I have two cars, but I actually hate cars.

I chose to have a house in the mountains, but I hate snow.

I work out hard and have abs that I show off, but people who show off their abs annoy me.

I’m a writer and make income doing it in addition to my retirement pension, but writers annoy me and I never tell my friends that I’m a writer.

I also paint and have had my stuff in some galleries, but artists annoy me and I never tell any of my friends that I paint.

I’ve chosen all those things. Not by necessity, but just choice. Can you be a contrarian to your own views or does that definition have to involve opposing someone else’s views just to troll?

  • Universal Monk@lemmy.kya.moeOPEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    Wow, that’s very thoughtful!

    And the same invitation goes out to you as well. Please feel free to DM me anytime about anything.

    I don’t have a discord, but I should make one. Until then, DM me here (or if I get banned from this instance) from any of my other instances. I use the same username for them.

    I’m on the lemm.ee instance as well.

      • Universal Monk@lemmy.kya.moeOPEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        I actually don’t get banned “so often” though.

        Two instances banned me before I even had a chance to really post anything (because they knew I wasn’t voting for Harris). And one other instance banned because they thought I was a troll because I posted articles that said Trump was rising in the election polls. Which by the way, he was. I mean after all, he actually won the election.

        I still didn’t vote for him. I just also happened to not vote for Harris. Which made Lemmy really really mad.

        All three instances considered me evil because I dared to say that I was supporting and voting third party. Now of course, the disgust with how lame the Democrat part was, people on Lemmy openly talk about how they want a third party.

        All of this happened to me all pre-election. And now, since I was proven right, people don’t ban me for not voting for Harris.

        The proof is still up. Mod logs are public.

        So no, I don’t think about why I’ve been banned so often, because I don’t get banned. I just prepare for the next wave of hate because I still refuse to support the Democrat party.

        I happily voted Socialist Workers Party and plan to continue doing that.

        Thanks!

        • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          11·
          12 hours ago

          I’m thinking there’s other reasons for the hatred, personally.

          Like how you’re reducing everything to “I didn’t support the Democrats” on a platform with a sizable population of people who don’t give two flying fucks which facet of the Plutocrat Party is running the USA.

          • Universal Monk@lemmy.kya.moeOPEnglish
            1·
            47 minutes ago

            a sizable population of people who don’t give two flying fucks which facet of the Plutocrat Party is running the USA

            Now that is the case, I totally agree.

            3 months ago, things were very different. Also, I am talking specifically on .world. That’s the instance where most of my drama came from

            And for the record, there are lots of people leaving .world for that very reason now. It’s become a very toxic pro-censorship instance and people are leaving.

            My post/comment history is public, as are the modlogs. If you’re bored enough, feel free to look at my comments and the replies I’d get. You’ll see for yourself it’s because people thought my advocating for third party was treason: https://lemmy.world/u/UniversalMonk

            What are your theories for the “hatred”? If you find any samples of posts/commetns that are offensive, please post them.

            Because honestly I haven’t gotten much drama since the election, because to your point, lots of people are pro third-party now. Most of the people who continue to organize for my ban always bring up the .world drama from 3 months ago before the election, and they are usually from there.

            .world Biden/Harris supporters have a very long memory and hold grudges! lolol

            Also, I haven’t been banned from any instances since the election. Yet I haven’t changed my stance or attitude at all. So I think that’s pretty telling.

            Thanks, friend!