Things you can say to immediately mobilize large sections of the Fedi:
• “I think I might be a girl.”
• “I can’t make sound work on Linux.”
• “What kind of bug is this?”
• “I want to learn how to play the bass guitar.”

@futzle

My partner upon reading this post: "Naturally they're all answered by the same person"

Me: "Ah yes, the musical trans femme coding entomologist! ...Well you know, one of 'em".

...I kinda love our little square of Net. We need to fix our racism problems, there's a preponderance of frequently conflicting individual standards and the learning curve to be happy with quality interactions over quantity can be steep. I hope we keep learning, but I still really like it. <3