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Blastia
01/15/25 10:32:39 AM
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He keeps sending me Facebook memes like the ones about Netflix putting in an LGBT character in the story, or posting vids from asmongold or whatever. Then goes on to rant about "blackwashing" and shit.

I really don't care to argue with him about this so I just post gifs back.

But it makes me wonder why people go out of their way to purposely get pissed off about the media they consume? Just.... Don't watch it if it bothers you THAT much?

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Smashingpmkns
01/15/25 10:34:25 AM
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I had a friend like that too and I just asked "why do you actually care about this? Why waste your energy over this shit?" And he stopped talking to me about that shit entirely lol

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AceMos
01/15/25 10:35:14 AM
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sounds like a person you should not be friends with anymore

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DipDipDiver
01/15/25 10:35:36 AM
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Why does your friend live in 2020

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Bass
01/15/25 10:35:38 AM
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They wouldn't be my friend if they pulled that crap around me.

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Silver_Ogre
01/15/25 10:40:11 AM
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Blastia posted...
I really don't care to argue with him about this so I just post gifs back.
Gifs of what? If you give him any kind of positive feedback, he'll just continue sending you that stuff. If his friendship is important to you, it's better to confront the issue head-on than let it fester.
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Blastia
01/15/25 10:41:56 AM
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AceMos posted...
sounds like a person you should not be friends with anymore
He's a good guy besides the amount of passive aggressiveness he displays for entertainment media....it's just baffling to me how he willingly consumes the cringiest and most strawman Facebook memes known to man. Come on. We should be past this.

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Blastia
01/15/25 10:43:03 AM
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Silver_Ogre posted...
Gifs of what? If you give him any kind of positive feedback, he'll just continue sending you that stuff. If his friendship is important to you, it's better to confront the issue head-on than let it fester.
Gifs like "that's crazy" or "true that". But I'll admit that I know that's probably just enabling things. I'm scared of confrontation >_>

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Guide
01/15/25 10:43:13 AM
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Blastia posted...
But it makes me wonder why people go out of their way to purposely get pissed off about the media they consume?

That's like half the topics here, and also on the internet. Personally, I think it's the closest thing they have to a sense of power.

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Blastia
01/15/25 10:45:04 AM
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Guide posted...
That's like half the topics here, and also on the internet. Personally, I think it's the closest thing they have to a sense of power.
Maybe. It just sucks when you know someone personally who engages in it

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VeggetaX
01/15/25 10:45:29 AM
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Whenever I have any friends who try to talk about woke so much I just mock them about how smart they are. I always talk about how they know everything, so ahead of the curve, how much of a lion they are around a bunch of sheeps.

People sometimes tend to understand how cringe or how awful they come off when you show them how much of a try hard they are.

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DoesntMatter
01/15/25 10:46:26 AM
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Blastia posted...
He's a good guy besides the amount of passive aggressiveness he displays for entertainment media....it's just baffling to me how he willingly consumes the cringiest and most strawman Facebook memes known to man. Come on. We should be past this.
no, fuck that. tell him he's an ignorant, bigoted, brainwashed fucking cultist, and sever ties with him. It's gullible fucking idiots like him who are the reason that our democracy will be dead in a few days.

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GrandConjuraton
01/15/25 10:46:32 AM
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AceMos posted...
sounds like a person you should not be friends with anymore


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Guide
01/15/25 10:47:50 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
Whenever I have any friends who try to talk about woke so much I just mock them about how smart they are. I always talk about how they know everything, so ahead of the curve, how much of a lion they are around a bunch of sheeps.

And then everybody clapped.

