UPDATE: I just created !freecompliments@lemm.ee! I couldn’t create it on lemmy.world, sorry. Lemmy World can be weird like that. But at least lemm.ee is stable!

Edit: I would also like to say that after looking at r/freecompliments, their rules are over-explained TL;DR stuff and I get the vibe that they are overly controlling, enforcing a toxic level of positivity at all costs, and all that.

Edit 2: What sucks is I made this new banner for it, but lemm.ee has never let me upload images, even profile pics or banners.

@maniclucky@lemmy.world

I tried posting this to trueoffmychest to dredge some sympathy for him, since that seemed appropriate and he was good with it, but they don’t allow ‘anger’ or ‘impersonal’ posts and that got quietly removed immediately

Okay, yeah, and this is why I’m happy I created this community. “Toxic positivity”, “extreme safe spaces”, and tangential mentalities are extremely harmful and suffocating and can die in a fire.

1. People get angry, and that’s fine
2. Nobody’s perfect, and that’s fine
3. Bonus: Nobody should be able to ban you based on what other subreddits/communities you’re a part of. I guess unless they’re politically-insidious, hate groups, or otherwise promoting harm? But yeah

Edit: I would also like to say that after looking at r/freecompliments, their rules are over-explained TL;DR stuff and I get the vibe that they are overly controlling, enforcing a toxic level of positivity at all costs, and all that.

1. You don’t have any imagination
2. Why the hell are you attributing your claim to heroes specifically? What does that have to do with anything?
3. Man have you not seen a lot of fiction. People react realistically in a ton of them all the time, including kids shows like Avatar: TLA and Steven Universe
4. My novel has people reacting realistically the entire way through, and it’s a science fantasy
5. Luke Skywalker acted realistically. He wanted to leave and join the fucking resistance like his friends. Just like a lot of real-life people would, especially the oppressed. Hell, how many people did 9/11 cause to join the military? Hell, how many people join the military without having suffered tragedy?

I came here to say this. Like, they’re not wrong.

I called you “bro”.

I didn’t say it was a good pun.

A pun.

You’re wrong. Come at me, bro.

😉

Excuse me, but as a middle child, I have to absolutely object to that last statement. Middle children have their own unique sibling/personality complexes. :P

Oh wait, I don’t exist. Wow, that’s a stealthy, mean joke. That cuts, fam.

Like I said below, I’ve been on Lemmy for like 3 or 4 days now, and I’ve found that a chunk of people are either:

• Reactionary because they’re afraid you’re criticizing them or something they like, or
• They downvote you for not already knowing everything, or for “stupid questions” that aren’t actually stupid.

Luckily that doesn’t seem to be most people here. I’ve had a good experience on Lemmy so far.

Edit: Lemmy’s “1. 2.” list and bullet list line-space formatting is whack.

I dunno, but I found a lot of people on Lemmy in the three days I’ve been here who downvote people for not already knowing everything, and for asking sincere questions due to it.

so sinister, that all you can say is “well, we found satan.”

So basically what you and all my downvoters are saying is that you have no sense of scale. Okay.

Yeah, but that’s not what the community description says.

Edit: Wow, there are a lot of defensive-retaliation downvotes. I’m not bashing your community, fam.

Don’t forget your dual-wheel, 4D+ mouse!