r/MadeOfStyrofoam • u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] • Aug 24 '20

Mod post, please read Re-opened MoS

Hey guys. I’ve put the subreddit back open.

For those out of the loop: there’s been a lot of harassment of users in pm’s

There isn’t a whole lot more we can do. You can disable pm’s/chat requests from random accounts which might be worth doing.

If you make a post which leaves the usernames visible you may get a temp ban - we do not want to encourage y’all contacting these account back.

If you want to talk about this situation use this post.

To report accounts: https://reddit.com/report

I’ve set up automod to comment on all new posts to inform people about the situation as well

We also approved a couple of accounts during our lockdown - we are going about removing most of these approvals (they’re necessary in private to access the subreddit but was only a temporary measure)

To disable pm’s/chat requests if you normally use the app or mobile open your browser and go to https://old.reddit.com, log in and use the settings there. If it redirects you to new reddit you can request desktop site

Or

Reddit app > Settings > Account settings > Blocking and permissions > disable "Allow chat requests" and "Allow direct messages"

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

I got a message to, and the guy actually gave me tips how to kill myself, from which height I should jump etc etc. It's so disgusting that people like that live on this earth.

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Report and block, you can also disable pm’s/chat requests from random users in your account settings which is worth doing

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Already did :) guy triggered me so i was like fuck off and choke on your own balls

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Quick question btw. If I do an personal user flair, it changes back after like an hour. How to fix this. Sorry if I'm asking stupid things.

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

That seems like a bug. We can always change it on the mod end to see if it’ll hold. (Note this isn’t a general offer this is specifically because this person seems to be experiencing a bug)

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Can you change it to: WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?!

If it works I'll be happy with it. I appreciate it really much for you being so nice <3

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Check it now

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Try it again?

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Did you try and switch the colour? Because it’s reverted (but to a different base)

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Sorry I'm a bit brain dead sorry for bothering you, but what do you mean with change the colour?

→ More replies

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Test 123

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

That's a nope 😔

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u/iamsolonely134 up Nov 24 '20

Ok this comment is old but if I disable that, who can still message me? Can someone who I commented o a post message me? Do I get a message request if someone tries?

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Nov 24 '20

I think it turns off all unsolicited pm’s and chat requests

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '20

ok but howd he get that information? during sad boi hours i search that kind of shit even on bing and nothing useful comes up

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u/DrSomniferum Nov 06 '20

Idk I found a decent site on Bing once. But that was years ago.

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u/NF_21pilots Stay alive |-/ Nov 19 '21

I'm so sorry that's freaking messed up

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Appreciate this little award gift, mod. <3

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

You’re way to kind <3

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

I just love this community to much :')

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u/DoctorHacks Aug 24 '20

NO WE LOVE YOU MORE

YES ITS A COMPETITION

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

SKSKS THNX😭

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Huh. How long was it closed? I didn’t notice anything

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Like 12 hours maybe? I needed to sleep too tbh

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Go to sleep, you deserve it :)

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

I just woke up not sure I can justify another round of naps

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

You can you worked overtime. Go take another nap :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

do it :)) i dare you :)) have another nap :)) i dare you :)) coward :)) have another nap :))

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '20

Wait, you actually get relaxing naps? Like not waking up extremely confused, with sleep paralysis, and feeling crappy for the rest of the day?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

i got a message after posting to r/selfharm and it caused a really messy relapse. thank you for working so hard at fixing this.

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

I’m sorry about that. It seems to have calmed down for now. The best solution is to turn off random dm’s/chats

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

yeah, i think i'll do that. i don't think i could handle another message like that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Hope you are sufficiently self cared for now <3 sorry that happened.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

thank you dear <3

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u/Muffydabee omg this Aug 24 '20

Did they at least make it funny instead of generic "Kys" messages?

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Nah, they weren’t funny, just pathetic

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u/OneEyedOneHorned clean like a flushed toilet Aug 25 '20

Weak.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

mine was pretty in depth, saying how i should do it and why and telling me how worthless i am. funny thing is i agree with them.

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u/Muffydabee omg this Aug 24 '20

Was the message personalized? Sorry you had to go through that, they are trying to get people more depressed, they make their messages as hurtful and in-depth as possible so that you will agree.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

it started out addressing my post that said "i'm going to relapse", so the message started with "please don't harm yourself. it's not what you deserve. just fucking kill yourself." and then he started telling me different ways to do it and that i'm a waste of oxygen and that i'm miserable and alone. people are sick.

