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LuckyCharms

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15. This is why people are posting about it.

Reply to displacedvermoter (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2024, 09:01 AM

Sep 2024

Because it's stupid and ridiculous, that's why.

It's an absurd notion that is being made by our mortal enemies, and it lends itself to mockery.

Personally, I have a real problem when people scold others about what to post. And yes, I guess I am scolding you for posting this. It doesn't feel very nice, does it?

It's an internet forum that we are on, it's not life and death.

It's real easy to just skip by posts that you do not like.

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Can we please stop with the dog and cat eating [View all] displacedvermoter Sep 2024 OP

Why? claudette Sep 2024 #1

We did that and it's done... FarPoint Sep 2024 #5

But claudette Sep 2024 #10

My suggestion is .... FarPoint Sep 2024 #32

Others, like myself, have a differing opinion on this, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #37

True enough... FarPoint Sep 2024 #46

See post #47 nt. MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #48

huh? poozwah Sep 2024 #58

I think that mocking them is an effective way to confront the lies. yardwork Sep 2024 #68

1+ InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2024 #152

TFG and his allies are still pushing this lie LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #168

Not done. Happy Hoosier Sep 2024 #188

It is unsettling to me, and probably other folks, Ok? displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #9

Then claudette Sep 2024 #13

Some of us find the post titles disgusting SheltieLover Sep 2024 #18

edited edisdead Sep 2024 #59

I personally find such posts as disgusting as topics on abuse of any sentient being SheltieLover Sep 2024 #72

I Believe trigger warning is only for eating horses nt Jk23 Sep 2024 #135

yikes claudette Sep 2024 #94

Do you wanna win? Winning against these assholes will require getting a little dirty Happy Hoosier Sep 2024 #189

It most certainly is! SheltieLover Sep 2024 #14

We are in the minority I guess displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #22

I don't care to engage in it. Reading even subjects that suggests such behavior is a trigger for many SheltieLover Sep 2024 #24

Yikes claudette Sep 2024 #102

Maybe it's that claudette Sep 2024 #99

Maybe it's that whathehell Sep 2024 #118

OMG claudette Sep 2024 #145

Oh My Gracious! whathehell Sep 2024 #153

Really? claudette Sep 2024 #155

Yeah, really. whathehell Sep 2024 #162

Yes, and there's a famous quote Disaffected Sep 2024 #144

Thank you for the donkey displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #26

You're welcome! SheltieLover Sep 2024 #28

Again, we are weak kneed and don't know how displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #35

BS!! MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #39

I'm,not "weak kneed" at all SheltieLover Sep 2024 #45

Hey, here's a suggestion, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #17

DU has wonderful tools touse. Hide by keyword cats and dogs and you won't be Autumn Sep 2024 #61

I never open threads that will upset or unnerve me. jrthin Sep 2024 #64

Me, too claudette Sep 2024 #146

To whom? TheProle Sep 2024 #132

I second that Motion! FarPoint Sep 2024 #2

TFG and his allies are still pushing the lie about non-whites eating pets LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #169

Someone is eating dogs and cats? LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #3

... orangecrush Sep 2024 #98

Damn, another post mentioning the eating of household pets. Intractable Sep 2024 #4

You are funny displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #11

And you're not. nt MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #180

Reductionism through satire is showing itself an effective tool Torchlight Sep 2024 #6

Mockery is a powerful debate tactic against an opponent who won't debate in good faith. nt Shermann Sep 2024 #7

Why avoid anything that hurts the pukes? pwb Sep 2024 #8

Because this is what they wanted, they, the MAGA's... FarPoint Sep 2024 #36

I don't think that's accurate Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #71

You really think MAGA's want this fairy tale to continue? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #92

What fairy tale are you referring to? Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #195

Except it doesnt "hurt them" for us to waste bandwith on this nonsense - it HELPS THEM Kashkakat v.2.0 Sep 2024 #161

I still say it hurts them especially with Independents. pwb Sep 2024 #182

"There are too many pet-eating threads! So I'll start a new one... JHB Sep 2024 #12

Sure...that is an option... FarPoint Sep 2024 #41

So, according to you, we're not capable of concentrating on their true failures and goal of destroying MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #47

Their bait? Pretty sure they didn't plan this. THIS is hurting them. They are embarrassed by it. FlyingPiggy Sep 2024 #74

This is why people are posting about it. LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #15

Wasn't scolding anyone, it was a request. displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #23

My problem with is is as follows: LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #30

Yes, it does sound hypocritical displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #31

