Vote visibility is off by default (IIRC) on reddit so at least there folks wouldn’t be banned just for downvoting someone.

Strom Thurmond lived to be 101. He was in in congress from 1956 to 2003. We can all hope for the Big Beautiful Obituary, but only the good seem to die young.

Who wants to hear my, “Why reddit got image hosting of its own when it did” conspiracy theory? No one? Too bad, posting it anyhow.

Few years ago reddit had a subreddit called fatpeoplehate. It existed to, you guessed it, hate fat people. “Fattie” became an insult du juor. One day they find out an imgur employee is fat, and start in on being shitters. This apparently was the straw that broke the camels back because they finally got banned.

My theory is simple: reddit didn’t ban fatpeoplehate because they went too far. They banned it because imgur threatened to block them and being the image site, this would fuck reddit up. Imagine being a social media site with no pictures. Impossible.

Reddit, not too long after that, adds image hosting. Could it be a coincidence? Sure. Do I think its one? Not really.

Fun addendum, a study was done post-ban and reddit actually became less toxic after the ban. Crazy how denying shitty folks a platform actually makes your site better, whoda thunk?

In absofuckinglutely horrifying recent news: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5515487/new-world-screwworm-us-human-case

Though I think that’ll just fuck up our dairy and beef supply more than people.

I woulda thought tacos/burritos would be the Mexico signifier. Cheeseburgers are fairly narrowly nationally stereotyped in my experience.

Never enough.

I love cheeseburgers and am fat.

The selection shrinks… on everything. 30 beers on tap at that nice brewhouse becomes 3 at the local watering hole. 20 different unique restaraunts becomes a subway and a chinese place. Groceries? Sure, enjoy your walmart and dollar general.

Boethius over there screaming about wheels.

Cults of personality tend not to last once the personality dies.

I put the STD in Stud, all I need is U.

Some folks might be on some prosperity gospel bullshit, but I don’t think Elon, Zuck, et. al. believe in a power above themselces.

government owning the means of production?

🤔

https://www.thegamer.com/wuchang-fallen-feathers-review-bomb-censorship-update-changes-patch/

Could be from stuff akin to this. This is the second bombing of Wuchang, first was post-launch due to UE5 spec demands

Already got that power too. Shrimp-man sounding like a raw deal.

This got me thinking about being bit by a radioactive shrimp and getting powers like Spider-man. Not sure what powers I’d even get, I already have the shrimp dick.

dick falls off

note: not a universal scare

Good for stuff like Chinese review bombing.

On here? Like 40 something, but largely spammers. Blocked far more subs though, mostly of content that does nothing for me. On Bluesky I’m subscribed to a blocklist or two for MAGA types and tend to block anyone who follows me with a suspiciously high follow count.

I saved this because I saw a relevant article, then forgot about it for a day. Anyhow

https://bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/what-makes-a-meme-take-off-the-3-rules-of-virality/