u/AhSighLumm

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WE DID IT LADS

Supporting my home team in a country that isn't mine... RIP.

I do not stand for Fifa. At all. Fuck FIFA and everything they stand for.

I do stand for all the pints I have purchased for small businesses/bars though.

I love the sport. I love the game. Hate capitalism. I will not fall victim to capitalism. I will always find ways to enjoy the things I love despite the capitalist overlords.

Spain vs Argentina is gonna be INSANE though. Will probably give more small businesses more.. business (beers) though 😅 🍺🍺🍺🍺

Clearing the mod queue and I'm still losing brain cells for the greater good lmao. I opened this at 9:30pm and its now... 12:30. Its apparently extremely easy to get sucked into a time warp here. I have indeed reached the limit of my brainpower and I need to just try and clear some stuff out. If a comment was removed for seemingly "no reason" it's probably myself just trying to eradicate the backlog. Lots of the queue were from long removed threads. Reddit for some reason doesn't have a way to clear that, despite the post no longer existing. Very cool. 🙄

Moving forward, any comments that are reported will be able to be dealt with easier and hopefully quickly.

I'm also making my way through the ban appeals. After reviewing them individually, I've reduced some permanent bans to temporary bans where I felt that was the more proportionate outcome.

I've spent a lot of time asking myself one question: "Is this person trying to exclude trans lesbians, or are they expressing themselves badly and not understanding the impact?" Those aren't always the same thing. Not everyone who says something exclusionary or hurtful is acting in bad faith or deliberately trying to spread TERF rhetoric. Sometimes people word things poorly, misunderstand the purpose of an inclusive community, or genuinely don't realize how their comments come across.

My job isn't to punish people for making mistakes. It's to enforce the rules while being as fair and consistent as I can. That means some permanent bans have stayed permanent because there was a clear pattern of exclusionary rhetoric or bad faith participation, while others have been reduced because, after taking another look, I believed there was room for someone to learn from the situation and participate within the community rules going forward.

That being said, this isn't a free pass. Anyone whose ban has been reduced will be on a very short leash. Future exclusionary rhetoric, bad faith participation, or behaviour that makes trans members feel unwelcome will very likely result in a permanent ban without another appeal. I'm willing to give people the opportunity to learn from a mistake, but I'm not willing to compromise on keeping this community inclusive and welcoming for all lesbians, including trans lesbians.

And just to be crystal clear: actual TERF rhetoric still isn't welcome here. Giving someone a second chance because I believe they may have expressed themselves poorly is not the same as tolerating transphobia. Those are two very different things.

On that note, Goodnight you beautiful, raging lesbians <3

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This is me rn trying to take on the hordes of idiots.

IF you/someone you know gets accidentally banned - it happens and clearly we are trying our best here. Please don't lose your ever loving mind in modmail. If you were banned accidentally; chill. Shoot us a message in modmail, make your case as a reasonable person and we will get back as fast as we can. Right now though, my priority is to remove all the gross content and it may take a couple of days. Right now, id rather swing higher and get some wrong instead of the opposite. IF you are hurling insults and yelling into a reddit inbox right now, probably not going to go in your favor.

Keep reporting the stuff you see. Keep trying to keep our community safe and please argue with terfs as much as you like until we get to the removing! (fr though, keep yourself safe pls <3 )

I am considering making a theread of all the ridiculous ban reactions in mod mail though once we get on top of this. my favourite of the morning was "Hope you reincarnate as not homophobic" lmao. That one made me chuckle.

Once again, i'll say it for the transphobes in the back.... YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE. BYEEEEE

Just wanted to let you know that "Little Patch" was spotted at 11am, today; May 4th at Trafalgar beach.

Every time I got my phone out, I missed him. I took the hint quickly.

Very much enjoyed witnessing this today and it most likely means he's gonna stick around a little before going north.

I hear that Stanley park/sea wall is a great place to spot him too.

P.s I am not a whale enthusiast, if I'm wrong about the specific ID, I'm sorry. There was a whale that looked suspiciously like Little Patch that I saw with my own two eyes today and there are probably more chances at this cool encounter :)