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=== The Human Cockroach and the Myth of Sisyphus ===

 

Every good story needs a villain, and you don't make it to 50 members without making a few enemies. Most of them were your average run-of-the-mill internet assholes, saying the n-word a couple of times or being slightly annoying for a few minutes before promptly fucking off. There is, however, a single user so utterly pathetic, a life so absolutely worthless that they choose to spend the limited time they have on this Earth not only to rot in the dank pits of that gamer dungeon of theirs but to make their life's mission the mild annoyance of a few Reddit mods. A creature so devoid of any purpose in life, a tragic display of how low a human being could stoop, yet so infatuated by the smell of its own farts that it is unable for a moment to realize the worthlessness of its own existence. A pest that you can't get rid of, despite the dozens of times this user has been banned, they keep coming back, like a drug-starved addict that cannot go without their daily hit, dozens of alt accounts keep being made so they could stay on Reddit, being so reliant on the website that even a temporary withdrawal would result in a coma. The absolute definition of terminally online, this user shall remain unnamed, not for fear of retaliation, but to not provide them with a droplet of satisfaction for what they had done. Instead, they will be referred to as what they really are, a '''human cockroach''', a being with no value to anyone, one that everyone wishes was just gone, their very lack of presence making the world a better place, yet one so persistent in its aims that no matter how much you stomp on it, it keeps coming back. One must embrace the '''cockroach''' as an unchanging constant in life, just as Sisyphus may never push the boulder up the cliff, so too will this user never be truly removed. Once you embrace the fact that this insect is here to stay, you may indulge in laughter at the pitiful ways this being claws for attention.

On November 11, the '''cockroach''' was first banned on the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit. While the specific reasons for this action were lost to time, the '''cockroach''''s username, a clear antisemitic dog whistle (or perhaps just a whistle), as well as its behavior in the following months, leaves racism as the most likely possibility. This first ban seemed to have not produced many issues, it would not be until January that things would truly start getting chaotic and our story would truly begin. It was on January 18 that the '''Cockroach''' was banned from the subreddit for a second time. The moment the gavel hit the hardwood, and the ban was dealt, the fate of the universe itself was sealed. An eternal nemesis found, one we may never get rid of, yet must keep on fighting, our own boulder to push.  

On January 19, both '''Walter''' and '''SlenderSmurf''' woke up to their Reddit accounts temporarily suspended. The reason? Harassment. The '''Cockroach''', the absolute human filth that it is, decided to report the modmail conversation to the Reddit admins, the low-life weasel, hitting and provoking for hours on end only to call the teacher the moment someone insults it back. The punishments, lasting 2 days and a week respectively, were served with dignity, as would be expected from Reddit mods worth their karma. It is important to note that it wasn't the length or even the existence of these bans that was insulting, but rather the fact that someone would stoop so low as to involve the '''Reddit admins''' in the situation. That is a sign of the lowest breed of man, one so pathetic and worthless, whose existence is so absolutely pointless, they would make a deal with Satan himself for temporary pleasure rather than admit defeat. It was like this that the '''Moederators''' knew right away the type of person they were dealing with, yet even taking into account the racist tendencies the '''Cockroach''' put on display through their comments, nothing could prepare us for what would come next.

On February 13, as the encounter with the '''Cockroach''' started fading from the '''Moederators'''' memories, an '''image''' got posted on the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit. Not any ordinary image, as one may see from the fact that its very existence warranted an entire paragraph of text. '''The image''', featuring an uncensored, bloody penis cut in half in an incredibly unclean, gory fashion, got posted nineteen times. Nineteen. That is almost as much as 9+10. This would mark the '''First Impact''', otherwise known as the '''Penis Gore Incident'''. Such an event is especially terrible for a small subreddit, as was '''r/69MoeLester420''' at the time, not even having reached 5000 members, as such a high influx of gore content on a subreddit where the mods aren't terminally online might result in the entire subreddit being banned. The '''MoeLester Nation''' forever stays grateful to '''koonsbmw''' for being the first one on the ground and dealing with the situation in a quick and efficient fashion. Sadly, as one might expect, this was far from the only encounter with this user.

