Doing this bit will stop you from getting banned. It will also give you a chance to listen and learn without getting banned. It will also stop you from accidentally (or purposely?) harming your comrades, preventing you from getting banned. Hexbear is not theory but it can be a decent start so shut up and read and listen and maybe at most ask some simple questions about things and then accept the good answers you get so you can try to learn instead of posting your shit take and thus getting banned.

We go through this cycle once in a while and the folks who survive it are the folks who already have correct takes and the folks who shut up and listen to and learn from the correct takes. If you aren't sure if you're the former then make damn sure you're the latter.

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

no lol clueless

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

i-love-not-thinking

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

what if my takes are simply too visionary and far-reaching to be understood by someone as stupid, uneducated and uncurious as myself?

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Then you may share them but only if you preface them with "I am so high right now" and also only if they are functionally meaningless takes like 'what if Mars is made of eggshells from the Celestial Dragon"

[–] mbt2402@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

NO INVESTIGATION, NO RIGHT TO SPEAK

Unless you have investigated a problem, you will be deprived of the right to speak on it. Isn't that too harsh? Not in the least. When you have not probed into a problem, into the present facts and its past history, and know nothing of its essentials, whatever you say about it will undoubtedly be nonsense. Talking nonsense solves no problems, as everyone knows, so why is it unjust to deprive you of the right to speak? Quite a few comrades always keep their eyes shut and talk nonsense, and for a Communist that is disgraceful. How can a Communist keep his eyes shut and talk nonsense?

It won't do!

You must investigate!

You must not talk nonsense!

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I make people so mad sometimes when I am asked to share my opinion on something and I say "actually I don't know enough about that to have a well formed opinion." This simple statement enrages people to a ridiculous degree. Why should I have an opinion on something I don't know enough about to have an opinion on? It makes no sense and yet it is apparently the expected state of being

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

waow-based mao-shining

[–] Luna@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

New tagline? I thinks it's already one on grad too!

[–] EpicKebabEater@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is already a tagline here.

Idea: We should either decrease non-theory taglines or put more of them so they are more likely than the "haha internet drama" ones.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For every haha internet drama tagline, one theory tagline must be added.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

we should try to find theory taglines that sound like internet drama taglines, to keep people guessing

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Marx was a poster at heart.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I support this as long as it doesn't become the new "touch grass" mantra to try to shut people up regardless of "investigation."

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

It shouldn't if people just ask gentle open ended questions when they don't understand rather than shit bad takes out their face holes

[–] AmericaDeserved711@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

glad I grew out of the tendency to form an instant take on everything single thing that happens, including things I've never thought about up until that very moment. reddit and twitter did a number on my brain

[–] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

This anti-pain-pig screed must not be allowed to stand!

[–] anindefinitearticle@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This type of policy stifles freedom of thought.

There is no such thing as people who "already have correct takes" who can be treated with the authority your words imply.

Yes we should all listen more. But we also need to speak so that others may listen and so all can benefit from a diversity of ideas.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck freedom of thought. Think thoughts that don't attack my comrades or don't think at all