Gregory Dyck
@gregorydyck.bsky.social
Just a blue collar guy who works to de-escalate conflict, provide context, and de-radicalize extremists of all kinds.
Yes this is my real name.
Yes this is my real name.
Ok I guess.
I'm not really being nice though.
Your facetious sign off tells me that you're just throwing a symbolic W my way, while still signaling contempt.
Which is actually not what I'm going for.
I genuinely do wish you to have a good rest of your day.
I'm not really being nice though.
Your facetious sign off tells me that you're just throwing a symbolic W my way, while still signaling contempt.
Which is actually not what I'm going for.
I genuinely do wish you to have a good rest of your day.
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ok I guess.
I'm not really being nice though.
Your facetious sign off tells me that you're just throwing a symbolic W my way, while still signaling contempt.
Which is actually not what I'm going for.
I genuinely do wish you to have a good rest of your day.
I'm not really being nice though.
Your facetious sign off tells me that you're just throwing a symbolic W my way, while still signaling contempt.
Which is actually not what I'm going for.
I genuinely do wish you to have a good rest of your day.
I'm not saying to be civil.
I'm quite disagreeable in some ways, and if I was "civil" I would be cowering in a corner.
I'm quite disagreeable in some ways, and if I was "civil" I would be cowering in a corner.
September 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'm not saying to be civil.
I'm quite disagreeable in some ways, and if I was "civil" I would be cowering in a corner.
I'm quite disagreeable in some ways, and if I was "civil" I would be cowering in a corner.
I'm not looking down on you, I think you are not having a good time, that's different.
And there wasn't meaningful engagement, it was a meme. You mentioning "meaningful" is a red herring.
And there wasn't meaningful engagement, it was a meme. You mentioning "meaningful" is a red herring.
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm not looking down on you, I think you are not having a good time, that's different.
And there wasn't meaningful engagement, it was a meme. You mentioning "meaningful" is a red herring.
And there wasn't meaningful engagement, it was a meme. You mentioning "meaningful" is a red herring.
If that's how you feel, then we should stop talking, because it's just going to ruin your day if we continue. Not all conversations are meant for all people at all times, and if it isn't the time for you, then we shouldn't talk.
September 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If that's how you feel, then we should stop talking, because it's just going to ruin your day if we continue. Not all conversations are meant for all people at all times, and if it isn't the time for you, then we shouldn't talk.
I'm not saying to be civil. If people are convicted when I tell them I know what they are doing, and pull back, fine. If they double down, also fine. People are having a hard time and so they are a bit snappy, which I have the patience for.
I know it's rough, so I'll let people talk if they want.
I know it's rough, so I'll let people talk if they want.
September 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm not saying to be civil. If people are convicted when I tell them I know what they are doing, and pull back, fine. If they double down, also fine. People are having a hard time and so they are a bit snappy, which I have the patience for.
I know it's rough, so I'll let people talk if they want.
I know it's rough, so I'll let people talk if they want.
Being angry is justified.
I'm not telling people to not be angry.
What I am doing is telling people what they are doing when they speak to me, without judgement, just matter of fact.
Like you invoking marginalized people.
This is an attempt to shame me.
Same with saying I am finger wagging.
I'm not telling people to not be angry.
What I am doing is telling people what they are doing when they speak to me, without judgement, just matter of fact.
Like you invoking marginalized people.
This is an attempt to shame me.
Same with saying I am finger wagging.
September 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Being angry is justified.
I'm not telling people to not be angry.
What I am doing is telling people what they are doing when they speak to me, without judgement, just matter of fact.
Like you invoking marginalized people.
This is an attempt to shame me.
Same with saying I am finger wagging.
I'm not telling people to not be angry.
What I am doing is telling people what they are doing when they speak to me, without judgement, just matter of fact.
Like you invoking marginalized people.
This is an attempt to shame me.
Same with saying I am finger wagging.