A much more honest sound though than sanctimony. Torchlight Sep 2024 #40

Really, displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #52

It sure does. But some things are difficult to explain in type. LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #69

I am kinda ignorant it seems, so your response would displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #79

I hope your post here True Dough Sep 2024 #127

Um...is that wrong to post those pictures? LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #129

I can't point my finger on it (and, trust me, I wouldn't) True Dough Sep 2024 #133

True Dough, this is your second post in two days where you have mentioned "fingers". LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #136

Yes, theyb're fat amb True Dough Sep 2024 #141

. LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #143

I cleaned a bag of stuff out of the back yard get the red out Sep 2024 #16

Funny. I also do that every day. Arne Sep 2024 #85

Even most MAGA cannot defend this lie newdeal2 Sep 2024 #19

I'm afraid you're stuck with them for awhile now EYESORE 9001 Sep 2024 #20

While I think it's been done to death I don't think it warrants an OP telling posters how to post. Just trash Nanjeanne Sep 2024 #21

Just kick the threads under JD's couch. GoneOffShore Sep 2024 #25

Hated those threads too. displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #27

Do you hate all posts newdayneeded Sep 2024 #34

No, mainly just the ones that drop us to their displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #42

What about Obama's accordion hands? TommyT139 Sep 2024 #65

I do find them hilarious, in fact newdayneeded Sep 2024 #125

Yeah they might be funny the first five thousand times, then.... gets kinda old, time to move on nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Sep 2024 #193

Um no, the point is these posts whathehell Sep 2024 #131

Hold on there! newdayneeded Sep 2024 #164

No need.. whathehell Sep 2024 #175

Are cartoons still allowed? Because those can take a few days to draw. nt Shermann Sep 2024 #73

My dog ate the cartoon. I ate him for that as the Cockneys would say. 😁 Wonder Why Sep 2024 #147

No NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #29

Ok, decisiveness! displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #44

Lived DeepWinter Sep 2024 #33

Mystery meat on a stick??? nt yagotme Sep 2024 #192

NO WAY! That will follow him to his grave, and rightly so! n/t Greybnk48 Sep 2024 #38

Someone's going to die because folks can't let it go WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2024 #43

No. That idiot repeatedly stated it as a fact. He needs to be mercilessly mocked. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #49

Why were they eating cats instead of cat food? bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #50

That makes a lot more sense. Haggard Celine Sep 2024 #139

You start first. MineralMan Sep 2024 #51

Ok displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #60

The point is MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #53

It has been displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #56

And will continue to be. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #63

Again, I admit it, displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #67

You just don't know when to stop digging do you? MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #87

SO we're not supposed to mock Trump, got it AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2024 #137

You know what's distasteful? MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #167

It sounds like you may need to take a break. Texasgal Sep 2024 #173

Why don't you just trash the threads you don't like? demmiblue Sep 2024 #54

Hall Monitor is in the building. edisdead Sep 2024 #55

Out of respect for you I'll include a trigger warning up top, but hope you will read my post. thucythucy Sep 2024 #57

Thank you so much for agreeing to include a trigger warning! SheltieLover Sep 2024 #91

Have you ever wanted to tell someone who are you to judge? Emile Sep 2024 #62

just scroll on by. WhiteTara Sep 2024 #66

Agreed, however, the titles can be triggers for some folks with traumatic backgrounds SheltieLover Sep 2024 #78

I'm so sorry for the anxiety that they might have WhiteTara Sep 2024 #160

I loved how Kamala laughed when he started talking about "eating pets." Swede Sep 2024 #70

I'll have catsup on my dog Jersey Devil Sep 2024 #75

Meow Renew Deal Sep 2024 #76

No one is forcing you to read them Niagara Sep 2024 #77

Thank you displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #81

You're welcome, displacedvermoter Niagara Sep 2024 #84

I have been involved in politics displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #89

That's often the case when people try to police the speech of others. BannonsLiver Sep 2024 #106

Most of the threads are labeled pretty clearly that the subject is cats and dogs.... Simply scroll past them. 33taw Sep 2024 #80

Nah, just shows what a moron trump is. He even pushed back like the idiot he is... brush Sep 2024 #82

But mooom, the couch jokes got booorrrinng! Think. Again. Sep 2024 #83

Nope! DemonGoddess Sep 2024 #86

In general - stop allowing Frump to suck oxygen out of the room Kashkakat v.2.0 Sep 2024 #88

No. They would not give us that same courtesy The Third Doctor Sep 2024 #90

We need to keep shoving the cat & dog eating down their throats. hadEnuf Sep 2024 #134

