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[2014-12-17 22:29:40 +0000 UTC]
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Favourites: 1641; Deviations: 74; Watchers: 340
Watching: 260; Pageviews: 32180; Comments Made: 1720; Friends: 260
# Comments
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Thank you for faving my picture!
I'm glad to see you like it
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Thank you for the watch, I really appreciate it <3
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Hello, Damein. Mobiyuz blocked me today for opposing the wanton deletion of his old account's content in this comment stream . In fact, I think there is a high chance he deliberately misinformed me that he did not remember the name of the account so he could delete it without me searching for it.
In a subsequent note, he said that the piece he archived after deleting "never ever to let me see it" wasn't even on his old account, but it was a piece of gift art he made for me. He also said the reason why I was blocked was that I was "demanding" in the comment, which may have been true externally because I was justifiably angry at his actions, but I wasn't going to attempt to retaliate or even see if he follows through. Finally, he told me "you are the only person who's ever really given a damn about anything I made before this account".
Is this true? If it isn't or you disagree with his conduct in any way, please make it clear to him. Beforehand, I suggest you read this . Also, I think anyone should oppose the deletion of any unique content, as information has inherent value and its destruction increases entropy, leading to a quicker heat-death of the universe.
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Okay, first off. Going behind my back to try and get someone to argue on your behalf? I'm a pretty understanding guy, but still, that's pretty pathetic.
Secondly, to clarify a bit, I actually didn't remember the name, but I found it a short while after that because the fact you were so insistent on it gave me a bit more urgency to find it before you or anyone else did. That profile was the product of a 15 year old who had no idea what he was doing or how a DA profile even really worked, and I chose to commit it to the ground because I did not want people to go about seeing this old profile and the stuff I had put on it. It was an old shame of mine, and I did what I felt was best.
Thirdly, your gross misunderstanding of the laws of thermodynamics:
"Also, I think anyone should oppose the deletion of any unique content, as information has inherent value and its destruction increases entropy, leading to a quicker heat-death of the universe."
I hate to imagine what's inside the mind of a person who thinks deleting a file on the internet could kill the entire universe. Seriously, entropy is increasing all the time regardless of what we do on this little ball of dirt in the backend of an average spiral galaxy. Black holes destroy information, supernovas crash atoms together and release titanic amounts of energy, the sun itself is burning away more energy every minute than mankind has ever released in the entire history of the species. And you're concerned that deleting a few files will kill the universe? How narrow is your world view?
Fourth, the Imperium Americanum deletion was a response to you outright demanding that I do something I don't want to doing with my files. Yeah, it's gift art for you. I made it for you. Here, take it. I don't want it anymore. What I archived for my own purposes was something off of that profile, having to do with the personal history of my fursona because it was the first representation of him as a character I was ever able to create outside of my own head. That image and the description that went with it have been neatly filed away in a place where they won't be lost, but I don't want anyone seeing them because, let's be honest, they're totally cringey. I know that me saying that probably makes people want to see it more, but that's their problem. As for you, you're basically an unperson to my profile by now because of you trying to force me to do things on my profile. You even went so far as to say that doing what you wanted was "the right decision", as if you have some moral high ground because every single bit of bullshit you've ever made has been shrinkwrapped and put on display forever because you're afraid that if I press the wrong button on my computer will destroy all of existence.
Fifth and finally, you don't make the rules. Let me repeat that. You don't make the rules. And yet you parade around acting as if you're some kind of representative of my followers as a whole, when you're just one of them who happens to be incredibly insistent on making himself known. "Is this true? If it isn't or you disagree with his conduct in any way, please make it clear to him. Beforehand, I suggest you read this. Also, I think anyone should oppose the deletion of any unique content, as information has inherent value and its destruction increases entropy, leading to a quicker heat-death of the universe." I love, absolutely love that little addition of "I think", as if you just had to tack on that little afterthought to shoehorn in your beliefs one more time.
You know what you are? Pretentious. That's what you are, pretentious. I at least know that even with ~150 watchers, I get on average about 12 favorites on any given thing I make and that's way below average when you take the whole site into account. And yet, you get on average 1.3 favorites per deviation, so I suggest you just sit your ass down and let me get on with my work. I make what I like, and I do what I like with it. And I do not need some bratty, "anarcho-capitalist" DeviantArt user telling me what I do in that regard.
In conclusion: You think way too highly of yourself and I hope that one of these days someone punctures your ego. Also, your little photo on your page is my new mental definition for "Backpfeifengesicht".
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After calming down and thinking for a bit, I must say I am very sorry for everything I've said to you. I recognize why you see me as pretentious and moralizing. It makes sense that you would strongly oppose doing things that would displeasure you. And thank you for clarifying what exactly you did. Here are a few final words:
I did not know you could mention people who have blocked you on DeviantArt. You can't on Quora.
