Mastodawn

Naomi Wu Apr 6, 2017

aaaand second day on Mastodon and my feed is full of First World Problems again just like Twitter.

The Gibson Apr 6, 2017

@SexyCyborg You probably have a pretty unique perspective on this, being who you are, and what you do, where you are... I am curious as to exactly what you consider to be a first-world problem, as my entire knowledge of you is from your reddit posts, and your culture is one that I only experience through the American filter.

Genuine interest in your experience, hopefully not condescending.

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Naomi Wu Apr 6, 2017

@TheGibson Specifics would be rude. It can quickly turn into the oppression olympics- my "problems are worse than yours". A lot of my Internet friends have these problems- and to them it's real, and I am sympathetic because based on their background it's really, really bad. That being said nearly all the outrages that show up in my timeline would represent a vast improvement in my life should they happen to me. That gets exhausting.

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Technogen 🚮🆗

@SexyCyborg @TheGibson Its so weird know "My life sucks for me because I'm not fully where I want to be." but at the same time "I have clean water, food, clothing and a house, and I do not fear death or being attacked every day." I hope that mastodon turns more into a positive area than the negative areas of some other social media sites. I want people to focus on what they can do not what they can't do.