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Princess_Eev
01/15/25 10:48:10 AM
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Blastia posted...
He's a good guy besides having issues with gay & black people existing anywhere near television
ftfy

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pazzy
01/15/25 10:48:57 AM
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I generally ask them why they are so offended by things constantly and go about my day. I like a good rant, but it needs a better foundation than "it's woke."
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Blastia
01/15/25 10:49:06 AM
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DoesntMatter posted...
no, fuck that. tell him he's an ignorant, bigoted, brainwashed fucking cultist, and sever ties with him. It's gullible fucking idiots like him who are the reason that our democracy will be dead in a few days.
Don't worry, we live in Canada. He didn't contribute to the maga uprising

..... He does hate Trudeau though >_>

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pazzy
01/15/25 10:50:07 AM
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Blastia posted...
Don't worry, we live in Canada. He didn't contribute to the maga uprising

..... He does hate Trudeau though >_>
No. It does. Simply having those beliefs validates them. He absolutely is just as much of a shit stain.
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emblem-man
01/15/25 10:50:58 AM
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Age?

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Blastia
01/15/25 10:51:25 AM
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emblem-man posted...
Age?
He's 34

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AceMos
01/15/25 10:51:46 AM
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Blastia posted...
Don't worry, we live in Canada. He didn't contribute to the maga uprising

..... He does hate Trudeau though >_>

he is promoting those views by sharing them giving them traction

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RchHomieQuanChi
01/15/25 10:53:50 AM
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The people who complain about "identity politics" seem to be the most obsessed with them.

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Derwood
01/15/25 10:53:59 AM
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Its because your friend is a bigot

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Foppe
01/15/25 10:54:49 AM
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Seems like he is woke.

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tremain07
01/15/25 10:54:51 AM
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The entire country is gonna be like this, Republicans aren't gonna stop until every single piece of media is completely devoid of anybody not white, or white looking, straight, (they seem to have no problem with bi sexual girls as long as they're pretty and have a man between for some reason) and if there are minority characters in the story they are bit characters that get little to no attention or are antagonists.

These racist fuckers won't stop even when they have that, they need that enemy, they need someone to hate because if they aren't in a state of rage and hatred they'll have to look around at their life and come to the realization that it's fucked up and bad because things that have nothing to do with sexuality, race or gender. Shitbags like the rat king will gleefully encourage this behavior because once he started doing it more he got more subscribers, thus more attention, thus more money, hatred sells and unfortunately there are many people buying.

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MagiMarthKoopa
01/15/25 10:54:58 AM
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Blastia posted...
Don't worry, we live in Canada. He didn't contribute to the maga uprising

..... He does hate Trudeau though >_>
So he's going to be one of the many people responsible for getting PP in
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TheLiarParadox
01/15/25 10:56:56 AM
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Blastia posted...
He didn't contribute to the maga uprising
Don't kid yourself, Blastia. If this bigot ever got the chance, he'd bring down you and everyone you care about.

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Compsognathus
01/15/25 10:57:30 AM
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Often times with these sorts of people you don't even need to actively push back but instead show complete indifference. Dude is complaining about a charactet being black? Just reply "So what?" or "and...?" or "who cares?". This either causes them to stop talking to you about it because you won't feed their outrage, try to explain why it's a problem but can't because they don't actually know and are just outrage-pilled, or give you the most racists/sexists/homophobic rant you've ever heard. The first two might actually cause them to self-reflect. The latter at least shatters the illusion that they are actually a good dude and let's you cut them off easier.

Oh and if they are posting Facebook slop, just make fun of them for using Facebook at all. Call them a boomer or a grandpa or some shit.

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VeggetaX
01/15/25 11:01:07 AM
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And then that's when you drop the sarcasm and then give it to them blunt. As a friend, you're supposed to keep your friends in check and keep them grounded. Once they're too far gone it's time to cut ties.

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Blastia
01/15/25 11:02:44 AM
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Compsognathus posted...
Often times with these sorts of people you don't even need to actively push back but instead show complete indifference. Dude is complaining about a charactet being black? Just reply "So what?" or "and...?" or "who cares?". This either causes them to stop talking to you about it because you won't feed their outrage, try to explain why it's a problem but can't because they don't actually know and are just outrage-pilled, or give you the most racists/sexists/homophobic rant you've ever heard. The first two might actually cause them to self-reflect. The latter at least shatters the illusion that they are actually a good dude and let's you cut them off easier.

Oh and if they are posting Facebook slop, just make fun of them for using Facebook at all. Call them a boomer or a grandpa or some shit.

