Anyone who is offended by these needs to calm down and remember that it’s ok to not take everything so seriously.
None of these are hateful in any way. The one about mods definitely has some targeted sass to it, but that’s pretty light.
I align with the majority of the politics of “reddit left”, but I also have a sense of humor, so I don’t claim the pearl-clutchers.
It doesn’t even have to be a touchy subject.
I’ve seen plenty of complaints about lemmy.ml being the worst offender for this, removing stuff that is so innocuous that you could show your grandmother at church, because someone in charge found a contorted way to be offended by it. (or worse, because it was critical of China or something)
I think users will ultimately find the path of least resistance, and the least heavy-handed instances will have a healthier growth.
It’s the only redeemable soda.
These are just the basics too.
Weirdly intense and antagonistic internet communists.
Like, picture that guy you avoided conversations with when you were 19.
But he promised those pics were just for him!
It’s why I’ve found myself gravitating to the less defederation-happy instances. But a new user wouldn’t know to do that.
Counterpoint: new users who don’t know the ins and outs of the fediverse might join an instance at random and see significantly less content.
Sorry, no. I took this meme from elsewhere
Don’t tell it. I’ve been hiding from it for years!
Do I want to know?
I bet you were far from lonely too!
They’re straight to the point
Damn, I’ve based about 60% of my life on it and figured that would be enough.
Oh whoops, I thought this was a parent comment and was replying from my inbox. Haha, I wasn’t trying to troll.
Jeans were ahead of their time
It’s Chris (Simpsons Artist)
Please send help
I just want to chime in and agree.
Treating any demographic like they’re too fragile to hear a clean joke (not hateful or malicious) is insulting in its own way.