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There is no technical reason a man can’t wear a skirt. The society you live in may “frown” upon it. But that’s a different issue to address entirely

If it’s an office job i doubt there will be a pants requirement. Just having clothes on …

For me it’s three key items:

1. No corporation looking to maximize profits
2. No ads and no being show items I don’t truly Care for
3. no unnecessary data mining.

I’d say the people but over the last few weeks that’s changed. Ive seen a lot of unsavory comments. So that’s one thing that’s no better here.

Maybe just an issue with a Reddit like site ?

I’ll always push for Federated version of any platform. In the long haul it’s a better experience.

Maybe I’m just naive but I personally no matter how little I know a person would “ghost” someone especially if there is some open thread.

I don’t know the full context of your social situation or how your friends work. But given what little I know I’d just take this a learning experience and move on. I doubt in the long haul it will look bad on you. If anything look poorly on the other person.

You seem like you care about relationships and people. Someone one better will certainly come along.

Regardless, best of luck with everything.

Trying to get my friends over to Stoat or Fluxer but it’s been a challenge

In the voice of Luke Skywalker: NOOoOoooooo!!!

I also use Mastodon a lot. I tried Pixelfed but 90 percent of I see are still Mastodon accounts so I just follow them on Mastodon.

The right client there makes all the difference.

Well she should be using Arch Linux dammit !! I am kidding totally kidding. Sorry about that

I hate ads but I realize I don’t watch nearly as many movies as I use to cause I have no idea what anything is about. I use to from watching lots of trailers in tv ads.

Maybe I can start watching movie trailers on you tube ?

The sex , drugs and rock n roll !

Discovered way to late there was a decentralized version of Reddit and I had to join

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I was going to say the most traumatizing thing was hearing this kid was 8 in 2016 …

When I was young I was bullied every single day. For the longest time It bothered me. Then one day something changed, I stopped caring. People would throw out insults and jokes and I just dissociate myself. I’d hear it and if it was at all funny I’d laugh. After about a month I was entirely left alone. Those people were never nice to me and never showed me respect. But the fact they got 0 rise at me meant they got bored.

So I’d suggest to anyone to not take whatever personally and just shrug it off. Eventually in my experience it stops !

I will say this may not work for everyone. And for some this may just escalate to even more horrible things. But it might be worth a shot ? And obviously change course if things go south …

Fair point I’ve made a question update

Yes just hide behind an object you are totally anonymous and invisible. Just ask my cat

Elation is a moment. And honestly that’s fleeting. When most people think of happiness, they are really feeling elation. Happiness is a state of mind. With happiness it’s more or less being content and enjoying your big picture …

I watched Girls Gone Wild for the story

Because you wrote this I too agree in heard mentality.

Actually let’s agree to disagree. Lemmy is a niche social media platform. By its very nature attracts a particular set of people. Those who like to self host those who care about privacy. A lot of college educated people. So it’s not insane to reason many of these people will have similar beliefs or political leanings.

This is further reinforced with what Lemmy is all about, topics for like minded people.

Does that capture everyone ? No ! Of course not. You still will find people who disagree all over the fediverse.

Humans by modern nature do their best to put themselves in a box. Don’t know why …