esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 09/07/2025i wish the smash community didn't turn a blind eye to antisemitism 010
Reposted by esemdA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/07/2025he doesn’t seem all that concerned with combatting antisemitism, given all the open antisemitism that comes out of his talk-hole 318722
Reposted by esemdchris / vbm @strutheo.bsky.social · 14/06/2025a democrat in the house of representatives was assassinated last night and all i see from maga online is mockery and glee, a movement built on this many lies and cruelty doesn't have the capacity to empathize or disavow, they'll continue to cheer on violence as long as it suits their needs 2122
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025new melee video! The Case for Pichu www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4dq... 000
Reposted by esemdNicki (upgamer) @nicki4.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I think people get tier lists completely wrong. Here's why I believe that. Tell me if you disagree so that I can fight you about it. youtu.be/xGk4w2vL4_gyoutu.beWe're All Doing Tier Lists Wrong.YouTube video by SSBM Nicki 2273
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025political tip: refrain from using the word genocide when not being genocided 000
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025dawg he leaked first and last names, calling that doxxing is a bit much. you can't be throwing that around when willy p leaked hax's address 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025there's a difference between someone having some paranoid beliefs and being driven by paranoia. obviously i acknowledge some of what hax said was paranoid, i just don't write off everything he says as paranoid delusions. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025the worst accusation there is that leffen was making friends with people in hax's life to turn them against him. and that is obviously not a bannable accusation lol 000
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025those accusations fall under the categories of "ridiculous", "who cares", and "bad if true." I do not think hax should have been indefinitely banned for thinking leffen was out to get him and reading too much into shit. most people who saw those accusations knew he was being pretty paranoid. 200
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025for the second reply I was scrolled down and it covered the beginning of the tweet. first tweet still stands and yes, it's a ridiculous standard to shun people who make accusations of something without definitive proof. 2020 would not have happened if we did. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025if the argument here is that you should be banned for making statements of fact about things you can't know like someone's intentions, your use of the word malicious would be defamation. not a very good principle imo. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025without definitive evidence? i don't know, sometimes people just don't have evidence. so we judge the claims with the strength of evidence in mind. we know leffen helped jisu out and wrote a statement confirming her story. i don't think we should ban people who think that means they "conspired." 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025i dont believe it, but it's not impossible. i don't think we should ban people for saying someone did something bad without definite proof. not a standard i am comfortable applying 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025that just sounds like an opinion based on his mental model of leffen, and i think his involvement in that fake m2k allegation. i don't think that's something we can know is a false claim, i think it's unlikely but it's not impossible. but that could be my biases about content creator culture. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025yeah i mean if i had to deal with every banned player trying to be unbanned i'd probably have to block a few until it was time to talk about things 000
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I know he talked about leffen conspiring but was he alleging criminal conspiracy? my understanding is he made all his bad claims in super long vids so you would see what evidence he had and they were incredibly easy to sus out on if they were total bs or not. like the orange pants thing. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025for people not wishing to speak to you, kinda depends. you should be able to talk with the people enforcing your ban and discuss the ban, but the people enforcing the ban shouldn't be constantly annoyed all the time. if someone is straight up harassing them then they should have extra time added 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025in the case of continued defamation after a ban for defamation, yes 200
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025depends on if the boundaries are fair and meet the responsibilities of TOs, but assuming they are yes. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025obviously some level of "public shaming" and making fun of is acceptable, I think if leffen were to make fun of how wild that original vid when it came out it would be fine, and public ban statements are good for clear communication, but after a few years most people were just bullying. 000
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025the responsibilities? the responsibility to not publicly shame and make fun of someone going through a mental health crisis. the responsibility to meet others where they are. the responsibility to punish people fairly. the responsibility to provide an accessible but fair unbanning process. 200
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025if you've written about the responsibilities the community and TOs failed to uphold during this situation and I missed it I apologize. 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025and im pretty sure the explanations for hax's behavior are not limited to "he's crazy" or "he's cruel" 000
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025when the context is "he's mentally ill, there's nothing to be done" that is pathologizing. 200
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025like as important as understanding that is, the only solution we can get out of it is "don't be crazy and if you are get a therapist." i think there are much more important conversations to be had around how we as a community treat people struggling with mental health. that's where the solutions are 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025for sure, I agree with that. but there's a difference between acknowledging that truth and pathologizing all of his behavior. all while ignoring the very real work he did put into himself, his reflections on his past toxicity, and the responsibility other people also hold in this situation. 210
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025a clinical mood disorder is not the same thing as "insane guy with no self control or agency that has all the power to fix his situation but he's too insane so oh well that sucks" 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025it ends up creating this idea of the situation where the only person with any responsibility or ability to make a difference is insane, so all anyone can do is just hope that he stop being insane. which is why people's help never worked. because he mostly wasn't insane. 3 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025i've got two problems with that. one, crazymaking and pathologizing just ends up isolating people, making them feel ashamed, and ignores their agency. two, you ignore the fact that other people contributed to hax's situation, and just put all responsibility on to hax instead. 2 110
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025i appreciate that you wanted to make sure people knew hax wasn't malicious, but you characterize all his actions as being the result of crazed delusions. that he could have gotten the help he needed if he just recognized that he was a madman. that if he just weren't crazy, he would have been fine. 1 100
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025like sorry but writing a blog post describing how insane this guy was for a community of people who didn't think twice about constantly calling him insane bc it was kinda funny is not productive or insightful. at best its providing slanted context and accidentally reinforcing unthoughtful behavior. 110
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025your initial blog did a ton of pathologizing of hax, not much talk of solutions. pathologizing the actions of someone who's struggling with mental health does is not helping, it leads to further feelings of shame and isolation. its one of the huge mistakes people were making while he was alive. 110
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025the xbox live app is poorly optimized on windows but tbh i like the party system there a lot better than servers. 110
esemd @esemd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025literally the worst thing ever. melee light got me through high school lol 010
