chris [he/him]

I’ve seen two blatantly astroturfed posts on the mtg circlejerk sub in the past 24 hours, which would be kinda funny if there weren’t so many people chomping at the bit to hold water for zionists. Really does seem to be everywhere on the hellsite

Someday I’ll be strong enough to stop the doomscrolling. Someday…

Yeah, I’ve been trying to fill the shitposting void that r/cth left in my soul for years now, and now I’m realizing that thinking I could find it on Reddit was a fool’s errand. Kind of annoying that there’s no suitable alternative for 99.9% of niche hobby subs, but it is what it is.

196 definitely was always a little weird, their trans acceptance has felt kinda chaser-ey as long as I used it, but it was still the most inclusive dedicated meme subreddit that wasn’t straight up leftist memes afaik (which evidently isn’t saying much). Liberals calling themselves “leftists” while still defending the imperial core does sound right on the money for CurratedTumblr too.

That’s pretty much where I’m at, using it for hobby subs and tolerable meme subreddits when I need something to scroll. Sadly I don’t think there will be an active community dedicated to the MTG Modern format on Lemmy for a long time, but even so recent attitudes on the site have made it pretty evident that it should definitely be a smaller part of my media diet.

I really need to finally get off Reddit, Trueanon is the only decent community left on the site. Even the self-described “leftist” meme subreddits like 196 and CuratedTumblr writhe and scream “tankie!” the instant they even get a sniff of any real class consciousness. Don’t even get me started when actual revolutionary ML leaders like Lenin and Mao are mentioned, hoo boy. I forget how deep liberalism is ingrained into the American psyche from the moment we’re born.