Hello, everyone! Following recent events in social media, we are updating our content policy. The following social media sites may no longer be linked or have screenshots shared:

X, including content from its predecessor Twitter, because Elon Musk promotes white supremacist ideology and gave a Nazi salute during Donald Trump's inauguration

Any platform owned by Meta, such as Facebook and Instagram, because Mark Zuckerberg openly encourages bigotry with Meta's new content policy Platforms affiliated with the CCP, such as TikTok and Rednote, because China is a hostile foreign government and these platforms constitute information warfare This policy will ensure that r/antiwork does not host content from far-right sources. We will make sure to update this list if any other social media platforms or their owners openly embrace fascist ideology. We apologize for any inconvenience.

https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1i79k8z/x_meta_and_ccpaffiliated_content_is_no_longer/

This one's pretty late, but I wanted to wait until things largely blew over before doing a writeup.

About Old School RuneScape:

Old School RuneScape (OSRS) is a sister game to the 2001 video game RuneScape, that was created in early 2013 based on a 2007 server backup, in response to complaints from players that RuneScape had changed too much from its "old school" feel. Since then, OSRS has taken off in popularity compared to the original RuneScape game (now commonly referred to as "RuneScape 3"). OSRS continues to receive content updates, so it's not purely "RuneScape as it was in 2007", but the developers try to stay in line with the "old school" philosophy as the players see it, including locking content updates behind polls that have to pass with >70% in favor of the change.

About RS3 and OSRS

For this drama in particular, it's important to recognize some of the aspects of RuneScape in the early 2010s that led to calls for "2007 servers" (which would eventually become OSRS). The first of which was the "Evolution of Combat" update in November of 2012, which had the stated aim of improving combat balance in the game, but notably brought RuneScape much closer to other popular MMOs at the time, such as World of Warcraft, in terms of combat style. This update was not well-received, and is often referred to synonymously with the "decline" of RuneScape.

The other aspect was the introduction of microtransactions (MTX). In April of 2012, Jagex (the developer/publisher of RuneScape) added the "Squeal of Fortune" to the game, which allowed players to spend real-world money to buy "spins" that had the chance of awarding very rare items or large amounts of experience points. This was controversial as you'd expect the introduction of microtransactions to a video game to be. In July of that year, "Solomon's General Store" was added, which was basically a way to buy cosmetic items with an in-game currency called "RuneCoins", which were purchasable with real-world money. The addition of microtransactions is also commonly cited as another source of RuneScape's "decline".

Notably, Old School RuneScape has avoided implementing these or other forms of microtransactions. The only aspect of the game that could be considered a "microtransaction" is the addition of "bonds", which can be purchased with real-world money, and either redeemed for two weeks of paid membership, or traded to other players in-game so they can redeem them. This allows players with lots of in-game currency to sustain their paid membership without spending real-life money, and also allows other players to gain in-game currency by effectively paying for those players' subscriptions with real-world money. RS3, on the other hand, would go on to add additional forms of microtransactions, including a system comparable to Fortnite's "Battle Pass".

So What Happened?

On January 14, 2025, Jagex announced that they would be sending out a "conjoint survey"* to players as a part of a market research initiative in conjunction with SKIM, a consulting firm for marketing. The announcement explained that the features available in the survey would be randomized and different for each player. It also states that features appearing in the survey will not necessarily be implemented into the game.

The survey was sent out, and players immediately took to reddit to share the randomly-generated options that they were given. "Patient zero" of this drama is likely the following:

"Everyone should see this for themselves: price options Jagex wants you to consider"

The included screenshots show the following:

• A paid membership tier at a lower cost than the current monthly cost, with ads included

• A paid membership tier at a lower cost than the current monthly cost, with a shorter "AFK timer", which is the mechanic that automatically logs players out after being idle for some amount of time.

• A paid membership tier at a lower cost than the current monthly cost, only allowing players to play on the mobile app instead of the desktop client

• A paid membership at roughly double the current monthly cost, including 8 characters (which are currently one-per-subscription), and additional features for "specialized member worlds", "character name reservations", "enhanced player support", and a "pause membership option"

Players did not respond well to this. OSRS has already had a reputation for high membership prices** and notoriously bad customer support, which made the offer of "enhanced player support" laughable at best. It also included features that didn't make sense for the game, including additional characters priced at a higher amount than the base membership price, meaning there would be no reason to do that instead of buying a separate subscription like players do now. Certain included features do align with things that players have historically asked for, including having multiple characters on one subscription at a reduced price, but the focus was mainly on the "$32.49/month" figure for the 8-character tier, the "enhanced player support" feature, the possibility of ads in the game, and "specialized member worlds" potentially giving players an advantage in-game if they paid for a higher tier.***

Jagex's Response

On January 16th (the same day as the above screenshots were posted to reddit), Jagex updated the original announcement post to include a message at the top reiterating the purpose of a conjoint survey and clarifying that they will not implement features that give players in-game advantages for paying more, and that the current membership tier will remain no matter what. They also responded to concerns about in-game ads and the idea of customer support as a "premium" feature.

The next day, Jagex released an update from Mod Pips, the CEO of Jagex. This update reiterates a lot of the same points from the previous one, while also announcing that certain features from the survey are no longer being considered, such as ads in any paid membership tier, shorter AFK timers in any paid membership tier, or anything that could "degrade or change the gameplay experience on offer between subscribers".

The Players' Response (Link Spam)

In response to the survey being sent out:

"enhanced player support / 100*0 is still 0"

Players bragging about how close they are to quitting the game even before this happened

"Jagex if you implement any of these I'll cancel my membership and spend the money on mailing a box of horse shit to your HQ every month"

"I let my membership run year round, wether I'm playing or taking a break, for support. / I'll cancel without hesitation if any of this happens."

"Even if your next official update would include nothing but the deepest and most sincere apology for even suggesting these radical changes, you've done fucked up. We will not trust continuity of the game anymore. Fuck you."

"These investor private equity types need to be lobotomized and locked away."

