<2022-08-15T02:59:20.000Z> tengumatingpress: for the record, the block wasn't over defending my favorite eceleb's honor or giving a shit about creationism one way or the other, I blocked or muted almost everyone who participated in that thread because it was getting incredibly obnoxious
<2022-08-15T03:01:48.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: Do you know how to mute a conversation within a thread?
<2022-08-15T03:08:46.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah, but it's more that after seeing endless hellthreads and hellthreads about hellthreads I was more or less out of patience and looking for permanent solutions
<2022-08-15T03:12:45.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: Fair enough! I just hope that if you go nuclear on everyone, some will think your block means ill will without any further communication
<2022-08-15T03:13:06.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: Thank you for explaining the situation! I do to have more funposting with you.
<2022-08-15T03:14:36.000Z> tengumatingpress: people take blocking way too personally
<2022-08-15T03:15:07.000Z> tengumatingpress: somebody deciding they really don't want to interact with you doesn't necessarily imply a personal hatred
<2022-08-15T03:17:38.000Z> tengumatingpress: anyway hopefully the drama's over so I'll probably end up unmuting/blocking most of the people involved
<2022-08-15T03:25:39.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: The hellthread is still going, so I would not do that quite yet.
<2022-08-15T03:26:52.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, see you in 2023
<2022-08-15T03:26:54.000Z> tengumatingpress: :^)
<2022-08-15T03:32:29.000Z> SuperSnekFriend attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/2b1b9c60fb6429ac47553fe955a1581d725afdb46b69f965d3850443583ff6c3.gif
<2022-08-15T03:33:51.000Z> tengumatingpress: (she is laughing because it will never end)
<2022-08-15T03:37:25.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: So true! We can never leave Mr. Bones' Wild Ride! :skeleton_dance:😭😭:skeleton_dance:
<2022-08-15T03:40:28.000Z> tengumatingpress: inceldom & religion hellthreads are a nightmare you can't escape from until you die and even then I can't guarantee it
<2022-08-19T03:58:58.000Z> tengumatingpress: getting this off my chest: the most annoying thing about the recent hellthreads is DK's antics kicking off the latest 5 minute hate against buddhism in general
<2022-08-19T04:14:16.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: Why does that annoy you? :02_think:
<2022-08-19T04:17:54.000Z> tengumatingpress: :thinking_cirno: 
<2022-08-19T04:19:37.000Z> tengumatingpress: a mystery for the ages then
<2022-08-19T04:23:45.000Z> SuperSnekFriend: The way I see it, I saw DK as a belligerent ass first, and a Buddhist second in this whole bugaloo.  His pride was causing too much disturbance this past week, and in the heated moments, people become more aggressive to things they don't normally attack otherwise, especially if it's associated with the hostile person or people.
<2022-08-19T04:28:11.000Z> tengumatingpress: it's weird because like half of the legit Buddhist philosophy texts were all about epistemology, so you'd think he'd be down for people having reservations re the ultimate validity of scientific findings
<2022-08-19T04:28:24.000Z> tengumatingpress: in particular Dharmakirti wrote a lot about this, which is the guy he named his handle after
<2022-08-19T04:32:45.000Z> tengumatingpress: sometimes I feel like the only asshole to take Buddhism seriously because of the epistemological texts rather than vaguely eastern vibes