Realistically, do you expect someone to react any differently in a comment when something that against their worldview is done? By the way, I wasn't intending to retaliate or even check to see if you fulfilled on that promise. It was only demanding as I was angry when writing the comment, but I can see why you thought that way.
Just because someone is free to do something, should someone do that thing? No, that has enormous potential for abuse. Nearly every time I've been blocked, I have experienced lasting psychological trauma that interferes with my ability to do work. I experience nightmares because of them, at least once every two weeks. Is doing that to people worth it to achieve a bit of supposed inconvenience on your part (that I wasn't mandating)? In all likelihood, this will add to those instances.
Also, I was not trying to get you to follow the document in the note I sent, I just wanted to know why you philosophically opposed it.
There is a direct correspondence between information and entropy. Ever hear of the Szilard engine? I don't care how far heat death is away, all that matters is that it exists. Even a single year closer to the present is terrible. I am deathly afraid of death. Last year, I got panic attacks and lost all semblance of productivity for several weeks as I had realized there is no afterlife. Is causing that justified?
I seem pretentious because I have a deep complex of what is to me justified self-loathing, and I want to make up for that. I have a hideous work ethic/procrastination problem, so I celebrate even small successes.
Regardless, I'm no longer worried about you deleting your content there, as I know that DA's servers (and maybe the Wayback Machine?) still hold 'em. Does this help you understand my behavior better?
Finally, I'm an an-com, not an an-cap.
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I don't care. The moment I can block you again, you will be blocked. Your pathetic little efforts towards trying to get back into my good graces will be wasted, since you've proven yourself to be a sad little manchild who considers everything that brushes against his worldview, even unintentionally, as a personal attack on himself. I cannot and will not stand for that kind of person to be associated with me.
I do not like you. I regret knowing you as long as I have. I hope that you and I never speak again.
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I wasn't anticipating you'd respond to my reply on dsfisher (the proto of the comment you responded to) and didn't anticipate you unblocking me. I don't consider anything that brushes against my worldview to be a personal attack, I just wanted understanding, but I didn't get it. Goodbye, then. Hope you change your mind later.
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And as a corollary to all of this, you sure didn't seem to care at all about deactivating accounts back on the 22nd of March.
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They contained nothing whatsoever.
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They would still have information about your posts and comment history, wouldn't they? You've willingly deleted information and thus sped up the heat death and blah blah blah some other bullshit like that. God forbid you so much as clear your browser history.
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Hello. I do not know what exact power you expect me of holding that I might be able to convince Mobiyuz to unblock you, but let me tell you off the bat that I wouldn't even if I did. I tell you this now so that there is no confusion or mistaking of my stance on this.
I completely agree with and will defend Mobiyuz's deletion of art from this site. I have regularly in the past deleted even my most popular works for various reasons. Reasons that Mobiyuz likely had as well including but not limited to; disappointment of the art in question, wanting to clear up a page, not being proud of the art in question, etc. But even without these reason, one is free to delete their own intellectual property for any reason they desire. I find it odd that you also seem to not use Deviantart's username mention in your comment which would alert Mobiyuz to your comment, but as this could easily be a mistake, I will not blame you for this and simply do it myself; Mobiyuz . You also did not link to the Status post itself, but to you conversation [in which most of your messages and none of Mobuyuz's are deleted by Owner], luckily I know the post in question.
With the background out of the way, let us move on to the incident in question. I do not know Mobiyuz's side of the story here, which actually just makes you look worse as they are unlikely to add anything that would make me favor you. But as I know it, Mobiyuz made a status post where they said they had no problem blocking people that have "less than pleasant ideologies" [a stance I disagree on even in the post, but am fine with them enacting themselves], they also mention a previous deviantart account. A less than pleasant conversation occurred between you and Mobiyuz and they blocked you for talking to them in an superior, condescending and demanding tone. You also called their choice to delete their art "simply evil".
I do not care what your opinion on blocking is, but even if I did care, and even I did agree with you; It does not matter. Because Mobiyuz is their own person who can block anyone at their own right for any reason they choose. The last part of you conversation, I have no evidence of occurring, so I will not comment on it. I do agree that information is valuable, but to say "its destruction increases entropy, leading to a quicker heat-death of the universe" is just ridiculous. One, that is not how heat-death works; Two, heat-death is billions of years away; And three, memories and the authors knowledge of the information still exists and therefore so does the information in some form.
To repeat my stance; I fully agree with Mobiyuz's choice to block you and will do nothing about it.
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OK, whatever.
