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=== The Exile of Mustard ===

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| This message is being brought to you by the '''69SwagBalls420Hut Ministry of Truth'''. Due to the sensitive information present in this document, and in order not to bring about any potential harassment, most of its details have been '''REDACTED''' before publishing. The names of most of the people involved remain '''STRICTLY CLASSIFIED'''.

<sub>Glory to '''Meme_Alt_Account'''! Long live '''Swag Nation'''!</sub>

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The story of Mustard is a long one, going all the way back to the ancient days of '''P1ZZ4 HUT'''. A moderately-sized server with a long history of its own, it was unilaterally burnt to ashes by '''Mustard''' shortly after merging with '''69SwagBalls420''', unfortunately<ref>Or fortunately, depending on one's viewpoint.</ref> destroying months of old messages, leaving no trace of them on the website whatsoever. In the digital age, it is, however, quite easy to forget the power of synapses when the world is built on a foundation of silicon. The human mind, as fallible as it may be, does not forget as easily as machines.

On January 12, 2024, '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was thrown into the pit as a result of his behavior, past and present, involving telling people to kill themselves and jokingly suggesting people take drugs during quite serious discussions, '''Mustard''' would go on to repeatedly call for his banning, despite the fact that he broke no rules that were at the time put in place and enforced. Due to the precedent set by '''Charter's Trial''', the slimmest of majorities concluded that banning people without proper reason was no way to run a server, a mindset which seemingly took hold even in '''#Admin-Family-Guy-Roleplay'''. Despite the opposition of the rest of the '''Mod Team''', '''Mustard''' remained fixated on the idea of banning him, prompting the other mods to ask him to take a rest. '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was set free, and a new rule, Rule 20 <ref> If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately. </ref> was unanimously approved 15-0 by the '''Mod Team''', from now on to be enforced as a bannable offense. While '''Flaming testicle (left)''''s case was left in the past, '''Mustard''''s behavior was something that would become more considered in the future.

On ███████ ██, 2024, the past experiences of some '''P1ZZ4 HUT''' members would be brought to the '''Moderators'''' attention. Citing his time as the '''Server Owner''', ████████, joined by ████████, recollected their memories of the old server, going back to ████. Initially starting with the horny talk prevalent on the server, they stated that, due to the general immaturity of the server, '''Mustard''' was far from the only one involved in it, they concluded that the responsibility was on him to moderate rather than engage with it. This, however, was only a small fragment and relatively unimportant to the story at large, not worthy of anything but minor condemnation, yet nonetheless indicative of the way the server used to be run.

As time went on, '''Mustard''' would also implement some quite unpopular server policies, leading to the rise of the term "Mozzarellian"<ref> A direct reference to his Reddit username, u/P1ZZ4_M0ZZARELL4 </ref> as the problems became all the more persistent, with '''Mustard''' unwilling to ██████████████████████████████████████, while ███████████████████████████████████████. Another great change was with '''Mustard''' himself, as he █████████████████████████████ as time went on, culminating in █████████, when '''Mustard''' ███████ his "████████████ █████", whereby he would ███████████████████████████████████████████████████, prompting two prominent members, ███████ and ███████, to leave. Further conversations with him revealed that ████████████████████████████████, ███████, █████████████, but rather ████ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. Due to the private nature of these conversations, their contents have not been revealed. All of this behavior led to the creation of ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████, it would soon turn into █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. ██████████████████████████████, ███████████████████████████████████████████████. ████████, would, in the end, leave '''P1ZZ4 HUT''' and join '''SwagCord''' not long after.

The reason this behavior was brought up was not to punish '''Mustard''' for something that had happened long in the past, but rather something that seemingly continued to this day, as noted even by people not originally involved with the situation on '''P1ZZ4 HUT''', including ████████, who cited the time '''Mustard''' ████████████████████████████████████████████████████ with ███, █████████████████████████████████████████, and ███████████, who mentioned the time '''Mustard''' talked about █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. The evidence was damning.

