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[+] unagi@feddit.nl -86 points 3 years ago (3 children) To be fair, the guillotine was a step too far so the admins intervened rightly in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Bipta@kbin.social 40 points 3 years ago (2 children) You make it sound like it was a death threat and not a metaphor for the death of Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better way to get the metaphor across would have been the guillotine blade be labeled Spez instead. The way it was made caused some people think it was saying "death to Spez" and not "death to reddit" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unagi@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago I admit I didn’t interpret it correctly then, if the metaphor that you describe is the intention. Still I think it’s pretty easy to interpret it the wrong way without the adjustments you described. permalink fedilink source parent [+] unagi@feddit.nl -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) That’s how I interpreted it, indeed. That may be my dark personality but I assume it’s a pretty common interpretation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It's not a dark personality to misinterpret things. It's just a poor grasp of the finer aspects of communication. For instance, Kathy Griffin made a controversial video holding a bloodied severed head of Trump, who was the US president at the time. That rightfully received a lot of backlash for being in poor taste. Making death threats against the president of the United States in a serious crime, however she was not arrested because it was correctly not seen as a threat by the law enforcement. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 years ago "we want change, but we're against any meaningful protest" permalink fedilink source parent [+] CYCLR@lemmy.world -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm with you. Imagine if everyone decided to draw gore there, regardless if it had anything to do with spez, it's just kind of inappropriate and feels really childish, in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Gore... is childish? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CYCLR@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Not gore itself, but the choice to draw it on a public canvas out of prettyness. Did someone ruin your favorite internet spot? Well boohoo... It was free and you're entitled to lose it just like any service. Get over it. And by all means go ahead and downvote this comment, doing that just proves Lemmy is headed for a similar future of hive mind culture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bipta@kbin.social 40 points 3 years ago (2 children) You make it sound like it was a death threat and not a metaphor for the death of Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better way to get the metaphor across would have been the guillotine blade be labeled Spez instead. The way it was made caused some people think it was saying "death to Spez" and not "death to reddit" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unagi@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago I admit I didn’t interpret it correctly then, if the metaphor that you describe is the intention. Still I think it’s pretty easy to interpret it the wrong way without the adjustments you described. permalink fedilink source parent [+] unagi@feddit.nl -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) That’s how I interpreted it, indeed. That may be my dark personality but I assume it’s a pretty common interpretation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It's not a dark personality to misinterpret things. It's just a poor grasp of the finer aspects of communication. For instance, Kathy Griffin made a controversial video holding a bloodied severed head of Trump, who was the US president at the time. That rightfully received a lot of backlash for being in poor taste. Making death threats against the president of the United States in a serious crime, however she was not arrested because it was correctly not seen as a threat by the law enforcement. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better way to get the metaphor across would have been the guillotine blade be labeled Spez instead. The way it was made caused some people think it was saying "death to Spez" and not "death to reddit" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unagi@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago I admit I didn’t interpret it correctly then, if the metaphor that you describe is the intention. Still I think it’s pretty easy to interpret it the wrong way without the adjustments you described. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unagi@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago I admit I didn’t interpret it correctly then, if the metaphor that you describe is the intention. Still I think it’s pretty easy to interpret it the wrong way without the adjustments you described. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] unagi@feddit.nl -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) That’s how I interpreted it, indeed. That may be my dark personality but I assume it’s a pretty common interpretation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It's not a dark personality to misinterpret things. It's just a poor grasp of the finer aspects of communication. For instance, Kathy Griffin made a controversial video holding a bloodied severed head of Trump, who was the US president at the time. That rightfully received a lot of backlash for being in poor taste. Making death threats against the president of the United States in a serious crime, however she was not arrested because it was correctly not seen as a threat by the law enforcement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It's not a dark personality to misinterpret things. It's just a poor grasp of the finer aspects of communication. For instance, Kathy Griffin made a controversial video holding a bloodied severed head of Trump, who was the US president at the time. That rightfully received a lot of backlash for being in poor taste. Making death threats against the president of the United States in a serious crime, however she was not arrested because it was correctly not seen as a threat by the law enforcement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 years ago "we want change, but we're against any meaningful protest" permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CYCLR@lemmy.world -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm with you. Imagine if everyone decided to draw gore there, regardless if it had anything to do with spez, it's just kind of inappropriate and feels really childish, in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Gore... is childish? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CYCLR@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Not gore itself, but the choice to draw it on a public canvas out of prettyness. Did someone ruin your favorite internet spot? Well boohoo... It was free and you're entitled to lose it just like any service. Get over it. And by all means go ahead and downvote this comment, doing that just proves Lemmy is headed for a similar future of hive mind culture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Gore... is childish? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CYCLR@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Not gore itself, but the choice to draw it on a public canvas out of prettyness. Did someone ruin your favorite internet spot? Well boohoo... It was free and you're entitled to lose it just like any service. Get over it. And by all means go ahead and downvote this comment, doing that just proves Lemmy is headed for a similar future of hive mind culture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CYCLR@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Not gore itself, but the choice to draw it on a public canvas out of prettyness. Did someone ruin your favorite internet spot? Well boohoo... It was free and you're entitled to lose it just like any service. Get over it. And by all means go ahead and downvote this comment, doing that just proves Lemmy is headed for a similar future of hive mind culture. permalink fedilink source parent
