UniversalMonk @ UniversalMonk @anarchist.nexus

Notorious zero-sum narcisstic Lemmy outlaw and A.I. advocate. Writer. Kopim

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I actually ran my own crooked little pirate station back when acne and hormones were still my main drama. My command center was my grandfather’s “radio shack,” and yes, that's what people called HAM radio set-ups.

It smelled like dust, old wires, and pipe tobacco. I’d sneak in, crank up punk records, and talk all kinds of shit about my high school like I was Wolfman Jack! lmao

There was some some movie that came out about that time, about a teen running a pirate radio station that his high school listened to, and I thought it was awesome. Christian Slater was in it. "Pump Up The Volume."

For six glorious months, I broadcasted into the void as a one-man revolution pumping static and anger into the uni. Then my gramps got a letter that threatened a fine so monstrous it could have bought ten lifetimes of gas station burritos. Ten thousand motherfuckin dollars or some shit!! He was pissed.

My audience was basically one guy, and that one guy never helped me get laid. So that was the end of my pirate radio empire.

I miss that shack tho, so I'm looking to get back into it. Building a radio shack in my backyard. Getting equipment locally sourced and from eBay.

Legal this time tho, cuz I'm gonna take my radio operators test and get certified. Only preppers really care about shortwave radio these days. But those are my peeps, so...

Wish I'd inherited my gramps' radio equipment. Shit's expensive now.

Germany – The Bundestag has multiple major parties: Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, Free Democrats (FDP), Left Party, and the far-right AfD. Governments are almost always coalitions.

India – Dozens of regional and national parties compete. While the BJP and Congress are the biggest, smaller parties like Trinamool Congress, DMK, and Shiv Sena hold real power, especially in states.

Brazil – Extremely fragmented system with more than 20 parties in Congress. Coalitions are mandatory for governing.

Netherlands – No single party ever wins a majority, so coalitions of three or more parties are the norm. Parties like VVD, D66, Labour, Greens, and Christian Democrats all share governance.

Sweden and other Nordic countries – Multiple parties on the left and right; coalition governments are standard.

Doubt it. I agree with the points you’re making here, but I don’t think policymakers in either party are brave enough to really look at themselves and ask how they contributed to this mess.

It’s easier to point fingers at the obvious cartoonish villains than to actually reflect on their own failures. Until that changes, the same shit will keep repeating. As it always has, as it always will. lol

Hmmm, Xi may be more capable and def less clownish compared to Trump or Kim, but the system he enforces is still way too repressive. And that’s not something I can ignore just because he’s effective at some things.

As for if he's better or worse than Trump..um, that's a good question!

Thanks for the update. Glad you stood up for yourself and glad that the people involved did the right thing. That's what's so awesome about this community!

The primary reason we decided you weren't a good fit for SLRPNK wasn't your ideas, but your chronic pattern of toxic behavior in advocating them.

Ok, that makes more sense. Obviously I, and the admin of this instance and other instances I'm on, don't feel I'm toxic, but you are certainly welcome to think that.

online bullying can make people disengage from a conversation in spite of arguing good points.

Agreed. And people bullied me a lot and told me to leave Lemmy. I stood up to them and didn't back down. So yeah, as a result, I can totally agree that I'm not great at de-escalating arguments. I give as much as I get. Which I feel has me wrongly labeled as a troll, but meh, if someone starts something with me, I don't back off. But you have a valid point.

you stand from the rightward-sliding political median.

Just to be clear: I'm not rightward politics. I'm a socialist. Voted socialist. (Which by the way is what caused all the controversy, because I voted 3rd party in the election) I also created and I mod socialist communities, and I've the majority of my posts are pro-socialist and pro third-party articles.

especially since you were transparent about your identity in your application, which I respect and appreciate.

Thank you. My "alts" aren't really alts as for ban evasion. I use my same name on all my instances. So ban evasion isn't really a goal since I don't hide my identity. If I truly wanted to ban evade and have an alt, I'd just come up with a different user name and sign up wherever I wanted.

But there have been multiple times when someone signed up in bad faith, using my name to create drama, and I've written to plenty of admins to let them know it wasn't me and asked them to delete those accounts. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I have no control over that.

