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Saying #DontBeADick is the perfect way to respond to the gish gallop "flood the zone" bullying propaganda tactics of the #MAGA crowd. Talking over you and littering the conversation with lies is intended to mislead and make you sound weak. But responding too harshly or shutting down the conversation gets spun as being anti free speech. You have to expose their strategy, not be intimidated by their edgelord trolling and prove you're the one standing up for good faith dialogue. #Trump #DOGE #uspol

#DontBeADick

So, this guy blocked me so it won't go to him. This is for anyone who sees this later.

This guy was basically being a dick. He could have just blocked the account or went about his business. But he choose to try and shame me for sharing something I found on Facebook.

When I find interesting things like this on Facebook I basically copy and paste the information here, with a link for anyone who wants to go see the original post. This is because this isn't my original content and when I share it I believe it's important to link back to the creator.

I mark these with the tags #Facebook, #FacebookFinds, and #FacebookGroup.

Any one of those tags can be muted. Like the guy about could have.

He chose to be hateful though.

So while this is all going out into the Void, and won't be seen by the dick in question, if you do see this then take a moment to ask.

If you don't want to see these things you don't have to. They are tagged in a way so you can block them.

But you also have a choice about being a dick about it.

So remember, as we speed towards Christmas: Not everyone has a great relationship with alcohol. If someone doesn't want to imbibe, don't be the one that pushes them into something they don't want to do.

And if you're throwing a party, have non-alcoholic options available.

I haven't even had my coffee yet and had to break up a fist fight betwen a Dodge Ram owner and two Bicyclists.

Reminder: Bicycles *Are Fucking Allowed* in the lane when there is no bike lane On The West Fucking Coast (I can speak with authority to that).

Do NOT make me dust off my Critical Masshole Credentials. You don't want that.

Now my hands and shoulders hurt and I spilled my coffee.

Assholes.

All you need to remember in life is to try to apply the rule “don’t be a dick” to everything. Stick by that, and you won’t go far wrong. Apply this rule to the behaviour of others too and it’s frequently illuminating.

Once we planned a beach getaway on Father's Day weekend. At a $pendy lunch on Sunday we saw a family of five. Mom and the 3 kids were all literally eating plain buttered spaghetti, no sides or salads. Dad had surf and turf heartily enjoying his meal that filled most of the table while his family ate in their humble fare in stilted scary silence and no one made eye contact #FathersDay #DontBeADick

Hey, if you're a Tesla driver - and you park at #PDX, please, for the love of all that's holy, don't park in the EV charging spaces if you DO NOT INTEND TO CHARGE.

A friend (who I tried to help out yesterday) ended up completely draining his battery pack in his EV because not one, not two, but THREE Tesla owners were parked in the EV charging spaces of the parking lot they were in.

I've witnessed it too at other PDX parking lots.

It's ALWAYS THE F’ING TESLA DRIVERS.

@alrs
Two things can be true at the same time.

Believe it or not, I can feel utter disgust at what is happening in Gaza AND point out that product design that ignores a significant percent of the population is inexcusable.

I hope you never burn the roof of your mouth and express pain, because you will instantly be ignoring all the other suffering in the world.

Man, get ahold of yourself.

🫣 Dear Fellow Not-So-Young-People,

No, this is not what we do. Your younger self probably needed a bit of refining and growth, too. Have the grace and patience to give the newer humans space to sort it all out and provide guidance as appropriate. And most importantly of all: Don't be a dick.

The new humans may seem weird or do things differently, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There was a time when you were new and weird, too. Be kind and listen and you may learn things.

Sincerely,

A Not Young Person

deadline.com/2024/01/jodie-fos

Deadline · Jodie Foster: Gen Z Can Be “Really Annoying To Work With”By Caroline Frost

Remember that asshat who was running around a furry con crashing folks' iPhones with a Flipper Zero?
Turns out you can use BTLE to track the buggers down.
Enjoy the "Wall of Flippers."

All you need is a few Raspberry Pi boards and a bit of spare time >:3

github.com/K3YOMI/Wall-of-Flip

You can even figure out roughly where they are ... put a few sniffers in a room, and see which reports the highest RSSI... then go DFing in that area with a portable rig. ENJOY
#FlipperZero #WallOfFlippers #DontBeADick

GitHubGitHub - K3YOMI/Wall-of-Flippers: A simple and easy way to find Flipper Zero Devices and Bluetooth Low Energy Based AttacksA simple and easy way to find Flipper Zero Devices and Bluetooth Low Energy Based Attacks - K3YOMI/Wall-of-Flippers

I've lost count of the number of people I've actually unfollowed for one simple reason.

#BoostBombing
#BoostBomb

I don't mean some one who boosts half a dozen different and interesting posts in a row.

I mean people who will do dumb things like boost every single post in a single thread.

Having your stream suddenly filled with 50 boosts from the same person, swamping over any actually interesting boosts from more sane people. Is a bit of a dick move.

#FediTips
#DontBeADick

Okay, so it looks like we have another rush of #sexworkers coming as the bad place cracks down on content providers. Can we please be cool about this? We want sex workers here, they will bring people on to the platform and make it stronger and better, but only if we don’t scare them off by being weird and aggressive. Please be nice and if you are moved to, give them money to help them stay alive and provide content you enjoy. #sexworkiswork #mastodon #dontbeadick rollingstone.com/culture/cultu

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