That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. <----
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

People, on average, are uncritical and prone to violence - a key component of the movies/premise.

Perhaps. I’m gonna leave that determination up to the people doing the work, though. I don’t think it’s fair to try and convince a volunteer that an additional rule is or isn’t too much work to manage.

Take for example Harry Potter. In my personal opinion, the author is a trash person, and I personally will no longer invest my time, effort, or money into their franchise. However, the stories and lore and fan base are still good. There is an actor who had a recurring (and popular) role in Star Trek: TNG (and a few episodes of Voyageur) who turned out to be a trash person. But, the memes and other content being posted about their roles are still funny and entertaining.

The difference is the creators in question aren’t the ones making that content. A webcomic about the world of Harry Potter created by someone else has levels of separation from the source material, but if JK started a webcomic, I would object to it being posted and promoted here.

I’ll voice in favor of a banlist for bigoted artists. Letting bigots and other hateful people in with “relatable” content just normalizes their hateful material, even playing into possibly intentional “onroading” on their part to their prejudiced platform. It also reinforces the idea that targets of that hate need to “play nice” if they’re not being targeted right then and there, and perpetuates the falsehood that these positions are a matter of “opinion” rather than an existential threat to the targeted.

A banlist would present a higher workload on the part of the mods, which is not something I feel can be demanded, but it would be helpful to have if the goal here is to create a welcoming environment.

MissesAutumnRains also brings up a good point (https://lemmy.ca/post/63256113/22736751) - Leaving it up to users to block bad content does nothing for new users who will have no such curation, and who will be left to assume the community is accepting of such content. Platforming hateful creators will silently push away those who find their content distasteful and entice users that agree with it to stay.

…are you under the impression that the movies are advocating for such an event? That…that’s not even close to right.

If everyone’s using it, then it’s still beneficial in obscuring your actual data. Even better since they can’t just discard the date outright as it is a viable birthdate.

Using memes as ads is bullshit. Reposting them is just as bad.

Xkcd illustrates the issue nicely: https://xkcd.com/1105/

I mean, it looks like there’s a new, not-crazy (afaik) denuvo cracker in the scene, so a fair amount of shocked is appropriate.

Setting a different date every time sets a (probably unique) pattern. Everyone using the same date every time makes it useless.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/fcf40d36-2fd0-4753-9ad5-14fecd8dda89.png

Unfortunately.

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Pretending they’re Morpheus when they’re all just Cyphers.

News isn’t news just when it’s “surprising”.

but I don’t want to mock any actual gay people for their beliefs.

Gay people are just as capable of being massive pieces of shit as anyone else is.

“Coming to the right side of history”. He’s spewing the same conspiracy bullshit he always has and always will. Any pattern will match with others at various points. It doesn’t mean it’s suddenly a different pattern.

I’m really tired of the “Noted bigot and/or idiot said something different than they usually do, that anybody with more than two braincells already knew!” headlines, and I resent them being posted on any community as “legitimate” news. It’s bullshit. Their comments are bullshit. They’re still the same bigoted idiot they were yesterday. This isn’t useful information. At best it’s ragebait, but it’s more often just enabling/normalizing their shit behavior.

So I will be sharing them in the order they appear in the book The Addams Family Album on Wednesdays.

Very fitting ;) Looking forward to it. Thanks!