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Lots of different scenarios. Some of these are things that happened in my scene(s), some of them things I've read about on the internet, some of them made-up.

Two people are dating, they break up, one (or both) says the other abused them.

Alternatively, two people are dating, they break up, and can't stand each other afterwards.

Someone keeps committing to do things then not following through.

Someone takes a lot from a project but doesn't put anything in.

Other people are unhappy that one person or group seems to be dominating a joint project because they take all the important roles.

One person speaks out for a campaign without consulting the rest of the group.

People have a shouting match because one of them says something the other considers authoritarian, liberal, racist, sexist, etc.

People are living together in a house, intentional community, squat, camp, etc., and some of them are keeping others awake by partying all night. Or, one person always ends up doing the cleaning because nobody else gives a fuck, and they're fed up about it. Or, Mr Eco-Warrior is unhappy that Ms Radical Feminist keeps overfilling the kettle.

Someone keeps stealing from a social centre's bar or cafe till, or from housemates at a squat.

People are running a street play group and disagree about calling the session off because the kids are uncontrollable.

Someone calls someone else an "oppressive" name (such as "retard" or "fag") and the other person takes it very personally, and/or feels the person using the name is bigoted, genocidal, etc.

Someone in a rented place keeps not paying their share of the rent. If they're challenged on this, they call it out as classist/racist ("I just don't have as much money as you guys").

One person won't go to a particular space because their ex goes there and was abusive and it's too triggering/feels unsafe. Alternatively, the ex isn't able to go there because they're banned or they have a restraining order.

Someone has particular needs which other people know about, but keep "forgetting".

People disagree over whether a particular space (social centre, squat, flat...) should be vegan, or whether it's OK to do drugs there.

Someone has a mental breakdown in front of others in the scene and it scares them.

Someone in the scene has called the police after someone else in the scene pulled a gun on them.

Someone falls asleep drunk on the social centre doorstep, and gets aggressive when someone else wakes them up.

Kids from the social centre kids' group keep turning up out of hours, and other people are irritated because they're causing damage or disrupting events.

People are organising a demonstration, mutual aid project, poster or flyer campaign, zine, music event, etc., and they disagree about how it should be done. For example, one person keeps kicking off when everyone else wants to keep it fluffy. Someone from a particular background decides the content is too white or middle-class or male. Some people are fine with working within official regulations but others aren't.

Somebody in a supposedly monogamous relationship has an affair with someone else in the scene, it comes out and they hate each other.

Someone in an intentional community devoted to homeschooling sends their kids to secondary school.

Two anarchists have a fight at a social centre bar because they're both drunk and one of them spills the other's drink.

Three women have accused a man in the local scene of raping them.

People are trying to have a meeting and a homeless person keeps wandering in spouting conspiracy theories, then wandering out again.

One person keeps shouting down other people at meetings.

Several people are suspicious a particular individual is an undercover cop.