That's what I'm somewhat trying to do with him. I don't engage in any discussion. I just react to the post with like the crying laughing emoji and move on about my day. We can talk about other stuff (what's going on in our lives, gaming, ect). It's just annoying when he happens to post shit like that. And from Facebook of all places.

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RchHomieQuanChi
01/15/25 11:04:32 AM
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Blastia posted...
That's what I'm somewhat trying to do with him. I don't engage in any discussion. I just react to the post with like the crying laughing emoji and move on about my day. We can talk about other stuff (what's going on in our lives, gaming, ect). It's just annoying when he happens to post shit like that. And from Facebook of all places.

I wouldn't even acknowledge it with so much as an emoji.

Just change the subject and act like it doesn't exist.

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HashtagSEP
01/15/25 11:06:32 AM
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Blastia posted...
That's what I'm somewhat trying to do with him. I don't engage in any discussion. I just react to the post with like the crying laughing emoji and move on about my day.

This is giving him the implication that you agree, which is likely why he keeps doing it.

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LonelyStoner
01/15/25 11:07:29 AM
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Hes mad about the trans character in Squid Games, isnt he.

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Blastia
01/15/25 11:11:04 AM
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HashtagSEP posted...
This is giving him the implication that you agree, which is likely why he keeps doing it.
I know. Goddamn it :(

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BlueAnnihilator
01/15/25 11:11:26 AM
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Maybe try telling to him to fuck off, and not enabling shitty behavior?

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Blastia
01/15/25 11:12:25 AM
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LonelyStoner posted...
Hes mad about the trans character in Squid Games, isnt he.
To my surprise, he has not brought the trans character up. He probably hasn't seen it yet.

He did make fun of the whole situation involving the non binary character in the latest dragon age.....

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Sorozone
01/15/25 11:14:09 AM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
"why do you actually care about this? Why waste your energy over this shit?"

This is how I respond to these people as well. I ask them why this matters, how it personally affects them. Try to lead them to some sort of introspection. They either stop, or they dig themselves a hole that shows that they aren't worth being around anymore.

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gikos
01/15/25 11:22:00 AM
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yeah it sucks knowing people you interact going down this rabbit hole i remember talking to one from my community posting on reddit tell me why he voted for trump cuz the dems were pushing woke shit into games and i would like to point out the person is a 27 yr who is a second gen african immigrant kid it bogles my mind how this rightwing shit even brainwashed some of my community and turned into these dumbass

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emblem-man
01/15/25 11:24:06 AM
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gikos posted...
yeah it sucks knowing people you interact going down this rabbit hole i remember talking to one from my community posting on reddit tell me why he voted for trump cuz the dems were pushing woke shit into games and i would like to point out the person is a 27 yr who is a second gen african immigrant kid it bogles my mind how this rightwing shit even brainwashed some of my community and turned into these dumbass

As a Nigerian myself, people really don't realize how socially conservative Africans can be

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gikos
01/15/25 11:29:51 AM
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emblem-man posted...
As a Nigerian myself, people really don't realize how socially conservative Africans can be
i am african myself but man it depresses me how i see some of them going maga

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bsp77
01/15/25 11:51:00 AM
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Yeah, seriously

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not_KDTProjekt
01/15/25 11:51:58 AM
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Blastia posted...
He does hate Trudeau though
Ask him why. Bet he won't be able to immediately provide an answer.
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Ulfar
01/15/25 11:53:04 AM
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Derwood posted...
Its because your friend is a bigot

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Kaldrenthebold
01/15/25 11:56:50 AM
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You can, however, not speak to that friend

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MC_BatCommander
01/15/25 12:01:42 PM
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If my friend started doing that I'd probably stop talking to them

Don't have time for hateful people

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Syfe
01/15/25 12:18:52 PM
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Blastia posted...
Don't worry, we live in Canada. He didn't contribute to the maga uprising

..... He does hate Trudeau though >_>
Oh great, then he's why we'll end up with PP losing our Carbon Tax cheques, dental and pharmacare.

Tell him he sucks and PP will be worse.
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rexcrk
01/15/25 12:31:54 PM
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Shouldnt that be a former friend?

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