Remember that lockdown idea the '''Moederators''' had, way back before the partnership with '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''' and '''r/IkeaFreshBalls''' was signed? The idea was, instead of leaving the floodgates open, each post would have to be approved by the mods. Although the idea wasn't implemented before, this situation provided the perfect opportunity to test it out. As the code was already in place, all that was left to do is to announce it. By the end of the day, the temporary lockdown had gone into effect <ref> WalterWhiteOnReddit (February 13, 2023). https://www.reddit.com/r/69Moelester420/comments/111jz94/attention_moe_lesters/ ''Reddit.'' </ref>, intended to stop any raids in the following days, until another, more effective and less intrusive method of moderation was found. At the advice of '''Sam''', still a regular member at the time, a minimum karma limit was set up, filtering out any posts made by clearly new accounts.

The '''Cockroach''' was far from done. Unbeknownst to the '''Moederators''' at the time, a vile scheme was being planned in the most twisted corners of the internet. A call to arms, intended to bring the Soy Army to the side of the '''Cockroach'''. Unfortunately for it, it would seem that not even the userbase of such depraved websites as soyjak.party would wish to associate itself with such an insult to what it means to be a human being. <ref> The Cockroach (February 16, 2023) https://soyjak.party/raid/res/33873.html''Soyjak Party.'' </ref> Yet even so, give up it would not. On February 16, just as the lockdown was lifted, and the new measures put into place, a post from one of the '''Cockroach''''s alts made its way into the subreddit's mod queue. It was clear right away that this was not the last we would see of it. Soon after, a GIF with the caption "LOL UKRAINE", showing the death of two soldiers in the midst of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, got posted, soon followed by a text post, written by a friend{{Citation needed}} of the '''Cockroach''', asking for its unbanning. Both posts were quickly removed. The '''Second Impact''', thankfully, proved to be much easier to bear through.

Even though the '''Cockroach''' tried to make itself look like a based and red-pilled troll with posts such as these, as one might expect, things could not be further from the truth. As a thread on the thugposting subreddit '''r/wordington'''<ref>The Cockroach (February 14, 2023) https://web.archive.org/web/20230727185559/https://old.reddit.com/r/wordington/comments/1126ct7/deleted_by_user/ ''Reddit.''</ref> shows, a mere day after the original incident, the user tried to explain away the situation by stating that its account was hacked by its friend {{Citation needed}}, sharing an insane story along with it. While this story cannot be neither verified nor proven false, the possibility still existing that the '''Cockroach''' was telling the truth, it is still important to keep in mind that this was far from the only incident involving this user. The threat to spam gore on the server was, by its own admission, sent by the '''Cockroach''' itself, and although it claims not to be responsible for the '''Penis Gore Incident''', as more raids occurred in the future, some involving sharing material worse than the one sent during the '''First Impact''', it shows that even if it was not the '''Cockroach''' who posted the images, it would still not be out of character for it to have gone through with it on its own.

[[File:CockroachLore4.png|thumb|The '''Cockroach''' returns, full of himself as always, even prepared a ''Little Dark Age'' edit to share with his favorite mod team.]]

The '''Moederators''' did not have to wait for too long for proof of this thesis, as on February 21, the '''Third Impact''' would occur, this time on the server. '''69MoeLester420''' was under attack. And the worst part? We didn't even know about it. A few days before the incident, several users had joined the server, seemingly nothing out of the ordinary, some of them staying quiet and keeping to themselves, others occasionally even interacting with the mods. As the '''Second''' '''Impact''' was still fresh in the mods' minds, the conversation sometimes steered in that direction, with the new users playing along as though as if nothing was going on. It was on February 21 when the sleeper agents woke up. While not much remains as the messages were deleted automatically when the bans were dealt, one video remains, saved before the purge by '''Belize''', which can only be described as edgy,  an edit of the National Victory Celebration held after the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991 <ref> As confirmed by our local military expert '''koonsbmw'''. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4ElNBqXXY </ref> with nothing but "RACISM IS NON-NEGOTIABLE" written all over it. There is but a single issue the '''Cockroach''' didn't anticipate. Every time a raid of its occurred, an additional line of defences was placed. Just as the subreddit placed a minimum karma barrier, along with some other measures to protect from raiders, some to protect from the '''Cockroach''' specifically, so too did the server soon start putting protections in place in order to prevent this from happening again. The '''Automoderator''' was set up, automatically kicking out any members below the minimum account age. From then on, it was only a matter of how long the '''Cockroach''' was willing to wait between each raid. The minimum age could always be raised, and not even the '''Cockroach''' could keep on waiting forever. The tides had shifted.

