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First thoughts: The Antichrist looks like Draco Malfoy if he were the son of the billiards man from Homestuck.

I'm not religious and so do not believe in any prophesies at this time, but I don't think covid fulfills "…and many people died from the waters that had become bitter." (Revelation 8:10) The water part seems pretty specific, so it's something yet to come, and potentially much worse than covid, so that'll be fun.

The author seems to be stretching things a bit in quite a few places, but it was an interesting read regardless. Maybe Trump will check even more of the boxes in the coming years. Is he doing this on purpose?

e: Realized I hadn't looked up the quoted verse. There's supposed to be a star that falls, and that's what corrupts the waters. Good example of what I mean about the author stretching things.

I think he just connected all the Boxers as necessarily being related by virtue of being Boxers.

I'm always wary of how such systems can be gamed and how they'll influence user behavior, but the only downside to trying is your own efforts. Even if you fail miserably, I imagine the exercise itself would improve our understanding of what works, what doesn't, and how to form better approaches in the future. To succeed in making a system which improves user interactions would be a truly wonderful thing, and may even translate to IRL applications. I would urge you to follow through with this for as long as you feel it's something you'd like to do.

"All decisions affecting the community and its members as a whole must be backed by a public vote."

Is there a way on Lemmy to distinguish who is or isn't a community member? Is there a way to prevent me from rigging votes with a bot army or a group of bad actors?

I think going forward it would be wise to have a rule that communities need to be actively moderated at some minimum interval by an account on the community's home instance, or else face closure or the institution of new moderation. Sitting on an unused community is like owning unused private property. "I don't want this, but I don't want you to have it either."

"I understand your mental health problems and your efforts to be your best self. The pros of spending time with you outweigh the cons; you have not lost my affection."

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"This topic brings my discomfort with you to the fore. Join me in a mutual lie so that we can continue our suffering and never make progress."