r/SubredditDrama • u/snallygaster FUCK_MOD$_420 • Jan 11 '17

Metadrama /r/zen explodes into chaos after the mods announce the rare banning of a user. Some people think the wrong troll was banned.

/r/zen/comments/5mt5lw/announcement_of_a_ban/dc678hl/
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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

Is ewk still there? Fuck, it'll never end.

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u/snallygaster Jan 11 '17

You should have known that he was involved as soon as you saw "r/zen". :p

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u/Tom_ofFinland Jan 11 '17

I mostly enjoy ewk, from a zen standpoint. Gotta question everything, always. No place or time to build yourself up as enlightened and the end all be all of warm fuzzy zen esque delusions of grandeur.

I dunno if he still does, but he used to be an attack dog, questioning users about their claims and experiences. Sure it's tiring but I'd rather read that then a thousand posts of shitty memes with soft Buddhist words of wisdom on them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

I can see the role he serves but when he behaves such a way for years, every day, literally. It's just too much. Most threads are derailed by his bullshit and the bullshit reactions of all the bullshitters antagonizing him. It just is a meaningless circle (ironically)

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u/JayrassicPark Jan 11 '17 edited Jan 11 '17

I've said it once, I've said it again, but the guys on that subreddit seem very un-Zen. Unless internet flame wars and getting mad about other religions are now mind-clearing sutras.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

They seem to be zen in the 13th century kind of way.

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u/JayrassicPark Jan 12 '17

I'm still amused at the Zen monk who basically used Zen as an excuse to beat his acolytes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

Zen has a bit of a temper at times.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

It's still the internet. We wouldn't be here if it weren't an endless source of bickering.

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u/JenkemStyle Jan 11 '17

"I admit that I'm a little of everything that everybody accuses me of, and that I pwn churchers without mercy and dominate the illiterates without quarter." Someone is definitely verysmart.

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u/Goroman86 Jan 11 '17

Are you mythologizing here as actively as academics are trying to "de-mythologize" the zen characters? Am I being too hagiographical here for current events? Shall we admit that iconoclastic stereotyping is simply political posturing, based on what is liked, what is disliked, what suits political purpose, and what doesn't? How about de-mythologizing the lie of academic neutrality?

Is this pasta salad?

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u/TheIronMark Jan 11 '17

That sub is trolls trolling trolls in the guise of try-hard, clever-sounding, cliche zen masters.

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u/grungebot5000 Jan 12 '17

You need a clearer vision of what you're trying to cultivate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17