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Cake day: July 11th, 2023

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  • Ech@lemm.eetoReddit@lemmy.worldReddit moment
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    3 days ago

    So obviously this sticker and mod are fucking awful, but it’s worth keeping in mind that, if you’re at a protest or even just crossing the street, it doesn’t matter who’s right when it comes to a car vs the human body if push comes to shove. I’ve seen protesters (rightfully) call out a car for trying to push through them, but they also started mobbing the car, which in turn panicked the driver who then recklessly sped off. Thankfully no one on foot seemed seriously injured, but it made me wonder what they thought was going to happen by surrounding the driver like that. Protest away, but keep your safety (and others) in mind, too.


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    3 days ago

    It’s a riff and disparagement of the saying “Black Lives Matter”, which in and of itself rules out any funniness, imo. That it’s about threatening violence against pedestrians just makes it worse.






  • Yeah. Lemmy’s biggest strength (decentralization) has also shown to be one of it’s biggest flaws when micro-managing admins/mods turn their instance into their own personal fiefdom, inflicting their “justice” broadly and without discernment. I’ve been banned more here in under 2 years than on reddit for over 13, almost exclusively for voting “wrong” according to what feedback I can find, which is a a seriously treacherous practice in communities like these. I have no real sense of loss over it, but I do worry the Lemmy-verse will end up with tons of siloed off instances instead of an interconnected community if it goes on unadressed.