Because drugs are bad mmmkay?

And drugs are defined by tv shows. Drugs are pills.

Also, talk about drugs anywhere and you’ll encounter 40-somethings with an unreasonable hatred of drugs. They get crazy. That’s the “just say no” propaganda talking. It was pushed in the schools in the 80s, and we still hear the echoes.

It’s a testament to the power of media and propaganda.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal

Everything written by Greg Egan for the first decade or so of his writing career

Ever tried to play a difficult video game while also baking a batch of cookies and discussing Christmas plans with your parents?

You see how it works.

That’s an excellent one :)

Surely drug use is as old as eating. From the first time that you eat a strange berry or funky apple.

Sure. I’ll put it up top

Do you think it’s a conscious plan to mindcontrol everybody or is it just a basement dweller treating his mod powers like the ultimate downvote?

But you uttered an opinion about moderation. So address my point.

Most? Well not my conversations.

Maybe it’s a smalltalk vs “largetalk” thing. Maybe most conversations are smalltalk. Talk that’s just friendly noise or whatever.

That is a territory with which I am pretty unfamiliar.

But ya, 2 totally different kinds of talk.

Maybe trolling constitutes a 3rd variety.

Well there is no clean connection between the rule and reality (short of forbidden word lists anyway). It’s always a matter of somebody’s interpretation.

Some communities have rules like “don’t be a dick”, which seems implied.

Maybe rules are inappropriate here. At best a justification.

Actually it ain’t. Good, catch

What if they got off topic. What would happen?

Also, do you think that you understand their conversation better than they do? All of them?

But it’s a very good guideline for people who, like moderators, have power and imperfect understanding. It’s saying, “when in doubt, err on the side of least possible harm”. So that’s a good guide. Right?

be in the community but secretly …

Oh that will work out just fine.

Bigotry

That is a very popular word lately

So you want to shape us.

How about just letting us talk?

But if they’re saying the wrong stuff then I get to hit them with my modhammer. Right?

Influence, narrative-control, hurting the other tribe, control over a little domain. Those are good pay for some people.

And sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.

What do you do when that happens? What guides do you look to?

If you trust this person to tell you, and everybody else here, how to speak, then either your speech is worthless to you or this conversation is worthless to you.