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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Per @[email protected]'s suggestion in the thread announcing the closure of the tank comms I am suggesting a replacement comm

The concept of the comm is that it would be exactly the same as the_dunk_tank but without the unfortunate racist connotations of the name. Also, the name actually describes the content that is intended for it. Not sure why we made it any more complicated than that in the first place. Also, you can post things like articles from The Atlantic, which are also notable, and not just stuff about famous people.

Also, we should just go ahead and unlock Dredge_Tank

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

This is my favorite new name suggestion by far.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

a spectre is haunting hexbear

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

i like my slop, i will be eternally mad at the powers that be taking it away from me, no this is not sarcasm. i am upset

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This site was founded on slop dagnabbit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We built our castle on pillars of sand kitty-birthday-sad

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Just unlock the dredge tank and let the slop flow through there.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I suggest to change whatever the new main Dredge/Dunk tank replacement is to

  • /c/pit

or

  • /c/Barbara_Pit

hamas-red-triangle

pit barbara-pit


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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

This is good too

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Locking these comms was a mistake, and trying to ban "low effort" posts will kill the site long term. We're a shitposting social media site descended from a shitposting subreddit. Shitposting is part of our culture--a big part. If you ban low-effort posts, you're not going to get more effort posts--you're just going to get fewer posts. A lot of people come here in part because they can post some essay or take by an esteemed Elder Statesman or Media Thinker and say "look at this dumb shit." Not only is that important to site culture and participation itself, lots of deeper engagement comes along with that activity.

Reopen dredge, and change the name of the other one.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The wording of the announcement has been changed several times. I don't think it specifically mentions low effort posting now but it wasn't very clear before it was edited and it isn't very clear now.

There hasn't been any real explanation of what the problem was that merited this change. Afaik only one Dunk tank mod commented on the reasoning and their comment was patronizing, unhelpful, and suggested more of a disconnect between the mod team and the users than an actual problem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

If that's not the reason, then I'm totally puzzled by what the argument even is. I'm all for changing the name, but if we're not worried about post quality, why exactly are we closing the comms?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Oooh can we suggest names? I've got one or two ideas

These are all freebies, I got more

c/log_out_or_hog_out_and_i_am_all_out_of_logs
c/the_dunk_court
c/the_hog_pen
c/its_always_sunny_on_hexbear
c/the_hornet_nest
c/point_and_laugh
c/the_debateatorium
c/the_dunkatorium
c/the_rhetoriticians hideout
c/europe
c/the_dredge_tank
c/the_slop_canister
c/the_trough
c/slop_fields
c/the_idiot_store
c/liberalism
c/the_Hillary_Clinton_fanclub
c/occasional_sectarianism
c/the_burn_ward
c/lenins_rejects
c/30_to_50_feral_hogs
c/posts_from_stupid_idiots
c/come_in_here_if_you_are_a_liberal_and_wanna_get_bullied
c/death_to_liberals
c/death_to_america
c/we_love_cars_please_come_in_here_and_join_us_if_you_love_cars c/politics
c/theory (for low effort dunks)
c/low_effort_dunks (for theory)
c/redditor_safe_space
c/redditor_containment_ward
c/the_wedgie_zone
c/the_bone_zone
c/the_dogtank
c/the_sharktank
c/the_tank_full_of_animals_in_an_supervillain_lair
c/piranha_river
c/three_possums_in_a_suit
c/just_a_bunch_of_alligators c/the_nutsack
c/the_asscrack
c/the_pussycrack
c/the_dingdong_corner
c/oops_you_posted_something_stupid_and_now_commies_and_anarchists_are_united_in_laughing_at_you_and_they_won't_even_say_why
c/oops_you_posted_something_stupid_and_now_commies_and_anarchists_are_united_in_laughing_at_you_and_they_will_gladly_say_why
c/c/main (not to be confused with c/main)
c/slop
c/your_house
c/dirt_owls_house
c/racism_is_bad_and_so_is_your_take
c/citations_needed
c/the_deep_state
c/infowars
c/the_DNC
c/ppb_central
c/i_topped_ur_dad
c/top_my_dad
c/shits_full_of_liberals
c/the_insane_asylum

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

c/the_trough is a good one. I love the idea of having a place for all us hogs to get our slop.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

c/the_burn_ward

I'm making a second appeal for c/the_burn_pit

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (5 children)

How about intead of Dunk we use Slam? In baseball they have the same meaning and we get a little farther away from the racist meaning

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (12 children)

But no one says "Get slammed on son" or "You got fucking slammed on!", if we're going with Slam it has to be Space Jam themed.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I said this in the other thread, but I'm in favor of point_and_laugh. Just a straightforward description of what the com is and what it's for.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

we should call it pal, and have discussions about 50 hz transmission superiority

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Insert Shaq clip of "Damn son! You just got baptized!"

