Lemmy’s tankies are massively annoying, almost as bad as MAGA and the neo-libs on reddit. There are also plenty of young, naive “I just learned theory” kids who obviously are too socially anxious to actually debate in more public spaces but feel empowered here because the bubbles here are just as insular and delusional as anywhere else.

You really see it when you say something unpopular but true like “There’s not going to be a revolution in the USA, we’re nowhere close to a civil war, we need community organizing and coordinated electoral action” and you get like, 30 downvotes and no replies.

edit: also, yeah the linux cult is a bit overboard, I find myself resisting learning more about it just because how snooty and/or obsessive the community here is. AAaaaand there’s the frowny angry bois seeing something that makes them feel ouchy and slamming the arrows as if that makes me shut up.