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"People seem way more hateful and bigoted than they did in 2015. Everyone that got 'cancelled' is back, some even bigger than before. It's hilarious to have lived through that time and watch how it basically managed to achieve nothing and only made life shittier for everyone."
"Twitter's ecosystem didn't have enough predators to handle this many tumblrinas, and they effectively took over the place. Tumblr culture mixed with Twitter's structure created a toxic cocktail that birthed cancel culture and some of the most intense wokescolding the internet has seen up to that poi"
"As a young and dumb late teenager experiencing the peak of cancel culture during HS / college years was annoying to deal with. Granted, if you were cool enough to roll through it then it literally didn't matter- but for some people it was agony."
"I got banned from tinder, the ban extends to all match group apps. It's like being canceled."
"Marc had the opportunity to be a media powerhouse like Rogan by switching to a video format and railing against cancel culture."
"He posted a FAT twitter call-out so now it's official."
"My friend was telling me that a bunch of fans of Euphoria don't want the actress who plays vape girl to be in the next season because some old videos of her when she was 14 resurfaced of her mouthing the n word in songs and having some tweets with the n word trying to sound like a rapper."
"I wasn't even calling Inuit people Eskimos but rather explaining the context around the term and why it's apparently being phased out. Still got scolded and told that "I can't type out a slur" and should "use an asterisk" if I must."
"Take a couple of funny pictures, cancelled and banished from office."
"he's been "cancelled" twice in his life unjustly (not for any sexual assault or anything he's worked for cps in very publicized cases it's bound to happen) the first unjustly costing him his job and his pension and the second costing him his doctorate"
"as in, nothing has been done or said, but a person/group says they have a 'toxic energy'"
"the woke classical music scene cancelled her"
"My theory about why using such phrases is so ubiquitous in online culture is that it's a relatively risk-free way of preempting an impending call out situation"
"actual footage of an angry cancel mob pressuring indie band Viet Cong to change their name"
"At this point I'm just gonna start offering head to every black guy so I don't get cancelled for my 'racism'"
"feel like I have to fight for my life after a insane person tried to cancel me online"
"I just found out yesterday, chatting with the president of the womens team, that she claimed I did something untoward, in November last year. I never did."
"Nicholas Braun is getting cancelled for seducing underage girls"
"Got flamed on ig for being pro-Morrissey on a post from one of those band-meme accounts."
"Ashton Kutcher, a well-known philanthropist for sex trafficking and rape victims, gets exposed and cancelled"
"Tumblr culture mixed with Twitter's structure created a toxic cocktail that birthed cancel culture and some of the most intense wokescolding"
"As a society we have absolutely no coherent story — none whatsoever — about how a person who's done wrong can atone, make amends, and retain some continuity between their life/identity before and after the mistake."
"u can get canceled for saying the n word but not for opposing $15 minimum wage"
"juxtaposing these two notorious "sinners" with a cross-steepled childhood home is pretty obviously trying to be a commentary on the incompatibility of modern cancel culture (and its cousin prison culture) with the judeo christian ethic of forgiveness modeled by christ"
"People posting their Ls and tired in 2018 cancel culture shit"
"or you get these reddit weirdos bothering you or even trying to cancel you"
"Scarlett was ostracised from the dance world following allegations of sexual misconduct. All the allegations were dismissed and dropped upon investigation."
"I used to get so worked up thinking the girls I'd ghosted when I was in my early 20s would form some coalition and scorched-earth me on social media"
"White people's fear of cancellation is messing up my life"
"Never cancel anyone. Go fishing instead."
"I feel like 'cancel culture' reached its peak because so many people were aware how many of their favourite famous people were friends with him and wanted to do something about it."
"paranoia that you or someone you love will be 'cancelled'"
"Why are people so obsessed with making sure that every single person is perfect and has never done anything wrong? Why the fuck does it matter what the host of a game show tweeted over a decade ago?"
"Yesterday I sat with a bunch of vaguely left-leaning coworkers as they debated and discussed Jeffrey Epstein, Israel-Palestine, antisemitism, Harvey Weinstein, #Me-too and cancel culture."
"Brave conservatives basically conducting performative fights. Granchildren of lynchers complaining about cancel culture."
"lately i've been getting so fucking annoyed with some ppl who like choose to cancel people or brands or whatever for stupid shit"
"I was cancelled and piled on late last year so I've been hyper aware of anyone who's been cancelled or piled on since that point. It's a different person every day, if not multiple people every day."
"treating **\*every\*** usage of bigoted slur, joke or trope as some inhuman or deeply traumatizing act - especially in fiction - I just think is incredibly dishonest"
"If it's Not "Cancel Culture," What Kind of Culture is it?"
"So Lindsay Ellis (Breadtube Youtuber) got cancelled today"
"Is this the consequences of cancel culture?!?"
"But who is well and truly completely uncancellable? I'd say JK Rowling is one of few people who is uncancellable simply because she is too big to fail."
"stop cancelling Shinzo abe posthumously"
"Yeah I said what I said. So what. Not my fault you're willingly misunderstanding context. Say it right away and nip it in the bud. Game over. Take whatever dumb lumps are coming but that's literally the end of it, it can't go any further if you don't let it. No apologies, no retractions, no further "
"Some of it is juvenile and has aged poorly. I'm merely acknowledging the obvious - that some of its content makes me an easy target for the cancel mobs."
"even the left weaponizes the use of cancelling alarmism now so if you call someone a twee midwit that's the same as trying to deplatform someone and get them fired"
"I always take it as there's always a 3 - 15% chance the dumb shit you've said or did online comes back to fuck you over if you somehow build a considerable following online."
"I guess people on both sides don't really care anymore? Weird how culture evolves. 4 years ago this shit was way different."
"What a redemption arc. Comedy, being one of the few art forms that requires genuine talent, is truly uncancellable."
"Throwaway because this would probably get me cancelled."
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