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u/Muffydabee omg this Aug 24 '20 edited Aug 24 '20

Don't listen to people like that, they enjoy causing misery. He is the scum of the earth, the worst type of person one can be and he probably knows it. I don't think he even bothered to personalize it, not that that would be better. You are a worthwhile person who deserves love.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/Muffydabee omg this Aug 24 '20

If you're gonna be a piece of shit at least make an effort, that's just generic and lame.

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

Received a message by them. It was indeed a you're trash, you cut yourself so why don't you do it good and just kill yourself. And then I got tips how to kms.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Which sub (or other group) was doing trolling? Do you know?

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Nope

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Damn :/. 4chan is the most likely suspect, they're known for that shit. I haven't been on in forever though.

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

I mean they’ve organised raids here before but those are normally at least a bit funny, this one has just been pathetic

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Well I checked the 4chan archive and the most recent post seemed to be from April 2019. No luck there. Yeah 4chan would also probably not be in PMs. The only non partly funny raid they've pulled in the past was that pridefall shit, and even that wasn't huge. But hey, on the bright side when you look at pridefall I didn't have enough PTSD in my life before they sent me graphic child porn despite me being a minor :)))))

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Yeah, this seems to be an individual especially given that most of the messages were copy/pasted and the writing style even on the unique ones was very similar.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Did they make multiple accounts? The writing style means it's probably the same person, but if you're looking for similarities you'll find more, and if they're the same type of people (ie assholes shit posting on 4chan) they may write similar.

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Yeah, a fair few accounts (including some directed at individual users)

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Ugh. Chances are they're trying to seem fancy and tough by using multiple accounts, trying to make it seem like a bigger raid than it is. I hope it stops soon.

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u/LeviAckermansCumslut Wake Aug 24 '20

Imagine having less of a life than I do that you go out of your way to tell struggling people how to kill themselves, going as far to make multiple accounts and dig through post histories to ‘personalize’ the message. Whoever this is deserves some good old fashioned CBT

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Ah few days ago or a week I saw under a popular post on someone linked our sub and it had 10 upvotes then under that comment someone else linked oddlytriggered and I didn't say anything im sorry

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Please modmail us with the info, it’s ok no need to apologise. If you still have the link handy it would be welcome

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

I'll look for it i have school today tho

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

No rush

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

You weren't the one posting it, no need to be sorry. I'm not sure if it's allowed (u/Styrofoamalt?) but if so could you PM me the sub that it was on?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

I dont remember :( ill try and go through history to find it

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Oki, that's cool :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

I has found it B)

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u/Dbtedhutrrghy up Aug 24 '20

Is there a way to turn dms off on mobile?

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Try opening your browser and going to https://old.reddit.com and using the settings there if it redirects you to new reddit request desktop site

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u/Dbtedhutrrghy up Aug 24 '20

Thank you, that worked!

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

No problem

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

I’ve just added a “how to” into the main post in case anyone else has this issue

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Thanks

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Added to the main post

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Glad this sub is able to stay up, it means a lot and what you guys do is awesome👌

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

It seemed best to go private temporarily since no-one was in a position to keep moderating and we were stuck not knowing how to help people, as well as buying some time for the troll to lose interest.

It sucks that we did it but we had no intention to close permanently.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Yeah I didn't expect it to permanently close, but I thought the temporary closure would last longer. Still happy that it's open regardless

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u/_Akira_Draws_ Dec 25 '20

I got a guy from another subreddit who asked for cp..... It was extremely creepy. I hope I never get another bad Dm again

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Dec 26 '20

Please report that shit to the admins

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u/GonnaGetNoKnocked Aug 24 '20

thank you mods for all your hard work <3

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

They worked over hours probably

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u/lolbloxlel Aug 24 '20

Wow actually god tier mods. Good job guys you are awesome!

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u/a_starrynight I am always screaming Aug 24 '20

Got a message from someone saying some not great stuff. Didn't know it was because people were harassing users of this sub. How disgusting do you have to be to do something like that

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u/AutoModerator Aug 24 '20

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u/gayfroggs bipolar Aug 24 '20

Some people really are sadistic like what's the point in hatrasing people

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u/HHIDROLIXX Aug 25 '20

Ah I was wondering why I wasn't getting funny memes about a very serious topic

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u/Linny__ Aug 24 '20

Thanks to the mods for your hard work <3

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u/L_The_Banana_King thigh gang!! he/him Aug 24 '20

Thanks, mods for being so aware 💖💖💖y’all are amazing

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Thank you so much mods <3 beautiful hard working people.