No orangecrush Sep 2024 #93

no... myohmy2 Sep 2024 #95

Why is it people are telling others here what and what not they can post or discuss? Bev54 Sep 2024 #96

... orangecrush Sep 2024 #105

Why? Don't read them if you are tired of them. You have agency over your clicks and we have agency over our posts. yellowcanine Sep 2024 #97

Are you one of those who insists on professors warning... LAS14 Sep 2024 #100

I can't speak for the OP, but that's the "kind of professor" I was. Why risk triggering someone's trauma? SheltieLover Sep 2024 #103

How did you compile your list of possible triggers? nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #116

Anything potentially traumatic to experience or witness SheltieLover Sep 2024 #117

People vary so much. I doubt that what you consider potentially traumatic covers the field. nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #121

Perhaps, however I did my best SheltieLover Sep 2024 #124

Actually I am a retired library displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #140

I wasn't making a case for academic freedom, just a case.. LAS14 Sep 2024 #142

How big a stretch is it that jokes about eating displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #148

What is "a Streisand moment?" nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #151

I was accused of it earlier displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #154

Thanks much for taking the trouble. nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #165

If it's being talked about outside the DU bubble it's going to get talked about here. BannonsLiver Sep 2024 #101

"Dog eat dog, eat cat too. :) brewens Sep 2024 #104

There are site tools to insulate you from such threads. Meanwhile . . . . Stinky The Clown Sep 2024 #107

Why remove the icepick that's sticking out of his forehead? SalamanderSleeps Sep 2024 #108

Don't forget you can trash threads so you don't have to read them if they annoy you Blue Owl Sep 2024 #109

+1 Kaleva Sep 2024 #113

I don't really care one way or the other, but the Barbara Streisand effect is on display here. Croney Sep 2024 #110

What's the Barbra Streisand effect? nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #122

Link: LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #123

Allow people to make fun of his idiocy. Keepthesoulalive Sep 2024 #111

Bahahah!! Sure! Let's ditch one of our best sound bites ever! Scrivener7 Sep 2024 #112

What do you call orangecrush Sep 2024 #114

Keep in mind that, while we at DU might stop the references Wednesdays Sep 2024 #115

Do the the Truffle Shuffle first ... marble falls Sep 2024 #119

We could do Karen posts as an alternative liberal N proud Sep 2024 #120

Karen posts? Dave Bowman Sep 2024 #185

People feel the need to beat a dead horse these days. bif Sep 2024 #126

There are currently 10 posts on the same subject. bif Sep 2024 #128

Well then, here's a very simple solution, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2024 #183

I agree bdamomma Sep 2024 #130

The Rethug Party oswaldactedalone Sep 2024 #138

Please, no more threads about chicken. Dr. Strange Sep 2024 #149

Yeah? displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #150

Tell that to this guy! Emile Sep 2024 #186

Nope, and if you think this is only about dogs and cats you're missing the point 0rganism Sep 2024 #156

Exactly. It's anti-immigration, political. betsuni Sep 2024 #159

TFG and company are actively pushing these lies to help TFG's immigration lies LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #170

The 11th Hour covered and were debunking these lies last night LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #171

No but you don't have to read them. Since cable news is treating this as an 'investigation, we should continue to post Demsrule86 Sep 2024 #157

No, it's political. Trump: Democrats let violent dangerous criminal ('rapists') immigrants who'll eat your pets betsuni Sep 2024 #158

You added one more for the record and I am all for the eating of crow, sorry not sorry? Brainfodder Sep 2024 #163

TFG is still pushing this story to promote his immigration lies and to attack non-whites LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #166

No, but maybe we could paws DoBW Sep 2024 #172

Yes, mom? ecstatic Sep 2024 #174

This story is being defended by TFG and his allies on really shaky grounds LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #176

once again Skittles Sep 2024 #177

KJP-"What is happening here is an attempt to tear apart communities ..." LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #178

A cat and a dog go into a bar with RFk jr... Dave Bowman Sep 2024 #179

Oh please, lighten up lanlady Sep 2024 #181

Tell RFK jr! These rumors started just after his endorsement for Trump. Emile Sep 2024 #184

Springfield, OH City Hall had to be evacuated and closed for the day after a bomb threat LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #187

TFG is still pushing this lie LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #190

I'm wondering why MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #191

No JustAnotherGen Sep 2024 #194

At least they aren't Laura Loomer threads rictofen Sep 2024 #196

Can we stop with the "can we please stop" ... Dave says Sep 2024 #197