Fixed typo in OP.

Fixed typo in OP.

I'm not deleting anything for now, but please do keep this thread focused on the actual topic. References to parallel situations are okay for comparison purposes, but let's not derail.

Also, made link clickable in this comment. Sorry for the double mod note!

Nothing deleted, but please note that calling anyone a "bitch" is strongly discouraged at MetaFilter.

One deleted as a duplicate; also, Kate Manne's name fixed in this comment (it was misspelled).

Folks, everyone is overwhelmed and the world is on fire but please try not to snark at each other.

One deleted because it was likely to be disruptive. Folks, we know about the possible ban-evasion and we're investigating. If we turn out to be wrong, we'll restore the comment.

Two deleted for not answering the question.

Fixed broken link in OP.

One deleted (one reply left up for context). To be very clear: testosterone is not a magic rape hormone, rapists do not rape because of their biology, and that sort of comment is not acceptable on MetaFilter.

I'm closing this -- I can't imagine it going anywhere good.

One deleted at user's request.

One comment deleted as requested.

One deleted for not answering the question.

One deleted for not answering the question.

Folks, please let's not get into a slapfight in this thread.

Two deleted. (Full disclosure: one of them was mine; it included an unnecessary and fighty generalization against a group of people that includes many MeFites. The other deleted comment was a reply to mine.)

Two deleted at user's request.

Two deleted. Folks, it's not great when the first comment out of the gate is a downer, i get that, and pushback is 100% okay and expected. However, you cannot call other MeFites "paid shills" and you cannot talk about punching people in a way that seems like you are intentionally including MeFites in the list of punching victims.

One deleted for not answering the question.

One comment removed as requested by OP.

Also removed the second paragraph (answering to trig) from this comment, as requested.

Trig's initial comments and one comment replying to it have been removed as requested. Please carry on.

Made link clickable in this comment.

Galvanic: It's okay to link to examples. But that specific example was probably not a good one to use, for all sorts of reasons, and it'd be better to link something directly rather than to a search engine.

Fixed duplicate text issue in OP.

EDIT: I'd fixed some of the duplication but missed a spot; it's all cleaned up now. Sorry about that!

On further reflection, several deleted. A Heathen white supremacist group brings in more heat than light even as an analogy, and this conversation is not helped by more people sniping at each other.

Folks, this derail needs to stop now, thanks.

I just want to thank the folks in here for heading off an early possible snarkfest and rerailing the conversation. Please continue to be your shining, considerate selves, whether cookies are involved or not.

This question has gotten substantive answers, so i am not going to remove it (especially since it's clear that there is substantive disagreement about "chatfilter" that points to a need to revise our guidelines about it); however, questions in Ask really do need to be more specific and detailed than this in the future, please.

A couple deleted. One was advocating a course of action that directly contradicted the Asker's requirements, and the other was part of a back-and-forth between users. I've left some of the other back-and-forth comments because they also contain useful information for the Asker, but folks, please remember that Ask is really not the place to get into arguments with other commenters.

Moved Zalgo text below the fold (it was messing up the front page for some folks).

Fixed link in OP to remove the redirect (share.google stuff doesn't work for everyone).

One deleted. It was disparaging in a way that i don't think was going to contribute to healthy conversation.

Folks, things are pretty much okay in here but just … do keep in mind that all of the people at the sharp end of this story are, in various ways, really vulnerable. Criticism is fine but one or two comments feel like they're trending a little bit toward treating various people as punchlines, and it'd be better for that not to happen.

One deleted at user's request (it was in the wrong thread)

Added US Politics tag and fixed the typo in the hypocrisy tag. Also removed a comment for attacking OP personally. Folks, the title has been acknowledged as imprecise; please don’t continue the conversation by accusing the poster of lying or questioning their motives. If you want to discuss the poll’s wording, methodology, or what conclusions it can support, please do that specifically and without making it personal.

Two deleted for being in the wrong thread.

One comment deleted. It's against the Ask MeFi guidelines to get into back-and-forth exchanges with other users, and there are a couple comments in here that are skating on the edge of that, but this one was particularly snarky.

Made link in this comment clickable. Edit: also edited the last paragraph in this comment as agreed with the commenter.

Folks, let’s please leave aside the broader ethics-of-having-children discussion. It’s a subject with a lot of deeply personal lived experience behind it, and it rarely goes especially well here. Let’s keep the conversation focused on the article.

Corrected post to the right Dark Matter (2024)

A small language note about this comment: genitalia and gender are not the same thing. Please try to keep that distinction in mind in future comments. Gender identity and anatomy are not interchangeable, and that conflation can make the discussion less welcoming to trans and nonbinary people.

One comment removed for not answering the question, also please don't diet-shame people for their eating habits.

One deleted for not answering the question (and recommending a thing that the Asker specifically said they did not want.)

Two comments removed; one for not answering the question and the other as a reply to that one.

paduasoy: "There was another previously - mods, could you tag that one and the 2002 one with EmmyNoether?" Good suggestion; i went ahead and tagged those both!

One deleted. Comments that consist of LLM-generated content are against the guidelines, particularly in Ask.

Fixed typo in this comment.

Obviously, suggesting that people who perceive the ads as racist are merely "influence[d]" by other people's complaints, and/or are suffering from "hysteria", is wildly unacceptable. Unlike the previously deleted comment (from a different user), this one was not at all ambiguous, so Liquidwolf, i'm giving you the day off.

