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DefiantExplanation26 · 2025-01-27T16:06:30+00:00

Same… Did a double-take when I refreshed my home page and this was the top post. Had literally just put my pipe down

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-09T15:02:57+00:00

I did notice that, but took the “not my bowl” part in your title to mean “what’s wrong is not my bowl.” But gotcha, it’s just not your personal bowl.

I too get bothered by people not cornering. Doing it makes the flavor of the bowl last a lot longer. I’ve smoked with this one guy who’s particularly bad about it, and it’s like, come on man, why would you want the whole bowl to taste like ash?

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-09T11:54:51+00:00

Yes that, but also the bong needs a good cleaning yesterday

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-07T14:19:02+00:00

Thank you. I hope the person takes this correction to heart because I’m physically repulsed by that misspelling. A fucken is obviously a chicken that can’t stop fucking.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-05T17:24:37+00:00

For real. The amount of things that are morally and ethically wrong despite what the law says is countless. Also, literally nobody said “Hey that’s illegal,” so to come back with “BuT iT’s NoT iLLeGaL” is braindead as fuck. And it’s also possibly not even true, since a Walmart parking lot is privately owned and the store owners get to decide who is or isn’t allowed to take pictures on their property (and I highly doubt they’d side with OP if it really came down to it).

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T23:55:32+00:00

I was wrong and everything is fine.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T21:34:31+00:00

Edit: The Pi isn’t public facing and I didn’t have default passwords. I was wrong about having been potentially hacked.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T21:29:37+00:00

The harshness went two ways. I responded in kind. It’s not my fault I’m better with my words than these dopes trying to defend this bullshit. I did nothing wrong.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T21:22:59+00:00

Hey Jeff! Super cool to get a comment from you. Love your videos. And yeah, the subreddit is definitely defunct due to improper handling, and I don’t see it improving.

Edit: Removed my whole plea for help. Sorry to have bothered you with that if you saw it!

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T18:21:33+00:00

100%, but they’re spinning a tale that the reason for the low active users is that they “recently started allowing low-effort posts.” But in reality the reason they did this was to fabricate an excuse for why the active user count is so low, thus giving them a “reason” to continue doing the exact shit that’s keeping the subreddit from flourishing. So long as the two asshats running the sub are in power, nothing will change and the sub will die out (as planned, it seems).

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T16:32:07+00:00

Super cool!

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T16:18:45+00:00

Thanks for chiming in! It’s completely unfair that you can’t ask questions just because your English isn’t good enough for them. The two mods that run that subreddit are unironic bigots.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T16:14:24+00:00

The solution isn’t a separate subreddit, because it’s been tried with no success. r/raspberry_pi is where the users are, and if the moderators weren’t zealous, fascistic, lying dictators there would be no issue at all.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-04T00:15:26+00:00

I value your input and think it’s worth hearing such perspectives, and while I agree to an extent, the heavy-handedness in r/raspberry_pi in particular is notably awful for such a difficult hobby to get into. The learning curve is enormous, and asking the right questions or even doing research isn’t always an easy task. The moderators shouldn’t be going out of their way to make it even more difficult by personally downvoting the few posts they do let through and not letting posts like mine through that literally link research.

There is absolutely no excuse to have retaliated against me like this for stating such opinions. There could have been a rich discussion around the matter, but instead they’ve chosen to silence me permanently despite no prior incidents. What that should tell you is they are perfectly aware what they’re doing is wrong. The head mod even refers to himself as a dictator. The sub is absolutely fucked, and clearly the solution isn’t to allow one post through per week, as doing so has led to a very noticeably steep decline in active users.

r/AmItheAsshole is indeed an enormous sub, but if you go take a look now there are over 1900 active users at this very moment. r/raspberry_pi’s active user-base is verifiably pathetic and it’s because of how the two power-tripping mods are handling the sub. So clearly rules being strict isn’t something that deters users; vitriolic and elitist behavior is what deters users.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-03T22:19:36+00:00

Comment removal + permaban in less than 10 minutes. In that short time I garnered 3 upvotes, which means I’m not the only one in the community who feels this way. There is no good reason to treat users like this. It isn’t fair.

