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moorekom
@NeoSpartan wait, was this a flair request?
A) flair at WAATGM is earned. Participate with relevant comments and earn some.
B) customized flair is even more earned than regular flair, and usually only goes to endorsed and mods on this platform, because doing it is a pain in the ass. reddit was easier, so we doled it out a lot more there.
C) I'm not putting "1488" into anyone's flair, even ironically. While I can get behind the 14 Words as they are written and standing alone, there is a lot of baggage attached to them and so they never stand alone. I'm all for a positive white identity and preserving our race, but not like how the guy who wrote that went about it. Fuck him, and fuck anyone who views loyalty to the US as betraying one's race.
D) circling back to B - consider yourself fortunate that it is such a pain in the ass. I caused at least one redditor to delete his account because he hated his flair so much.
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Read More@NeoSpartan As @typo-magashiv has mentioned, flair is earned. When you earn your flair, it will not be to validate you. It will most likely make fun of you. It is supposed to see if you have a sense of humor and can roll with the punch.
As for your specific request, you will not be getting that flair and if you are serious about request, I wonder whether you deserve any flair based on the flair you requested. The motto of our sub is to help all men not become a victim of a woman's dual-mating strategy. We do not care about color. If you cannot unite as men on an agenda that is common to all mankind, then you should not be here and you will be kicked out if you decide to be obnoxious about it. Take that as a warning.
When you earn your flair, it will not be to validate you.
GASP!!
Uh, hold on one DAMN second with that rubbish.
I am hecking validated as (squints) a "desperate for flair" person. And I will have you know that I was once a dinner roll - ON THANKSGIVING!
So nyah nyah on YOU.
Now take your poopy doo doo opinion on flairs and such, and take a short walk off a long pier.
Muh soggy freakin knees. Both of you!
I have said this before, but one of my favorite things about /r/waatgm was the flairs.
For whatever dumb ass reason, I way too much enjoyment out of the cleverness of those flairs. And some guys would bitch publicly, which made it all the more hilarious.
Oh man. Those were good times.
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For the memories!
It also reminds me of the trans-man who wrote the book "self-made man" who committed suicide after realizing how difficult men's lives are.
like @throwaway_old_guy said: that was Norah Vincent, and she wasn't a tranny. She just pretended to be a man for her research. Here's my WATGMA post about her from a bit over a year ago.
And like @woodsmoke said (with a slight correction): her medically assisted suicide was almost 20 years after her book was published (researched 2003-2004 and published 2006, death was 2022). She struggled with depression most of her adult life.
Michael Landon had a series: "Highway to Heaven"
I'm familiar with it. My wife loves it, but it's too hokey for me. I've seen a few episodes I enjoyed, but I'm not really a fan. I don't recall the episode you mentioned.
I was thinking that she's going through an existential crisis similar to that the leftovers go through, except more extreme. Instead of happening over a decade, now it's sudden.
Now this does make for some interesting fodder.
I'm a lot more open to it now, as long as we make it clear that her sudden invisibility is the focus, rather than making fun of her for an unfortunate accident.
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Read MoreAs you know, I am much more open to "adjacent" content than most. As long as it highlights some key aspect of the WAATGM phenomenon, I'm good with it.
But this one should not be published because of the reasons previously mentioned:
BUT... it does have value as it does reinforce or hint at a few of our favorite topics/flairs, including:
It's a great story, if true. But I vote no. We can allude to this story as needed in the future. So it can serve a purpose. I would just not let it fly for all the aforementioned reasons.
Still one hell of a compelling story.
Important Note:
This discussion brings up our ongoing moderation challenge here; Censorship.
Over the years, I have yanked many a post on /r/waatgm and a few other subs that I modded, for the optics alone - even when everything else fit. And I think we should all be mindful of straddling that fine line between being open in our speech on one hand, and opening ourselves up to claims of racism, ableism, etc.
Instead of looking at it as censorship, we do something more akin to self- policing. Is this a subtle semantic difference? Sure. But we all get what that means.
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Read More@woodsmoke Late as usual to the convo. You are right on the money. Posts like these are good enough for a conversation in the tribes, but they cannot be permitted in the forums because they do not fit the theme and are going to be bad optics even if it is carefully presented. Discussions are fine, showcasing them is not.
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