On the flip side, they are immune to any other “cringe attacks” that come up. Who knows it might be strangely liberating
On the flip side, they are immune to any other “cringe attacks” that come up. Who knows it might be strangely liberating
My point is it’s learned behaviour. Most people just forget the learning of it
I didn’t really even think about it at all, since I fit in pretty well. I just ignored it. But I’m cis af, and not everyone is. So I can see the benefit to those people.
Also I don’t think you remember how arbitrary all the gender norms sound when you first learn them. It all sounds totally unnatural at first.
Not a lot of things more basic than your gender.
It’s easy for us cis folks to hand wave it away as pointless frippery, since everyone already acknowledges our gender identity.
We have the privilege of not even having to think about it or question how we feel.
Not so easy for some other people.
I’m not seeing any downvotes on the kbin web app
I think this and the stuff happening at Twitter are a nice kickstart to get lemmy and other ferdiverse stuff going.
Long live the ferdervers!
But seriously, I’m with you in sentiment. I’m never going back to the centralised/for-profit soc med services.
All their value comes from the free interactions between people chatting, and they think they deserve to get rich for renting the hall. Fuck that, we can just rent the infrastructure ourselves if that’s what it takes to talk in peace.
Welcome!
That’s nice. I’m glad to hear it
Can’t say personally, but for many it’s the first time they’re even looking at what other engines have to offer.