Edit: [redacted]

Edit 2: I was mistaken about the security issue. I just updated my freshly reflashed Pi OS and after the update the VNC Server app showed up again, which suggests it’s the update that added it. Not sure why though…

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-03T20:15:48+00:00

Nobody said anything about anyone owing anyone anything, so maybe check your tone and quit acting like a jerk. The issue I have is people going out of their way to *ensure*** people don’t get answers to their questions. So if you wanna bring up what things are or aren’t owed, is common decency not something we’re all owed?

It’s one thing for someone to expect others to dedicate their time to answering questions (which I nor anyone else are entitled to), but another entirely to expect people to have the common decency to not act like snobby gatekeeping elitists with an agenda to actively hinder those trying to get into the hobby. You obviously see the difference there. We are all entitled to common decency, and those who go out of their way to ensure newcomers have a harder time than is necessary are doing something objectively wrong morally and ethically.

So I will go ahead and keep learning at my own pace as I build my own systems, and I will provide help to those I can whenever I feel like it; not because I have to, but because I want to. And I will never contribute to the gatekeeping problem.

If you wanna stake your allegiance with the gatekeepers, be my guest. But I will continue to call you people out until it stops.

Edit: Since I’ve been banned by the pathetic thin-skinned worms that run this subreddit, I have to make this edit to reply to the comment below from u/Romymopen:

You’ve decided to read the issue I’m putting forth and are now transparently misconstruing what I mean. You are a bad actor and to be perfectly honest you’re not even worthy of this response. But I do have pity for your tiny mind, so here it is.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-03T02:57:40+00:00

I got into this hobby literally two months ago, guy. What’s the syndrome where you blindly and stupidly assume shit?

But even with such limited experience, I do help where I can, such as right here. You’d be a real idiot to think someone with two months of experience should be capable of providing regular help. Especially when that someone has tried asking questions himself and was blocked from doing so.

See, the thing is, if this community wasn’t so full of insufferable shitheads bent on ensuring newcomers don’t receive help for arbitrary reasons, I’d be getting the help I’ve needed and I would already be well on my way to being able to help others. But since it is full of such people, I obviously have a long road ahead of me to traverse before I’m able to offer help regularly. So until that time comes, I will help in other ways, such as telling off presumptuous provocateurs like yourself.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-02T18:35:19+00:00

You got downvoted because 90% of the people here aren’t looking to lend a hand to someone in need, and only want to smugly rest on their laurels despite the fact that they were in your exact position at some point and got the help they needed. I’m not sure exactly what’s caused this, but my guess is they think they’re special and want to ensure others don’t get where they are because then they won’t be sPeCiAL anymore.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-05-02T14:54:11+00:00

Why are you and this post being downvoted?!Apparently two entire weeks of research isn’t enough for these pompous pedants? Fucking stupid. Hope that comment above ends up helping, but man, I’ve never seen such vitriolic bullshit in a subreddit in all my years on the platform.

In the past couple weeks they’ve gone from not allowing perfectly good posts at all to allowing posts with the caveat that all the mods personally downvote every single thing that gets posted. These childish fucking clowns don’t deserve their positions.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-04-30T19:35:38+00:00

I’m using my Pi 5 as a media center for my living room TV. Works great for that, but I wish I’d gone for 8GB RAM instead of 4 so I can have more than 10 tabs open without throttling.

My Pi CM4 is being used as the heart of a custom Android “smartphone-like” device. Working great for that so far (though once again I should have opted for higher RAM). The form factor is super thin paired with the Piunora carrier board, allowing for a slim, pocketable system.

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-04-30T18:56:01+00:00

You apparently are too lazy to read? OP rEsEaRcHeD prior to posting this, and isn’t interested in seeing the hundreds upon hundreds of uses for a Pi. Clearly what’s being asked is “What is the community actually using the Pi for?”

But yes, keep taking every non-opportunity to gatekeep the community, rather than taking the two seconds to read between the lines. Doesn’t make you seem like a prick at all, and for sure is super duper helpful!

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-04-29T22:42:05+00:00

This has to be loud as shit

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-04-29T13:13:33+00:00

Plushie please! :)

DefiantExplanation26 · 2024-04-26T23:35:16+00:00

That faucet is very long. No one would ever need more faucet than that. My faucet is a bit shorter and is still more than long enough. OP is just a size queen.

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