I don't think you will engage in meaningful discourse over polite discourse actually.
I get the impression that almost all discourse in general is shouted down, as I've experienced today.
Imagine I was actually confrontational or was opinionated about stuff.
That would be a disaster.
I get the impression that almost all discourse in general is shouted down, as I've experienced today.
Imagine I was actually confrontational or was opinionated about stuff.
That would be a disaster.
September 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I don't think you will engage in meaningful discourse over polite discourse actually.
I get the impression that almost all discourse in general is shouted down, as I've experienced today.
Imagine I was actually confrontational or was opinionated about stuff.
That would be a disaster.
I get the impression that almost all discourse in general is shouted down, as I've experienced today.
Imagine I was actually confrontational or was opinionated about stuff.
That would be a disaster.
I came on because I'm a long haired hippy anarchist who loves microbio and a lot of people in that sphere moved here.
I'm not asking people what the fuss is about, I know what it is about. People are hurting.
I'm not asking people what the fuss is about, I know what it is about. People are hurting.
September 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I came on because I'm a long haired hippy anarchist who loves microbio and a lot of people in that sphere moved here.
I'm not asking people what the fuss is about, I know what it is about. People are hurting.
I'm not asking people what the fuss is about, I know what it is about. People are hurting.
Thanks for mentioning it though.
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for mentioning it though.
Not self righteousness. I'm a flawed guy tbh.
But I see what you mean.
I moreso see things that are prone to echo chambers without inputs from the outside, and so yeah, it is important for someone to stand up and speak up so people don't spiral.
Not saying anyone did, I've just seen it before.
But I see what you mean.
I moreso see things that are prone to echo chambers without inputs from the outside, and so yeah, it is important for someone to stand up and speak up so people don't spiral.
Not saying anyone did, I've just seen it before.
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Not self righteousness. I'm a flawed guy tbh.
But I see what you mean.
I moreso see things that are prone to echo chambers without inputs from the outside, and so yeah, it is important for someone to stand up and speak up so people don't spiral.
Not saying anyone did, I've just seen it before.
But I see what you mean.
I moreso see things that are prone to echo chambers without inputs from the outside, and so yeah, it is important for someone to stand up and speak up so people don't spiral.
Not saying anyone did, I've just seen it before.
Do you find it off-putting?
September 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Do you find it off-putting?
Agreed.
But your encouragement for me to educate myself is supposed to be a polite way for you to allow yourself to bow out, while telling me to stop responding and do something else.
It's slightly rude itself, but I will allow you to save face and leave me be. Truth and love dagger.
But your encouragement for me to educate myself is supposed to be a polite way for you to allow yourself to bow out, while telling me to stop responding and do something else.
It's slightly rude itself, but I will allow you to save face and leave me be. Truth and love dagger.
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Agreed.
But your encouragement for me to educate myself is supposed to be a polite way for you to allow yourself to bow out, while telling me to stop responding and do something else.
It's slightly rude itself, but I will allow you to save face and leave me be. Truth and love dagger.
But your encouragement for me to educate myself is supposed to be a polite way for you to allow yourself to bow out, while telling me to stop responding and do something else.
It's slightly rude itself, but I will allow you to save face and leave me be. Truth and love dagger.
Being seen as rude doesn't make me rude.
It means I was doing something other than what was desired.
Speaking truth when truth is undesired does that.
I've actually tried to be quite kind here, while also being truthful.
I'm not trolling people.
It means I was doing something other than what was desired.
Speaking truth when truth is undesired does that.
I've actually tried to be quite kind here, while also being truthful.
I'm not trolling people.
September 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Being seen as rude doesn't make me rude.
It means I was doing something other than what was desired.
Speaking truth when truth is undesired does that.
I've actually tried to be quite kind here, while also being truthful.
I'm not trolling people.
It means I was doing something other than what was desired.
Speaking truth when truth is undesired does that.
I've actually tried to be quite kind here, while also being truthful.
