You do have to actually disengage though, to be clear. No "I disengage, but also [fuck you, x,y,z, trying to get the last word]". If you're disengaging, it has to be mutually respected.

inhales 1984 CHINA BAD VUVUZELA NO IPHONE

Disengage

“Hey tankie, DISENGAGE”

imo i feel like the disengage rule should really only apply amongst comrades. it will just be used to silence us otherwise and the libs have plenty of ways to do that without us handing them another

plus giving the libs a magic debate-winning word seems like it validates their worldview a bit too much, idk

This came up as an alternative to blocking when we lacked a block feature. Since everybody has a block feature now, it probably just makes sense to use that, though there are cases where it is preferable to just tell someone to drop it instead of blocking them. Anyway, it is still the rule.

I'm a 3rd gen Hexbear and we've evolved to not have this trait.

Yes! Great note for our new federated friends!

Additionally, the admins have clarified that this is not a free "get the last word" trick either though, so it doesn't count if you go "hey I want to disengage and also here's why you're a doodoo head"

Frankly, most people on other instances have seemed either content to ignore us (and optionally make inaccurate complaints behind our backs), or just as eager to get into a slapfight as our users, so idk if it will make a huge difference, but this will get us to leave you alone if you are in that scenario, and if it doesn't can be reported to our mods/admins

That's not what that means - it means if you don't want to argue with us, just stop arguing with us.

This won't work in startrek.website folks. They're all about engage.

Liberals after posting disengage:

checkmate tankies

Nazis after posting disengage:

guys it says in your own rules that you have to disengage, and you keep on posting the fucking picture of the pig with the

Me on the other hand

Cease all motor functions

Stop screaming “disengage” at me, I don’t know what that word means and I will never stop posting

You seem to be the only person who cares about this, Zuzak. This is a rule that to my knowledge has never been mentioned or enforced. I didn't even know we had rules until last week and I've been here the whole three years. Pulling this out as a "gotcha" that everyone has to abide by because it's in a document no one knew existed, that is never or nearly never referenced, and that in no way guides or informs site culture is not helpful or productive.

If anything, we should be discussing revising the site rules to reflect current practice, now that some people know they exist.

This is dumb. There's basically no scenario where this would be used in good faith.

I DO NOT WISH TO CREATE JOINDER WITH YOU

Thats why i play rogue and can disengage as a bonus action

In the past, this rule has only applied to the specific user you say it to. I'd like to suggest going forward that if someone on another instance uses it, we treat it as applying to all of us.

Gonna be hard to get this since I don't think most of us are down for reading a 200-1000 comment thread before commenting when the disengage request might be buried somewhere in it.

The corollary is that bad faith disengages don't count as disengages.

Counterpoint: