It's really amazing that I've been called a subversive by retards on this site when I'm seeing people absolutely adopting the SJW mentality of "If you happen to disagree with me on a particular topic then that means you're automatically on the opposite side that I hate and you are not allowed to post otherwise". Not only do they adopt this mentality they're actively trying to form mobs to try and go after individuals because they're mad.
This isn't just people downvoting a particularly retarded user or someone they know is having a retarded moment which is pretty normal. I do think it needs to be addressed a bit because they're now just going after anyone and making shit up about them. Granted, could be spergs with alt. accounts who think this is reddit and are trying to mob users they don't like but still the point stands.
. Being against Palestine does not mean you automatically support Israel
. Laughing at TERFs and not supporting them does not make you pro-trans ( Imagine actually thinking this and being serious about it lol )
. Being against AI translation does not make you pro-SJW localiser
. Not wanting to ban porn does not explicitly make you 'pro porn' and anti-family ( Again, some retards here actually believe this )
. Not wanting to marry women who hate men does not mean you don't want a family or to have a real relationship
I warned people about the right wing SJWs awhile back that are on this site because I was pissing them off the moment I came on here and they've very much been having a mask off moment lately. Don't let the annoying shits prevent you from having a nuanced opinion on anything.
The Jack Thompson types are trying their best to make a bit of a comeback for 2024 it seems and pulling the SJW thing of "Hello fellow kids I love muh vidya games too now here's why you're a degenerate". Also worth noting when it comes to the community these people are the least likely to post any actual gaming content.
I can't tell you how to act on the Internet but please calm yourself and don't let the fluff preoccupy you. Updoots don't matter in the grand scheme. One day the forum will be gone or the Internet will, and that will be lost to aether. Going off like a sperg about disagreement doesn't help, as we've seen with the atheists sperging about Bible quote threads. It's run the risk of devolving into an Imp-style crusader and eventually becoming hated by mostly everyone here.
There's plenty of users here that are zero tolerance retards on certain subjects, even if a lot claim to not care about what others post if it isn't breaking the rules. It's a natural consequence of isolation from normies. We don't have to deal with too much of the bad ideologies being thrown in our face, but we still have to gatekeep from the poison too. From a political perspective, playing what looks like a Tim Pool fencesitter doesn't work given Beanie Man's track record. It hurts that many different people of different political persuasions get thrown in the Gamergate pit, which has evolved into more of a Free Speech/Culture War group. But there's those that have been in it longer, to the point that beliefs harden and there is no compromising with anyone. To be honest, hardening into more extreme views is going to happen naturally as civilization starts splitting apart or collapsing, as it's not easy to overcome the instinct of survival.
Being outside of the political spectrum is fine, as every critical thinking human being should, but the average polarized person can't make that distinction and will assume you're automatically siding with the other side. We all come across it, and there's not much that can be done, by the very nature of Internet posting lacking discussion context and body language. You seem to have good points on occasion, and sometimes bad ones. Just please do not take it personally when people disagree with you in a manner absent of logical fallacies, that is usual debate, argument, or discussion. Use your time wisely.
Oh absolutely, there's pretty much only 5 - 6 max users here that I've genuinely had a problem with and they're already on my block list and hilariously don't realise that they are when they posted here. I suspect they're also the same muppets trying to spam downvote me even on irrelevant posts. Some people can just get pretty invasive at times when they decide they're going to swarm a thread and then act shocked nobody wants to deal with them anymore.
Preaching to the choir on the time thing, worth bearing in mind even if I shitpost here I am actually multi-tasking most of the time. A lot of people don't seem to realise that especially with how fast I type. I'm not really a fence sitter, I just look at things as other people do on an individual basis and I hate the tribal bullshit that infests groups like I'm seeing a bit now.
Fence-sitter probably wasn't the right choice of words. I probably could have jokingly said "ascended" though it comes off as a bit... arrogant. I don't like the tribalism either, but it's bound to happen as the poles get more extreme and as we approach election season.
Oh yeah no problem, just clarifying things, also, definitely sticking with my plan to flee to the middle nowhere for 2024, need to remember to learn Spanish now lol.