Life’s too short; I usually cut my losses and bail.

Drag contacted the mods

Why bother?

“There is a push, I think just a societal norm that if somebody is your family that they are entitled to your time,” said Calhoun, “and I think the answer is absolutely not.”

This is a really good rule of thumb for dealing with toxic people in general.

Most other instances have them banned

Here’s lemmy.ca’s announcement.

(archived version, if needed)

with mods that allow their users to harass others

And the mods will even delete your comments if you push back at this.

Maybe on the surface, but it’s blocked by this instance (and many others) for good reasons.

It’s a snake pit.

If it’s too cold out maybe it can be postponed until Mother’s Day.

It’s exactly what they’ve done, and it can work both ways.

They should do another one of these as the opening salvo.