Do you have any idea how far I’d have to travel to touch grass?

The reasons for being uncomfortable lead to the actions taken when uncomfortable. It’s like going to the doctor and feeling “pressure” which can range from a slight jab of the finger to find out where it hurts to having your elbow being shoved back into your socket. In this case, being aware of issues, wanting to be part of the solution and feeling welcome is very different from being called the problem, regardless of background and intentions, and being treated as an enemy that has to be subdued. Two very different types of “discomfort”.

The patriarchy still exists, and the only people that can dismantle it are men because they hold the institutional power to do so.

I disagree. Just like with climate change, politics, pollution and so much more, there is rarely (if ever) one single point in the system that has power to change it. The majority gives in to the system, then blames it without trying to change themselves first. Women make up ~50% of the population and will consistently vote candidates who do not represent their interests. The same goes for ecologists, left-wingers, anti-establishment types, anti-corporation voters, and so on. We are, at heart, short-sighted, tribal egoists unable to comprehend the power we hold in numbers. Instead tearing each other down while the rich few can control us in our disarray.

These alt-right “influencers” have learned how to take advantage of the fact that these young men don’t want to put the work in to make the women around them feel safe.

This is exactly what I’m talking about in my first paragraph. A sweeping, condescending generalization about young men that paints them lazy, disinterested, and dumb. Do you really that’s how you win over anybody? Do you think if I said “hey, princessnorah, you lack the mental capacity to comprehend my words, but that’s OK, you’re a woman, so I’ll spell it out for you” that would be a good start to a discussion? Probably not. So why do you think it’s the right approach to convince young men?

Literally illiterate?

Probably will find a half pipe somewhere.

I have never seen a swastika on steam… how do you guys find them? I have come across “git gud” idiots and met one single nazi on there. What in the world are you people up to?

instances of Pepe the frog, a meme appropriated by the far right

LOl, get outta here. I use pepe all the time. It’s a friggin’ frog. I won’t let the far right take him away from me. Fuck off.

Discovery sucks out loud

It doesn’t have recommendation engine that forces everybody into certain streams of thought, how terrible. You want someone to do the thinking for you? Can’t think for yourself?

Federation is all to often at the whims of some admin in a pissing match with another server

The admin has *audible gasp* power and users can choose the server they want? It’s almost like they are free. Also twitter, facebook, insta and other sites have never banned anybody because they are bastions of free speech.

even when you know someone you want to follow locating their account is a hassle

I know search boxes are advanced tech for you, but the majority it really isn’t that hard.

it’s slower than Bluesky to populate across federated instances

“I want my content and I want it now!” OK, addict. Maybe going slow would be better for you. Relax.

there isn’t a good app design out there for free, , the web portal is inferior in both UX and UI to even Twitter

Would you imagine that, people who donate their free time and skills to a project without getting reimbursed need longer to design and implement something than those working full time on it for tens of thousands of euros a year. And of course there are users like you that want the free work for free. As soon as somebody asks for money “Oh no, then I’ll go to the VC funded alternative where I’m the product! At least it’s free!”

Always the same with you people. You want a free alternative that can compete with a product that has millions invested in it over multiple years but won’t accept anything less than perfection, otherwise it’s “garbage” and “unusable”.

Users: ermagerd, I haVe to ChoSe a SeRveR! tHiS is SO diFFicUlT!!! 😭😭😭

“but you need to do the same for email…”

Biden should’ve had the republicans on the supreme court assassinated the same day they said he could do anything he wants because “he’s the president”. He could’ve committed any “crime” he wanted to save the USA, but he played by the rules. Democrats have been pussies for years and they don’t seem to learn.

Stalin was undecided on genocide.

The Enlightened USAmerican that only sees black and white has spoken!

Is that a communist vote or something?

Cut off the nose to spite the face is quite apt here.

Germany is bad new for German business… they don’t need Trump to fuck it up. They are doing so beautifully themselves.

How are people going to be selected for deportation? This feels eerily like what Hitler started doing with Jews.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Bluesky plans to generate revenue via subscriptions at some later point and by providing other paid services, like access to custom domains.

This looks like a very important point. I doubt we’ll see true federation with “access to custom domains”.

I’m not a subscriber, but I guess it makes sense to move to mastodon in your situation. I can’t move there as the website doesn’t look like a forum and I find it impossible to follow conversations. There are many more people on mastodon, so maybe that’ll get more activity.

Good luck!

About time? The solution had been staring them right in the face since the beginning.

Have the all allowed Ukraine to strike in Russia?

Citizens of rich countries are too busy bickering about refugees. They are so easy to distract.