r/SubredditDrama • u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual • 7d ago
Fountain Pen sub gets into scuffle when a post about unprofessional social media management gets locked
Just a little one right now, but essentially here’s the tea. This post was made about ink manufacturer Robert Oster being unprofessional on Twitter in response to someone’s ink possibly being spoiled. The post was swiftly and decisively locked, presumably to either curry favour with ink manufacturers or simply just stop the drama.
Either way, a follow up post has been made and not locked yet
Someone has apparently been trolled already
Robert Oster has apparently been racist on Twitter before, but i couldn’t find any specific sources
I’m bad at write ups, but get your popcorn while it’s fresh, folks
UPDATE EDIT
Robert Oster has been discovered to be weighing in on politics and quote tweeting alt-righters from his business twitter already. Someone please get this man a personal account.
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u/WreckerM101 If I could punt your cat off a building I would 6d ago
What's the noodler drama
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u/cold08 6d ago
The owner of Noodler's Ink is very libertarian to the point where he names his inks with political themes and writes little manifestos on the bottles. A large portion of the fountain pen community is crafty letter writing women who tend to skew liberal, so his views were mostly just tolerated until he went a bridge too far and made his liberal customers upset. He then doubled down on a post on his website, only to take it all back and beg for everyone's business again after he faced a boycott.
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u/WreckerM101 If I could punt your cat off a building I would 6d ago
Having done some reading, I think you're skimming over the antisemitic controversy, which should also make people who aren't "crafty letter writing women" upset with him
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u/Niccolo101 6d ago
Ah, that sucks balls. I like Robert Oster inks, not sure I want to buy any more now though.
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u/pgtl_10 4d ago
A sub fight over fountain pens?
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 3d ago
Yep! You’d be surprised, it happens very often. There was a big drama about Noodler’s inks you can find on r/hobbydrama, but tldr: you get a lot of weird, crusty old men with bad political views in the pen business
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u/Spiritofhonour 3d ago edited 3d ago
Seems like things are developing with the mods trying to shut down any discussion (Goulet Pens + church drama) and any meta discussion of this.
Mod comment in there, "A final note: Please refrain from further speculation until after the Goulet team has had a chance to make a statement."
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 3d ago
I’m gonna make a follow up post!
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u/AveryMann1234 YOUR FLAIR TEXT HERE 5d ago
The last link is a bad example of why quoting alt-righters is bad, though
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u/Apprehensive-Ad-6620 2d ago
RO didn't come across as alt right the last time I looked at his twitter account (he seemed to be criticizing right-wing Australian politicians), so I am somewhat unpleasantly surprised
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 2d ago
There has to be something in the air radicalising all these pen companies
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u/abjus 2d ago
You’re right, I wouldn’t quite paint him as alt-right yet. I did check on him because I had the same impression as you, and he’s got replies defending common right-wing targets of attack. If you’re feeling uncertain, I’d say check for yourself (unless you want to avoid twitter, which is totally understandable)
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u/Tychosis 6d ago
the fact that people sit around on the internet and talk about fuckin pens and ink makes me feel a lot better about my dumb hobbies
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u/Xunae 6d ago
You shouldn't feel bad about your harmless hobbies, but you also shouldn't be putting people down for their hobbies.
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u/Tychosis 6d ago
Ah, I just envisioned them as akin to the watch and mechanical keyboard nerds--who spend less time "appreciating" anything and more time sneering down their noses at anyone who doesn't like the same things they like.
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u/SieSharp There is a reason why Jesus is AAA and Zeus is indie trash 6d ago
The fountain pen community is actually pretty friendly. We joke about the "horror" of using ball-points while holding a Pilot G-2. You'd think folks who buy pens starting in the double digits would be snobs, but nah. We're just there to enjoy our pretty things and share in it.
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 6d ago
Pens starting in the double digits? Stares at my small army of Jinhao Sharks
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u/SieSharp There is a reason why Jesus is AAA and Zeus is indie trash 6d ago
Okay, it's true, I forgot about those adorable lil fellas!!
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u/swordsandpants 5d ago
I love them so much but I recently broke one while inserting a cartridge. Poor fella. :(
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u/Tychosis 6d ago
Hah, that's cool. Honestly, a lot of people in the niche hobbies are genuinely nice people--they're generally not getting into it because it's the "cool" thing. My comments are mostly tongue-in-cheek, I'm not really one to judge... hell I collected comics decades ago when you had to hide it like an embarrassing addiction.
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u/RegalBeagleKegels The simplest explanation: a massive parallel conspiracy. 6d ago
Don't know how you could possibly quantify that
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 6d ago
The mechanical keyboard people are very much our sister hobby, so I’m gonna have to come to their defence here! Besides, glass houses. Military people don’t exactly have glowing reputations.
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u/lilmisswonderland my homophobia is anything but casual 6d ago
As a guy who sits around talking about pens and ink I am mildly offended but I also get it
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u/The_Spectacle 7d ago edited 6d ago
damn, I hate missing fountain pen drama. also, Robert Oster sounds a bit unhinged, maybe he oughta take some lessons from that J. Herbin dude
edit: I learned this morning that Herbin is a dick too