<![CDATA[Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing.]]>Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. But it almost always results in angry dudes saying obnoxious things, not apologizing, and that doesn't make anyone feel better.

This is just a reminder to myself to block more people.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e9ddc1dc-05d0-4336-aed8-b69fdb75ac5c/lately-i-have-been-trying-to-tell-manplainers-and-sea-lions-what-they-re-doing-before-blocking-them-to-give-them-a-shot-at-apologizing.RSS for NodeMon, 27 Apr 2026 15:39:16 GMTSun, 26 Apr 2026 14:11:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:50:51 GMT]]>@judgyweevil @sundogplanets

Wondermark also the home of this outstanding work

https://wondermark.com/c/939/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/116472981207260011https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/116472981207260011Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:50:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:45:11 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I don' t assume, that they don't know, what they are doing, that they are not doing it on purpose, or that it's a misunderstanding. There is no reason to engage. I agree with you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/SophiaFree/statuses/116472958908981564https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/SophiaFree/statuses/116472958908981564Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:43:12 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
100%. any time there is a big influx from outside i might try to bring people up to speed. but when people aren't getting it it's time to get rid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/floppyplopper/statuses/116472951087921897https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/floppyplopper/statuses/116472951087921897Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:43:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:39:39 GMT]]>@GhostOnTheHalfShell @sundogplanets I might start calling my razor a "manplaner".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberpunk.lol/users/Azuaron/statuses/116472937126621701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberpunk.lol/users/Azuaron/statuses/116472937126621701Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:39:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:33:17 GMT]]>@wendinoakland @fathermcgruder @knud @sundogplanets @evan @stefan

When viewing a Note with links to Posts it would be useful to be able to tap and view the post if still available.

If I wanted to I could also first select some text from the post and add that to Note also.

This world also give me useful info if I wanted to review folks I had blocked to see if I want to unblock them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472912102364013https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472912102364013Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:33:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:30:16 GMT]]>@wendinoakland @fathermcgruder @knud @sundogplanets @evan @stefan

I realize that just having “Add Note for <user>” available when viewing a post that appended the link to the post into an editable field for my Note associated with my User would be super useful.

In regard to blocking if I had previously thought about blocking but just saved a link to an earlier post I could review my actions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472900225342776https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472900225342776Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:30:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:28:22 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Funny. I'd never heard of sea lions until recently but realized I'd developed my own defense against one species a long time ago. I tell them to "do their own homework".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116472892774019439https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116472892774019439Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:21:49 GMT]]>@mattblaze @sundogplanets I appreciate that because it lets me learn who to block without ever having to interact with them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116472867017078410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116472867017078410Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:21:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:18:54 GMT]]>@fishidwardrobe @sundogplanets So by that logic you're going to block "even the nicest people" early and often.

Personally, somebody has to be actively harassing me to get blocked.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://qoto.org/users/weebull/statuses/116472855557302800https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://qoto.org/users/weebull/statuses/116472855557302800Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:18:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:13:39 GMT]]>@cstross @jguillaumes @sundogplanets If the key differential is intent, how are you judging intent? Sure, sometimes it might be obvious, but not always.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://qoto.org/users/weebull/statuses/116472834933716991https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://qoto.org/users/weebull/statuses/116472834933716991Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:13:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:00:29 GMT]]>One would think that in the year 2026 both terms would be fairly common knowledge among people who have used the internet and social media for decades.

And yet here we are with the usual abundance of replies from people not knowing or feigning ignorance.

Well, at least it makes the pre-emptive blocking easy.

@sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/saederup/statuses/116472783141754898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/saederup/statuses/116472783141754898Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:00:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

“manplainers”

Although technically a misspelling, it works really well I think!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116472772789788886https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116472772789788886Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:10 GMT]]>@stepheneb @fathermcgruder @knud @sundogplanets Possibly relevant…?
@evan @stefan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116472770117268717https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116472770117268717Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Side note: it’s a wondrous joy to block such dipshits on the fedi (because often they’ll try to escalate without any realisation of what happened, straight up shouting into the void… and also often rapidly going mask off (if they had one on)) - a thing one can see by checking out home instance but otherwise be blissfully unaware of

Our mods on awful.systems employ the “ban fast, ban judiciously” strategy and it’s been _wonderful_

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/froztbyte/statuses/116472687915584737https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/froztbyte/statuses/116472687915584737Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I used to give them a shot as well and try to either explain myself or ask for clarification depending on what they said. It never ended well, so now I block and never reply instead.

The block button makes the Internet a much more peaceful place to exist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydiaschoch/statuses/116472687338605916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydiaschoch/statuses/116472687338605916Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:31:21 GMT]]>@sundogplanets My pre-teen daughter recently gave me the word 'ragebaiting' to help me understand a weird relationship in my life. Sealioning hits better, but takes more explanation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/groovemd/statuses/116472668569035376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/groovemd/statuses/116472668569035376Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:31:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:22:29 GMT]]>@wendinoakland @fathermcgruder @knud @sundogplanets

You can add a Note that is associated with a user.

I would love it if Block was something I could initiate while viewing a post and optionally the “adding a Note ui” appeared with the post link already copied into the content.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472633737714632https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116472633737714632Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:22:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:21:41 GMT]]>@tanavit @sundogplanets
I was ignorant of the term, but not the action. So it's bullying, but with a veneer of politeness?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116472630600630681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116472630600630681Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:17:00 GMT]]>@sundogplanets When a thread seems to go downhill, I give the link to friends. In most cases they have no problems highlighting my mistakes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/masek/statuses/116472612185581879https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/masek/statuses/116472612185581879Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:16:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Well just let me tell youse about what that really is and is not about little misplaced missy scullery maid what's stepped out of line just wait until the master hears about this youse'll be out on your ear and beggin' for scraps from the fish monger in no time flat.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116472610925134069https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116472610925134069Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:16:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:03:30 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I think that giving them the benefit of the doubt long enough for them to learn something (if they choose to) is going way above and beyond, and speaks very well of you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Twotired/statuses/116472559085211174https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Twotired/statuses/116472559085211174Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:03:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:02:17 GMT]]>@sundogplanets ugh, magoons sea lion and it is sooooooooooooo exhausting. Just want to punch them in the forehead.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/macacator/statuses/116472554318194788https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/macacator/statuses/116472554318194788Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:02:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:57:45 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Unfortunate, isn't it. Sigh. I just block.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116472536438585038https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116472536438585038Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:57:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:50:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets You are such a kind and welcoming person. I am so sorry you're having to deal with these jackholes so often trying to take advantage of that.

Do not give a second thought to blocking them. They're not worth your time to educate or rehabilitate.

Hugs. 🫂💜

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116472509641755898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116472509641755898Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:50:56 GMT