RoNov 20, 2022
I will never understand why people are so averse to diversity.

I like seeing trans people speaking to each other with idioms I don't get, cute girls speaking a language I can't recognize, or gay dudes priming and posing in random pics.

Seeing shit that is not for me makes me feel like I'm part of a much bigger world that still has space for me to learn and grow.

That's a big place of comfort for me. The bottomless nature of the human experience means we all have space to be fully who we are.

That's pretty cool.
Show threadAndrew Jon ThomsonNov 21, 2022
@Are0h preach!
I feel the same way. I’m not black but I miss black Twitter so bad and I sure hope things can be figured out to give it an appropriate home here.
Show threadRoNov 21, 2022
@HelloAndrew if we pull together we can make something even better.
Show threadAndrew Jon ThomsonNov 21, 2022
@Are0h I agree! I think this is one of the most hopeful things that’s happened on the Internet in many years there’s a good chance the whole fediverse to get populated and activated and people could start using Peertube for video and we can stop using everything from Instagram to twitch to goodreads and get back to the less corporate, more decentralized roots of the Internet
Show threadAndrew Jon ThomsonNov 21, 2022
@Are0h this reminds me of a related subject people sometimes use content warning for US politics because it can get to dominate the timeline in election season and the idea is people outside the US would not want to know about it. But when I’ve traveled outside the US everyone was very interested in American politics and wanted to talk about it all the time because US politics affects everyone in the world. (More below)
Show threadAndrew Jon Thomson
@Are0h I have enjoyed learning about other nations politics from reading their tweets but I noticed if I’m scrolling through my feed here & see “content warning UK politics” my unthinking impulse is just to scroll on by but if I take the time to click & read, it’s very interesting and I find it fun and informative to learn. There’s more advanced filtering options here so I hope we use those more & CW’s less over time to build more connections and empathy across more barriers in society.
Nov 21, 2022 at 5:55amWeb