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This is fluffy shit and a complete distraction from:
I think you're confused. This is !nottheonion@lemmy.world, not !politics@lemmy.world
... So in the sublemmy about stupid things that are true, we shouldn't discuss the stupid things?
Nobody said that, no.
What was your point then? I guess I didn't understand.
That their complaint about the post being a distraction from other issues would have been a much more reasonable take in a space meant only for "grown up" politics discussion than in a space for weirdness that also encompasses seriousness when appropriate.
They're talking about the news being a distraction, not your post.
Fair enough 🤷
Yep, sorry. I thought I was in a politics community.
No no. It's all true what you said. It needs to be said literally everywhere.
I would argue this is a politics community. Sure, it's focus is on absurd stories, but it's still political. Just saying some stories are absurd is political.