Ciara1d ago
Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
Show threadCiara1d ago

Ditto:

'Why are you still on Bluesky too?'

'But did you *delete* your Twitter account?'

’You said you switched to Proton mail too, oh that’s bad, once someone at Proton said something’

It’s nice to see new neighbours move into the Fediverse. It feels unwelcoming to see people immediately interview them about the purity of their intentions. Or telling them You’re Doing It Wrong. They've just arrived on a journey away from Big Tech. Maybe they'd prefer to be offered a seat and a cup of tea.

Show threadJim Daly1d ago
@CiaraNi And maybe a nice biscuit or a scone.
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze Someone would immediately tell them they pronounced Scone the wrong way.
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze That someone would be me, if they pronounced it Skon, not scone-rhymes-with-Eoghan
Show threadJim Daly1d ago
@CiaraNi 100% it's Eoghan!
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze Yes it is! I can't believe there are people who walk this earth saying Skon Skon Skon.
Show threadDavid Bridger1d ago
@CiaraNi I say skon. It's the correct way, a northern hill to die on.
Show threadMattChippytea1d ago
@DavidBridger @CiaraNi there were few survivors of the scone/skon wars. #skonskonskon
Show threadrob
@Wifiwits @DavidBridger @CiaraNi most of the survivors were muffins and bagels, thus forever changing English tea habits.
Mar 22 at 3:53pmWeb
Show threadCiara20h ago
@robparsons @Wifiwits @DavidBridger Winners write the history of wars
Show threadDavid Nash16h ago

@robparsons @Wifiwits @DavidBridger @CiaraNi

Someday, given the dubious existence of the “cronut”, there is going to be a cross-breed between scones and doughnuts (or donuts, for us USAians).

Will it be spelled sconut or scoughnut? Will it rhyme with do(ugh)nut or sound more like “sonnet”? And don’t get me started on the Skoonuts the town of Scone will make.

Show threadrob16h ago
@dpnash @Wifiwits @DavidBridger @CiaraNi Sonnet. It will have to be sonnet.
Show threadDavid Nash16h ago
@robparsons @Wifiwits @DavidBridger @CiaraNi Excellent. “Scoughnut” it is, “ough” pronounced with the vowel in “cot” (which may be yet another freaking “ough” sound, if you pronounce “ought” or “bought” with the “or” vowel rather than the “cot” vowel).