In the past, this rule has only applied to the specific user you say it to. I'd like to suggest going forward that if someone on another instance uses it, we treat it as applying to all of us.

Unfortunately this rule wasn't communicated clearly before, so I'm making this post for visibility.

Edit: As the comments clarify, this has to be done in good faith, typically just a one word "disengage" comment. If you add more stuff to the discussion and then say "disengage" at the end, you're not disengaging, it's a way to put a stop to a toxic argument not to get the last word in.

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[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

sicko-yes engage!

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[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Heh... looks like we have a CCP bot on our hands. But oh, I have just the thing to make it malfunction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

Now, I'm going to kindly ask the authoritarian regime defenders to... disengage 😏

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

[pig incoming]

I DO NOT CONSENT!

lolberts confirmed liberalism

[–] StewartCopelandsDad@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You know, now that we have a block button I don't see the need for "disengage" anymore.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

freeze you dirty tankie scum

i invoke my right to select Run Away and forfeit any gold and XP

[–] vomit_sounds@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the struggle session safe word?

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[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago

I like the cuts of your jibs

[–] GreatWhiteNope@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Petition to get a Meredith from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City disengaging emote

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the dumbest fucking shit. Been here since day one first time I'm hearing about this rule.

Closest I remember is some member a couple of years ago was melting down in a thread and posting up a storm ending all their comments with "Disengage!" phrased as an imperative and we dunked on them for a couple of days and then I totally forgot about it.

I'm of the opinion that anyone is free to disengage from any conversation by putting their fucking phone down and spending some time with real people or reading a book. Trying to get the last word and then ordering someone else to disengage is ridiculous, and this is a ridiculous rule that honestly I cannot imagine following.

Obviously if someone said, as I have, something like "look this exchange is really getting to me emotionally and I need to just step away from this, have a good night comrade" that's of course a different story, but everyone here is pretty caring I can't see why we'd need a magic word.

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