@Mrfunkedude This made me smile, thanks for that.

@Mrfunkedude It's true. I've been blogging and doing social media since 2003, and people love the small personal bits of our lives. I know I do. I just read a long bit about a cat stealing snacks from her blind owner. Earlier I read about a friend's soup and enjoyed it.

@Mrfunkedude I was thinking about this recently, after seeing people talk about owning your content, blogging, IndieWeb, etc. It all sounds great until I start wondering what I would put out there and whether it would be worth all the effort. You make a good point, though, about those laundromat-type interactions. I think they get discounted as artificial because they're with with random internet strangers, but why isn't the same standard applied to interactions at the laundromat?

@Mrfunkedude But you didn't have to go to a laundromat, did you? The last time I went to a laundromat, the manager got into a fistfight with a customer and I swore I would never go one again. (That was 40 years ago, and so far I've been able to stick to my promise to myself.)

@Mrfunkedude I'm doing laundry right now, as a matter of fact. It's the second load. Playing around on here while that's going on.

@Mrfunkedude very sweetly put. I had a similar experience on Mastodon when responding to someone about how to de-tangle their long curly hair!!

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Only 3 days? Life goals🙂😁

@Mrfunkedude this is the issue i have - like what do i have to toot? a work in progress forsure!

@Mrfunkedude Yep.
This place is like Livejournal used to be except with better opportunity to find new people.

@Mrfunkedude I appreciate the reminder. I’d been feeling that way lately. Wanting to make friends on mastadon but feeling like I have nothing to say

@Mrfunkedude Agreed!!! Although, I am so self conscious about talking about myself. I'm no one. No one in my life listens to me. I'm invisible. Why would anyone care about my life, lol. I am so boring!
But I am really glad I follow you. Because you are the most encouraging Mastodoner. :) (is there a word for us?)

@Mrfunkedude Hello to you, this is Christopher from the friendliest city in the world. Melbourne Australia. Lovely meeting you here.☺️

@Mrfunkedude i wish it was true for me as well :(

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Excellent Toot !
love the laundromat analogy !

@Mrfunkedude Very well put. Although, I still won't bee tooting about doing laundry. But the most enjoyable conversations are those that come unexpectedly.

@Mrfunkedude Agreed- it’s sometimes just a kind word or smile that can bring peace to someone else. It’s like the butterfly effect #peace

@Mrfunkedude I find I share as much or more about myself in comments on others’ posts than in my own original posts. Being prompted by a conversation feels more natural than making an announcement about myself. Everybody has to do laundry and probably has a relatable “laundry pile” anecdote, but it’s easy to overthink the worth or originality of such anecdotes in crafting an original post.

On a related note, one thing I appreciate about the ActivityPub protocol (which Mastodon is built on) is that commenting on someone else’s post causes that post to be available to your followers. So, my feed feels a little like a party where I can flit between conversations and actually hear people talk without shouting. “What are y’all talking about over here? Oh, laundry? That’s a funny laundry story. I can totally picture that. You know, I had this one lonely sock that I couldn’t match for weeks and its mate turned up in …” and so on.

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Here is a Christmas tale. We live in a small village in the Benelux.Two of my neighbours are Russian and have lived here for quite a few years. Since the war they have taken in Ukrainian refugees. Every year we drop in New Year's and Xmas cards as we like to do that. Every year they knock on the door to thank us and we have a drink together. If anyone has a problem we help each other out. That goes for our other neighbours as well. If only world disputes could be solved so easily.

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sweetness thanks

@Mrfunkedude 34% of my social life was inter-acting with retail check-out clerks during Covid. I refuse to do self check-out as the machines fail to get my one-liners, cliches and dad jokes. One time I wanted $40 cash back from the checker. He asked what denominations I would like. I said 40 singles cuz I was going to a tittie bar. Had him and his bagger bustin' up.

@Mrfunkedude #today I did laundry, which is currently “trending” - who knew?!
And I made tacos, cuz doing laundry makes me hungry.