LongwingOct 10

Mastodon feels like the future the 1980s promised us. "Oh look, a post from my friend at hacker.space, and what a funny comment from some guy on gaysex.cloud, perhaps I should follow them, they seem witty."

It feels like you could turn a corner and wind up in a tearoom filled with furries discussing existentialism. Across the street are anarchists arguing loudly with socialists about how best to stick it to the capitalists.

Just down the way is a photographer who only takes pictures of bees.

Show threadIoanOct 11
@Longwing But there's also #groupthink and polarisation and folk who see debating as somehow being an attack on them. But it is nice enough. :)
Show threadLongwingOct 11

@IoanSaid Eh, I won't say those aren't problems, but we have ample evidence that the marketplace of ideas is a failed experiment.

Some of us don't want a grand final boss battle about whatever political talking point we're supposed to be defending this week.

Some of us want pictures of bees.

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@Longwing @IoanSaid
You have meantion pictures of bees twice.
Someone had to do something.
Nov 3 at 2:19amWeb