If you don’t keep up-to-date with what’s going on, and don’t exercise your vote, then everything around you is pretty much an ‘Illuminati scam.’

Welcome to the easiest way to scam people. XD

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Oh, hay-all yes!

Whoa man… it seems like this hilarious comic *might just* be starting back up after a bloody five-yr hiatus working on their video game. To wit:

https://www.deathbulge.com/comics

About a week ago, I posted some pages from a graphic novel I’d been reading (“Falafel with Hot Sauce”), which concerned neighborly strife in an Israeli community. My focus (which I talked about) was the rather wild interpersonal dynamics going on, which ultimately ended on a high, empathetic note.

What I naively wasn’t expecting was for a group of users from a rather notorious instance to find the post and begin ranting about Israeli-Palestinian politics, which is putting it mildly, really. So we wound up deleting some comments, and banning some users for going from 0-to-60, flagrantly breaking our SubLemmy rules. A couple days later I made a bumbling, community announcement addressing the situation.

Frankly, I’m disappointed in myself for not handling that more smoothly, nor better-anticipating the potential shock of being attacked so virulently. Unfortunately, with the way my health stuff affects me, I can have a pretty short fuse when under the gun. Ho hum.

This is from 1969:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kQcuhoZD0Y

I wouldn’t be surprised if the original joke goes back to the silent movie era.

Best webcomic I’ve read in a while. The intrinsic hilarity of the situation was ridiculously refreshing compared to the usual ‘straining to come up with something funny / clever.’

I’m not too frustrated anymore (as I was a month or two ago) about the lack of posters, and have pretty-much just resigned myself these days to people treating EGN+ as my personal blog.

Maybe in the future, contributors will organically develop and/or I’ll hit upon some method to get more people involved, I don’t know.

I think part of the problem is that while plenty of people can appreciate the cool art of ‘BD’ and the little tidbits I write up, there’s not many people across the Lemmysphere who are all that knowledgeable themselves about Euro GN’s, and who also want to spend time posting.

This actually kind of goes back to my disappointment with Reddit users, in that I thought more would jump ship after learning about the many ways they’ve been disrespected and monetised by Reddit mgmt through various means. I.e., with a bigger userbase here, chances of more engagement with niche communities like ours would increase a bit. Ah, well.

Thanks, Blaze.
Appreciate. ^^

Seems kind of weirdly unnecessary to start with “Lemmy” instead of just going with TMBG, but whatevs. Subscribed to John & John.

Ugh… another tragically late reply, hah.

So, how would such a thing appear to the users? Would it be like an auto-posting bot? Can you point me to a working example of such?

Umm… whoah

Ack, sorry for the late reply, Blaze! :S

Is there anything we can do to help?

Appreciate. <3
I think I’ve made the critical adjustment necessary, which is to not push myself anymore, trying to make one post per day. It was very ambitious, and it seems to have grown our subscribers a lot over the months, but it’s just too much for me with the low energy, aching hands & back, etc.

Other than that, I think my disillusionment with my community & Lemmy overall is fading a bit. Indeed, one has to keep adjusting one’s expectations across life, mais non?

Do you think you need another mod?

Yes, there are three distinct positions available.

My current mod to me is like an old friend, life preserver, and provider of cool Moebius stuff, but his time is limited for this extra stuff.

I absolutely BLEW MY TOP, then apologised profusely on my community.

Which is all good, I suppose, but… my sub still needs another mod.

I always think I’m at a dead end in piano, and my teacher tells me to knock it off because I’m way ahead of where normal progress is for an adult student.

So, hope I’m not offending you or anything– But… maestro, you ROCK at the owl pics and captions. So beautiful the captures, and ultra-witty, the expressions.

It really is like magic. ^^

Oh rabbits, this post is 17days old, now. :S

Unfortunately for us fans, it looks like Callery Kearns may have retired. Maybe you know something more?

perhaps a lot of Fediverse hobby communities have skilled people and beginners are perhaps too scared to post because they don’t see anyone else just starting

This is a GREAT point IMO, and I think it’s good to never to forget it. Even as smashingly common as it is.

Because ultimately, we’re going to make the Fediverse work because we pay attention to details like this, whereas Reddit is just sort of organised mechanisms at this point, mais non?

@Blaze@reddthat.com, @Rolando@lemmy.world, @anon6789@lemmy.world

P.S. And yes-- I doubt we’re ever going to come close to Reddit (or other pop-mediums) in terms of total userbase and/or pop-engagement, but to me, folks who make sites like this work are preserving a sort of ‘last chance for humanity to stave off corporate ownership.’ Our last chance to deliver a nice little FUCK YOU to late-stage capitalism, if you like.

Sorry for my language, mateys.

But… why is it even a QUESTION of extending some decency and goodwill, in such case? Illegal immigrants is NOT a real issue in the USA. In fact, it’s a critical shortage.

Sorry, I’m a bit pissed-off. @anon6789@lemmy.world

For anything bad we can find, there’s an opposite story to tell about those who are trying to make it better. Rather than telling the stories about the villains, let us tell stories about the heroes more.

Hmm, I like your kindly, rather philosophical nature, too!

Rather than telling the stories about the villains, let us tell stories about the heroes more.

Oh, settle down there… We’re all heroes & villains at the end of the day, didn’t you get that memo?