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I support teaching all kids what it takes to exist, regardless of gender.

I just popped in to say that back in the long ago, in my family, only so much help cleaning up was tolerated from men-folk before they were exiled to football on TV so the women could sit at the kitchen table and talk. Trying to assist in cooking was nearly impossible by anyone who wasn’t my grandmother or the aunts that had been cleared for assistance.

I was taught to cook and clean by these same people, but it was clear that at big family meals like Thanksgiving that most of us were in the way if we tried to assist.

I guess what I’m saying is, for sure teach everyone all of it, but big meals might not be the best time. (depending on size of family and a variety of other factors).

At least clear your plate to the sink! :)

FediverseThe Internet be like:

ftfy

yeah… its some headhunter/media site, i guess…?

at least the message is on point.

…what the hell is ‘89lv’ it would be hilarious if it was one of those sites with entirely AI written articles.

If people communicating in a public space are of differing opinions regarding a topic, and all can claim truthfully to have reflected thoughtfully, and understood the complexities of the topic, then disagreements about the topic can still be communicated gracefully to one another. If left unpersuaded, they can agree to disagree and part peacefully. The act of the discourse is valuable even in disagreement, either to re-enforce ones own convictions or to soften a stance when presented with new information.

I’m fairly confident that the OP isn’t referring to discourse and debate but rather comments or posts that unnerved them. I suspect the comments were some shade of anti-social, ignorant, or violent from their perception. I’m speculating on the specifics, as I’m working from the same post you saw.

If you want to talk about objective and subjective thresholds of truth vs. fact and determination of what is considered valid, I’m not sure this is the right place. The OP seemed to be concerned at the prevalence of concerning rhetoric online, at least, that’s what I took from it. A broader philosophical discussion might be better served in it’s own post/comments.

I’m curious about the tone of your reply. My perception is it seemed combative and contrarian, though I can’t be sure that you intended it that way. Your comments seemed to be directed at me specifically rather than at the ideas only. Am I misinterpreting your meaning?

If the OP had a mechanism to opt-in to aggregated comments, rather than individual community comments, there could be an identifying notice that the comments of that post were being “hosted” in whichever community on whichever instance and were governed by their rules. Essentially, commenters would be guests in that forum and be expected to comport themselves accordingly. I don’t think it needs to be complicated for mod teams.

Consolidation is one of the things the fediverse tries to mitigate. I see your point, but federated services need some amount of redundancy and autonomy for the whole thing to work.

In order to be civil, thoughtful, and graceful, a person needs to reflect and understand complexity. The platforms of the internet incentivise the opposite. Extremity is louder than resonability so it floats to the top of the discourse.

Additionally, seeing 100, 1,000 or 10,000 people on a platform, from around the world, express shocking or anti-social viewpoints represents an infinitely small sub section of the population. A group that includes provacateurs, bots, nation-state actors, and wing-nuts.

The real trouble comes from others who aren’t taking time to reflect, who see this content every day and begin to believe that it must be valid because they keep seeing it. Slowly they twist and adopt pieces of rhetoric because there isn’t enough of a counter balance of opposing views sharing the same weight in their feeds.

Not sure if this is the right solution for me, but really appreciate the in-depth post and compelling info. thank you!

Coooool…isn’t that where the ham comes from…? :)

The original idea was that the “trick” was the default (some type of mischief or vandalism) but the costumed (annonymous) tricksters would give the person a chance to be spared by offering a “treat” instead.

We’ve gone so soft…

Incredible answer. Thank you for taking the time and effort. Stuff like this is what makes the Fedi-verse strong.

…needs of shoe-horning linux on to microsoft device :(

Apparently, its all about the Benjamins…

…baby.

We know Tic-Tac-Toe runs on really old government command and control systems. It will even support the game realizing the only win is to not play.

I installed crysis not too long ago to fire it up on max settings. Past me didnt have a machine that could run it when it came out. Uninstalled right after. Justification for better employment.

“Please, world World, FOSS World Needs Funding for Something You Want”

Quality reply! Appreciate you taking the time. :)

I certainly hope so! Human ingenuity has gotton us here. I’m interacting with you across who knows how much distance, using a handheld device that folds up. …but, just because we’ve gotten ahead of trouble and found solutions thus far, doesn’t mean that an unintended bit of code, or hardware fault, or lack of imagination can’t cause consequences further down the road. I appreciate your optimism and pragmatic understanding. You seem to be a solution driven person that believes in our ability to reason and fix things. We’ll definitely need that type of attitude and approach when and if something goes sideways.