DS9 S1E17: The Forsaken
Video Version
I blocked every single person instance and community on Lemmy and my mental health has improved 10x
Ain’t that the truth 😆
In my case it’s nazis and people posting ai slop.
Is this a direct quote? I haven’t re-watched for a long time.
Directly from the episode (just in meme font since the full rant wasn’t shown in its entirely in the subtitles).
Glorious! clicks save for future use
Who asks? Can anyone even see your banned list?
I ban those that don’t bring me joy. This is my free time, why bother being annoyed?
Nothing says “I love the values of Star Trek” like shutting out anyone who thinks differently than you.
They had that whole Neutral Zone to keep the Romulan/.world/.ml/your-least-favorite-instance people at bay that didn’t share those lofty values. Those values also included letting civilizations be wiped out if they hadn’t made it to space fast enough.
Sometimes you get the Tamarians, sometimes you get the Pakled, and sometimes you get the Borg.
That’s not at all what the Neutral Zone is for.
It’s a negotiated border preventing all out physical war.
The Romulans weren’t merely speaking ideas the Federation doesn’t want to hear.
I think the analogy still applies. There are loads of people who I interact with who say things I don’t want to hear/profound disagree with. The block list includes people with whom it doesn’t feel viable to have a discussion with without things descending into flames.
Life isn’t an endless grind or a thing to be beaten. If I think something’s annoying I’ll disappear it from my feed.
I’m not obligated to waste my limited time on earth with frustrating and ultimately irrelevant strangers on the internet.
It certainly was all of that, until humanity “beat” nature.
And not being obligated, doesn’t excuse.
Covering your eyes, doesn’t help fix anything.Uhm ackshully, I think you’re annoying
Funny how people only say that when they know someone’s right.
It actually turns out that annoying people are the ones who get called annoying.
Yes. It’s often anoying when people you disagree with are right
@krooklochurm @milkisklim this says nothing about blocking people who think differently, just blocking people who are perpetually unhappy & spread that unhappiness everywhere…
but more generally, people are absolutely entitled to drop their opinions and hot takes on social media – but they’re not entitled to demand or expect anyone’s ongoing attention if what they drop isn’t of interest (or is antithetical to their world-view) 💁♀️
Thanks for stepping in.
For clarity I meant block instead of ban. I have no power to ban here or anywhere except from my feed.
You some champion of missing the point?
I mostly just block AI slop posters
I’ll block anybody for any reason. But most of the time it’s for demonstrating the wit of a nit.
I don’t need people to make me feel happy, I just need people to be able to discuss things like a reasonably intelligent human being.
Ambassadors of unhappy? You mean redditors?
Angry People
I’ve found it’s easiest to add an appropriate emoji note to their profile. That way, I can still upvote any memes etc of theirs I enjoy while ignoring their comments etc.
My hot take: blocking other users does almost no good, because everybody else still sees the shit they’re spewing. I don’t want to cover my eyes to ignore problems; I want to work towards fixing them, and in this context that means either rebutting the offending comments or reporting them so the mods remove them for everyone, not just me.
I only block spam bots