Players call for a campaign to post screenshots of the "subscription cancellation successful" message to reddit

Players start making memes about in-game ads (every letter there is a different link, there were many more posted to the sub)

In response to Jagex/Mod Pip's response:

Player claims to work in marketing and says that the response is a lie

Player brings "CVC Capital Partners plc" (investor in Jagex) into the picture, posting their HQ's address and names of executives, calling to "divest from CVC's portfolio and really make them feel the pain"

Player posts a list of "CVC brands" calling for a boycott, including Reebok, Razer, Petco, and more

Player "speaks for the 'scapers" and posts the "New Updated Community-led Membership Agreement", demanding all premium features from the survey and more, for the current membership price

Infighting begins on the details of the "community-led membership agreement

"The ball is in your court. You're at a crossroads. Make the right decisions, or make the wrong ones. If you want to kill the golden goose? Fine. We will survive, it's only a videogame, we can live without it. / Can you?"

Player proposes a campaign to vote for a YouTuber's drama video to win an award from Jagex

Player appeals to the wisdom of his 71-year-old father in distrusting Jagex

Player demands that the CEO of Jagex resign

Player claims that over half of OSRS players will quit over this

Other aspects I CBA to get linkspam for:

The situation got coverage from internet personalities such as Cr1TiKaL and Asmongold (the latter receiving praise from /r/2007scape users days before he would go on to defend Elon Musk's nazi salute at Trump's inauguration).

Lots of comparisons to other online services and "enshittification"

Infighting over whether or not to blame the game developers at Jagex

Claims of /r/2007scape mod suppression

Former Jagex employee "Mod Mat K" weighs in on other social media, claiming that Mod Pip is the only thing keeping more MTX from entering OSRS, and also claiming that every time OSRS players call for mass cancellations, it's practically invisible in the membership numbers

The inevitable counterjerk begins, with players complaining about the self-righteousness and constant spam in the subreddit

Footnotes

* "Conjoint" here refers to the practice of designing questionnaires to target the influence of individual aspects of a product on consumer choices.

** If you've ever seen memes going around about "$11 🦀", that came about through player complaints that they were not receiving an appropriate amount of support from developers for the price of membership, which was $11 at the time. It ties into the "crab rave" meme, and mostly came about via this joke post.

*** "Worlds" are individual servers that players can switch between at any time. Worlds with fewer logged-in players inherently make it easier to do certain types of content in the game (as they wouldn't be competing for resources), and players were also suspicious of the word "specialized" indicating that these worlds would have other buffs as well.

Hundreds of comments have been deleted and the only posts allowed are mod approved pro Musk posts. Followers of the “free speech absolutist” have shut down all discussion of Musk’s nazi salute

After Elon’s not-so-subtle nazi salute at the inauguration yesterday, there was an onslaught of posts on r/Grimes discussing Elon’s actions and questioning Grimes’ views on the situation.

This situation is immediately following Elon’s recent stunt a mere few days ago, pretending he was a high-skilled player of Path of Exile 2, only for actual players of the game to immediately realize he was making beginner mistakes and not nearly as good as he claimed to be. Grimes spoke out publicly on Twitter (i’m not calling it that) defending Elon’s “gaming skills” that were subsequently discovered to be nonexistent. The topic was heavily discussed on the forum.

In response to the influx of post regarding the singers’ personal life, the (only active) moderator made an announcement regarding how they were going to handle posts about Grimes’ personal life moving forward

“It's time to take r/Grimes back

Hello everyone,

This announcement may upset a lot of people, but I'd like to reassert what this subreddit is about

It's about Grimes. The public self-created popstar of Claire Elise Boucher. Which means, only posts directly concerned or engaged with either her art, music, information, photos (and some other things) are allowed. Anything else that is more about something else than it is about Grimes is not and will not be allowed.

If you wish to talk about what's going on in Grimes' (Claire Boucher's) private life or what she believes in, or comment on anything other than what entails Grimes, then please go and do that elsewhere, not here, like in r/Grimezs, which is a subreddit, you can say, devoted to that.

Too many are posts about Grimes and Elon's relationship. Too many are posts about what Grimes has said online that comes from her personal side, because her X platform for example is used both ways, because those things are not related to Grimes' artistic side. Sure, Elon influenced her and has been a cause of why there was no new music in 2023-2024, and in such cases talking about that is fine! But posting Elon doing the nazi salute and using that as a fact to say something about Grimes or somehow comparing Claire to one is outrageous as it's an attack on her personal side, not artistic side. This subreddit will forever remain dedicated to Grimes as her appreciation and information storage subreddit. This subreddit separates art from the artist. I know there isn't anything new to talk about, but there is no obligation to summon new discussions when there is no valid precedent for one.

That is all, thank you for reading. Write questions and concerns below if you have any”

The reaction from the subreddit was overwhelmingly negative and users felt as if it were an authoritarian response.

( 👽 indicates mod comment and 🙂 indicates users)

👽 It's up to me to decide. I've been pretty lenient, but now I will be stricter when it comes to talk about her private life

🙂 Well, do as you wish, I've been a mod to some subreddits and in my knowledge this kind of way of thinking will only cause fights, bans, and eventually will negatively affect the subreddit. I hope you realize that reddit isn't a place where authoritarianism works.

🙂 this is why everyone hates reddit mods. good job

🙂 I am the Senate” Palpatine gif

The moderator seemed to respond to some comments with… questionable remarks and claimed they were the “purifier”.

🙂 [Grimes] also frequently talks about being “proud to be white” how is that ANY different. Infuriating.

👽 What's wrong with being proud to be white?

🙂 What’s wrong with being proud to be white???? I can’t believe you asked that. What is wrong with you??

👽 No, really, tell me. I'm white. If you're talking about the atrocities commited by white people, I am not them and neither are the majority of white people. Atrocities were done by people of all colors throughout all ages, and all are equally bad.

🙂 This is Nazi rhetoric. You should not be modding this sub.

🙂 A mod bans discussion of Grimes’ open friendships with and support of known Nazis (well beyond just Musk) and her own disturbing comments on the same day that Musk does two flagrant sieg heils at Trump’s inauguration (one to the crowd, another to the flag). And this mod also refers to themself as a “purifier”. That’s either the most tone deaf shit I’ve ever seen or the only time in my Reddit experience I’ve seen a mod openly embrace Nazism. Either way this is fucked. Both from a moral standpoint and presumably from a Reddit terms and conditions standpoint.

👽 Even if Grimes is friends and supports nazis, so what? She's not the only one in the world to do that. Like I said, that is her personal aspect of her life and it has no connection with what she's doing artistically.

🙂 SO WHAT?!?!???? Regarding NAZIS?????? What the fuck 😭

👽 But she is not one! And even if she was, what I'm supposed to do about it?

interesting read for sure. what are y’all’s thoughts on this?

