I see a lot of jabronis hanging around Lemmy. Sometimes I wish they’d just go away, but I wonder if the ecosystem actually needs them.

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      3 months ago

      A Jabroni is like an antagonist or fall guy. I guess the term was popularized is professional “wrestling”.

      Maybe “Griefers” would have been a better word to use?

      • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Thanks for clarifying! I haven’t heard it much, and all I really had in my head was something like “dudes”.

      • sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, about the Israeli Cabinet, after the surprise attack that started the Yom Kippur War, always requiring a “tenth man”. The theory is that if nine people agree, then it is the duty of the “tenth man” to disagree, no matter what and no matter how much the other members pressure them. They are considered irritating but necessary to avoid dangerous group think.

        I’m not sure I completely understand what you mean by a jabroni. Do you think they are the “tenth man” of our communities?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    5·
    3 months ago

    I’m not sure how you’re using the term here, since I know two definitions for it:

    A) streetcorner loiterer

    2] slang for testicles

    Eiither are you talking about lurkers, or trolls, or shitposters, or what?

    Lurkers may or may not be necessary. I’m not one, I couldn’t say.

    Trolls are not necessary, and in fact harmful to discourse.

    Shitposters are very necessary, they are the leaven to discussion that makes it fluffy and digestible.

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      I clarified in another comment (or at least tried to 😅).

      I’m not familiar with those definitions for jabroni, but troll would be the closest of the options you mention but maybe more of a troll/shitposter hybrid…