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On hiatus if not gone from beehaw. Beehaw was good in theory, but they are similar to the east coast liberals mlk jr wrote about. Centists for religion aint my cup of tea, considering all the harm it has and continues to cause. It doesn't make a queer feel safe at all.

  • United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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  • I am disengaged, i have a life and the site was down.

    If you don't see the dog whistles that started because teens leaving religion on the internet were trying to explore themselves and break from what most people only follow because they were raised in it that the internet dismissed because of memes more than actual atheists causing issues.

    Then beehaw is as bad as i was suspecting about trying too hard to appeal to everyone. You clearly wanted your mods words to be taken with respect and NOT users. If YOU are an admin and cannot see how your staff started issues and someone simply stepped in and stood firm, then you don't allow people to stand up for themselves and as a queer atheist i get it, it's not as popular, but you wouldn't let any other minority group be treated this way and your administration needs to think about that.

    Beehaw is good in theory but when you do not allow anyone to discuss things and come after the group who was under attack, your team needs more experience. I wish you all well and maybe beehaw will mature, but right now it's centist leaning new age more than anything based on reality.

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  • They could argue their point and were not attacking anyone specific. The mod continued to be upset and eventually attacked the poster specifically, when the posted stayed hypothetical.

    If you don't know how dismissive of atheists that saying is, how it's used to shut down their opinion, which they were sharing without attacking someonee specifically, likely because they became atheists after a lot of personal work, is exactly why atheists get shut out of a conversation.

    Is their opinion not valid? Have they attacked anyone or taken any rights, or just expressed an opinion they offered to discuss and never attcked anyone?

    Literally they pointed out the flaws in the mods argument and the mod got mad. Only one group was being aggressive, one group made a mildly flippant joke and was willing to discuss the nuance. One became sarcastic and rude.

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  • You don't see an issue with a MOD starting with

    Can we please move beyond this 2010 New Atheism view

    That's really not something a mod should say and pretty much dismissing an opinion without even engaging it. I guess atheists are just ok to dismiss and deny an opinion?

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  • They're responding to the mods energy.

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  • You're a mod and being this way publicly? Personally attacking?

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  • It's about one small group. And one that couldn't stop being taken over by assholes and has a schism because the more conversative left.

    Among those who say they were raised exclusively by Protestants, roughly eight-in-ten now identify with Protestantism, including 80% of those raised by two Protestant parents and 75% of those raised by a single parent who was Protestant. Most who were raised exclusively by Protestants but who no longer identify as such are now religious “nones,” with smaller numbers now identifying with Catholicism or other religions.

    I have done a lot of research and could have a nuanced discussion. I don't think claiming people who have negative options are "2010 Atheists" is the bit of a bigot in this case. I think religion has enough people carrying water who were just raised in it and don't think critically.

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  • I think 75% of the population literally try not to have critical thinking in one major aspect of their life that literally says don't think, have faith.

    It's a part of religion to not think, to follow and obey. It's sweet you want to defend them in other avenues, but cognitive dissonance is also causing a lot of sorrow and pain while religious people on majority are standing back and following their leaders, even the progressive ones, aren't willing to progress fast enough. They're still following something that's usually mostly historically been oppressive and regressive to maintain power over the masses.

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  • I mean. They're doubling down on stupid i think it's fair to call them out on it. In order to follow most organized religion, you are taught to kill critical thinking and have faith. It's literally a part of the whole thing

  • Women were disproportionately affected by the latest tech layoffs

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  • So women are more disposable and companies cut "soft skills" first. Great, working with tech companies is already full of people with absolutely no social intelligence, let's cut the "fluff" departments (yet what hires on the tech spots? Insurance and the other underpinnings of the compensation packages), and then people show up with "wElL iTs NoT wOmEn iN TeCh".

    It's the same energy as when an article gets posted about racial equality. So many ways to talk around a big societal problem.

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    Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else

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  • The mods keep saying they're staying to protect their users, but they should be off boarding to another site if they really care. They have already lost the power to take care of their community, they're already bending to reddit.

