Perhaps this is a protest post, lol. If anyone knows how to appeal a removed post let me know.

  • shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    We’re mods of the online forum
    We ban with no decorum
    If the post offends or condescends
    We simply can’t ignore’em

  • Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Brb, just gotta check your comment history to see if we’re on the same side or whether I should be sexist against you for being a sexist.

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      The Modlog says

      lemmy.ml rules 1 and 2 (i think you intend to be criticising this trope, but you’re also using it as a punchline)

      Rules 1 and 2 are

      Rule 1: No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.

      Rule 2: Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.

      I made a Rick and Morty butter robot meme. Rick was representing “Authors and Writers” while the robot represented “Strong Female Characters”. Rick told the robot to “get in the refrigerator” in reference to the Women in Refrigerators trope.

      You could maybe argue that the meme is an example of the trope, but you’d have to be bad at memes or arguing.

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        I mean it hits some of the notes of the people that make fun of “strong female characaters” so I can see how a tired mod might have mistaken it for one.

        Like a strong woman is artificially created and an alpha male shows her her place or whatever

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        Oof. People can’t even post memes about things that frustrate them now? A lot of trans memes are about shit like this, if we removed all those there’d barely be any left.

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          Yeah. Like, maybe I’m misinterpreting the ruling, but it sure seems like the mod thought the meme was sexist. For the life of me I just cannot understand that perspective. I was trying to explain my feelings towards the trope in a way that I hoped relatable or understandable to the common person. That’s what memes are for, lol.

          In the original R&M scene Rick is literally the villain. He abuses his power of creation to make a machine seemingly capable of independent thought and feelings, and then condemns it to a menial existence. The humor is derived from empathizing with the poor little guy. That feels like a perfect metaphor for the refrigerator trope to me.

          I could have instead posted a purely academic analysis of the trope, but that’s not exactly a meme is it?

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        You could maybe argue that the meme is an example of the trope, but you’d have to be bad at memes or arguing.

        In short, a mod.