"Don’t love that you are covering for the racist who called us insane for seeing it. People should know who said that." I understand feeling that way, but while the comment itself definitely needed to go (several folks interpreted it the same way i did, hence it getting flags), there was at least one innocuous alternative interpretation of exactly what was being called "insane". It's on record in case of future issues, but this is not something that's been a pattern for this particular user so i'm not gonna put them on blast at this time.

Fixed some messed-up formatting in this comment.

Fixed weird formatting in OP and deleted a comment about the correction.

Also, one deleted; many Black folks and other people of color have expressed that they think the ad is really racist; you may not agree, and it's fine to say that, but calling their considered interpretation "insane" is not something we are gonna allow here. (Replies left up for context.)

One deleted at user's request.

Made link clickable in this comment.

Made link clickable in this comment.

Added USPolitics tag. Removed mistakenly-added USPolitics tag; please disregard. My bad; i misread something.

Fixed typos in OP.

Folks, can we move away from dismissive characterizations of other commenters and their political motives, and go back to discussing the post’s subject. It is fine to disagree strongly about electoral strategy and party politics, but address specific claims without broad-brushing groups of users, assigning blame or complicity, or responding in kind. I’ve removed the relevant comments; please let this particular argument end here.

Corrected text in post as pointed out by OP. Please carry on.

One deleted. It sorta answered the question but i think encouraging software piracy as a solution in this instance is a bit too far afield.

One deleted; it was one of those comments that's probably fine later in a thread, but as the second comment it's going to irritate everyone and possibly derail the thread entirely.

One comment removed; in this particular case, an apology is unnecessary and potentially revives the derail.

Made links clickable in this comment.

CCBC: just fyi, more discussion about the regulatory side of things is happening over in this other thread. This thread here is more discussing the evil sex cult side of things. (They are way overlapping, and i'm not telling you to go away! Just that you may get better results in the other thread.)

(Replaced link in OP with a link to a different unroller; the original unroller apparently got hugged to death.)

A few comments deleted. The discussion has veered into familiar election relitigation arguments and is becoming increasingly personal. Please step back from assigning blame, calling other participants complicit, or characterizing groups of voters with broad insults. Also, Pseudonymous Cognomen, please take a step back in this thread and let other members participate. If you want to continue, engage the specific issues, electoral strategy, trans rights, coalition politics, or the thread’s larger subject, with care for the people affected and without treating fellow commenters as proxies for an opposing camp.

Added USPolitics tag.

Made link in this comment clickable.

Two more deleted. Folks, please note that you do have to answer the actual question.

Two deleted; one for misreading the question and one reply to that one.

One deleted for not answering the question.

Several comments deleted for not answering the question and getting into back-and-forths with other users. Folks, i don't know why several of you decided to wild out in this Ask, but it's not acceptable.

Made link clickable in this comment.

(Deleted one more that i'd missed as part of the thread cleanup)

One deleted for asking a question already answered by the OP. The OP has already indicated that their kid does not vape, folks.

Several comments deleted. Sorry for leaving a big hole in the thread, but folks, what part of "this needs to not turn into a general thread about Palestine/Israel/Zionism" was unclear? Also, being an asshole to other users isn't acceptable even if you think they deserve it, and meta-discussion about how polite our discourse should be needs to get taken to MetaTalk.

One deleted. jeffburdges, i believe you want the Elon Musk documentary thread?

One deleted (asked a clarifying question that was already answered in the OP)

Folks, i'm not removing anything at this point, and i'm aware that i participated in the early stages of this derail, but at this point it is getting pretty derail-y. It'd be good if comments in this thread stayed relatively focused on Sheeran, his tour, the other acts, etc. You don't have to stop talking about Palestine entirely—it's obviously a critical piece of why this is happening—but this needs to not turn into a general thread about Palestine/Israel/Zionism. (If someone would like to make a general "news about Palestine" thread, there certainly is plenty of it recently, and i invite you to do so.)

Fixed link in OP. Also deleted some comments related to the correction.

Two deleted for not answering the question.

Adjusted wording in OP's comment as requested.

One comment removed for not answering the question. Flagging and moving on rather than replying to another comment in disagreement would be appreciated.

Hey folks! Just a quick reminder that self-promotional posts or links are against our Content Policy. I have removed the link to OPs graphic memoirs in the original post due to this, please carry on.

One deleted for not answering the question.

Added "7up" and "UpSeries" tags to post.

One deleted; jeffburdges, pretty sure your wage-theft comment was intended for a different thread!

Nothing deleted, but folks, we all really have to get out of the habit of complaining about the headline, the format, the link source, etc. in the first couple comments in a thread. It is corrosive to discussion! If your first impulse, seeing a FPP, is irritation or disgust, it's okay to skip it and come back later (or not at all)!

One deleted; this thread is definitely not going to be improved by an unrelated mention of Israel.

Again, folks, please keep discussion at least vaguely focused on the OP. If you want to talk more about "AI" in general, there's an open MeTa for freeform complaining.

Hey, folks, i get that this stuff is just … all-encompassing, but please try to keep the conversation focused on this particular link rather than having it turn into another generic "AI" discussion?

Fixed link in this comment to be clickable.

One comment deleted. The content is clearly marked as being Instagram; if you avoid Facebook and their works (which is 100% valid!) it's totally okay to just skip this one.

Hey folks, no comments removed but can we stop asking "What does this link to, and why would I want to click on it?" right off the bat in a thread. It sound like a reasonable question but it tends to derail the conversation right away, As mentioned in a previous thread, if the issue is that the post doesn't summarize what the link contain well enough, that's fair feedback, but posting almost the same "What does this link to, and why would I want to click on it?" comment in every thread reads as combative rather than curious. Thanks.