Mastodawn

I was accused of mansplaining on Mastodon once*.

I was hurt. I felt like she had misread my tone, misunderstood my intent. I felt like I was making a positive contribution to the discussion. I didn't think I had done anything wrong.

So you know what I did?

I deleted my post, acknowledged I was wrong, and apologized.

Sometimes, what we do is the effect it has on others. And I've surely gotten away with mansplaining enough times to make up for taking the L once.

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Vash

@maxleibman
I think none of us is immune to this. It is this misconception that 1. you always should be nice to others, you should be honest instead. 2. every positive intent also should be received as such, it is not true if you do not feel like it 3. and positive intents should be replied kindly ... Which kinda intoxicated communication.

I think one can write a book about this topic, ...