Oh my God where did you all come from. I have a feeling this is what it felt like when Aang found a hidden herd of sky-bison for Appa. They didn't show it in the show, but I have a feeling this is how it felt. This is way too much, I need a moment.
It's an experiment in Black Gentrification. We figured we'd come over and class up the joint, but instead of coffee shops and skinny jeans we bring fried plantain, saltfish fritters and a fresh pair of Jordans.
Also one of those rare meals that is appropriate at any time of day/night.
OffTopic: Eyy bro guess who made DailyDot http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/reddit-rape-racist-comment-trolls-problem/
I was going to ask what prompted another wave of interest from Reddit but this seems to summarise it. In short: arseholes again. Not 'arseholes on that site'' or even, perhaps, 'arseholes enabled by anonymity' but just a fundamental, fist-clenching, existential 'why are there so many arseholes in the world?' problem. We've had some rather excellent discussions here about the enabling of appalling behaviour by the conjunction of arseholes, opinions and anonymity; also many about their simple, baffling existence. What I like about Hubski's userbase is the approach to these discussions is one of genuine investigation and on the whole it's not flame wars we get here but a conflagration of thoughtful discourse.
I'm looking forward to getting into such discussions. I see that it takes a while to form a new habit (such as going here instead of reddit first thing), but I have no problem making the effort for a saner community.
Ha ha, further shows me the decision to be done with that toxic environment is the right one. You should submit that.
Hope you like hubski. Nice when everyone has "skin in the game". We're all responsible for our conduct and comments or we get shunned. Helps us all decide to keep our "jack-ass" selves in check. As a result, I've found some pretty eye-opening world-views and ideas. Have fun man.
Thank you. I've already had a baptism of fire based around a small misunderstanding mostly on my part so I am very happy to see that the sort of confrontations I was used to are a thing of the past.
The last pair of branded tennis shoes I owned were "Magics" back in 1990. I do love me some fried plantain and salt fish fritters though.
Like Moses and the Red Sea, it seems MilitantNegro has parted an ocean of bigoted trolls to land on the safe, calm and cool shores of Hubski.com and eightbitsamurai is bummed cause he still lives in the most gentrified part of Colorado. -This will make for some interesting plot developments in #hubskina
I've read most of the thread. As far as I can tell, there's been a mass migration from reddit in the wake of a controversy that began with Ferguson-hating on /r/BlackLadies and grew to encompass 43 subreddits. Daily Dot article here.