In the end, it was decided that '''Mustard''' should have his '''mod perms''' taken away, while keeping the exact reasons behind it hidden from the server user base, out of respect for both '''Mustard''' and the other people involved. What was seemingly forgotten, however, was to give an explanation to '''Mustard''' himself. A direct confrontation was avoided for as long as possible, as no one involved wished to attach their name to anything that happened. However, with everyone, '''Mustard''' included, left answerless, it was not surprising that questions would soon arise. Finally, on January 21, ████████ decided to privately talk to him and explain the reasons behind his '''admin removal'''.

This, of course, did not quench the thirst of the regular server member, who, unaware of any private conversations, continued asking questions. On January 22, the situation would reach its tipping point, as '''Mustard''' shared screenshots used to explain to him the reasons why he was '''unmodded''', and even though they were only a small shard of the saga, civilized as Discord is, the conversation quickly turned into a shouting match between '''Mustard''' and the '''Mods''', interspersed with people who knew essentially nothing about the drama hurling around demands they were in no place to make, before just as quickly calming down into a peaceful discussion about number systems around the world. And just like that, it was over.

Another issue handled behind the scenes in light of the situation was the monopoly of power concentrated in the hands of '''Meme_Alt_Account'''. Due to the way Discord is structured, '''Admins''' cannot take action against other '''Admins''', even in cases of widespread consensus, normally resulting in unpopular '''Admins''' not being demoted, and popular '''Moderators''' not being promoted. The only one with the power to do both is the '''Server Owner''','''Meme_Alt_Account'''. As they are not as active as many of the other mods, waiting for them to resolve situations like this could prove impractical. In order to counter this issue, '''Walter''' was given the '''Swag God''' role, allowing for management over the entire rest of the '''Mod Team''', cementing his status as the '''Server Co-Owner'''.

Although unmodded, '''Mustard''' remains a regular poster, mostly focused on running the '''#🖤-venom''' channel inherited from '''P1ZZ4 HUT'''. While relations could not always be considered friendly, they mostly remain far from cold. The '''#MakeMustardModAgain''' movement, which started shortly after the situation was resolved, remains active to this day. Their power and influence are as great as putting a hashtag in your Discord username can theoretically be.

