For starters, op had the right way.

Yes? I didn’t claim or imply otherwise. I was literally only replying to your statement of ‘it’s the only route that works.’ by just noting that there was a second route that also works. I have literally no idea why you’re taking offense.

Alas, the dopamine rush of seeing the subscriber count increase has now hit a plateau at 700+. Time to grind those numbers, and hope for a few more regular posters to join me at !nonpolitical_comics@piefed.social

There’s another correct route that doesn’t skip any numbers

Could you point out the part where I was being a dick? Jeez.

You said the only route. I’m pointing out that there’s 2.

There’s 2 correct routes that don’t skip any numbers. The one you mentioned, and the one shown in the pic (the one shown skips a couple numbers, yes, but it can actually pick up those numbers without any trouble.)

There’s another correct route that doesn’t skip any numbers

We really need a comm for commentors who aren’t lost but just plain clueless. Something like ‘c/rtfa’

The CCP sucks, but this ‘everything from China is a lie’ mentality is pretty dumb.

This is c/science, not c/engineering

Probably, but that doesn’t really matter to the discussion of whether it should be allowed

Just ban all public space advertising.

Epic is waging war on steam? Is this like if Sealand were to declare war on the EU or something?

1. The warnings appear only to piefed users, which are a small fraction of Threadisers. And given whoever is doing this isn’t even on piefed, they wouldn’t be seeing it to begin with.
2. The comics they’ve been posting have for the most part been highly upvoted, so they would have a positive reputation score, not negative.
3. There is no such posting limit. And it doesn’t explain them deleting their own posts which have garnered huge amounts of upvotes and comments.

In case you are unaware, I’m referring to an ongoing person trolling the comics comm, it’s been an active trend for the past month or so.

Edit: This comment thread picked up 3 ppl downvoting me and upvoting the other commentor immediately. Checking the vote ids, of course it’s OP and their sibling day old accounts. Yay for vote manipulation.

What’s particularly meaningless is the comments on this article, after OP deletes their post/account in a couple days

Guess you’re getting eaten along with the rest of the rich when the time comes 😁

Many thanks!

Oh gods, the irony.

I’m stepping away from the conversation now. Thanks for keeping the conversation civil, even if we disagree.

Also at this point, it’s very clear that we’ve devolved into an argument about semantics, as I asserted a few comments ago. While I disagree strongly with your definition, I see no chance either of us will be changing each other’s mind and I have no interest in trying.

All I ask is you stop misrepresenting the community when it’s very clear that we’re talking about different things. I hope at some point you’ll see the value of having safe spaces for people, whether or not you need it yourself.

Your article is based on a false dichotomy to begin with, that politics is either ‘all human interaction’, or ‘stuff I disagree with’. You miss the common definition that most of the world operates by, where politics relates to stuff related to governance.

When your parents told you it was bed time, they used political power.

By your definition perhaps. Most of us disagree.

Everything is political.

No, you’ve changed and diluted the word to the point it’s meaningless and taken away a term that’s actually useful. You want to redefine it for yourself, sure. But stop acting as if everybody else agrees with (or is even aware of the existence of) your definition.

If you choose to use a different definition of a common word than everyone else,

This is the first definition from Cambridge dictionary. I don’t see how my definition differs significantly.

the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed:

“Politics” as a negatively loaded word is also a conservative dogwhistle

Perhaps in the US. I would remind you that you’re on a global website. Most of us use politics to mean, well, politics, not whatever conservative bullshit is going on.