With the constant growth of our mod team and the demanding nature of actually having lives outside of niche internet communities, Ada and I have come to the decision that the mod team once again needs to expand. Applications work the same way they did the last two mod calls: Post a brief write-up on yourself and why you think we should give you moderator status, as well as a link to at least one other social media account. (reddit, twitter, instagram, facebook, mastodon, tumblr, bluesky are all accepted.) If you don't want your alts to be public, you can send them as a private DM to me. Applications don't have a fixed close date, but we're looking for at least four new mods in multiple time zones.

I will be personally selecting all new additions to the mod team. Please be civil, and good luck!

==please incorporate the word rule in your post titles== Here are the things that get you banned: -saying anything remotely iffy with a lemmygrad or hexbear account -tankie behaviour -nazi behaviour -authoritarian behaviour -genocide denial -prejudice of any kind -anything else that is clearly bad

Things that get your post/comment removed: -AI generated content -anything in the banlist -posts that are so off topic that they don't fit on 196 at all -moldy memes (old memes, crusty memes, irrelevant memes. The type of things you'd see on your aunt's Facebook page or Elon musk's Twitter account with a laughing emoji as the caption) -corpoposting

Ban length varies, and is mostly based off of whether or not I think you will change your behavior. I have baned certain people for upwards of 2000 days.

---------EDIT:NSFW RULES--------- NSFW Content is now fully permitted BUT it must be tagged. Any NSFW content that has not been tagged and blurred will be removed. Content warnings should also be added to the title in brackets. Example: [penis] or: [explicit description of sex]. Non-sexualized breasts of any gender are not considered inappropriate and therefore do not need to be blurred/tagged. Yes, even female breasts.

IRL GORE IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER ANY CONDITION.

8----------------------------------------------------------- Please leave any suggested edits in the comments. Discord link: https://discord.gg/NPH8pp2GyK

JAN 2024 UPDATE: MOLDY MONDAYS Monday is now moldy Monday. on this day and only this day moldy memes are not only allowed, but encouraged. The crustier the better. The type of thing that's been reposted at least 2,000 times with filters and bad crops and watermarks and hopefully minions. please caption with moldy rule

If you have any issues, please reach us at 196mods@protonmail.com

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Nathan Pyle is always right

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Very good comments that express key points:

• Detailed summary of the situation if you're wondering what's going on
• The rhetorical value of the bear hypothetical and what this means for you
• One example of why the long-term rhetorical value of the hypothetical is poor, in the context of intersectionality
• What does disenfranchisement mean in this context?
• The importance of not asking women to tone down their expressions of fear and frustration
• "But why can't they just say it nicely?"
• The importance of participation in kindness toward young men, specifically outside the context of people speaking their experiences

The number of examples I have seen of people being told to shut up about their lived experiences with sexual abuse in the past 24 hours on this platform is deeply disturbing.

I am calling on y’all to take a deep breath and listen to women for once. There is a time and place for tone policing and it’s never the very minute a woman speaks up.

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Image of Socks from Bluey mid-air from a jump with eyes closed, caption above saying "don't care + having fun + playing"

The "cheering while holding a full bowl of extra light chips over your head with one hand" one seems especially ill advised 😆

who else up snackin?

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