[MilkManFromMars]

Sorry to stray off topic a bit, but do people really get this upset over some harmless joke messages? I get it can become excessive and at that point needs to be toned down, but there's nothing wrong with having a little fun. I've seen the general chat used for actual discussion maybe three times in my two years in the Discord. If you want a real conversation, start one. There's no use complaining about something and then doing nothing when you absolutely have the power to change it. You don't need the staff to roll out a red carpet in the general chat for some non-existent discussions.

I don't think they're against harmless fun in general, I think they mean more of the fact that people have been spamming the "gamer ernie" emote and memes for days in general now, and after multiple warnings everyone is annoyed with it. It's just hard to talk about something when there's no notifications for general for most people in their right minds, and every message sent is flooded away in a sea of egg emotes in a matter of 5-10 minutes.

TLDR; jokes are fine, just make it something that's relatively short and doesn't flood out actual general conversation.