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          Never came across that instance. Looks a bit like Marxist toddlers. Still, an example would be appreciated.

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                  That was bollocks though—notice how you never hear about it any more, even in countries that still go all-out for artificial colourings?

                  It was kids with ADHD whose sugar intake wasn’t controlled. Source: am adult whose sugar intake isn’t controlled.

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            I went into one of their threads and basically asked them about their beliefs because I was curious. They are self-identified communists/ socialists. They are against NATO and basically any individual country having “too much” power (even their own country). They are against the US and NATO giving aid to Ukraine and believe the rest of the world should allow Russia to steamroll over Ukraine. I disagree with their beliefs but I was curious so I asked them, so there you go.

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    The other day, I saw an A-list Hollywood actress going around Lemmy shitposting and promoting her latest movie on Lemmy.

    She’s obviously very talented and very hot and deserves to finally get an Oscar this year, but I would say it’s pretty bizzare.

    Also she’s now the top mod of !android@lemmy.world for some reason.

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      Wait is this some sort of joke I’m not privy to? That’s not actually Margot Robbie right? I can never tell what’s real on the internet nowadays.

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        Of course I am, why would Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie go on the Internet to lie to you? Because she thinks messing with a bunch of tech people on a niche forum is hilarious?

        That would be pretty bizarre.

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          I don’t know what’s more weird. Margot Robbie being on lemmy, or that Margot Robbie is a fan of android devices over iOS devices.

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      Self referencing meme accounts were something I hoped we’d be leaving behind on Reddit.

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        Ahem. That’s Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie to you.

        It’s because of De Niro’s 2 Oscars, right? 😭

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          Well I have seen people use emojis in there user name, so you should technically be capable of getting a blue checkmark.

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            I know, but that’s a green checkmark…

            Also, don’t you think it’s bizarre to pay 8 dollars a month just for an emoji on a microblog website?

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              I fully do, and think that if you can just pay for it, it defeats the purpose of it.

              Also in your case. I mostly thought if it is possible to display a emoji there might be some way to get a costume emoji to display, or if there already existed a blue checkmark emoji or similar symbol.

              I am really not up to date with the emojis, or how character displaying on websites work.

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      It’s an oversimplified anarchist talking point against authoritarianism and the state. It’s noting the similarities between conservative talking points and auth-left socialist rhetoric. Basically, almost everything you criticize about capitalism can be applied to the state. And defenses for the state from auth-left socialists sounds an awful lot like right wing talking points in defense of capitalism/imperialism/insertotherismhere. Not to mention, the USSR was pretty socially conservative and that’s a big mark against them imo. Liberatory politics should liberate people, after all

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      Leftists who think, if I don’t subscribe to their narrow, personal definition of leftism, I must be an epistemically evil conservative maniac with no middle ground whatsoever.

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        what I hate is that when I say I’m not affiliated with a political party - people try to assume I must be a fucking centrist and therefor secretly conservative.

        Those people have some kind of mental deficiency that prevents them from thinking outside of what they already know. It’s sad really. It’s like their brain can’t comprehend anything outside of what they were told to think.

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      I can sort of see where they’re coming from, if they’re equating authoritarianism to conservatism and libertarianism to liberalism. But in reality, Stalin was a left wing authoritarian.

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        If we look at the rhetoric, the soviet state was certainly left wing, but the main policy was state capitalism. To my mind, state capitalism is not a right wing (favors private control of industry) nor a left wing (favors worker control of industry) policy.

        This is definitely a case where pure left/right dichotomy doesn’t serve to accurately describe the situation on the ground.

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      Also usernames that are just emojis. That’s just so odd. I’m not even sure how to think of their username in terms of pronouncing it.

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    A post touting rural and suburban North Korea as a capitalist-free, pedestrian friendly utopia full of happy people.

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    The CIA setting up a base of operations on here and strawmanning the left. You can even see it here already. Well, I suppose the CIA disrupting leftist spaces isn’t all that bizarre.

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        I honestly thought you were referring to the Jesus. The horrifying part is that it did not seem out of place with what he said.

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        You haven’t run across a post screaming about tankies or a strawman of leftists supposedly supporting authoritarian governments? Jesus must be your roommate under that rock in which you live.

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            I’m not trying to convince you of anything. Whether they’re actually on CIA’s payroll or just drooling morons doing it for free, the fact remains that there are many accounts dedicated to shrieking about supposed leftists defending authoritarian governments and they were already commenting on this post which is why I decided to make my own post. If you can’t see that then you have selective vision because the posts are right here. Either way, it’s bizarre that you’d take it so personally when I wasn’t even directing my post at you.

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              You have over 150 million Americans voting and dying for an orange conman and preferring him over Jesus fucking Christ, but you think people who say leftists are evil must be on the CIA’s payroll? You clearly must be on George Soros’ payroll, then /s

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                What the hell does any of that have to do with anything I’ve posted?

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          CIA loves tankies. Once they’ve (the tankie reactionaries) destroyed a revolution and installed a corrupt kleptocracy in the orifice of it’s bloating corpse, the conditions are perfect for either restoration of the old - or for a supposedly people’s regime to exploit workers as bad as before.

          Tankies are counter revolutionary reactionaries. GTFO.

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            Oh, so you’re one of the idiots shrieking about tankies? Funny how many of you are eager to make my post about you. You should try joining the CIA so you can actually get paid for it.

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      Expressing our dislike is not the same as the karma system. My profile does not have a score that communities will use to discriminate against me and stifle my comments because I’m not popular enough. We should be able to express our dislike without having a giant thread of arguments over it.

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        Exactly; the main point of karma for Reddit doesn’t apply here, and there are options in apps to just show total score.

        I use downvotes for two things: the person was, needlessly, a jackass, regardless of whether they’re right, or they’re wrong in such a way that I don’t have the energy/ability to sort that out (or just trolling). I’m sure others do the same for me, and that information should be available to others.

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          That is entirely dependent on what app you’re using. I can’t say for sure what the web browser looks like cause it never lets me log in. And it was made pretty clear that the “points” mean nothing, they are simply a byproduct of people wanting express their like or dislike and have no effect on your experience on Lemmy. Karma absolutely changed your Reddit experience.

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              Karma was more than just how many points your post or comment got, it was a system that was used against users and was meant to stifle discourse in the name of popularity. Being able to sort a post by highest voted comments is an option, but that does not come close to being a karma system. It’s a small similarity. I feel like of all the things to not like about Lemmy, upvotes is pretty small beans.

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      Kids need karma to post or comment I guess. It’s gamification of social media.

      I would have had points for each comments in a post, so it’s possible to order based on that, but absolutely no karma tied to accounts.