It's almost like moderators were highly skilled workers in a very, very small niche. It's as if a company that sold highly specialized training for prenatal brain surgeons, started a campaign to discredit every single prenatal brain surgeon in the world and force them all to lose their jobs, then attempted to fill in every one of those jobs with middle school theater kids.

Who would downvote the Swiss Guard? All they do is provide selfie opportunities since 1527. They're politically neutral. They promote elegant men's tactical clothing. SMH

Good memories here. We need more Tycoon content. How TF did giant flaming smokestacks get in there, lower right corner of two screenshots? A mod?

Yarrr. Even pirates have principles.

I'll take my cake in tiramisu, thankyou

That's so sad.

Oh no, he's hot!!!!

This is teaching and maintaining standards of NCD leadership, rightchyah

I'm immeasurably excited about this. This popcorn tastes amazing and will never run out. They were, indeed, one of the last fun communities. One of the first to go lights out during APIpocalypse, if I remember correctly. Those apes will always have a special place in my heart.

This reminds me of the suspended animation passenger plane in Hitchhiker's Guide that will never take off because the lemon scented miniature towelettes were never loaded. Keeps me awake at night, man.....

Arrgh, no Mega Cake Month For You! You get 2 tablespoons of warm cola and a stale snacky cake.

No bottled stuff, get the tin and the strainers. We're not animals.

Thank you!

Maps. Lots of laminated maps of North Africa and the Middle East. Every time I run low on silver pennies to pay my palm frond air conditioner, I sell one more map.

Add a few bookshelves and fill them. House isn't a home without books.

This is good tech reviewing. Pithy and unforgiving.

Map Enthusiast community, where you at? This map looks like caca, besides all the revisionist fantasizing.

Zelenskyy

Indeed. Don't underestimate the old Italian women who live there, either. They may bite. RIP Oriana Fallaci and the Garibaldi idealists.

So glad and honestly relieved to see ya back up and running. More options are great.

"relentless" is a glowing compliment. Cheers to EFF in the New Year! Merry Christmas, you legends

Great idea, I'm glued to sopuli.xyz right now trying to get their over day/our overnight updates. Slava Ukraini y'all

Welcome to the Uncanny Valley. Vaguely unsettling, want to look away.

Same! Finding out about this has actually helped my stress headache. Thanks, NCD! May God forgive us our sins and take us to Himself, but some of us faster than others. Amen.

Prigo flew commercial? I don't think his ego would fit. EDIT: It was one of his private planes. My bad.

But he lives in a region with famously harsh winters....no one ever told him not to eat snow to survive? It will only chill you faster....that's what is so sad.

Love me some intelligent cross postin, builds The Brand.

Same same lol my brother in gentle confusion

By the hammer of Grabthar.....wottadeal.

I know and I feel weird about it. He only looks hot in this poster, must be lighting and camera angle. Also those freshly razored sideburns lol

Well, now Ukraine has named a new weapon "Perun", so clearly we should all be collecting the equivalent of E-1 and off-base housing allowance from the Territorial Defense Force of Ukraine.

Spiciest

Will do, appreciate the vote of confidence

They were better off with the Crimson Jihad!

Ramen time!

Amen. May the "chicken" powder flow.

Heh

No, I was never a Reddit mod. My first modding experience is at sh.itjust.works. I was making a analogy, which I'll admit was a bit strained, but I stand by it. The analogy was not intended to imply that Reddit mods were the equivalent of surgeons, it was intended to compare a set of specialists to another set of specialists and what happens when an organization forces generalists (above-mentioned theater kids) into the tasks of specialists. Things always enshittify. All of the mods I've interacted with in Lemmy instances and on Reddit have been specialists, in terms of professional, ethical management of content and an exceptional ability to manage "soft" power. I have no motive to flatter any mod anywhere, this is what I've observed. If you don't agree with the observation, fair enough, but those types of mods are characteristic of the communities in which I choose to spend time. Your mileage may vary, but if you find mods to be otherwise, I would question your chosen community first, as the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. A wise man used to say to me, "If you look around and every room you're in is full of assholes, it's you. You're the asshole."

I love this, especially the guy in jeans and t shirt who's seems to be getting ready to lie down for a nap on the tires. He doesn't have to wear PPE when he's on a break. He is a contractor!

IT MEMES US ALLLK