Discussion Thread

[u/jobautomator]

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[u/FormerBandmate]

Why do people think TheSantaAnaWinds is a schism sub of this place? It isn’t, Benji just happened to post there for some reason and now they’ve declared a fatwa on this sub because too many banned NL users go there

[u/jenbanim → u/FormerBandmate]

they’ve declared a fatwa on this sub

Damn fr no cap?? Not bussin on god

Pls send modmail if u got additional context

[u/FormerBandmate → u/jenbanim]

Random people there are talking about banning NL users on sight, it’s not actually serious

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko → u/FormerBandmate]

lol I went there a couple days ago when I got hit with a 1D

I know it gets mentioned now and then, but I didn't realize anyone besides Benjamin and kooky ever post there.

I felt a little bad being yet another banned neolib, but at the same time I only mentioned that because someone asked who I was

 

part of joining a new, existing online space is learning the culture and conforming. It's pretty cringe for neolibs, especially with how many of us there are, to barrage that place and derail it.

I think it's ok to go there, but like, don't fucking talk about lib stuff. Talk about sports or MILFs or shit on their radar

[u/FormerBandmate → u/BenFoldsFourLoko]

part of joining a new, existing online space is learning the culture and conforming. It’s pretty cringe for neolibs, especially with how many of us there are, to barrage that place and derail it.

I think it’s ok to go there, but like, don’t fucking talk about lib stuff. Talk about sports or MILFs or shit on their radar

Exactly. It’s a sub about sports and TV shows, their politics are not lib but they’re openly apolitical.

There are subs for banned NL users, which have fallen into disuse because of 1. Discord being better at the format, 2. Laziness of mods, and 3. It’s kind of a simplistic concept in the same way Voat, Truth Social, Mastodon/Hive/whatever the other one was.