    If you keep your group on reddit you just want mod powers on a popular site, you aren't protecting anyone. I just can't accept "i care enough to stay and keep my power to obey reddit admins" is so weaksauce.

  • Gaming often fetishises the new but many great things exist in the past, so let's strap into our time machines and talk about our favourite games released before say 2010?

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  • I definitely think they are loads of fun but they both have amazing soundtracks, too! Breath of Fire IV still brings me to tears!

  • Gaming often fetishises the new but many great things exist in the past, so let's strap into our time machines and talk about our favourite games released before say 2010?

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  • Had a partner want to practice hacking a 3ds before they closed the shop so I can play PS1 games. The first one I put on that mofo is Azure Dreams, my first and probably favorite dungeon crawler roguelike with a city builder. Also Breath of Fire IV is one of my absolute favorite games ever.

  • Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News

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  • I mean, if you don't convey emotions to friend via gifs I don't know what to tell ya!

  • Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News

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  • I am going to not be able to find obscure gifs i remember from the 2000's 😩

  • Bluesky’s growing pains strain its relationship with Black users

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  • yup! I also know there are some in 'safe' social groups who make the threats because they, as a member of that group, never (or so rarely they aren't ACTUALLY worried) get attacked. But the groups they use death threats against DO experience such violence, (a fact that the free speech absolutist will argue against, while not even listening to the facts of the matter) and at the very least, I know I second guess the effort of engaging anyone who is willing to threaten to hurt me specifically. Or a question the value of talking with someone like that.

    So that is why free speech absolutists LIKE being allowed to make death threats: those who experience violence disengage (or leave) and no one arguing makes them feel in the right. "No one is disagreeing, it means I am correct! It has nothing to do with the shotgun I put in the face of anyone who talks to me!"

    It is horrifying.

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  • “We do not condone death threats and will continue to remove accounts when we believe their posts represent targeted harassment or a credible threat of violence. But not all heated language crosses the line into a death threat,” Graber said in a weekend thread. “Wisely or not, many people use violent imagery when they’re arguing or venting. We debated whether a “death threat” needs to be specific and direct in order to cause harm, and what it would mean for people’s ability to engage in heated discussions on Bluesky if we prohibited this kind of speech.”

    Well I was curious about Bluesky (they're still on a waitlist when I check so even their beta has bad actors lol) but a space that hems and haws about death threats? You can be the rudest son of a bitch and never threaten harm! This reminds me of that stupid decision by the Supreme Court that "oh well they didn't REALLY intend to kill you". If someone threatens me, it becomes my job to decide if it was real or not? Wtf?

    Goddamn free speech absolutism has taken some crazy pills. I remember 'fighting words' concept, a death threat used to be understood as almost enough to warrant self-defense preemptively. Now everyone does it and "don't really mean it". 🙄

  • Aonuma says Nintendo not thinking about classic style Zelda games at the moment. Does anyone think it likely they could use a third party developer again, like when Capcom made the Minish Cap ?

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  • 2d zelda is my absolute favorite and I do hope we haven't seen the last of them. I'd even settle for a Seasons/Ages reboot. 😩

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    The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court

    newrepublic.com /article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court

  • Your favorite farming/townie sims, and what makes them unique?

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  • I just started back up one that I rarely see talked about: Ever Oasis. Does it do everything perfect? No, but it's a cute little handheld game where I get to help an adorable water spirit save adorable seedlings and owl people. There's characters to befriend and take on quests too! It offers a lot, but cause it was on the 3ds I don't think too many people have played it.

    Outside of that, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life is my nostalgia favorite so I am hopeful about the remake.

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    AMC Canceled Screenings of an Anti-Trans Documentary After Backlash

    www.them.us /story/amc-theatres-no-way-back-documentary

  • Boycotts rarely work — but anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is forcing companies into tough choices

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  • As someone in Seattle during CHOP/CHAZ, if it's anything like that, you and everyone saying 'raised to the ground' is full of shit.

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  • The unfortunate reality is the threat or actual use of violence is what they listen to.

    The irony that we never here of the scale of violence for Left causes like this never seems to be found but ya know "both sides". 👀