Panic!Aug 20, 2018

actually shit
kind of interested in anarchist mastodon's thoughts on edgy humour/ableist terminology
don't really see a lot of that on anarcho-twitter (since it's almost exclusively MLs and disillusioned socialists)

Not a lot of Tampa anarchists I'm familiar with anymore so it'd be good to have other anarchists perspectives on stuff

Show threadredgranolaAug 20, 2018
@PanicBomb 100% pack all that shit up and leave it on the bird site, and the fat people hate too. IMO It's one thing to not know, it's across the line to be asked not to do the hurtful things and keep on anyway. I'd prefer to never see that spongebob meme with the mixed-caps text ever again, for good example
Show threadPanic!Aug 20, 2018
@redgranola That's a good take but in my opinion I think certain types of edgy humour has a place. If it's poorly received and obviously having no impact or positive effect though I absolutely agree it's a dumb waste of time and energy to deal with channers that are too edgy to stop
Show threadredgranolaAug 20, 2018
@PanicBomb how do we judge impact and effect, though? I tend to think a lot about that person who sees it, but doesn't or can't say anything. Like splash damage. It makes a place feel unsafe real fast, so people just vacate quietly.
Show threadPanic!
@redgranola I definitely see what you mean but I Feel like impact and effect are socially developmental traits. I think I've definitely had some socially liberating moments from edgy comedians/friends before. I think for some people a lot of self-critiquing has come from having someone frame horrendous things in funny situations/rhetoric, for example, and if said rhetoric is universally recognised I think its impact can be seen a bit beneath the surface of the rhetoric itself.
Aug 20, 2018 at 9:29amWeb
Show threadredgranolaAug 20, 2018

@PanicBomb I can see your angle, but I guess it's situational and would depend on in group dynamic. I'm gonna be a lot less up in arms about satire or sarcasm, esp if self-, than if outright. But IMO impact>intent, and there is a gap between edgy-radical and "edgy"-asshole, with a good tolerance variable for personal experience. I hope this place can be better re: listening without the defensiveness

anyway, I gotta sleep now or I'm gonna pass out mid sentenceđź’¤ gn