@RickiTarr I once made a slightly generalist remark about recycling bins. I was held to account, which inspired this.

@kevinteljeur @RickiTarr you're hitting one of the main culture clashes: earnestness. The Fediverse is a fundamentally earnest information environment, which overall is refreshing. But it means that jokey content in the ironic mode endemic to the general internet is likely to draw earnestly missing-the-point replies (aka ernies or earnies), sometimes en masse. Now a good earnie can be delightful in the right context but when they come from ppl you basically like/empathize with it's just tiring.