I'm not trolling people.
If mentioning the inaccuracies of a caricature is seen as defending it, then people have become siloed, and the need to speak up is even more important.
I'm a hippy, what can I say.
I'm a hippy, what can I say.
September 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If mentioning the inaccuracies of a caricature is seen as defending it, then people have become siloed, and the need to speak up is even more important.
I'm a hippy, what can I say.
I'm a hippy, what can I say.
I want them to get catharsis, and actually enact change.
The right is livid and scared.
So is the left.
Catharsis doesn't come when you don't understand the other side tbh.
But doing the "memes need to be accurate" shtick like a stick in the mud, as you said, is cringe.
But it isn't wrong.
The right is livid and scared.
So is the left.
Catharsis doesn't come when you don't understand the other side tbh.
But doing the "memes need to be accurate" shtick like a stick in the mud, as you said, is cringe.
But it isn't wrong.
September 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I want them to get catharsis, and actually enact change.
The right is livid and scared.
So is the left.
Catharsis doesn't come when you don't understand the other side tbh.
But doing the "memes need to be accurate" shtick like a stick in the mud, as you said, is cringe.
But it isn't wrong.
The right is livid and scared.
So is the left.
Catharsis doesn't come when you don't understand the other side tbh.
But doing the "memes need to be accurate" shtick like a stick in the mud, as you said, is cringe.
But it isn't wrong.
All I've done is provide context to a meme, and then respond to people talking to me.
What do you mean about tone and context?
What do you mean about tone and context?
September 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All I've done is provide context to a meme, and then respond to people talking to me.
What do you mean about tone and context?
What do you mean about tone and context?
I am actually. Dyslexia
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am actually. Dyslexia
I'm not a bot. But I have been a lurker until a few days ago.
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm not a bot. But I have been a lurker until a few days ago.
I know.
This conversation hasn't really been about you, or me, it is basically anxiety over that event.
This conversation hasn't really been about you, or me, it is basically anxiety over that event.
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I know.
This conversation hasn't really been about you, or me, it is basically anxiety over that event.
This conversation hasn't really been about you, or me, it is basically anxiety over that event.
The context is that people are on edge after the backlash from a few days ago, feel targeted(which they are) and are generally seeking catharsis and people to attack in self defense.
This goes for all sides, but especially here as many people are being targeted with threats.
It's not about me.
This goes for all sides, but especially here as many people are being targeted with threats.
It's not about me.
September 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The context is that people are on edge after the backlash from a few days ago, feel targeted(which they are) and are generally seeking catharsis and people to attack in self defense.
This goes for all sides, but especially here as many people are being targeted with threats.
It's not about me.
This goes for all sides, but especially here as many people are being targeted with threats.
It's not about me.
Correct. Violence. It is a ramp up in tempo, in an escalation cycle.
There are many gradations, and I'm not equating you with the events of a few days ago.
I'm not here to escalate against you.
But I also won't be bullied by clapping to get me to go away.
There are many gradations, and I'm not equating you with the events of a few days ago.
I'm not here to escalate against you.
But I also won't be bullied by clapping to get me to go away.
September 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Correct. Violence. It is a ramp up in tempo, in an escalation cycle.
There are many gradations, and I'm not equating you with the events of a few days ago.
I'm not here to escalate against you.
But I also won't be bullied by clapping to get me to go away.
There are many gradations, and I'm not equating you with the events of a few days ago.
I'm not here to escalate against you.
But I also won't be bullied by clapping to get me to go away.
If you look at the context behind when people use it going forward, and look at their motivations, not the words, you can tell the heart of loads of people. This one is big for tipping off people who are stressed out about the security of their social group, and they are often policing those in it.
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you look at the context behind when people use it going forward, and look at their motivations, not the words, you can tell the heart of loads of people. This one is big for tipping off people who are stressed out about the security of their social group, and they are often policing those in it.