StoneAI
Brian JopekI like “cheat sheets” like this - it assists in unfriending assholes I thought I knew.
PeterI like that. I like that a LOT.
Paul McO'Smith III@PeterLG @BrianJopek what about ineffable questions like:
"does my bum look big (in this)...?"
i'd unfollow just to avoid the consequences of any answer to that question!
Rotary Clicks
LAURENThis all day long.
Jon Het.@BrianJopek I like this. I had a set of such rules I used to post on social media that I developed back in the G+ days. I included antivaxxers, flat earthers, and a few others in that non-political column
Michael Vilain@Jon_Kramer @BrianJopek Back in 2016, I had someone on my feed with lots of #MAGAIdiots friends, I'd start seeing their idiocy. All I had to do was post "What does Putin's Dick taste like?" to these people and their response would dictate if I blocked them.
Eventually, I gave up trying to weed them out, so I unfriended that one guy I've known for years who associates with them because he moved to their area. Oh well.
@mvilain @BrianJopek I think you made a wise choice. And an early one too. I couldn't believe how many people around me were still friends with trump supporters knowing about his past in 2016. It really opened my eyes about the type of person I was associating with.
Doug 🌈🇨🇦 
@BrianJopek
Are gay people human beings?
No, we are God's
Should women be paid the same as men?
No, they should be paid more for putting up with men.
Are gay people human beings?
No, we are God's
Should women be paid the same as men?
No, they should be paid more for putting up with men.
Code of Amor 💘@BrianJopek @m Isn't it interesting to see the change in intelligence and language between the two sides? Almost as if the ones you should unfriend are the primitive brained ones.
Phil Landmeier
Darwin Woodkamight unfriend people over questioning light rail too
The Little Wars@BrianJopek I will absolutely unfriend people over Light Rail projects.
Jim Mahony@BrianJopek
Handy. But, it sure seems silly when you actually spell it out. Like, if we had this sort of example on a sign on a stick in the grass outside polling locations, maybe it would have 'reminded' some people that needing 'reminding' of some of the things they would be voting for or against. I keep wondering... how did we get here? Some people that voted for the bad things are not really bad people who would disagree with this, they just had 1 issue on their mind when they selected their candidate, and forgot about all the other important things. Or, maybe, I'm wrong and they all suck. I dont know. Im trying really hard to not loose faith in humanity.
Handy. But, it sure seems silly when you actually spell it out. Like, if we had this sort of example on a sign on a stick in the grass outside polling locations, maybe it would have 'reminded' some people that needing 'reminding' of some of the things they would be voting for or against. I keep wondering... how did we get here? Some people that voted for the bad things are not really bad people who would disagree with this, they just had 1 issue on their mind when they selected their candidate, and forgot about all the other important things. Or, maybe, I'm wrong and they all suck. I dont know. Im trying really hard to not loose faith in humanity.
ChuS
@BrianJopek both are political. Let's not lose track on that.
@chusgc @BrianJopek The left column are political topics related to governance in a democracy. The right hand column are stupid questions that have been blown into pseudo-political questions by bad actors who want to destabilize a democracy, and have nothing to do with governance.
Sophie Schmieg@BrianJopek I wished the examples on the right weren't political issues. But the personal is political, and my continued existence is a political act, often enough one of defiance. I never found it particularly helpful to deny that aspect of reality.
(((Cindy Weinstein)))Speaking of a-holes. Do you know Jeremy Sherman, founder of psychoproctology? He is extremely funny (as the title suggests) and good for the spirits.
@cindyweinstein That was some funny stuff
I'm glad it made you laugh!
Tilde Lowengrimm@BrianJopek @riamaria Politics is personal and power. All of these are politics, only some of them are reasonable.
Peter Burkholder
Qybat@pburkholder @BrianJopek Well, it must be a hoax! If climate change was real I would need to feel guilty about eating all that delicious beef and driving my wonderful SUV, so it has to be a hoax.
Geoff Berner@BrianJopek all that shit is political. In fact, it's an extreme neoliberal political value to say the things that truly matter shouldn't be political.
inamruzui@BrianJopek not all gay/lgbt+ are human
Some are otherkin/therian/nonhuman
Some are otherkin/therian/nonhuman