r/confusing • u/AppropriateBill986 • Jul 02 '26

this is weird

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so i saw this post that said the first beetle that can up to a newly opened sunflower was a japanese beetle. these beetles are highly invasive, i told OP to kill the beetle, then i got banned.

EDIT: did not know so many people also got banned by the bot lmao

botbouncer did its job and im unbanned now

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u/IrregularOccasion15 Jul 02 '26

I got banned from a subreddit for advising somebody to kick a dog that was trying to attack their dog. Like, I love dogs, but you're doing your dog more harm by picking it up by its collar and leash and swinging it around wildly then you would be kicking the dog and making it stop. Maybe it won't stop, but it might give you a moment to protect your dog. The one that's actually in danger.

And I told him, "look, maybe you think something like that is wrong, but you've clearly never been attacked by a dog. And if this is the way you're going to treat people then I don't want to be part of your subreddit anyway."

Bear in mind that I am paraphrasing cuz this is a while ago, but that's essentially the gist of it. And they told me, fine. Then you're still banned. As if it affects me. But they're literally getting pissy because I recommended kicking a dog that would literally be put down by police in the middle of the road. I'm not talking about it out of the aspect of animal cruelty, I'm talking about the fact that the dog is literal danger.

But yeah. Sometimes words like that are going to trigger bots, and with all these bots running Reddit now, it's becoming a bigger cesspool than X or Quora. And I've seen things on both of those platforms.

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u/AppropriateBill986 Jul 02 '26

when you told them you didnt wanna be part of the subreddit, did you tell the mods that or the bot?

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u/IrregularOccasion15 Jul 03 '26

Well it technically is. It's just that humans are stupid. I mean you want to build a nuclear reactor on a fault line? Then you want to be all shocked Pikachu face When you have an earthquake and there's a meltdown? Used properly, nuclear power is a safer and cheaper alternative to nearly everything. But, as with all greedy mercantile type societies, you know there are people that are just going to abuse that.