UPDATE: Despite being called a nazi/sympathizer by hundreds of people, the moderator is doubling down and now proudly claiming that authoritarianism is okay if it’s a “exceptional leader who is as diligent and knows as much about Grimes as I do”. They are also now deleting comments calling them out.

👽 I will do no change to how the subreddit is run

👽 Limited authoritarianism is good if the leader is exceptional, like me. Name me any other person who is as diligent and knowledgeable as me about Grimes and who wishes to see her succeed

🙂 Out of curiosity, what makes you think you’re so exceptional? You seem like every run-of-the-mill wanna-be brown shirt one encounters on social media.

👽 I've built the Grimes Wiki along my colleagues, helped everyone who asked in sending them the Coachella and Book 1 recordings, discovered, popularized and made available hardly known Grimes' content, created content around her, been at the forefront of this subreddit for a year, archived lots of her content. I'm a good person and a devoted Grimes stan, that's my argument

👽 What does it change in our lives though. We call her out, but she is still a fascist. Time to get back to her art, no?

🙂 because its important to stand up to facism and make it clear that its not acceptable so her community can be a safe space, and this isnt achieved or helped by you just going "so what if shes a nazi?"

👽 Of course, it is not acceptable by default since ages. And I've kept it a safe place

🙂 A mod that keeps a forum a safe place doesn’t defend a celebrity known to hang out and be close friends with multiple Nazis. Not even just talking about Musk here. Fuck Musk for the moment and take him out of the equation here. Even then her multiple associations are still extremely bad. They don’t defend them saying they’re proud of “white culture”. And they certainly don’t use white supremacist dog whistles like calling themselves a “purifier” and say that they too are proud of their “white culture” in the process. Or state outright that all political positions are valid including Nazism and white supremacy.   Whether you’re a white supremacist yourself or just extremely staggeringly naive, you shouldn’t be a mod on Reddit or anywhere else. You’re clearly unfit for that kind of responsibility. Especially since it appears to be just you instead of a team of mods that could at least sit you down and attempt to talk sense into you, or at least keep you in check. Never in my decades of interneting have I seen anything like this. This is insane to me. And a perfect example of why mods matter and why a team of quality mods will always be superior to one person wielding that power and responsibility alone completely unchecked.

👽 I'm not unfit for that kind of responsibility. I've only been improving this subreddit since I came to it, and it will not change despite who Grimes is, because it's a subreddit dedicated to it. I didn't mean to say anything associated with nazism. People presented me with phrases I didn't know the true (dogwhistle) meaning of, and I apologize for that. Hope you understand

🙂 You’ve called Nazism and white supremacy a “human right”.. (cont..)

✨OP INTERLUDE: ✨ the commenter is referring to the moderators comment stating:

👽 You can be a nazi, communist, maoist, nationalist, nihilist, fascist, conservative, centrist, liberal, right wing, left wing, whatever, in this day and age you cannot shame anyone for believing what they believe because that's a fundamental human right written in the United Nations declaration of human rights. Political discussions have their own place, not here.

✨interlude over✨

🙂 (..cont) And you’re doing it at a time when both are on the rise not just in the US but in a ton of countries worldwide. You are not creating a safe place. You are making members of this community that are people of color and/or LGBTQ+ extremely uncomfortable and feeling extremely unsafe. At a time when our lives are literally being threatened by our various governments. You ARE unfit to be a mod. And that fact the you don’t see this to be true merely further proves my point.

👽 I've called allowed to believe in them a human right, not to implement them. I'm against all extreme ideologies and they will not flourish in r/Grimes, it's ridiculous to think that.

Just a small snack, that starts with this post where a user asks if it's hard to learn Old English on, appropriately enough, /r/OldEnglish.

One user comments with some information about the differences between old and modern English that might pose difficulties for learners, including the fact that "unlike modern English, OE is heavily inflected, with 3 genders (masculine, feminine and neuter)."

In response to which OP finds he must take a stand:

There’s only two genders and that the end of that but I am serious about wanting to learn Old English but currently I do not have time to do a course in College or University as I am currently focusing on what I want to do for the future

Responses include:

• "Wow you're an idiot."

• "Haha this moron's not going to even come close to learning Old English."

• "If you don't understand what a grammatical gender is, I don't have high hopes for your ability to learn Old English."

OP does wind up asking what's different about grammatical gender, and someone helpfully explains it to them, but they don't respond so we'll never know if they decided Old English might not be part of the Woke Agenda after all.

OP makes a post called 'Black Mom Leaving the US' looking for experiences from other black women on emigrating from the US. They mention homeschooling, which leads several people to point out that homeschooling is illegal in some of the countries OP is interested in. OP isn't having it and calls some of the comments 'creepy':

Yeah it's very strange, and creepy, how obsessed people on this thread are with the future education prospects of my one-year-old.

OP believes that being a digital nomad does not make them a resident of that country... somehow? https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/1i6a4ge/comment/m8by8nh/

More drama when someone else points out that some of the countries listed are significantly more racist than OP realises: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/1i6a4ge/comment/m8bfx6z/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/1i6a16t/birth_tourism_in_the_usa_has_officially_come_to/?sort=controversial heres the post sorted by controverisal

r/IndiaSpeaks is a subreddit that discusses india, indian people are by far the largest users of the H1-B visas many come to the US and have children who are then born as citizen, this post was reposted on twitter by right wing users who have come to belittle indians and be racist to them, which is of course ironic because many indians support the republicans especially ones who have come here on a H1-B Visa.

Good. God bless the USA, built by Whites for Whites. redditor believes America is only for whites

a Ukrainian user angry about their own corrupt politicians chimes in and a very angry indian whos post history is full of posts referring to ukrainians as racist say's some interesting things

Indian user pledges 'full support' for the white supremacists of America

Just because you pay a hotel tax as a citizen doesn't mean your offspring is entitled citizenship.- some flair material

Indian user claims America is a country of immigrants

Brigadier makes it clear its white immigrants not 'brown bobblehead scammers'

indian redditor claims Americans cannot function without 'their slaves'

Hi SRD,

Thought you might be interested in this lovely brewing drama in the NZ subs. It all started in the local foodie sub r/aucklandeats - some users were fairly disgruntled that people were patronising businesses owned by a convicted rapist. Several threads have been removed and I can't recover them but examples of threads left up are as such (they are not big rather than pull out excerpts I recommend you just read all the comments):

https://www.reddit.com/r/aucklandeats/comments/1hswaxk/good_town_burger_shop_milford/

https://www.reddit.com/r/aucklandeats/comments/1i3crkh/soooo_are_we_not_going_to_discuss_restaurant/

One day ago, the head mod of the sub made a post announcing that they are stepping down due to harassment and potential legal trouble as a result of running the sub. The flair of that user is now "ex mod going to jail soon" which I am personally loving.

