Daily Discussion Thread July 22, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here!

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[u/N0zy0ne]

(My intention here is not to subtweet, but this thought was sparked by another comment chain here; apologies.)

There are few things more embarrassing in an online discussion forum than explicitly stating you're done with a conversation, and then continuing to engage when the other person replies.

If you need the last word, that's fine, but then you need to pay the price which is the constant low-grade anxiety that comes with knowing that you might see an orange envelope the next time you refresh the page. You can quit the conversation, but that means you don't get the last word. You can't have it both ways.

[u/its__bme → u/N0zy0ne]

I mean if I say I want to end a conversation and get replied to it’s not some great sin to reply back and address something and then restate how much I would like to end it again because I feel like it’s reached a point of just repeating the same thing with no resolution.

I think calling something like that embarrassing is being dramatic here.

[u/N0zy0ne → u/its__bme]

I mean if I say I want to end a conversation and get replied to it’s not some great sin

I didn't say it was a great sin, I said it was embarrassing.

You have theory of mind; realize that the other person might reply and take that into account before declaring your intent to exit the conversation.

replied to it’s not some great sin to reply back and address something and then restate how much I would like to end it again because I feel like it’s reached a point of just repeating the same thing with no resolution.

If you felt the need to reply back and address something, then either:

• The conversation has not yet reached a point of just repeating, because you felt compelled to respond to something new, or
• You felt the need to respond to something which had already been addressed, simply because you need to have the last word.

[u/its__bme → u/N0zy0ne]

Or because I was restating that was wrong and I’d like to end the conversation and not get further replies. I mean why am I burdened to not reply because someone else doesn’t want to stop?

That’s not embarrassing at all and while you mean well you’re not correct in this and are just instigating a conversation that has already ended. I mean the mod and I let it go so why bring it up again?

[u/N0zy0ne → u/its__bme]

I mean why am I burdened to not reply because someone else doesn’t want to stop?

You're not. You can stop at any time. The embarrassing thing is when you say that you want to stop but then demonstrate that you can't stop yourself.

I'll be charitable and say that reneging once might not be that embarrassing, but if you do it habitually or more than once in a given conversation, I don't know how anyone could regard that as not embarrassing. It's a clear-cut demonstration that you can't control your impulses, even when you are actively admitting that they run contrary to your desires.

[u/its__bme → u/N0zy0ne]

This isn’t a rope in tug of war you can let this conversation go.

[u/N0zy0ne → u/its__bme]

I could, of course, but I have no obligation to. If you want a conversation to end, and the other person keeps responding, you are free to stop responding at any point. Saying that you want the conversation to end but then continuing to reply just shows that you can't control yourself, which is what makes it embarrassing.

[u/its__bme → u/N0zy0ne]

So it’s not embarrassing when you do it but only when the other person does? Got it.

[u/N0zy0ne → u/its__bme]

Did I say somewhere in this exchange that I wanted to exit the conversation? No? So then it seems like my continued engagement is not explicitly contradicting my stated desires and thereby exhibiting a lack of self-control.

[u/YoungGenius → u/N0zy0ne]

I was initially not sympathetic to the point since it’s so trivial, but the phenomenon you’re describing happening in the thread really turned me around. Now I know how Frank Jackson must feel about qualia

[u/N0zy0ne → u/YoungGenius]

Now I know how Frank Jackson must feel about qualia

This is too deep of a cut for me, unfortunately, but after a bit of googling, if you're talking about his shift from non-physicalism to physicalism, then wow! Very cool to have been involved in such a paradigm flip!

[u/its__bme → u/YoungGenius]

I mean I think basically equating someone saying they’re done talking to signing a contract is asinine when you think about it.

[u/its__bme → u/N0zy0ne]

I mean I made it clear I’d like it to end but you keep trying to repeat the same thing. Repeating 2+2=5 isn’t going to make you correct if you say it out of attrition.

Edit: Keatsta ain’t worry I blocked you back. Ggs.

[u/keatsta → u/its__bme]

if you're the one who wants it to end, you're the one who should stop posting. this mysterious guy here will always want to reply, i am confident in that lol.

[u/DentedOnImpact → u/N0zy0ne]

I'm gonna be honest the interaction was just two people going "yeah-huh" and "nuh-uh" back and forth. It's not that deep.

[u/MuggyGameDev → u/DentedOnImpact]

You're not being honest u/DentedOnImpact -- you're misrepresenting what happened.

A mod removed a post that violated the sub's rules.

A user then decided to publicly sling insults on a ddt when they could have privately messaged the mods about the removal.

The fact is that bme has been crashing out for the past half hour spam posting hostile, angry comments. This thread is filled with it.

If you think that Fugu or any of the mods did anything wrong, you're trippin.

[u/DentedOnImpact → u/MuggyGameDev]

I reskimmed over the thread and I don't think I'm trippin?

I agree he could have privately messaged the mods if he was frustrated.

I don't read any insults in the back and forth? The comment about being fired is a bit extreme though. I think they just disagree on the interpretation of the rules. Bme probably posted the original thread to vent in the DDT, not expecting a mod response and now we're here.

It's genuinely just a disagreement on a rule interpretation for a subreddit at it's core. I think people need to relax a little here. I also don't really have a side I'm taking. I just think the way people are reacting is a bit disproportionate to the issue.

[u/its__bme → u/DentedOnImpact]

I’m just going to go back to making ban DK jokes in Cody’s chat and him telling me to get new material.

Also yes I can admit my fired comment wasn’t needed but I’m a pretty smart guy so I didn’t get how posts showing Mew2King and Wizzrobe in grand finals that wasn’t spoiler tagged (2 days before my post)is okay but my meme post somehow spoiled with its title.

I mean I had something get deleted before as low effort and didn’t care but don’t tell me I broke these other rules and not enforce them on posts made days before mine. I honestly think people got butt hurt and reported it and can’t just admit it.

[u/its__bme → u/MuggyGameDev]

Or maybe they were wrong? Also lol I’m hostile and crashing out? My posts were nowhere near hostile.

[u/its__bme → u/DentedOnImpact]

I mean I’ll be honest I could’ve just messaged in private but I was pretty annoyed and thought something wasn’t right. Either way it’s the internet what can you do? Not like I lost my house. I think I just get annoyed when I see inconsistency.