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ADHDeanASL Mar 18, 2024

Mastodon is my primary social media, and there’s a lot I dig about it. But if there’s one thing I’d like to change, it’s the way people say THIS IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW AND IT’S THE MAIN CRISIS AND IF YOU DON’T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW YOU’RE BAD AND WRONG!!!

Know what? It’s *your* crisis. Do what you think is right. Stop judging others for having different priorities, political or otherwise. Quit putting everything in black and white, absolute terms. It’s exhausting, and nobody can live like that.

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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Mar 18, 2024

@adhdeanasl Totally, totally. And a lot of times it's skewed towards what Americans think is a crisis. The rest of the world have other priorities and we just want to be left alone.

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HyL☮️🚲🇨🇦

@liztai @adhdeanasl
Yes. Which is why I continually advocate for using #s. Mastodon is unique in that we can use hashtags to filter our feeds. If USAians would remember Mastodon users (Mastodonts) are *international*, & #flag their toots, we could avoid being exhausted by their firehoses. It's an ethos of care I learned early, in the 1st instance I joined (Counter.Social) & it makes communicating so much nicer when filters like my "Maga block" works.