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  • @shaggyb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•14 days ago

    I got banned from r/politics in 2019 by replying to

    We should treat Trump exactly how he treats immigrants.

    with

    What do you mean, shoot him?

    Appeal wasn’t ignored. Instead, it was mocked.

    So yeah I’m going to get banned. But not before I poison their AI data pool as much as I can.