I did not know you could mention people who have blocked you on DeviantArt. You can't on Quora.
Realistically, do you expect someone to react any differently in a comment? I was furious.
So, do you think that just because someone is free to do something, they should do it? That has enormous potential for abuse. Nearly every time I've been blocked, I have experienced lasting psychological trauma that interferes with my ability to do work. I experience nightmares because of them, at least once every two weeks. You think doing that to people is justified?
There is a direct correspondence between information and entropy. Ever hear of the Szilard engine? I don't care how far heat death is away, all that matters is that it exists. I am deathly afraid of death. Last year, I got panic attacks and lost all semblance of productivity for several weeks as I had realized there is no afterlife.
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So that's it, then. "I am deathly afraid of death" and "Nearly every time I've been blocked, I have experienced lasting psychological trauma that interferes with my ability to do work." You feel like you can go about commanding me to do what it is you want just because it makes you feel better. Well guess what? I have doubts about an afterlife and all that jazz, but guess what? I don't care! I'm not afraid of death! I mean, I'm afraid of dying, but that's something else entirely. But guess what? The world does not revolve around you. My block list contains some 23 (soon to be 24 once you get added) people on it, and not one has gone wailing to me about "lasting psychological trauma". If you apparently get PTSD from someone blocking you, then you need serious help. Get a counselor. Get a therapist. Talk to a priest or something, I don't fucking know. All I know is that I'm not going to go about bending over backwards just to make you feel better about death.
Things die. I'm going to die. You're going to die. We're all going to die at some point (or possibly not, if you listen to transhumanists). If it's going to happen anyways, there's no point in bothering with worrying. I worry about things I can control. You, on the other hand, seem to spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about things you can't control. And again, there's the ego. You're apparently so insecure that you have to go to other people and demand that they accommodate you and you alone just because it makes you feel bad. I'll say it again: you do not make the rules. And I, meanwhile, will be all the happier knowing that you won't be around to nag at me to do something that I won't do and you can't make happen.
You are a sad little person. I'm sorry that I ever led you on into thinking that I would do whatever it is you want to do. But know this: on my profile, you do not matter. If I knew you anywhere outside of DA, I'd probably be more willing to accommodate you as a friend. But as it stands, you're just an impotent little manchild screaming at a guy over the internet to make you feel better about death.
I'd tell you to go to hell, but apparently you don't believe in it. So I'll just tell you to go away.
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Yes I do expect people to react differently. You are an adult, you could politely ask for them to repost the "gift", or just not react at all or really anything better than what you did do. If you suffer "lasting psychological trauma" and "nightmares" because someone essentially told you that you can't see their art, then you need to seek help outside of the internet, because that is not a healthy state of mind. If you think these appeals to emotion are going to work, you are wrong. If I think someone is free do something, that is exactly my stance on the matter; they are freely allowed to do the thing in question without my interference.
I do not care about you opinions on the afterlife, entropy or heat-death. None of these things have to do with your behavior; you are acting like a child that was told no and thinks they can yell to get their parent to say yes. If Mobiyuz told you no, then that is that; end of conversation.
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You hate me now, don't you?
The thing is that humans are not some perfectly rational abstraction. Doing anything different was not an option on my mind at the time. You shouldn't blame me for choosing that option.
The reason why I oppose blocking, deletion, and death is tied intrinsically with why I am an an-com—I oppose all oppression, including that from natural sources. Blocking is an intrinsically hierarchical social relation that fundamentally limits human agency. This is shown in Mobiyuz referring to me as "pathetic" and both of you referring to me as "acting like a child", effectively mocking me for attempting to advocate for my interests within a power disparity.
It is generally better to fix the root of the problem rather than the reaction, is it not? I want a world where those mental problems would not happen, not one where they are worked on by a therapist.
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"I oppose all oppression, including that from natural sources."
Then I suggest you leave the site. We have rules here.
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We are not mocking you. We ask that you accept being told no, you refuse and continue to expect that this behavior will change our minds on the matter. The problem is that the matter is dealt with; you have been blocked and Mobiyuz has even [quite generously IMO] posted their previous gift to you on their stack.
You are no more special than any other stranger and therefore have no influence over me or Mobiyuz. I don't care about you spiritual beliefs, your political opinions, or whether you believe we are being too harsh. I don't care about your problems; we all have problems. You are stranger on the internet who expects us to deeply care and adjust our behavior to your preferences and we will not.
I do not hate you, but that does not mean I pity you; you have only what gotten what you deserved in Mobiyuz's blocking of you and I question whether I should do the same.
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Well, I care about yours, and if you need help, ask me. Goodbye and wish you well.
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You are a good friend and I appreciate you.
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