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Had some fun with this. Rules:

  1. When a tankie post comes up, post a legitimate, fair argument. Do not argue in bad faith. No matter how nasty the post may be. Legitimately combat the disinformation there by going into their bubble and posting a sane response.
  2. Watch the responses come in. Especially if the post is on the tankie triad.
  3. Don't feed the trolls. Don't respond to anything, unless there is actually a legitimate attempt to have a legitimate discussion. Otherwise, start a game of tankie bingo to help prevent yourself from responding to the madness.

Suggestions for expansion welcome.

EDIT: well, to the surprise of no one, it's made its way to the slop community at Hexbear. Aaaand again, they totally miss the glaringly obvious point.

EDIT: since some can't access the link: https://bingobaker.com/view/9956948

(Sorry for the double post, sometimes I'm too stupid to use the internet)

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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yo can you post the link to the updated bingo?

[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's still the same link. I'm just not sure how often it shuffles it. If in doubt open it in an incognito tab or other browser, that will do the trick. Or somewhere I think there's also an option to link card PDFs, that should also shuffle it.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

nah i mean the link isn't even in the body message anymore

I didn't have it in the body, but I've added it there in case there are any problems.