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[–] ech@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
[–] Neon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

applying rules without thinking why those rules exist makes you an idiot. And in this case it leads to confusion and US-Defaultism.

you could have done it like r/convenientcop and put in a [USA] title goes here for example. And that's just an Idea that i came up with in less than a Second. I am sure there are other elegant ways to solve it.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I didn't make the post, so no, I couldn't have. Also, if you have a problem with the rules, take it up with the mods instead of harassing the posters about it. Thirdly, nothing about the post suggested "us-defaultism". Nobody assumed anything, they just posted the article. That you can't be bothered to read the article or even look at the source before lashing out suggests you need to look into a mirror before calling others idiots.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

You as in the french "on" or the german "man", not tu/du

Hilarious you're calling me an idiot when you don't even know "you" can have multiple meanings

And again: I don't have a Problem with rules, as long as you think while applying them and aren't just blindly following the literal words like an idiot