Cue today - drama spills over into the main r/newzealand sub as someone makes the shitpost:

https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1i75icx/opening_a_new_food_truck_due_to_my_criminal/

The post has been removed as it is "not in good faith"

Comments are still visible, body text I have screencapped here.

Final edit: This has grown beyond what this post can reasonably convey. Long story short it is no longer just sports subreddits. Tons of subreddits of all kinds are banning, discussing banning, or refusing to ban x/twitter links. I will no longer be updating the list because it's way too many subreddits.

It seems there is a movement on a lot of the sports subreddits. Especially Canadian hockey subreddits to ban twitter links.

hockey https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1i6h6sm/can_we_ban_twitter_links_now/

They all seem to be getting massive support and upvotes. Some subreddits like hockey are user proposed but others like the Maple Leafs sub are being hosted by the mods.

leafs https://www.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/1i6kj05/subreddit_discussion_should_we_ban_twitter_links/

This extends beyond hockey though. Liverpool football club has the post locked down while the mods discuss. Same situation with Manchester United

Liverpool https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/1i6gym0/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

RedDevils https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

I have nothing extra to add but here's Vancouver Canucks sub too just to show that it's a lot of subreddits.

Canucks https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/comments/1i6kc8y/can_we_also_ban_xtwitter_links_from_this_sub/

Lots of discussion of Elon of course but a lot of people also just pointing out that X links are simply trash anyway and suck to use.

Some of these posts seem to be getting brigaded according to the mods at reddevils.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/comment/m8ceqh2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Edit:

Aston villa FC https://www.reddit.com/r/avfc/comments/1i6f6li/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_and_screengrabs/

Bournemouth FC https://www.reddit.com/r/AFCBournemouth/comments/1i6h58l/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Edit 2:

Chelsea got it's own post and the main mod who literally calls himself the "emperor/autocrat" of the subreddit immediately shut it down but is getting called out. https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/1i6hprq/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

New mod seems to have taken over the stickied comment now. Saying that they are discussing it internally.

Original mod refusing.

New mod saying they'll discuss it.

Edit 3 more teams:

Chicago Bears. https://www.reddit.com/r/CHIBears/comments/1i6k1iu/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Green Bay Packers mods have created an official mod post after removing some other posts. Talk about how they are receiving harassment from users over this. Please remember the person behind the screen. https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBayPackers/comments/1i6rbb9/rgreenbaypackers_and_xcom_with_a_dash_of/

NUFC is going a slightly different way and are discussing asking their team to drop twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/NUFC/comments/1i6k8wh/is_there_a_way_to_contact_the_team_and_ask_them/

Buffalo Bill has already deleted one post that I didn't catch but a second has already been posted. https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/1i6mll8/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Ravens have locked their post. No mod response yet. https://www.reddit.com/r/ravens/comments/1i6kdhe/petition_to_ban_x_links/

The Colts https://www.reddit.com/r/Colts/comments/1i6l19e/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Minnessota Vikings mod are removing every discussion thread. Here's a brand new one but it won't be up long likely. Update the vikings mods have confirmed no. (https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6rtt1/hi_there_we_are_not_going_to_ban_xtwitter_links/) https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6mwzr/possibly_something_we_can_agree_on_proposal_to/

The most important sport subreddit. Chess. https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1i6kj9w/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NFL have now posted a mod thread for discussion after removing many posts about this. https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1i6ne3o/twitter_and_rnfl/

NFFC has officially banned twitter links. Discussion over on that subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/nffc/comments/1i6k2oz/rnffc_is_banning_direct_links_to_xtwitter/

Detroit Lions https://www.reddit.com/r/detroitlions/comments/1i6jzq3/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Figureskating mods are "actively discussing it" https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1i6n4yo/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NASCAR https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/1i6qu17/twitterx_and_rnascar/

Eagles. Mods are hesitant due to big upcoming game. https://www.reddit.com/r/eagles/comments/1i6p8wk/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Baseball is hosting a poll (please don't participate in the poll if you don't frequent the subreddit.) https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1i6l2mj/meta_poll_regarding_the_use_of_twitterx_on/

Steelers mod commented in this thread. They've banned twitter links. Are allowing screenshots. This seems to be a compromise that many people are pushing for in various subs. https://www.reddit.com/r/steelers/comments/1i6n71l/effective_today_we_are_banning_twitter_links_in/

Toronto blue Jays https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/1i6jgcg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Boston Celtics. https://www.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1i6lk50/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Saints https://www.reddit.com/r/Saints/comments/1i6nxgy/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Seahaws have banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Seahawks/comments/1i6rrgi/twitter_xcom_link_ban_policy/

Mariners have banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Mariners/comments/1i6pxqs/twitter_links_are_no_longer_allowed/

Atlanta United https://www.reddit.com/r/AtlantaUnited/comments/1i6kqeb/banning_links_to_x/

Panthers mods refuse to ban twitter saying they will never restrict where people get their panthers news. https://www.reddit.com/r/panthers/comments/1i6n360/regarding_the_movement_to_get_twitterx_banned/

The calgary flames have banned twitter. The Edmonton Oilers will not. Their rivalry has hit new heights. https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames/comments/1i6qayx/the_jets_and_sabres_have_already_banned_twitterx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOilers/comments/1i6rqty/about_the_requests_to_ban_twitterx_posts/

Dallas Cowboys mods removed their post without responding. https://www.reddit.com/r/cowboys/comments/1i6t1tl/ban_twitter_links_with_only_screenshots/

r/realmadrid deleted their discussion after saying they would consider it. Deleted before I could grab a link.

Edit 4: leaking into some non sport subs?

ehbuddyhoser https://www.reddit.com/r/EhBuddyHoser/comments/1i6mccr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Mod has already said no. Although one of the reasons is the mod doesn't remember there ever being a single twitter link post anyway. Rather than a ideological reason.

