Well, I made the mistake of clicking on OP’s profile, and after a few deep scrolls I was very disappointed to find he comments in several conservative and alt-right subreddits.

Yikes, my dude, just… yikes. Not a good look sweetie.

I know what you’re thinking “Aw great another long mod sticky” but I promise I will keep this brief. Some things need to be unpacked, like this post.

Op has been issued a temporary ban pending further investigation of his behavior on this subreddit. Should any infractions be uncovered over the course of my investigation, rest assured that OP will be issued a permanent ban from the subreddit.

Now, listen. We try to do our best to keep this community light, to keep it safe, and to keep it fun. But as my meemaw used to say, “If ya don’t close the doors, ya gonna let the bugs in”.

I think equally concerning is how many people upvoted this post, given OP’s problematic views… In truth, this post itself is a bit of a lightning rod for the more problematic thinkers of reddit. Implying that Billie Eilish was not poor because the metric of “horseback-riding lessons” is absurd. I mean, even MY family struggled to afford my horseback riding lessons when I was a kid.

I think what we really need to ask ourselves here, as a subreddit, is *why* would somebody go out of there way to disparage a woman who has become an idol for the young and the down-trodden. It’s true that teenage girls are the most stressed and generally persecuted subsection of our society, but what kind of monster would attack the ONE PERSON that serves as an icon to those teenage girls?

Now, let’s take a look at some of OP’s previous comments, shall we?

>6 foot? The joke is that he’s small. He’s 5’6 bro.

Attacking a man on his vertical impairment. Classy.

>The legal pot thing I can agree on. The rebel flag however, that just depends on where you live and who you’re friends with.

Ah, defense of the confederate flag. Typical.

>I hate women and minorities

Big yikes. Yikes all around.

So yeah, as a subreddit, we need to do better. Now, I think we need to discuss the *how* part of doing better. I’m going to leave you with a few brief thoughts.

Now first and foremost, I think that there needs to be a subreddit wide iq check, and in order to have full and unrestricted privileges on this subreddit. Actually, I believe that something similar needs to translate into the modern world. I think that if you are born and are tested to have a sub-standard IQ, you should not have certain rights granted to you, first and foremost, the right to reproduce. Now, I know what you’re thinking “Isn’t this eugenics” well no because nobody can STOP you from actually reproducing, right? But unauthorized reproducers should be denied all medical and health care for their newborn and forced to make do with whatever they can provide themselves. If the child lives, it will be hardy, strong, and resilient, which will more than make up for the lack of an IQ. If it does not live… well… shoutout to my homies at [r/antinatalism](https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/)!

Secondly, as as subreddit I believe we need to work on cropping our posts properly. A lot of you guys use very ugly and unseemly crops that leave a lot to be desired on the eyes. I’ve been hard at work with fellow mods to develop an “exercise module” that allows one to further hone their cropping skills, and have y’all cropping not just quicker, but better too.

Thirdly I believe as a sub, the humor needs to be refined. Too often I scroll through the comments here and I am left saddened and disappointed by how unfunny some of them are. We need more PUNS! Where are all the PUNS! We need more COMMENT CHAINS! I’m talking singing along to song lyrics, maybe someone makes a typo and then everyone replies a typo! Come ON guys! Where is the humor that us redditors are KNOWN for!? And most of all, we need more references to jokes from 7 years ago! Two broken arms, anyone? Le cumsock? Hmm? What about (a personal favorite of mine) I also choose this guys dead wife! Heh heh!

Finally, I think that as a whole, you guys have some very outdated ideas on the concept of consent. Mainly, I’m referring to an incident in which I was accused of using my mod powers to sleep with a sub-ordinate. While, yes, I am a mod, and this is a position of utmost power and respect on reddit, close to and in some cases eclipsing the “admin” role, the power balance between me and Rochelle is different because she still has the full ability to downvote posts of mine. This means that no, there is nothing wrong with me using my mod authority to entice her. At all. Anyone suggesting otherwise will be meeting the business end of my ban hammer. And honestly, I resent the notion that she only slept with me because of that.

You live under the notion that your eyes couldn’t scream if they wanted to. Your mouth could no more cry than your ears could trickle blood. Your skin could not tear itself from your body with the need to be as far removed from your flesh as possible. Your teeth could not break upon themselves like bodies upon rocks, could they? What if I could prove you wrong? What do you see when you look at the sky? Do you see that which has covered us for your life, or do you see the foot coming down? The promise, never fulfilled, of greatness beyond what you could perceive. Oh, but it will never come for you. There is no law among those who see the truth, and in that chaos they bask. It is in that madness, that medley of impulse and reaction, that they thrive. Do you see the stars at night? Do they not look farther away with every passing day? The frog will never let himself be boiled alive, contrary to popular belief, but the human, he lets himself stray farther from the light every day. And he does it gladly. I look at the pattern of the world, the etchings on the wall, the one recurring theme throughout the lives that everyone has lived, and all I see is sadness. Strife may bring out the best in us, but sadness is where we all end. It all ends the same it all ends the same it all ends the same it all ends the same it all ends the same why can’t nobody else see how long have I been blind how long have I been blind I don’t get it why is this happening to me why is this the way things are nothing makes sense where’s the plan I just want to feel right again why doesn’t anybody see what’s happening to the world I need to understand I want to understand I need to know I need to know please stop hurting me why can’t things be the way they once were please I just want it to happen again please I need to go back I need to go back I want to go back I’ll do anything to go back I miss the obscurity I looked too close into the forest and now it is looking back at me

So yeah, that’s all! Carry on! Except for you OP 😉 enjoy your le ban! LOL!