I've heard about Lemmy for a while, and I just joined after getting permanently banned for "threatening violence" after posting "nice sub here" in a new subreddit. I wish I were joking, but it personally doesn't surprise me that much when considering my past experiences. The appeal was denied.

Reddit's most dedicated and longstanding users can only tolerate so many nonsensical and frivolous permanent account bans over the years before they flock to that beautiful forest sprouting up across the river. Lemmy should continue to grow because people like me intend to be here for the life of it.

My last few months on Reddit were spent tracking bot accounts, and taking note of suspicious patterns of certain subreddits refusing to take action against blatant propaganda bots. I'm glad to be past that, at least for now, and I wish the users I'm leaving behind luck. Things were nuts.

Poverty in first world countries is a new phenomenon that has only emerged in the past 10 to 20 years.

Sarcasm aside.... yes, the working class is still being exploited. It didn't take Twitter tier propaganda to say it.

Maybe just me personally, but if they're gonna put "blend" on the bottle I'd be more inclined to assume it's intended as a selling point rather than a begrudging legal requirement.

Many thanks.

I heard about that. I wouldn't even buy beeswax from Amazon because I heard all the horror stories of even some of the highly rated products being cut with Paraffin, which gives me headaches. I could give you a list.

A lot of the "interesting" posts on Reddit were created by bots. A LOT of bots.

I was permanently banned from streaming (had thousands of followers at the time) for animal abuse after asking another streamer if they milk their goats, then I was permanently site banned for harassment after arguing with them about it. Don't give me an excuse to get started.

They aren't producing anything. They're reposters, not content creators.

What about people who are just left?

Whataboutism is a form of informal fallacy.

If you can't turn someone red, just make them a single issue voter.

Voting blue can hurt sometimes as a gun-owning Texan, but I do what I must. I didn't always have that mentality.

That makes sense. Thanks.

Update: It was because I triggered bot detection for not pandering in enough comment sections.

I hang out in enough blue spaces to see the cries for renewed bans on particular styles of guns. A lot of the stuff I own in Texas would already be a felony to own in NY and Cali.

There also appears to be a variety of definitions for "common sense" gun laws, and it seems to depend largely on an individual's locality. Universal background checks is a no-brainer, but I'd like to keep my semi-auto rifle and standard capacity mags.

Besides, everyone knows it's actually handguns that are responsible for a vast majority of violent crimes involving firearms, which potentially makes them next up on the chopping block once the precedent is set by the first ban of a style of firearm that's rarely used in violent gun crimes rarely in comparison.

The issue is often a result of companies paying off those 3rd party testers to use outdated equipment that can't detect the counterfeiting methods being used, or so I've heard.

The only thing that drug screening welfare applicants has ever done is shown that the percentage of welfare applicants that use drugs is much lower than the general population.

But it makes sense that usage rates would be lower if they had to stop taking to keep their presumably much-needed benefits.

Market Socialist

A what?

I'd like to take this opportunity to make an honorable mention of Planet Fitness, LegalShield, and BeenVerified for all having functional purchase and subscription systems yet forcing me to cancel my subscription either through writing or by phone. I will never use any of these again.

Walmart is already on my boycott list, alongside Kroger.

Friendly fire. The reason I know so much about law enforcement methodology isn't because I like them. I just genuinely believe that the community is wrong to chastise in this instance.

Cancer rates in the US are up about 500% since 1970. My brother is in late 20s and is already needing testosterone meds, presumably due to years of work in industrial settings.