Universal Monk

Good call!!!

It definitely was unpopular before the election. I was banned in some places for saying it

Yep. Lemme isn’t really a fan if free speech and they usually say it leads to nazi things. But I’m all for free speech even if bad guys use it too.

Ha! Nice catch!!!

Welcome, friend! :)

I don’t “dodge” people who tell me to fuck off. So you think just because you don’t like someone that they should be banned from posting? You want an echo-chamber like Reddit?!

Bro, if you ban the conservative communities I post to, it doesn’t matter what instance I post from, you won’t see my posts.

Also the majority of my posts are to my OWN communities. lol

I don’t post inappropriate articles to inappropriate communities. I never have. Feel free to check my post history to verify.

Thanks, friend.

For no reason, too. I reached out to the admins to ask the reason for the ban, and no reply.

Not that I mind, I mean, it’s their instance, their rules. But I never posted anything that broke the rules and I never posted to any instance or communities that I was banned from, so no ban evasion.

But for people so angry that I am on different instances, that’s a perfect example of why I am. It’s not for ban evasion, it’s because there are so many people mad that I don’t post news articles that they like, that they get mad and try to get me banned. lmao

People take Lemmy way too seriously. Guys, just don’t click on the link to the news articles if you don’t wanna read them. Ban c/conservative and/or c/politcsuniltered, and 90 percent of my stuff won’t be seen by you–regardless of what instance I post from.

Not that hard not to read my stuff! lol

Right? lol I wished I would have been able to browse stuff while I worked before I retired! lol

Lemmy.world has become a pro-censorship toxic shithole lately. Sooo glad I was made to find other instances.

Beauty of the fediverse… If one place sucks, just find a different one 😊

This is the best instance in fediverse in my opinion.

I’ve found so much stuff from Baens Free Library! So just wanna give my thumbs up to your post!

Yep, I see your reply now. Didn’t see it before. Good on ya for noticing it. Thanks!

And close or not, Trump did win the popular vote, and we just have to accept it and move on. (and no, I didn’t vote for him.)

Dude, you rock. Don’t even bow down to the negs that you are getting. You legit stood up for me even though you don’t agree with me. That’s an admirable, and increasingly rare, trait.

I’m American, and apparently very annoying to some, so I get my fair shair of hate. But at least when it’s thrown my way, I get that some people think I’m a dick.

But you have always been a straight up, no bullshit kind of guy. Honestly we need more admins like you.

You’re one of the reason that this instance is the best instance on Lemmy.

I look at a lot of your measured responses and always tell myself that I should respond to people that way. But I never do, cuz I also devolve and always end up saying shit like, “You keep crying. I’ll keep posting. Please block me if you don’t like me.” lmao

Stay strong, brother!

Oh, way better word. Thank you, I’ll use colleagues from now on,

Not really. I mean I volunteer at the school where I worked, so I still count them as my coworkers… But since I don’t get paid, I guess technically they aren’t. But what would you call them?

You’re on your way brother. The children being grown when you get to the decade that you retire is the big game changer I think. I love my kids, and I actually thought about having more a few years ago, but financially just wasn’t something I could wing.

Plus I worked in an elementary school for my last few days of work, so they sorta all became my kids. And I still volunteer there, so it’s worked out for me.

Now, if my kids would have kids so I could at least have grandbabies, then hey! All the better! lol

Agreed. I basically took early retirement–I’m 55.

My pension is small since I bailed early, but I have zero debt, and very few bills, so I get by just fine. My kids are grown. My house and cars are paid off. Property taxes here are very low.

Sure, I won’t be traveling the world, but the park next to my house is beautiful, and I can see the mountains from my front porch. All is good.

Good luck to ya, mate!

Yep! Wait until you have kids that are older than your co-workers.

Source: My kids are older than many of my co-workers. It sucks.

The only way to fight it is to stay fit as fuck. Oh and retire early like I did. Takes some of the pain out of getting older!