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There is a spectre haunting the lemmyverse (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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It’s lemmygrad, we’re the spectre. I’d bet at least half of the other instances out there block us, there’s only like 300 dedicated users on this instance, and they still can’t stop complaining about lemmygrad/tankies

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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I had an irl conversation the other day which hammered this point home. Westoids cannot psychologically handle being called out on being wrong, not knowing something, and on being prejudiced. That and all the other material reasons we know and discuss regularly mean that this instance, no matter how small, is a thorn in their eye, a spectre haunting their dreams.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    It really is treated as a "sin" to be ignorant of something in the west. Personally, I love not knowing something, because it means I get to learn something, but again, education in the west is treated as "that thing that happens when you're 6-18 and no other time." and refuse to ever try to educate themselves as adults.

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