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I agree, dunk should probably be removed entirely. Kinda like the_slam_zone tbh sicko-pog

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not married to the name or anything

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

what if we call it c/www.yourethemannowdog.com and we just have that clip going in the background forever

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

c/posterized

niko-dunk

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

I fully support this. The changes are weird and pointless and will lead to fragmentation.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

So little followup about the reasoning for the removal and so on. Not trying to stir up a shitstorm, but I am personally still a little bit confused about the reasoning and so on. One of the users that were dismissive and hostile about the concerns of closing down the two coms, turned out to be a moderator of the dunk tank. I guess I should have thought to check beforehand, but I'm lazy like that. Anyway his comments in the thread and his attitude about the dunk tank and his vibe towards those that liked it gives me a bit of a better idea of what the whole line of thought was for shutting down the comms

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Very cool to have someone mod a community they don't like, fantastic

I also like that the solution was to shut down the comm entirely rather than seeking new mods that actually like the content of the comm

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

I really don't get it

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I honestly don't mind the dunk tank rename, we will rise again.

I will say I think the conceptual idea in separating dunk/dredge makes sense in terms of punching up vs sideways (i.e. posts from David Brooks vs ransoms from the Internet), but I also never minded the conflation so shrug-outta-hecks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Hey me neither, there's many good names

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

I fully support this but I am biased because I suggested the name in the other thread

Dunk Court is now in session niko-dunk fidel-balling maya-devious phoenix-think edgeworth-smug

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

I suggest c/atharsis seeing as many people have made the very good argument that it’s good for their mental health to see other people bullying horrid status quo takes

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

c/loweffort_liberal_slopbucket

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

C/aristocrats

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

the_hog_roast - where reactionaries go to get cooked

or just any kind of riffing off of roast, since it's already used to mean the same thing as dunking but without the history

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I feel like we're gonna rename that at some point again. Can't have hog roast anymore. Because of ~~woke~~ vegans

::: spoiler we love our vegan comrades!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Unify the slop sources under the banner of the dredge tank

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

I like how your suggestion reframes dunking in basketball terms

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

the people want c/slop

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Okay a bit shorter list of names, trying to repost those in this thread and the other that I've seen get positive feedback^[By Positive feedback I mean either something got a lot of discussion or a good amount of upbears, which is completely arbitrary, but I tried not to be. I'd put points next to the thing, but since no thread is locked, there isn't really any way to make that definitive] + My own personal favourite

Animal themed
  • c/the_hog_pen
  • c/the_trough
  • c/the_skunk_tank
  • c/the_bear_pit
  • c/going_to_the_bear_maul
  • c/bear_maul
Shit and/or Trash
  • c/the_sceptic_tank
  • c/dredge_tank
  • c/shitposts
  • c/the_shit_court
  • c/the_toilet
  • c/skibidi_toilet
History and culture
  • c/the_ones_who_walk_away
  • c/pit
  • c/Barbara_Pit
  • c/Infowars
  • c/the_slam_court
  • c/the_slam_zone
Polis
  • c/point_and_laugh
  • c/the_dunk_court
  • c/the_think_tank
  • c/shit_liberals_say
  • c/the_burn_pit
  • c/the_burn_ward
Radio DJ
  • c/69.5KDRJ_the_dredge
  • c/dredge_report
  • c/the_bone_zone
  • c/heckling
Inside Jokes
  • c/citationsneeded
  • c/citations_needed
  • c/libidinal_pleasure
  • c/deeply_unserious
  • c/c/main
  • c/30_to_50_feral_hogs

personal favourites

  • c/hog_out_or_log_out_and_I_am_all_out_of_logs
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

If the mods are gonna just direct people here. We're gonna request they fix their mistake. I don't know what the plan here was.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

why not The_Skibidi_Toilet or The_Toilet, because all of the takes portrayed in it are shit edgeworth-smug

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

We need our fun little space to talk shit about reactionaries and bond over making fun of them. I like the Dunk Court and the Dunk Pit myself; I always thought the way we used dunking here had more to do with basketball so “the dunk tank” never clicked as the carnival game with its racist baggage in my mind. Mods stop being silly

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

throwing in my vote for "c/heckling"

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