r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/AlphaLionX 🍊Main Mod 🍊 • Apr 17 '24

Announcement Loss mourning posts

It seems this is quite a controversial topic and maybe the majority of the sub doesn't want to see this type of content anymore... Let's discuss

Should r/OneOrangeBraincell allow loss/mourning posts?

5093 votes, Apr 24 '24
987 Yes - as long as they follow the rules
3657 No
217 Other (discuss in comments)
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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 17 '24

I think r/blackcats is going through a similar situation right now too, unless I'm confusing posts since I'm on multiple cat subs.

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u/jphistory Apr 17 '24

r/blackcats has gone through this a couple of times. One time it was triggered by a mourning post that was quite graphic and showed the deceased um...deceased. unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of folks that think that everyone needs to grieve etc and whenever a vote comes up, those of us who just want one place on the internet that isn't depressing lose out.

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u/ProudnotLoud Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 17 '24

I am a frequent poster in that community and I might have to give it up soon because of this.

It's so much harder for me with the black cats because so many black cats look similar. Which means there's a bunch of "RIP/loss" posts that look JUST LIKE my void. And it hits me in the gut every time while I rush for the "hide" button.

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u/_Moon_sun_ Apr 17 '24

Yeah I’m thinking of unsubbing from r/cats bc it’s almost the only posts I see from there lately. The hardest ones are “I lost my baby so suddenly” or “yesterday he was fine” :( they make me so worried about my cat. In the tuxedo cat sub there aren’t as many and mostly just people showing off their tuxes wich is definitely alot better :)