That is, until March 23, when another round of posts would hit the subreddit. The '''Fourth Impact''' took shape in the form of thirty-six separate bait-and-switch posts which would all cut to a video of a man, covered in shit, stroking his cock. One might wonder, what compels a man to send this? And to that I say, I am afraid we are not talking about a human being. Disgusting shock humor such as this is the absolute lowest form of comedy, one which should make you ashamed of your very existence, for how do you explain away the fact that you have this type of material saved on your device, not because you are sexually attracted to what is being depicted but rather because you find a man masturbating while covered in his own feces so amusing you cannot help your worthless ass but to snort and giggle in your gamer dungeon as you have experienced the absolute peak of your pathetic life when you decided to post it not once, but thirty-six separate times on a subreddit with less than 10k members. All this dedication to achieve an ultimately pointless goal, the banning of such a small subreddit would have changed nothing, yet the '''Cockroach''' still went on. Not even in the darkest pits of SoyBooru could one find a proper portrayal of such an individual. It would almost be funny were it not so tragic.

Why does Sisyphus continue pushing the boulder? One might naively assume that it is the prospect of victory that compels him. Perhaps this may have been correct the first time the boulder was pushed up, maybe even the second, tenth, ten thousandth time. Yet it would soon dawn on Sisyphus that his task is hopeless. No matter how much effort is put in, the boulder will roll right back to the bottom. A question will soon be asked, what might be the point of such a task if it will always amount to failure? The pointlessness of it may prove brutal for some, for what is the point of anything if the outcome cannot be avoided? Albert Camus offers a different perspective. One must accept the absurd that surrounds us instead of trying to find a sense of meaning where there fundamentally isn't one. Sisyphus will never reach the top of the hill. Yet he continues on. He has accepted the meaninglessness of the task, and that acceptance allows him to truly live. He does not find joy in the victory he will never achieve, only to have his hopes crushed every time his progress is set back to the beginning. Instead, he finds happiness in every step he takes along the way, opting to enjoy the life that he has rather than spending this one hoping for what he may never have. And as the boulder rolls back, he takes a sigh of relief knowing he can take a break from his work, before going down to start the cycle once more. The joy comes from the task itself, not the reward that might await him, for as grueling as it all is, in the end, this boulder is his and his alone, and nothing can take that away from him. He finds meaning in living itself, no matter how pointless it may seem, for even so, his life, torturous as it may seem, is as valuable as anyone else's. In some sense, the '''Cockroach''' does the same. It is aware it will never win. So many times it has been banned instantly, yet it keeps on trying. It is the modern Sisyphus, determined to continue carrying on its endless task, as hopeless as it may seem. It does not care for the prospect of victory anymore. Instead, it finds joy in every n-word it drops, every dead child it posts. It is not the final goal that matters to it anymore, it knows more than well nothing will come out of its little stunts, it is the very process of annoying the mods that gives the '''Cockroach''' life. It is the journey that matters, not the destination. One must imagine the '''Cockroach''' happy.

On December 21, 2022, ''Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'' is released in theatres. Audiences from across the globe go wild. Considered by many to be one of the greatest pieces of animation from this past decade, it has received widespread acclaim and attention even from those that do not watch animated movies regularly. It became one of the most talked-about movies of the year, and it was no wonder that the discussion reached '''69MoeLester420''' as well. An unfortunate and unforeseen consequence of the conversations held about it was the self-imposed exile of the head moderator, '''The High Priest'''.

The day was January 20. '''The High Priest''' had, by that time, become an integral part of the server. Although he did not care about moderating at all, he was considered a part of the '''MoeLester family'''. It is no wonder that the '''Puss in Boots incident''' caused so much devastation to the community. It is a piece of drama that could have easily been avoided, yet snowballed to colossal proportions. Most of the '''Moederators''' would like to leave this chapter behind and forever forget about it, not in the same way as with the soon to be mentioned '''TikTokker''' situation, but rather in the sense that it just sucks that it happened, with no contempt being held as much as the wish to leave the person behind and move on.