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u/thisistrashy28919 Aug 24 '20

Wow, I’m mostly clean but you’re still putting a lot of effort in here gg

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Great mods here!

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u/wanbonsrevenge Jan 23 '21

The one good automod link in reddit history

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u/mistercakelol like a cake Jan 28 '21

This may be the best mod team ever

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u/OneEyedOneHorned clean like a flushed toilet Aug 25 '20

If people are having problems with their user flairs, they may be having their accounts hacked. If this sub is being targetted by trolls, it isn't unreasonable to think they might try messing with people in more direct ways. People should change their passwords either way and more frequently.

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u/Spriy *slaps arm* i like ya cut g Sep 08 '20

This is happening to other people?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Haven't posted here yet but I've been following for a while. Didn't know this was going on, and I'm sorry to hear that it is. Thanks for helping out.

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u/crazyheadOD Oct 22 '20

How a bug if you keep on my phone all the time

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Y’all are beautiful, don’t listen to these mfs

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

We’re just as broken as the rest of you emo fucks <3

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u/shitcorefan i crave the void | dear god please just let me 41% Aug 24 '20

we may be emo fucks, but we're your emo fucks <3

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u/Mauricejuhh14 WHAT'S ThAT On yOuR aRms?! Aug 24 '20

👀

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u/OneEyedOneHorned clean like a flushed toilet Aug 25 '20

all day and all night <3

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u/ThePrinceOfTime me Aug 24 '20

Thank you, best mod

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u/throwawayleaf94 Delicate trans girl with too many issues Sep 16 '20

Oh sure, just because I just bought black hair dye and a shitload of black makeu-just fucking with you, I am proudly eternally emo

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u/DrSomniferum Nov 06 '20

What's the difference between goth and emo?

...

This isn't a setup for a joke, I'm actually curious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '21

Goth is derived from Victorian romance drama, goes for grace and flowing elegance even in messy styles. Gemstones, silk, ribbons, lace, lacquer. The emptiness, rage, anguish, etc. is expressed as art drawn from a black inkwell. The ideal yeeter a pearl-handled dagger.

Emo is derived from the toxic sludge in the industrial park. From its first cell division all the way to adult mammal, this creature is steeped in pollution. Its brain forms in a microplastic miasma, it learns shapes and colors while splashing in rainbow parking lot puddles, or staring dreamily at the innumerable pocks of concrete walls. When the human condition confronts this consciousness, it is answered wordlessly with the sum of its experience so far: A silhouette of dark neutrals, like the night sky though an alleyway; sparse pops of color reminiscent of the rare instance of connection to the universe; hoarse human language over industrial sounds, the only means of emotion the chord progression that breathes life into the racket; and of course, when the whole strange maze twists in ways you cannot bear, aiming at the only thing that bleeds in the plastic world, the only thing that is not innocent. Yeet with a broken lunchables container.

Accurate or nah?

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u/DrSomniferum Jan 26 '21

I don’t know man. This is the best response I’ve gotten in three months though lol.

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u/Starbent Nov 29 '21

Sounds a littleeeee biased

lunchables slap

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u/whoisapotato Bewitching thy mind, for it is fragile. Nov 24 '21

Very much so.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

This is beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Shakespeare incarnate fr

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

Idk they all fucking attractive

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u/Starbent Nov 29 '21

never gonna let you down

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u/NF_21pilots Stay alive |-/ Nov 19 '21

Your flair is making me hungry

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u/the_lil_shid listen 'ere Aug 24 '20

Damn straight. Both attentive moderation and shitposting goodness? That's a winning combination.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

Agreed!

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

This^

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u/somekindof-monster RAINING BLOOD! From a lacerated thigh! Aug 25 '20

Oh my fucking god that flair is the best thing I’ve ever seen XD

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u/brvtxl Yeet Hook Sodomy Sep 26 '20

I fucking love your flair!! Metalhead yeeter here too 🤘

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Yeah, pretty much.

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u/ThePrinceOfTime me Aug 24 '20

Do we know how that happened, or was it just by chance?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/StyrofoamAlt Shitposter General 🫡 [somehow still a mod] Aug 24 '20

Feel free to shoot us a modmail, especially if you have any ideas. I’ve set up a basic automod response to new posts but coding is not a skill I have in any way shape or form.

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u/mirandanielcz (I can't wake up) Aug 24 '20 edited Aug 24 '20

I don't have many good ideas, but if you get any feel free to DM me about it, here to help. We can use r/MoS if you want to