But I DO appreciate your explanation, so thank you for going into details. Even tho I don't agree with some of your points, at least now I understand where you are coming from.

I respect you for not ignoring my questions or my gripes.

So thank you and best of luck to your instance. I still love the idea of your instance, even tho I'm no longer a part of it.

How? I said I think that slrpnk has lost it's way. That was my personal opinion.

Want a quick receipt? This very thread. Most people agreed with OP and felt it was PTB against a slrpnk mod.

I meant, no issues as in no issues causing trouble for my instance. The admins of the instances I'm on had no issues with me.

Also, I didn't even post in most of those subs that were banning me. Please point out something that you thought was troubling and ban-worthy.

I loved the reason was: known zero-sum narcisstic troll/spam user. I added that to my user profile description. I'm not smart enough to know what it means, but it sounds badass!! LMAO

Lemmy is still way pissed that I voted for third party in the election. :)

PTB!

As for me not having receipts right now, I wasn't trying to prove anything. Just saying that it seems I have read things about slpnk not being as cool as it used to be. I mean, we are here talking about them in this comm because of it.

Others in this thread are saying that OP's situation was PTB as well, and based on the upvotes of my comments, I'm not the only one who thinks the slrpnk vibe seems to have changed lately.

I'm not a mod or admin who banned anyone in this thread, so no reason for me to have any receipts. I was just giving my personal opinion.

I'm glad OP's comment was restored.

I just find it strange, though. I fit your demographic pretty well (solar power, off-grid living, anti-authority, anti-capitalist, punk, etc.) and never broke any rules on your instance, yet it still became an issue to be "associated with" me. I even had a cool-ass banner solarpunk graphic for my banner that I made just for that instance!! lol

What about my behavior caused problems for you? I’ve been on dbzer0 (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk
) and sh.itjust.works (https://sh.itjust.works/u/UniversalMonk
) for almost a year with no issues. I haven’t changed anything about how I act, what I post, or my attitude, and they’ve had no problems with me at all.

Even the stuff I became “infamous” for on .world was mostly election related, because I voted 3rd party (Socialist). If I made those exact posts today, they probably wouldn't cause any stir at all.

So I’m honestly curious: why can I be fine on these two big instances with no issues, yet yours had a problem with me?

I don't want you to think I'm grilling you or taking anything away from OP.

But I just find the whole thing curious, especially since I fall into what seems like one of your core demographics. No biggie tho, I found my forever home with my dbzer0 crew here.

Good points, but the reality is it’s still tiny compared to mainstream platforms. The communities are smaller, the reach is limited, and a lot of the conversations I care about still happen on places like Reddit or even mainstream social media.

I enjoy the Fediverse for what it is and support the idea behind it, but I can’t fully leave the bigger platforms yet because that’s still where most of the people and content are.

They banned me out of the blue, even though I’d been on their instance for a while without breaking any rules. The reason they gave me was a variation of "you are Universal Monk." That alone makes me think they’ve lost their way.

Add that to OP’s situation and other things I’ve come across before, (though I’ll admit I don’t have the receipts right now), and it really seems like they’ve gone off course. Just my opinion, of course.

I was on your instance for a good while and never broke any rules. The ban came out of nowhere and wasn’t even tied to anything recent. Because the only reason I ever got from you was, “because you’re Universal Monk.” So yeah, that’s classic PTB behavior.

I agree with OP that their situation also looks like a clear case of PTB.

(For the record, I’m much happier here anyway and have been welcomed by most of the dbzer0 community.)

I already joined and it’s awesome! Thanks for your work on this. And thanks to everyone else who worked on it!

PTB.

slrpnk seems to have lost it's way. It was cool at first, but I don't know what happened to them lately. They used to be cool and laid back. Now a lot of mods and admin over there have become PTB

He's persistent, so I gotta give him credit for that! lol

Ahhhh, ok, my bad. It seemed pretty pointed as written, and I wasn't sure where you were coming from.

All good, no worries. :)

Great points. Thanks for pointing that out.

What makes you think I voted Republican?

I voted Socialist. The article is from the Socialist Workers Party website.