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 === The Exile of Mustard ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! style="background-color:red;color:white" | <big>⚠ ATTENTION! ⚠</big>
+|-
+| This message is being brought to you by the '''69SwagBalls420Hut Ministry of Truth'''. Due to the sensitive information present in this document, and in order not to bring about any potential harassment, most of its details have been '''REDACTED''' before publishing. The names of most of the people involved remain '''STRICTLY CLASSIFIED'''.
+<sub>Glory to '''Meme_Alt_Account'''! Long live '''Swag Nation'''!</sub>
+|}
+The story of Mustard is a long one, going all the way back to the ancient days of '''P1ZZ4 HUT'''. A moderately-sized server with a long history of its own, it was unilaterally burnt to ashes by '''Mustard''' shortly after merging with '''69SwagBalls420''', unfortunately<ref>Or fortunately, depending on one's viewpoint.</ref> destroying months of old messages, leaving no trace of them on the website whatsoever. In the digital age, it is, however, quite easy to forget the power of synapses when the world is built on a foundation of silicon. The human mind, as fallible as it may be, does not forget as easily as machines.
+On January 12, 2024, '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was thrown into the pit as a result of his behavior, past and present, involving telling people to kill themselves and jokingly suggesting people take drugs during quite serious discussions, '''Mustard''' would go on to repeatedly call for his banning, despite the fact that he broke no rules that were at the time put in place and enforced. Due to the precedent set by '''Charter's Trial''', the slimmest of majorities concluded that banning people without proper reason was no way to run a server, a mindset which seemingly took hold even in '''#Admin-Family-Guy-Roleplay'''. Despite the opposition of the rest of the '''Mod Team''', '''Mustard''' remained fixated on the idea of banning him, prompting the other mods to ask him to take a rest. '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was set free, and a new rule, Rule 20 <ref> If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately. </ref> was unanimously approved 15-0 by the '''Mod Team''', from now on to be enforced as a bannable offense. While '''Flaming testicle (left)''''s case was left in the past, '''Mustard''''s behavior was something that would become more considered in the future.
+On ███████ ██, 2024, the past experiences of some '''P1ZZ4 HUT''' members would be brought to the '''Moderators'''' attention. Citing his time as the '''Server Owner''', ████████, joined by ████████, recollected their memories of the old server, going back to ████. Initially starting with the horny talk prevalent on the server, they stated that, due to the general immaturity of the server, '''Mustard''' was far from the only one involved in it, they concluded that the responsibility was on him to moderate rather than engage with it. This, however, was only a small fragment and relatively unimportant to the story at large, not worthy of anything but minor condemnation, yet nonetheless indicative of the way the server used to be run.
+As time went on, '''Mustard''' would also implement some quite unpopular server policies, leading to the rise of the term "Mozzarellian"<ref> A direct reference to his Reddit username, u/P1ZZ4_M0ZZARELL4 </ref> as the problems became all the more persistent, with '''Mustard''' unwilling to ██████████████████████████████████████, while ███████████████████████████████████████. Another great change was with '''Mustard''' himself, as he █████████████████████████████ as time went on, culminating in █████████, when '''Mustard''' ███████ his "████████████ █████", whereby he would ███████████████████████████████████████████████████, prompting two prominent members, ███████ and ███████, to leave. Further conversations with him revealed that ████████████████████████████████, ███████, █████████████, but rather ████ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. Due to the private nature of these conversations, their contents have not been revealed. All of this behavior led to the creation of ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████, it would soon turn into █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. ██████████████████████████████, ███████████████████████████████████████████████. ████████, would, in the end, leave '''P1ZZ4 HUT''' and join '''SwagCord''' not long after.
+The reason this behavior was brought up was not to punish '''Mustard''' for something that had happened long in the past, but rather something that seemingly continued to this day, as noted even by people not originally involved with the situation on '''P1ZZ4 HUT''', including ████████, who cited the time '''Mustard''' ████████████████████████████████████████████████████ with ███, █████████████████████████████████████████, and ███████████, who mentioned the time '''Mustard''' talked about █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. The evidence was damning.
+In the end, it was decided that '''Mustard''' should have his '''mod perms''' taken away, while keeping the exact reasons behind it hidden from the server user base, out of respect for both '''Mustard''' and the other people involved. What was seemingly forgotten, however, was to give an explanation to '''Mustard''' himself. A direct confrontation was avoided for as long as possible, as no one involved wished to attach their name to anything that happened. However, with everyone, '''Mustard''' included, left answerless, it was not surprising that questions would soon arise. Finally, on January 21, ████████ decided to privately talk to him and explain the reasons behind his '''admin removal'''.
+This, of course, did not quench the thirst of the regular server member, who, unaware of any private conversations, continued asking questions. On January 22, the situation would reach its tipping point, as '''Mustard''' shared screenshots used to explain to him the reasons why he was '''unmodded''', and even though they were only a small shard of the saga, civilized as Discord is, the conversation quickly turned into a shouting match between '''Mustard''' and the '''Mods''', interspersed with people who knew essentially nothing about the drama hurling around demands they were in no place to make, before just as quickly calming down into a peaceful discussion about number systems around the world. And just like that, it was over.
+Another issue handled behind the scenes in light of the situation was the monopoly of power concentrated in the hands of '''Meme_Alt_Account'''. Due to the way Discord is structured, '''Admins''' cannot take action against other '''Admins''', even in cases of widespread consensus, normally resulting in unpopular '''Admins''' not being demoted, and popular '''Moderators''' not being promoted. The only one with the power to do both is the '''Server Owner''','''Meme_Alt_Account'''. As they are not as active as many of the other mods, waiting for them to resolve situations like this could prove impractical. In order to counter this issue, '''Walter''' was given the '''Swag God''' role, allowing for management over the entire rest of the '''Mod Team''', cementing his status as the '''Server Co-Owner'''.
+Although unmodded, '''Mustard''' remains a regular poster, mostly focused on running the '''#🖤-venom''' channel inherited from '''P1ZZ4 HUT'''. While relations could not always be considered friendly, they mostly remain far from cold. The '''#MakeMustardModAgain''' movement, which started shortly after the situation was resolved, remains active to this day. Their power and influence are as great as putting a hashtag in your Discord username can theoretically be.
 === Literally 1984 ===