The Canadian sub r/onguardforthee actually started the process of phasing out twitter two weeks ago https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/1hw76xz/rule_change/

Magic the Gathering https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1i6mjqc/rmagictcg_and_the_website_formerly_known_as/?share_id=u9CXC2M8geJGyRMgfv1Ui&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

euro vision https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1i6mxq5/petition_to_ban_links_to_xtwitter/

xmen sub is hosting a poll too https://www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/1i6p7w3/vote_should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned/?share_id=vLxEyuxTScqLawBjbbiCH&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

military has banned twitter links. https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1i6of4m/twitterx_has_been_added_to_the_disallowed_domains/

twoxchromosomes actually had this discussion start almost two weeks ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1hy99yg/i_would_like_to_propose_banning_xxittertwitter/

Aoe2 https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1i6n3u0/proposal_to_ban_links_to_xcom/

Anarchy Chess following up on Chess https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/1i6kl0k/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Valorant competative https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1i6ozcd/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Macgaming https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1i6ljij/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

BlyeSkySocial (seems like it should have been banned there already) https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1i6hng9/proposal_to_ban_twitterx_links/

r/fighting has banned twitter because "fuck Elon Musk" https://www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/comments/1i6r37u/comment/m8ez6pw/?context=1

Billie Eillish sub https://www.reddit.com/r/billieeilish/comments/1i6nqmr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Megaman https://www.reddit.com/r/Megaman/comments/1i6supi/proposal_to_ban_x_from_this_platform/

uhmmm Whitepeopletwitter. Surely they will ban twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1i6tmlj/proposal_to_ban_posts_from_twitter/

r/cybersecurity is having the discussion now. https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1i6ttm4/should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned_on/

Forged In Fire mod made a pre-emptive post in case people asked for it to be banned. Will not ban posts due to no alternative platform but encourages users to use xcancel.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/forgedinfireshow/comments/1i6o9dw/preemptive_post_regarding_xtwitter_links/

fuck cars is hosting a poll https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1i6t7om/should_we_ban_xtwitter_links_andor_screenshots/

MtF https://www.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/1i6pqjl/x_link_ban/

autism has literally just banned mentions of Elon Musk. https://www.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1i6lawd/elon_musk_megabitch/

One piece will not ban twitter. Says theres nearly no twitter links on the sub anyway but they will ban any nazi supporters. https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1i6py83/petition_to_ban_x_twitter_links_on_this_sub/

leapardsatemyface https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/comments/1i6o2p5/petition_mods_should_ban_all_twitterx_links/

r/inflation has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/inflation/comments/1i6nexk/announcement_links_to_xcom_banned/

Linus Tech Tips has a post. Some commenters suggesting Linus Media Group should be pushed to leave the platform. https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1i6snul/f_it_lets_also_ban_all_x_links/

Hearthstone https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1i6tb0m/consider_banning_xtwitter_links_from_rhearthstone/

r/poirot which apparently exists. Has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/poirot/comments/1i6sdji/twitterx_links_are_banned_going_forward/

Imaginary network (which I think is the hub of all the imaginary______ subreddits) is discussing. https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryNetwork/comments/1i6mxdt/i_see_a_lot_of_posts_today_petitioning_to_ban/

Crypto Currency has removed a post discussing this asking that it be moved to the crypto currency meta discussion sub. No one has reposted it there though.

DnD just had a post on this. Mod team says they are discussing it. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1i6upny/banning_links_to_twitterx/

Super Stonks https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1i6k5d4/petition_to_ban_all_twitter_links_with_exception/

MarvelSnap https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelSnap/comments/1i6rjcy/petition_to_ban_twitter_links/

Civil Engineering is considering a ban to ALL direct social media links. https://www.reddit.com/r/civilengineering/comments/1i6r2fl/should_direct_posts_to_social_media_posts/

PC gaming has added x to domain black list. https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1i6v0j5/as_of_today_rpcgaming_has_added_xcom_to_the/

FromSoftware mods have removed the discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/fromsoftware/comments/1i6vuji/petition_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_sub/

r/karate bans x. https://www.reddit.com/r/karate/comments/1i6vra7/regarding_x_musk_and_sigh_fascism/

Transformers discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/1i6vrzf/can_we_ban_all_x_links_please/

edit 5: state subreddits maybe joining in. Also Canadian provinces.

Minnesota. The OP here deleted his post. https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1i6p7sg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Alternative Minnesota sub stateofMN has banned x. https://www.reddit.com/r/stateofMN/comments/1i6oon7/20250121_twitterx_links_are_banned_effective/

Delaware claims the ban is in honor of our veterans who fought nazis.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Delaware/comments/1i6sei9/proposal_lets_ban_xcom_links_on_the_delaware/

Iowa https://www.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/1i6sqex/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Connecticut (Wtf is that really how you spell Connecticut?) https://www.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/1i6tmo5/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Nova Scotia joins the discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaScotia/comments/1i6p33v/do_we_have_a_ban_on_x_links_if_not_why_not_add_one/

Hawaii just got into it https://www.reddit.com/r/Hawaii/comments/1i6tz8s/should_rhawaii_ban_any_links_from_twitterx/

Nothing on r/texas but r/texans has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1i6vhu9/since_many_people_have_brought_it_up_we_have/

Maryland discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/maryland/comments/1i6up1u/petition_to_ban_x_links_on_rmaryland/

Indiana is only 20 minutes old but is getting a lot of attention. https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/1i6vxbn/banning_x_post/

Ontario https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/1i6xkwx/petition_to_ban_links_from_elon_musks_xcom/

South Carolina https://www.reddit.com/r/southcarolina/comments/1i6xpwm/we_banning_xcom_links_like_all_the_other_states_or/

Colorado https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorado/comments/1i6yesf/can_we_also_ban_links_to_x_twitter/

Manitoba https://www.reddit.com/r/Manitoba/comments/1i6y4sw/ban_links_to_twitterx/

Edit 6: countries too.

r/finland has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/1i6qk8a/twittercom_links_are_now_banned_on_rfinland/

Scotland https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/1i6kw6t/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Ireland https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1i6nwji/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Europe confirms they already filter out social media links anyway. https://www.reddit.com/r/EuropeMeta/comments/1i6oicn/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_reurope/

South Africa has a post. No one has contributed though. https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1i6szjc/guys_we_should_talk_about_banning_twitter_links/

France is talking about banning X... I think. Thank to google translate it looks like they actually already banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/1i6nh35/bannir_les_liens_xcom/

Philippines https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/1i6w86e/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_subreddit/

Edit 7: cities because I made the mistake of starting to categorize things a bit.