[[File:PussInBootsLore2.png|center|frame|The message was quickly called out by '''TikTokker'''.]]

The offending message may have gone completely unnoticed in most internet spaces, yet '''TikTokker''', for all her faults, rightfully took issue with the message. Although we all held some form of respect for '''The High Priest''', it was an undeniable fact that, once the proper context of the contents of the message settled in, this post was incredibly weird and pretty fucked up to share. Although '''The High Priest''' quickly tried to explain that he was talking about the voice of Puss, provided by Antonio Banderas, rather than his physical appearance. This did not satiate '''TikTokker''', who, now with '''Instanormie''' by her side, continued with the attack by stating that even if that was what he meant, he shouldn't have worded it in that way. Ending the conversation by temporarily muting '''The High Priest''', he was nonetheless ready to forget about the entire situation as long as it didn't turn out to be a reoccurring issue.

It was then that things turned from weird to almost comically absurd. While people were ready to keep this incident in the past and forget about it, '''The High Priest''' couldn't help but repeatedly bring attention to it during the following hours. Bringing up the issue in a sarcastic manner in his DMs with '''TikTokker''' didn't do him any favors, as claiming evil spirits possessed him in a situation like this meant the slightest amount of respect '''TikTokker''' still held for '''The High Priest''' was starting to slip away. Soon came the question of whether he was even being ironic, as when the conversation resurfaced mere hours later in '''#general''', he claimed to have looked back on the conversation and wondered if he was possessed when he had written stuff like this. While obviously done jokingly, some of the mods, once again led by '''TikTokker''', believed that this was a clear manipulation attempt meant to strike pity, while also shifting blame on some abstract entity in the past as opposed to the current him. It was on par with a Youtube apology video. The mods weren't buying it.

It was not long after that '''The High Priest''' left the server. As far as anyone is aware, he hasn't stayed in contact with the other mods. The whole fiasco left everyone with a lot of mixed feelings about the entire thing. While it was agreed that what he did was bad, the '''Moederators''' were left wondering whether they had gone too hard on him. No matter our feelings about him, nothing can change what went down on that day, the relationship with him permanently ruined, '''The High Priest''' becoming another lost '''Moederators''' in the list of many, additionally soured by the fact that he was the original creator of the subreddit. With yet another chapter of the server's history closed, the turbulent ride is nearing its end.

On January 20, mere hours after '''The High Priest''' left the server, '''Mr. Sex''' announced he would be abdicating his position as server '''Owner'''. It was clear the server was undergoing massive changes. Nominating '''Moe''' himself to be the owner, as well as '''Walter''', after a short back-and-forth between the two the honor ultimately fell upon '''Walter''' to lead the server in the following months. Although the situation surrounding the server was already unstable given '''The High Priest''''s recent unexpected exile, it would get much worse during this final period in the history of '''69MoeLester420''', as it seemed as if things would truly fall apart many times over. The mod team's numbers have already dwindled quite a bit during the past few months and would continue doing so until the very end of the server. And so, '''Mr. Sex''' exchanged his final goodbyes before leaving, the ownership transferred to '''Walter''', and an uncertain future for this wonderful place looming in the distance.

[[File:Moewnerlore1.png|center|thumb|934x934px|The '''Owner''' abdicates his position, his successor not yet clear.]]

It was always quite clear that '''TikTokker''' was a dick. There is no going around it. From the very beginning of the server, if someone was to be leading the charge against whichever '''Moederators''' happened to slip up at the time, it was '''TikTokker''', with '''Instanormie''' by her side, hurling insults and aggressively making fun of them until they willfully left on their own. For a long time, this behavior was tolerated, while clearly toxic, it was always directed at people the members of the server took issue with anyways, and as pointlessly mean those comments were in retrospect, at the time, it wasn't taken as an issue. But when the mod drama died down and '''TikTokker''' had to find a new target, things turned for the worse for her.

