We’ve got plenty of protectors

You do?

He’s staring into the void there

It certainly has approached their level of reasoning, I agree

No, this was Gain

Not that I doubt you, I just don’t understand how a user bidirectional block works when other instances don’t support the feature.

Tell me more about this apple up your ass

Tell me more about this apple up your ass

Edit: Replied to wrong comment

How does that work from a technical perspective? Do non-piefed users still see you?

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You’re dodging the question. HOW would this reduce deaths?

Would you like to explain HOW it would reduce deaths? Because no would-be mass murderer would ever sharpen a knife or, just, pick up another weapon?

Yes, would-be mass murderers everywhere will be deterred by the fact that knives will no longer come pre-pointed. Society will be saved!

Probably, but this one seems to be righter

Great. What’s that in normal units?

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I’m confused, somebody explain the ending?

Are you sure you linked the right xkcd?

I’m not sure how or why it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but one reason blocking is the way it is, is because in a public forum like this, blocking somebody else from seeing your content is extremely open to abuse, while providing no real benefit from a protection perspective. As accounts are essentially free and unlimited, any malicious user can logout or spin up a new account to bypass your block.

On the abuse issue, it was previously shown with some testing on Reddit that by posting something offensive and controversial, then blocking everybody who responded in a negative manner, you could within 3 - 5 rounds of blocking reach the point where you could post practically anything and have it seen like a popular opinion, since everybody who disagreed with you and was willing to call out your bullshit couldn’t see it any more. Hence technical reasons aside, there are very good systemic reasons the blocking mechanism works the way it does.

The article linked to a list of applicable research. https://news.engin.umich.edu/2019/09/most-powerful-laser-in-the-us-to-be-built-at-michigan/

I like the idea, but I’m confident there’s a 1% chance of me actually remembering what I wanted to say

Projecting much?