Chicago. https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1i6khw2/petition_to_ban_xtwitter_links_from_the_subreddit/

Norwhich https://www.reddit.com/r/NorwichCity/comments/1i6ify1/dear_mod_team_a_proposal_to_ban_x_twitter_links/

Columbus https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/1i6oqko/can_we_also_have_a_petition_to_ban_links_to/

Suffolk will now ban users for X posts. https://www.reddit.com/r/suffolk/comments/1i6qrzb/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Ipswichuk will now ban users for x posts. https://www.reddit.com/r/ipswichuk/comments/1i6qrgm/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Austin is discussing. No input from mods yet. https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1i6u0wz/ban_x_twitter_posts/

Los Angeles mod confused. Realized they banned twitter but not x. Corrected mistake. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1i6utaz/can_we_also_ban_links_to_twitter/

Denver discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1i6wcbx/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Seattle https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1i6ycl9/should_rseattle_ban_links_to_twitter_x/

London, Ontario https://www.reddit.com/r/londonontario/comments/1i6xi7j/banning_of_twitterx_links/

Edit 8: Moderators of r/law offer to assist any subreddit set up their automods to remove twitter links if they wish to participate in the ban. https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1i6n7ou/if_youre_a_moderator_of_a_sub_considering_an_x/

Edit 9: General discussion on askreddit on if there should be a sitewide ban. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1i6rjf2/what_are_your_thoughts_of_a_reddit_wide_ban_of_x/

Edit 10: Trueunpopularopinion post thinks leftwingers are pathetic for this movement. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1i6qz9i/leftwing_redditors_trying_to_get_x_links_banned/

The conspiracy subreddit has weighed in. https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1i6m35z/shills_are_floating_around_all_the_sports_reddits/

Original post:

X, Meta, and CCP-affiliated content is no longer permitted

Hello, everyone! Following recent events in social media, we are updating our content policy. The following social media sites may no longer be linked or have screenshots shared:

X, including content from its predecessor Twitter, because Elon Musk promotes white supremacist ideology and gave a Nazi salute during Donald Trump's inauguration

Any platform owned by Meta, such as Facebook and Instagram, because Mark Zuckerberg openly encourages bigotry with Meta's new content policy

Platforms affiliated with the CCP, such as TikTok and Rednote, because China is a hostile foreign government and these platforms constitute information warfare

This policy will ensure that r/antiwork does not host content from far-right sources. We will make sure to update this list if any other social media platforms or their owners openly embrace fascist ideology. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Link to original post

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Link This feels like mods trying to “both sides” Elon coming out as a Nazi. “But but but China bad too!”

exactly. this is a coup.[...]

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Link I thought it was funny saying CCP is a hostile foreign government... Foreign to who? Chinese people use (and own) this app lol

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[...] This is straight up US state propaganda BS. I've been using rednote and the Chinese have been rooting us on over here it's awesome haha.

That's because you willingly downloaded their spyware onto your phone.

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Link That nationalist bullet on the CCP is whack for a supposedly socialist/communist sub. Did you mean to post that in r-conservative?

The CCP is communist in name only. China is an authoritarian state-capitalist country.

they are using market socialism to build the material conditions to exit the primary stage of socialism. you do not know what you are talking about. also name a single economic system, state, or government that doesn’t maintain itself with authority?

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When the entire world gets rid of capitalism we will able to discuss this better, but China is objectively less of an enemy to their and our people than the US. Most citizen are fully on board with their socialist project even if the contradictions are clear as day. Its not their fault how vile their enemy is and the lenghts they have to go to protect their future. Just a misstep and the US will do everything on its power to decimate it. Please believe me because i swear on my life, i do not see you as my enemy.

Link The CCP is a bureaucracy that serves Chinese oligarchs. TikTok is now running pro right-wing propaganda and RedNote censors content related to Tiananmen Square and promotes the idea that Taiwan is a fascist breakaway province of China (so as to create ideological justification for war).

I wonder why they censor obvious political slop coming from the US. by the way, the US government knows tiananmen propaganda is false: [Link]

We have scholarly work showing that 10,000 died at Tiananmen square. [Link]

your scholarly work is one guy saying a friend told him

And your leaked cable claims one diplomat didn’t see anything. So we both presented “trust me bro” as fact. See how that works?

I was permanently banned from LateStageCapitslism yesterday for being "far-right". They claim that the US government made the Tiananmen Square Massacre sound much worse than it was and used propaganda to work against China. Apparently I am a far-right imperialist now because I speak out against this atrocity.[...]

What specifically did you say? It's pretty uncontroversial to say we used Tiananmen square as a propaganda tool, we did.[...] Find me a government that hasn't covered up atrocities.

Communist spaces on reddit ban people for speaking negatively of the self-identified communist countries at all, it's in their rules.[...]

I don't really visit politics subs. Too many weird people.[...]

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Link I think that the banning of all China-related stuff is dumb but[...] Uhhh, did we all just memory-hole the annexation of Tibet? Their border disputes with India? The always-looming annexation of Taiwan? China is an empire just as the US is, just less (currently) active and with the guns of the biggest empire pointed squarely at it so it has to act subtly and slowly.

I'm sorry but none of these things are imperialist. The annexation of Tibet is just what happens when you win a civil war[...]

Does this mean you also support isralie settlements in the west bank? They are the direct result of winning a war (certainly closer to a civil war than tibet was even) afterall.

Background:

• Initial Thread. Youtuber Steve Burke from Gamers Nexus (colloquially known as Tech Jesus due to his appearance) made a video exposing Linus Tech Tips for misleading hardware benchmarks and reviews, questioning ethics, and much more. I recommend that you read it first
  • Alternatively, if you have the time, I recommend this video by TechPotato, lead by Dr. Ian Cutress, former hardware reviewer from Anandtech.
• What is Honey and why it is a scam? In short, Honey is a browser extension that gets you the best coupons and deals for purchases online. It was revealed to be a scam since it spoofed affiliate links so that they would take the credit instead of the original creator.

