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Heather B's avatar

Lucky me I blocked him first so I never knew he blocked me.

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

that’s a first, he pulled his own plug… the mother of all “time outs”… would be interesting who he unblocks first and why… dominos pizza delivery dude?

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Rob Dubya's avatar

I'm only on Substack so have never had the need to block on Twatsfacergram. Having said that I have been the receiver of trolling in the comments section. Particularly on Steve (world saviour) Kirsch's substack. Some bellend just wouldn't let it go, so I ended up handing his ass to him, and then he started asking Steve to block me. Fucking pathetic. I am against blocking unless they are just trolling with no context, but then my prefered option is to just ignore.

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Kyle Kissinger (no relation)'s avatar

I agree. I only block when the trolling crosses the line from fun and entertaining to crazy or obnoxious.

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

Gosh, I couldn't figure out if this was a completely satirical piece! 😜 You just can't make this stuff up! 🤣🤣

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Michael Newberry's avatar

Haha, it’s like laughing at myself! Iv got a passive account there, 2 posts, 0 followers, following about 12 people for news, no comments, no likes but a shit load of blocks and muteds about 2k. 😂❤️

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DeepThought's avatar

He will own the silence and he will be happy.

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Elaine's avatar

I'm certain the Chinese Communist Party would consider him a hero and give him a hero's welcome if he went to China.

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the long warred's avatar

So Derek is the Singularity?

Or The Last Man?

Is this Schrödinger’s Singularity ?

I’m so confused.

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere's avatar

I had a bad day.

Police stopped cars on a routine check. While approaching at pedastrian pace in the queue, I got my license out, put my window down and let my hand with the licence hang out of the window. It was a sunny day and I was in a friendly mood.

When the relatively young officer apporached I smiled and gave him a friendly greeting. He didn't like that. Maybe he thought I was taking the piss (which I didn't), maybe he had an argument with his wife in the morning, I don't know.

What I do know is that, next thing. he wants to write me a ticket over $260 for hanging my arm out of the window. I am not joking. This is a real story from a small town in Australia in the year 2024.

First, like you, I thought he was joking and I literally said: "You must be joking? I open my window to show you my license and that is an punishable offence?"

It turned out that it is as he showed me on his phone quoting the road code. As long the car is rolling I can't have my hand (or any other part of my body e.g. penis, arse, leg, head) outside the vehicle. To say I was perplexed is an understatement.

It took quite a bit of arse licking while simutaneously grinding me teeths and clinching my glutes, to have the ticket downgraded to a written warning that will probably stay on my file forever - "had his hand protuding 10 cm beyond the boundaries of his car while approaching at 2 km/h."

Only now the story turns to fiction and links to the topic at hand:

That night I came home, opened my social media and blocked three guys. I went Rambo on them. They didn't offend me. They not even said anything. But I blocked them anyway. It felt so good. I really gave it to them. I destroyed them.

I restored my dignity.

Blocking people is the last tool of power I have. The last tool of bitter revenge. The last tool of not being blocked myself for being a castrated, bitter, demasculated nobody.

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Matthew's avatar

He's got a true commitment to social justice and puts the rest of us to shame.

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Dick Minnis's avatar

Do you get any points for not being on social media at all? Substack with thoughtful essays...yes. Facebook & X ...a waste of time, due to a really poor signal to noise ratio.

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Eric S Lipchus's avatar

If you can’t deal with peoples shit that regressive not progressive.

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Kyle Kissinger (no relation)'s avatar

Fully agree Eric! Many on the left today seem averse to any differing opinions. We have a lot more satire on the way so stay tuned!

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JP Spatzier's avatar

He needs serious mental attention

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Kyle Kissinger (no relation)'s avatar

Don't they all 😂

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James M.'s avatar

Brilliant. lol

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Jeremy Mercier's avatar

He could have just gone to threads. 😂

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Stone Bryson's avatar

Derek Smith - hero for progressives, incels, and tender-skinned man-boys everywhere! LOL

Another great one, Kyle - keep them rolling... *salute

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