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UTUSN

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15. Excellent and very understanding points. Back when, during the early Ignore era, tried it on bad actors.

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:14 PM

Mar 2026

Actually filled up the limit of slots. Years later, looked at my slots and just about all of them had been banned or otherwise gone!

What makes my OP situation the more regrettable is that I had long agreed with (other topics) and liked one of the now flamer's posts, had never had a problem with them and had Recc'd them much. These flamers demand Unconditional Surrender, cult-like submission.

By the bye, have liked your posts tons, can't think of a single disagreement. Thanks.

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Need advice on coping with single-issue flamers spammers. [View all] UTUSN Mar 2026 OP

Like the old saying goes... LuckyCharms Mar 2026 #1

Yip, the no response has its message. The flamers go by the internet "rule" about the Last Word wins. UTUSN Mar 2026 #11

LC, please see reply 18. highplainsdem Mar 2026 #23

I was unfamiliar with the thread, highplainsdem, and was replying in generalities. LuckyCharms Mar 2026 #46

If you use "ignore," you will not regret it, IMO! Why let a few people annoy you and get in your head? Doodley Mar 2026 #2

Same experience here jmbar2 Mar 2026 #3

Absolutely perfect, am saving it. Would like to post it to the flamers but it might be called a personal attack. UTUSN Mar 2026 #7

It is a striking resemblance jmbar2 Mar 2026 #10

Am going to post it in Lounge, crediting you, in order to get it into my Journal. Thanks! UTUSN Mar 2026 #12

You may need to include a Trigger Warning for jmbar2 Mar 2026 #13

That's what I thought too. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2026 #34

My first impression of the WARREN resemblance was just the immediate impact of the face. UTUSN Mar 2026 #36

There's definitely a facial resemblance FoxNewsSucks Mar 2026 #38

Yeah, the vid is spoiled for me now, too. This highlights another flamer trait, UTUSN Mar 2026 #44

The ignore button is your friend Fiendish Thingy Mar 2026 #4

We provide tools to help with problems like this, but it's up to you to use them EarlG Mar 2026 #5

Yip, my choices make it insoluble for me. UTUSN Mar 2026 #9

Please see reply 18 to understand the thread UTUSN is complaining about others complaining about. highplainsdem Mar 2026 #20

short of an alert (given they have actually demeaned or broken other rules) about your only alternative stopdiggin Mar 2026 #6

Yip, doing that more than can like, reaping a pain in the gut and actual stress. Sometimes I dread UTUSN Mar 2026 #8

As a big fan of the ignore function, I'll tell ypu how I manage it. NNadir Mar 2026 #14

Excellent and very understanding points. Back when, during the early Ignore era, tried it on bad actors. UTUSN Mar 2026 #15

That's the best part of an ignore list. Checking through it and realizing... NNadir Mar 2026 #19

Yip, silently ignoring the stalking and lies until they expose themselves is satisfying when it happens. UTUSN Mar 2026 #21

See reply 18 to understand the thread UTUSN is complaining about others commenting on. He was highplainsdem Mar 2026 #22

Ok. I'm not going to get involved other than to say.. NNadir Mar 2026 #25

I'm not going to ignore someone recommending an AI channel using illustrations of rape to advertise highplainsdem Mar 2026 #30

Ok. I understand your postion, but to be perfectly clear I often... NNadir Mar 2026 #35

Timely and relevant post. yorkster Mar 2026 #16

Thanks for the understanding! - Insoluble because of my choices, but at least it's on record. UTUSN Mar 2026 #17

UTUSN, you're apparently complaining about multiple people objecting to the lurid, non-historical content highplainsdem Mar 2026 #18

And btw, if anyone here who's been sympathizing with UTUSN feels the replies he received in that highplainsdem Mar 2026 #24

I use the Ignore feature because, for me, it's better not to know what's out there. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 #26

Yip, I use a kind of Ignore - skipping. It's always been irritating when posters feel obligated UTUSN Mar 2026 #28

Please see reply 18 and let me know if you think I was wrong for objecting to the content of the highplainsdem Mar 2026 #31

I ignore people like that to keep track of them. pwb Mar 2026 #27

Thanks. It's consolation that karma sometimes makes itself known. UTUSN Mar 2026 #29

Please see reply 18. UTUSN is unhappy that people objected to his reccing an AI channel with gross illos of rape, highplainsdem Mar 2026 #33

I know how you feel about AI from Music Appreciation. pwb Mar 2026 #37

"but there is a moderate side where the main content is not pernicious," WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2026 #32

The thread UTUSN is upset about wasn't primarily a debate about AI, either. It was about the inaccurate highplainsdem Mar 2026 #39

I also pushed back on the inaccuracies ("100 vikings vs 10,000 Mongols," come on) and I think it's important to WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2026 #40

If what was posted was inaccurate then post an article or video with the correct info questionseverything Mar 2026 #41

He was recommending an entire channel whose video thumbnails focused on rape, torture and highplainsdem Mar 2026 #42

Your post I referenced said it was about the inaccuracy of the video questionseverything Mar 2026 #43

I just scrolled past thumbnails of hundreds of YouTube videos about Khan. None of them showed Khan raping highplainsdem Mar 2026 #45

Honestly you keep moving the goal posts questionseverything Mar 2026 #50

I'm not moving the goalposts at all. This is the same objection I made when UTUSN posted about highplainsdem Mar 2026 #52

Don't respond to them LearnedHand Mar 2026 #47

Thanks much. UTUSN Mar 2026 #48

IGNORE IS YOUR FRIEND MY FRIEND Skittles Mar 2026 #49

Block them using the ignore feature. n/t FSogol Mar 2026 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author EarlG Mar 2026 #53