Grandma's House Rules

Are you sick and tired of online bickering, vilification, and listening to people complain without offering any answers? So are we. The R's comment section and Slack workspace are for professional/serious minds only. The rules are strict and it's an English democracy: dictatorship + Parliament. Ish.

You Were Warned

If you think decorum is political correctness, there's plenty of places you can go to troll and aggravate other people.

  1. Invite-only and no anons without reason: stand by your beliefs, or don't join in. If you have something to hide or are playing the field, do it somewhere else. Serious people only, who can defend their beliefs and ideas in public with reason and civility.
  2. Good faith professionalism at all times: no swearing; no racial slurs; no NSFW or edgy memes; no porn or sexual anything; no personal attacks; no crashes or meltdowns; no gossip; no harassment; no whacky conspiracies. You're at work in the office or visiting the Dorchester for tea. Sensible grown-ups who are polite, formal, and professional – and nothing else, ever. We are British, not savages.
  3. Healthy intense debate: everyone is welcome to bring their best arguments and dissent, whether you personally like it, agree with it, want to hear it, or not. That means:
    1. Conservatives
    2. Nationalists
    3. Greens
    4. Democratic Socialists
    5. Free Market Libertarians
    6. etc, etc.
  4. Presume good intent: someone not agreeing with you, or advocating for something you dislike, does not give you licence to treat them as an enemy or a villain. They may be wrong, in your opinion. But it is does not mean their intent is suspect or malicious.
  5. Stop whining: complaining and dooming doesn't get you 326 seats or a consensus majority to pass bills in Parliament. You either want to fix the problem and negotiate agreement with the other side who disagree with you, or you're better off lapping up the dopamine on X.
  6. Absolute integrity: don't say anything in private you wouldn't say in public. If you're involved in anything sketchy elsewhere, expect to be removed.

3 Strikes

You know the drill here. Once is a mistake; twice is tempting fate; and thrice means you meant it.

  1. Don't do that.
  2. We told you not to do that.
  3. Out. Go back to Discord.