes can be w.e they want a suppose so what I'm about to say probably isn't even right. But when I see memes they usually are with a certain cadence or set up line, if you will. For instance take the LOTR meme you posted here with Boromir. So in the movie Boromir's line is "One does not simply walk in to Mordor", something to that effect. So the cadence for the set up line for this meme is usually "one does not simply...." Then the punch line.

So something like "one does not simply...eat only one lays chip", terrible and not funny but you get the idea. Most memes have this same type of construction. Picture that is associated to some line/saying, usually the set up line or w.e, then you add your joke. Not all memes have the exact same structure or even have a "set up line" but they do generally follow some sort of similar way of being presented.

Another example would be the most interesting man meme I saw you post the other day. Usually with that meme it follows the commercial that it comes from. So commercial goes, "I don't always drink beer but when I do it's dosexecies" or however it's spelled. So set up line is "I don't always do X but when I do it's Y". So again something like "I don't always debate progressives but when I do I always throw up a little in my mouth", again terrible but hope you get the idea.

Just my strategy when it comes to memes is I'll try to Google image search the meme first. Usually it will come up with pics of the meme obviously but they will also be all similar and from that I can figure out the set up line or how the meme is "supposed" to go. I hate saying supposed to do anything so again these can be w.e. In fact don't even listen to me keep doing what you do I'm enjoying the originality.