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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Marxism, depending on the audience.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 days ago
[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anything veganism (positive)

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Or negative, depending on the crowd. It's just a polarising topic.

Vegetarianism seems to be creeping towards acceptance, though.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel like I’m not good with words, so when I criticize popular things like Baldur’s gate 3 or Witcher 3 I usually get downvoted

That's how I feel with nearly any online conversation. I'm on the spectrum and have social anxiety. Not a fun combo for trying to be understood when being critical about anything really. Let alone someone's favourite game.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People put BG3 on a massive pedestal and any sort of valid complaint around launch was heavily downvoted. It's not quite as bad now, thank god. I got gaslit so much. Everything was my fault supposedly, not their perfect, polished game.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

I don’t remember the exact complain, but I think I said something about battles taking too long and someone ratio’d me with a comment β€œskill issue”

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Try talking about Return to Office around the workplace and watch everyone get quiet real quick

[–] accarezzu@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)
  • "Why doesn't this site have more in common with reddit, which it's more or less a clone of?"
  • Can't bring up Trans people existing (without a weirdo downvoting you, of course)
  • Can't be critical of... a certain religion without getting jumped by keyboard warriors and called a Genocide Supporter
  • Don't even get me started on whatever the heck is with the Hexbear folks...
  • Lemmy is, at times, a bit of an echo chamber
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

The bit on Hexbear is that they are Marxists and Anarchists, which can draw ire from liberals.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lemmy needs more spice…

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Agree. I can find any !spice federated with my instance. That's disappointed.

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[–] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] _MusicJunkie 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it though? As long as one is relatively reasonable. There's even gun communities here, even if they're pretty dead at the moment. Time for me to come up with some memes maybe.

[–] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I guess so, it's just that if I say I support the right to own a gun, I get downvoted in most communities

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, in heavily left-wing spaces guns give people the wigglies. Even if it's not rights, the general fact we live in a world with them is something people try to memory hole.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group.

Happened to me once. Nearly killed my desire to discuss firearms here on Lemmy. Not sure if this is true, but I feel that most people on Lemmy are likely anti-gun. Maybe the more liberal mindset of many people in the wider open source community has some part in it. Either way, I just want to dispel all the false claims about guns and their ownership. And some don't want to hear it.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Paedophilia as a sickness, especially non-offending paedos.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

I chalk this up to not having a word to describe folks suffering from the condition as opposed to predators acting on their condition (or even predators just abusing children regardless of attraction). For a ton of people they use the word pedophile to mean someone who sexually abuses children. Because as soon as nuanced discussion about "pedophiles who don't abuse kids" come up, people accuse you of "defending pedophiles" but they use it to mean "defending people who abuse children."

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[–] ArsFireside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Digital piracy not being an immoral crime (or crime at all) and not making one a horrible person.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

For what it's worth, I've personally never found it controversial to talk about in person. And this includes in countries where it's a prosecuted crime.

Copying is not theft, artificial scarcity in the digital world is a tragedy, and I intentionally avoid paying middle-men distributors (like streaming services and record companies) for art.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The left lane, and how no, it's not for going as fast as you want to drive.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It is also the fast lane so move TF over if you are moving slower than the other lanes

See, that's the thing: It's the passing lane, not the fast lane. A lot of semis are speed governed to 65MPH, so if I'm doing the 70MPH speed limit, I need to use it to pass them.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Speed limit is the speed limit. End of.

If someone wants to go above the speed limit in the fast lane, then they're contravening road rules.

No matter what social norm people believe there to be, it doesn't have precedence over the speed limits.

In a case where the the car in front is going slower than the speed limit, it would be good etiquette though to move over.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

In the UK it goes lanes 1, 2, 3. You stay in lane 1. Lane 2 and 3 are for passing only.

You will often see members of the lane 2 owners club just cruising along in lane 2 but this effectively closes lane 1 (undertaking is illegal and very unsafe).

Sitting in lane 3 closes the entire motorway.

I agree there is a speed limit. But the law says you cannot just sit in lane 2 or 3 if you are not overtaking someone. They even updated the law recently. If you hog lane 2 or 3 the police can report you and the penalty is 3 points and Β£100 fine

People who sit in lane 3 at 69mph are breaking the law and likely to cause an accident by forcing people to pass on the wrong side out of frustration (yes illegal but they will do it) and this is why they are over taking lanes, not just cruising lanes.

Never be the reason someone else does something stupid on the road. Always do the safest thing.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Interesting to see how different that is from Australia. In your example only lane 3 is a passing lane, and "undertaking" isn't a thing, it's completely legal to overtake in any lane.

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