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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I will warn you right now: regardless of their claims to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, they mercilessly harass users and fracture communities. I have left a couple other instances over their federation with them because of the constant harassment for any kind of perceived slight (I was accosted because they thought I had implied something about autistic folks? When in fact I was trying to make myself understood as an autistic person!).

    You are making a huge mistake with this decision. But, obviously, as a user, I can only wish you well if this is the direction you choose. You will be making so much more work for yourself by doing this and putting a lot of stress on users who did not sign up for what is to come.

    Best of luck.









  • Why go back to a site that harvests your data, forces you to use its shitty app, astroturfs posts, engages in vote manipulation, uses constant ragebait to up engagement, forces constant ads at you, and has a CEO in charge who will lie about an innocent person to make them look bad?

    Not to mention the state of the userbase, right now.

    No thank you.






  • I don’t argue anymore. You can’t logic them out of something they didn’t logic themselves into.

    My father is too far gone and considered an “intellectual” man. My mom thinks she’s “not that smart” (cool, thanks da), but she’s become so much more open and accepting as she’s gotten older and has shifted a lot of her views to be more progressive. Maybe because she realizes that my father, despite being very intelligent, is also an absolute moron who wrecks all his relationships. They’re still together, though.

    Therapy can help you cope with the situation, yeah.

    My siblings are almost fully split on our views on religion and stuff.

    Youngest to oldest: pastor, party girl, anxious wreck withdrawn from society, ex-military, brow-beaten family man, severe mental-illness-ridden mother, literal cult member, golden child/took over family business, ex-Rainbow gathering stereotype, and depressed IT guy who loves drugs, dogs, and the outdoors.

    Things get better when you get far away from parents like this. Seriously.



  • I am a mod of a dedicated niche Discord fanclub server. We run the server well enough that the actual creator of the thing we like & owner/admin of the official server pops in occasionally to say hi, interact, and give updates on events & future releases. Hell, even the mod team from the official server joined our server for a more casual experience.

    If I wasn’t passionate about the subject, there’s no way I’d be helping to maintain it out of the “good of my heart”. The work of moderating something with an ultra-large fanbase? If you don’t truly and passionately care about it, forget it! And even if you did, it can still be too much of am endeavor to put up with for free!

    To let just any rando moderate a community will lead to its downfall. I’m especially worried when it comes to things like mental health & recovery subs.




  • I know that folks have & will continue to do the “I don’t dream of working”–thing, but I’ll answer sincerely.

    If I could do it in a way that could sustain me, I’d love to be able to design & make my own line of stuffed toys! I kind of do that right now, but it’s not something I can do full-time and still survive.

    I’d also love to do bearded dragon rescues/fostering/specialized veterinary care. I’m definitely not able to handle the schooling required to do any vet stuff, though. But I’ve done rescues/foster work in the past before I just couldn’t handle the costs anymore.


  • Depression is also a condition that can cause this. Get a full health screening before you go fully looking into a diagnosis, but definitely keep it in mind if, physically, things turn up normal.

    Also keep in mind that depression & anxiety can be comorbid with ADHD, which can often lead to frustrating misdiagnosis and being put onto medications that may not work quote right (if you choose to go that route). Hell, I’ve been told that “[you] don’t have ADHD – it’s trauma! PTSD!” As if the constant invalidatation of my condition wasn’t one of the reasons in part that led to my mistreatment and development of PTSD.

    I hope that you are able to get answers soon and have things improve!


  • I’m glad you were open to learning, though!

    I have a very progressive siblings who is very pro-mental health and all that, but she never fails to mention how “those meds are so bad for you!” Yeah. I mean… I guess. The alternative is me being unable to care for myself. But whatever.

    “Try exercising!”

    Cool, I’d do that if my brain didn’t confine me to my bed for 18 hours without meds.

    People just. don’t. get it. And they need to acknowledge that they don’t. It’s fine!! Just don’t try to act like we’re on the same level playing field. We’re not!