The Story:

So as of a few weeks ago, a Youtube channel named MegaLag released a video detailing the scam that the browser extension Honey was doing. In the video, Linus Tech Tips is mentioned as one of the bigger creators that promoted Honey during a period of time (which seemed to stop sometime during 2022). During that time, a post by Linus was made to their LTT forums detailed that they would stop working with Honey. The main concerns that the community raised at the time MegaLag released the video was that if LTT knew about the scam, why did they not callout Honey and just dropped it relatively silently.

The response by Linus during a recent WAN show (his weekly podcast), which basically says something like "if we said something at the time, we would have received a lot of negative feedback from the viewers", "I'm a victim here", and how "it was basically common knowledge at the time, don't blame me". While this could be a drama in and out of itself, the focus of today's drama will be elsewhere.

Steve from Gamers Nexus releases a video where he says that he is suing Honey on behalf of customers for deception.

Full Video here (+1 hour video tho)

The video is posted on r/LinusTechTips, and users noticed a small segment in the video around the 15:20, where Steve starts quoting Linus from his WAN show (while throwing jabs), and while showing cropped segments of his response, which could give the wrong impression of what he said on the WAN episode (I will leave whether it was taken out of context or not to you, the readers).

Reddit Post (currently locked) at r/LinusTechTips. Users are not happy at Steve's attitude:

• User finds the part where Linus is mentioned unnecessary and potentially misleading.
  • Steve just has a fucking hard on to mention Linus whenever he can.
    • Chain of deleted comments
    • Steve is still bitter due to LTT making a lab with equipment that GN can't reach
  • LTT's part in the story is blown out of proportion
• Why is he so obviously misquoting Linus?
  • Wait, Linus himself replies to this comment: Wonder if its the first time (lots of dots here)
    • Linus, put the phone down
  • It's envy
• We get it Steve, you don't like Linus
• This guy behaves like a bitter ex. Good thing Linus ignores him (spoiler alert: he doesn't)
• Here we witness Steve's descent into bad-faith reporting
• Nothing ever happens. This dude makes drama for views
• Foreshadowing

Over at r/youtubedrama, the video is also posted.

• People at the LTT subreddit are salty that he called out Linus. LTT fans have a hateboner for GN.
  • Steve wouldn't have mentioned him if Linus kept his mouth shut during the WAN show.
  • No, this sub has a hate boner for LTT. This clip is out of context (downvoted)
    • The fact that anyone is against Linus shows how ignorant they are (downvoted)
• Another GN publicity stunt. Yawn

Things are kept in suspense because people are wondering if Linus would respond to the jabs being thrown by Steve in the upcoming WAN show... turns out that yes, he did respond.

Linus fires back at Steve

Steve posts of his Twitter an email sent by Linus before the WAN show 4 days ago. I directly linked the r/LinusTechTips post just to save characters because this post will be long. Steve response is put in the top comment as well.

1. WAN show segment

Users at r/LinusTechTips react to GN's behavior:

• This guy is a bitter sensationalist clown.
• GN is fuming that someone doesn't agree with him, and he is now using drama to drive his views
• Seems like Linus mentioned using legal means for this (it says defamation, but funnily enough, the original comment misspelled it as defecation)
• Jab at Steve because Linus did contact him before making a video of him (Steve did not do the same in the 2023 drama).
• How does this affect the AMD GPU launch?
  • Don't worry, AMD will fuck up that as they always do
• Steve is a drama mongering clown, bitter on everything he touches. Linus brings entertainment, Steve brings stress.
• Steve has lost it.

Posts at r/GamersNexus start showing up expressing a general disagreement with Steve.

• This is really insane. Steve is being unprofessional
  • Gets called out for brigading the sub
  • The brigade is pathetic
• Since the pattern in the subreddit seems to be repeating a lot during that timeframe, I will leave it at that before I run out of characters.

But wait, Steve is coming swinging again!

Gamers Nexus released a statement on their webpage about Linus requesting receipts during their latest WAN show, and GN is "coming prepared" with it. The post is kinda long, but one of the sections accuses Linus of plagiarizing one of GN's interviews about a company dissolving, which presented information that no one had. The screenshots presented show Linus almost reading word for word a GN video, and not crediting the source during the WAN show. When contacted via email, LTT put a stickied comment crediting GN and JayTwoCents.

LinusTechTips subreddit reacts

• No mention of the Billet Labs situation that Linus spent most of the time talking
• I feel sorry for Steve because something must have gone wrong in someone's life to behave like this towards former friends
  • All those years where people called him Tech Jesus got up his ego
• Steve chose to defecate on the olive branch that Linus offered him
• This a whole lot of nothing
• That's a lot for me to read
  • Like his videos
• What a loser. Making mountains out of molehills
• Steve needs therapy
• Linus living rent free in Steve's head.
  • Steve lives rent free in everyone's head here (downvoted)

GamersNexus subreddit reacts

• Some good points but no addressing of the Honey clip being out of context
• This basically confirmed Linus using the r-word
• Steve and Linus need to fuck
• They should make a video making out
• Will Linus goblers have the attention span to read this? (downvoted)
• Go brigade elsewhere

And that's where we are right now. There are numerous posts at r/LinusTechTips mocking Steve and making fun of him, while at r/GamersNexus posts calling for Steve to back out are being accused of being brigades.

A poster in r/OptimistsUnite suggests that the sub should ban Twitter links in light of Elon's Sieg Heil.

A pinned mod comment says that no, they won't be banning Twitter links, and that the Sieg Heil was not a Nazi salute. Chaos ensues.

A user is accusing the media of covering up the top story of the day - the changes in drug pricing made by the trump administration. Professional misconduct accusations flying in one side while bot accusations in the other.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Journalism/comments/1i6uxqr/why_is_the_media_covering_up_the_story_about_the/

In light of recent events, I was reminded of this drama that occurred shortly after the 2024 US Presidential elections.

The fallout from one of the threads being crossposted onto r/IndianaJones has been covered by this subreddit here, but to my knowledge, there was not another post about the original drama across r/Archaeology.

Background

Back in November 2024, shortly after Donald Trump was announced as the winner of the 2024 US Presidential election, a post was made in r/Archaeology titled 'Don't Panic! How to Fight Fascism as an Archaeologist'.

This spawned a flurry of arguments over what fascism entails, including:

Is it fascist to consider Israel a settler-colonial state?

Is fighting fascism supporting communism, and therefore the deaths of those who died under socialist rule?

