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Re:Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Ga... by swayvil on Thursday October 13, 2022 @10:18AM (#33191294)
It's like social media. Europe was the Pope's subreddit. Don't piss off the moderator. It ain't rational but it's true.
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Re:Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Ga... by bombcar on Thursday October 13, 2022 @10:31AM (#33191503)
It's even more like that than you might suspect; the old moderator stepped down (died) and the new one was a friend of Galileo, so he ignored warnings to not shitpost too much, and ate a very moderate "ban".
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