As mentioned previously, by this point in time, the server was, for the most part, dedicated only to conversations between '''Sam''' and '''Belize''', who have almost completely taken over the server due to the fact that they sent two orders of magnitude more messages than the rest of the server combined. '''TikTokker''' was not a fan of this, having referred to these conversations as e-dating in the past, and wanted to put an end to this. Knowing the past behavior of '''TikTokker''', one may soon realize that she does not give up on her goals easily, deciding to attack relentlessly for as long as it takes for whoever's back the target has been painted on to leave on their own. As '''Belize''' was a mod at the time, this left only '''Sam''' as a suitable candidate. Acting like a complete and utter prick at any occasions he had the chance to, she would also time out and sometimes kick '''Sam''' out of the server, who, in spite of '''TikTokker'''<nowiki/>'s behavior, returned every time.

'''TikTokker''' did not stop at '''Sam''', however, soon providing the same courtesy to some of the new members of the server. While in her mind this may have been a brilliant satire of how Discord power mods act moronically and ban anyone who dare say a word to them, in reality, she was doing the same exact thing she was criticizing. It's not really a joke anymore once you actually go through with it, it's just annoying to whoever is on the receiving end. How funny is it being the butt of the joke? Not much, according to '''Sam''', who had gotten quite annoyed by '''TikTokker''''s behavior by then, and started making calls for the '''Moederators''' to do something about him. As it was obvious that the joke was being taken too far, to the point where new users were turned away from the server solely because of her presence, '''Walter''' decided to talk to '''TikTokker''' about it. Not wanting to cause any drama, God knows there had already been far too much in the past of this server, he politely asked for her to stop and tone it down a notch as it was quite obvious the new users were starting to fucking hate us.

Of course, we all know where this conversation actually led to. Had she listened to it, there would have been no point in writing this section. This behavior continued in the following days, and on February 9, after '''Sam''' had repeatedly been kicked out, '''Walter''' received DMs from both him and '''Belize''' asking for '''TikTokker''''s removal. In the back of his mind, '''Walter''' had already considered '''TikTokker''' to be an asshole we shouldn't keep on the mod team for a while. The only issue was that, although '''Walter''' was the server '''Owner''' at the time, '''TikTokker''' was higher in the '''r/69MoeLester420''' hierarchy. This meant that even if '''Walter''' had stripped '''TikTokker''' of all her mod duties on the server, nothing stopped her from doing the same to '''Walter''' on the subreddit. And to a Reddit mod, there is nothing more terrifying than that. The mods needed divine intervention, and thankfully, '''Moe''' was ready to help. While the conversation on the server continued as normally, behind the scenes, in the shadows, a conspiracy was starting to form and be taken into action. On the subreddit, both '''TikTokker''' and '''Instanormie''', her loyal partner in crime, got all their moderating permissions taken away. They did not get completely demodded, however, allowing them to keep their place in the mod hierarchy should things change in the future. On the server, meanwhile, '''Walter''' removed their '''Moewner''' roles, before finally announcing it to the server. It was the perfect crime.[[File:GladLore1.png|center|The announcement that brought about the first exile of '''TikTokker.'''|thumb|1022x1022px]]

It wasn't long before '''TikTokker''' had realized what had happened. The response was pretty much what we had expected. The first thing she mentioned was how she wanted to demod '''Walter''', thankfully, however, '''Moe''' had made sure that would not be possible. '''Instanormie''' immediately started complaining about how she was punished for nothing, even though the reason for her losing the '''Moewner''' role was the unstopping encouragement of '''TikTokker''''s behavior at every turn, which all active members of the server could attest to. While she wasn't the one dealing out time-outs and kicks, not only had she done nothing to stop it, but actively cheered it on. '''TikTokker''' got kicked out from the server by '''Belize''', while '''Instanormie''' remained disgraced, from now on as '''Moederator''' instead of '''Moewner'''.

Here's the funny part. Do you notice those four 👆 reactions under the message? People were approving massively of this decision, even though '''TikTokker''''s behavior was like this since the very beginning of the server. It's just that no one had spoken up about it. We all wanted her gone, but were afraid to tell her all this time for whatever reason. To avoid drama, to not have us kicked out from the subreddit, or most likely, not knowing how much the others on the server shared our feelings about him. It wasn't before we were certain there was a significant amount of people that hated her that we even thought about removing her role. And it all goes back to that at the time harmless decision to give her the '''Moewner''' role all those months back. She was granted authority she never deserved and asserted it through her aggressive behavior during the past few months. No one could have demodded her on their own, it was only when Reddit assembled that anything could be done. Let this be a message never to mess with the Reddit Nation.