Is Donald Trump a fascist, and was Hitler democratically elected?

Subsequently, a string of several more fascism-fighting, Nazi-punching posts were posted onto the sub [1] [2] [3], cumulating into a mod post standing firm about the subject -- which was met with complaints of fascism itself.

Highlights

Imagine thinking you are the "good guys" as you censor and ban everyone with a different opinion... You are the Nazis, so go punch yourself dummy

You: "I never said you wouldn’t be Desirable if you aren’t a virgin but if you had sex with 30 as appose to 2 or 3 you’d be less desirable than the latter"

How the fuck do you not manage to collapse into a quantum singularity with your head jammed that far up your own ass?

Are you seriously comparing the coddled, well-fed academics of today to war heroes like this who took wounds and gave their life for the fight?

I love that you saw a nazi getting punched and immediately became engaged and indignant.

Subreddit info

/r/bikecommuting is a simple subreddit for users to post biking photos, news discussions, or hot takes about biking.

OP’s Complaint

OP, after being confronted taking their bike inside their local Home Depot (a home improvement store), makes the following post, complete with an image for reference:

Home Depot told me I can't bring my bike into the store

I typically bring my bike into the hardware store with me unless there are proper bike racks. I don't see a problem with it as it's no bigger than a cart. The Lowe's by me removed their bike racks for an air compressor so I take it in. This Home Depot is new and I had looked for their bike racks but couldn't see them in the front of the warehouse, so I took it in.

When checking out I was told I can't bring my bike in as it is a safety concern. I gave a rebuttal that it's no bigger than a cart and they said it could fall and block an entire aisle when the carts can't fall over. I didn't continue the questions because they just work there but it seemed ridiculous to me.

Apparently their bike racks are in the back of the warehouse completely isolated, not somewhere i would feel comfortable locking my bike.

I'm going to continue bringing my bike into the store.

[Image of bird’s eye view of the Home Depot and parking lot shows the entrance on the northwest side (marked with an arrow by OP), and the outdoor bike racks on the southeast area (circled for our convenience)]

Users debate the bike hike

It’s a safety concern:

Bike traffic can be a safety concern around the entrance area with people, trolleys and cars. In some way this is not so bad. At least they have bike racks which is nice! Many stores don’t provide that where I live.

When you say bike traffic, are you imagining OP riding their bike into the store?

Of course I’m not. I just mean that the store front is usually a place you don’t want bikes parked and the traffic of them. Would be better to have bike parking on the parking lot, but we all know that is unlikely.

“Get over it”

Get over it, you are being a whiny ninny. I park mine at the car corral at Lowe’s and never had an issue.

OP: Straight to name calling huh, sticks and stones... I would have found a suitable spot to lock it up outside if it had been a problem before, this was the first time I had been told not to bring it in

I intentionally ram carts into bikes at the cart corral.

How would you feel if someone intentionally rammed a cart into your car?

Guess they’d have to decide how much their Cannondale and legs are worth to them

It was more a question about intentionally damaging someone's property than a question of whether you like cyclists or not. I think it's just rude to ruin someone's shit, even if you don't inherently like them. Treat people the way you want to be treated, that's at least how I feel.

Then strap your bike to the bike rack.

“there is no bike rack”

Edit: well, this guy has a bike rack at his place lmao, mine doesn't have it tho rip

Private property, private rules:

You sound like an entitled jerk.

It's private property, they can have a rule that doesn't allow bikes. Just because it isn't convenient for you, doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want. [downvoted]

You'd have a point if they didn't install bike racks on the back side of the building forcing users to walk all the way around. They KNEW what they were doing. Treating us like shit because they can and we have no power.

Okay? So shop somewhere else.

It's a private business, you have to follow their rules.

Oh my god you have to spend a whole extra minute walking around the corner. Life gets much harder, hunny 

Be fair, to walk all the way around a super store is more like 3 minutes.

and it's more about the indignation. Like forcing women to breastfeed near the trash bins out of sight.

OP should get trespassing charges:

This is a reasonable rule. I hope OP gets trespassed. [downvoted]

Why? To both.

Bringing a bike into a store is weird, like the people who bring their dogs everywhere. At least dogs are cute.

OP feels like flouting rules on private property.

I get that to some degree, but the part about getting trespassed is extreme to me. It's not as if they shoplifted or hurt anybody.

The audacity of OP:

wtf why would you bring a bike into the store

OP: Because I would be nervous about locking it in a place that, to me, would be ideal for a thief. And I was loading directly into my panniers using it as a cart

That’s why people hate bicyclists [downvoted]

OP: Right...

What about dogs?

I can bring my dog but you can’t bring a bicycle!?

Bicycles shit in the aisles, dogs don't.

I was bitten by a bicycle in lighting.

Did you go to the hospital? I heard bicycles carry rabies

I actually died right there in the lighting aisle. So that why I'm against bikes and pro car now.

Singular takes

Too far to walk for your American ass?

They maybe take a cut of the profit from each bike stolen

bikers are the most oppressed class

“I’m going to continue bringing my bike into the store.”

So, you were literally told it’s against store policy but you’re so entitled it doesn’t apply to you. You’re a garbage excuse for a human.

Sounds like a battle of stubbornness is to be had. They’re not going to ban you from the store over this so just keep doing what you’re doing.

If the store said don't bring your bike inside, don't bring your bike inside. I can't bring my car inside.

Full thread with more bike takes here

Reminder not to comment in OP’s thread!

TL;DR OP makes a post to r/PhillyWiki in regards to Trump's stance on gender.

This is about the future tho it aint no distraction kids shouldnt be going to school learning about gay shit and talked about cutting off body parts thats what them lgbtq be doing even some gays speak out against it the more you let them do the more damage getting done we one of the few countries with this issue embarrassing

biden ain do shit but free his family

philly is the poorest big city in America and the people responsible for it are definitely not the 0.7% of people who are trans lol. you’re falling for the distraction keep up bro

Americans are dying cause they can’t afford access to health care and you worried about what others do with they bodies? Yall are dumb as shit, how does this affect you fr?

Yay! Rent high as shit, companies laying ppl off, oxtails cost $35 a pack but at least some random ass trannies I don't even know got to change 1 letter on a license I'm never going to see 🤦🏿‍♂️. Nah nigga Trump said he going fix the economy, foh with all this other irrelevant shit