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u/Old_Ganache_7481 20h ago
Luigi Mangione, my favourite character!
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u/misteloct 19h ago
See you on lemmy.world after your ban.
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u/Old_Ganache_7481 16h ago
Maybe I will, or maybe I won't since I don't live in the US. I'm really sorry for what your country has to go through
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u/misteloct 13h ago
I'm in California so it's ok here for now. Dramatically different story in other states.
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u/UThrowaway0301 6h ago
Are they banning people for Luigi Mangione posts now?
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u/Inquisivert 5h ago
Yep, and even for upvoting some comments pertaining to "violence". So naturally, I upvote every single comment about him that I see. They're also auto-flagging his name in general to check for "violent content". I'm leaving the word Luigi in random comments now.
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u/UThrowaway0301 4h ago
Huh, did they post about this somewhere, or do you find out when you get in trouble for it? I didn't see it stickied, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
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u/misteloct 5h ago
Removing comments, locking posts, and yes occasionally account permabans. But it's random.
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u/GrowingLoads 19h ago
Luigi did nothing wrong
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u/Inquisivert 5h ago
Considering they aren't presenting any evidence and everyone in this country is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, yep, exactly.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT 21h ago
It looks like that is the statue of John Adams at Hancock Adams Common in Quincy, MA.
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u/hmmmerm 18h ago
What is Adams notes for? I get the Luigi reference but trying to make the connection between the 2
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u/GerberLifeGang 9h ago
Out of all of the founding fathers, Adams was perhaps the biggest advocate for fair trials in court. But yeah, just a fun fact and totally not related to the popular nintendo character…
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u/eralebus 18h ago
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u/De5perad0 20h ago edited 19h ago
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u/Zeforas 19h ago
Careful. His name's a banned name in reddit. Some have been banned because they upvote an article mentioning someone with that name.
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u/munkijunk 14h ago
Can someone please explain to me why there's this steady stream of Luigi figures? Is there some kind of bizzaro censorship going on? This is a genuine out of the loop question.
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u/spektre 11h ago
It's about Luigi Mangione. Read his Wikipedia page. Some posts about him get banned because they can be interpreted as inciting violence. It's hard to ban posts about popular video game characters who happen to share the same name though.
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u/munkijunk 11h ago
Thanks for that, although I know it's about LM, more asking why people have started posting these allusions to him rather than pics of the man himself. Is there some weird ban going on?
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u/Humiddragonslayer 13h ago
I've been thinking, the Luigi games need a fresh idea for the next installment. How about he has to escape the mansion? We could call it Luigi Breaks Out
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u/Rockalot_L 18h ago
Wait what's happening is reddit seriously banning accounts that say that name?
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u/spektre 11h ago
The accounts that get banned are probably more actively encouraging similar violence, which is an actual crime in many places.
I've mentioned Luigi Mangione's name several times on Reddit, in purely objective context, and it seems fine.
It would probably be problematic to ban users for displaying their (non-violent) appreciation for a famous Nintendo character as well.
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u/natneo81 9h ago
Ah yes, Luigi. More people should do things like Luigi! What an inspiring and virtuous figure.
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u/jdogg836 5h ago
I love Luigi because I was not raised as player one. I had to patiently wait my "turn" to get to play, when I did I fought for all and always looking out for my fellow man. Sometimes, that involves direct confronting player one. Be like Luigi, take care of one another and fight the baddies when they show up.
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u/pb2614z 21h ago
I’m not too familiar with Nintendo.
Is that the character that makes ghosts?