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Wow, a whole lot of false assumptions and accusations being thrown around today.

Mastodon, you're proving my point.

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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕
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it's not Mastodon. it's just some people on Mastodon.
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maybe because a different kind of people is on Mastodon than on bsky. the later appears to me as a more of x replacement (not in a positive sense). Mastodon seems to be used by the more progressive lefty sort of folks. (in a positive sense)
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Laffy
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@mc Whatever the reason, I get it here a LOT.

To the point of wanting to close my account.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕
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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕
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please don't. even if it'ld be for me ;)
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Laffy
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@NorCalWineLady @mc

I can only tolerate so much here.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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@NorCalWineLady @mc Count me in the pile of folks who don't want you to close your account, and am willing to help.

So yes. it can get intolerable. it's largely why I'm not here more. I've commandeered Edison's 90/10: if you create for yourself one opportunity to boost those who are doing good, it's worth taking 9 solid hits yourself. I have no idea if those odds will pan out, but it seems doable.

Social media is where the people are.

Take a much-needed break. This is hard.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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Laffy
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@janisf Thanks!

I take tons of breaks. That does zero good. I come back to more of the same.

I've been doing this since 2008. I know it's hard. I've never shied away from that.

@NorCalWineLady @mc

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@NorCalWineLady @mc When you come back, are you expecting it to be different? Just being humanity's mirror on itself, just being there in the fray, doesn't actually do anything besides provide opportunities for maybe a few people to get some clarity once. 8 billion people are making 8 billion mistakes each, most of which they won't see even when they /are/ reflected back.

Maybe there' a better fit for the good you're doing, but I do hope you'll leave a forwarding address.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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Laffy
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@janisf No, I never said I expected anything to be different. Not sure why you thought that.

Just that breaks don't help when you just come back for round 4.

@NorCalWineLady @mc

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Oregon Wine Woman
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Then just stop? Full stop. The difference for your mental health may be phenomenal!
Unless you secretly yearn for the fight?
Or try another medium like Substack, where you just write more?
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@NorCalWineLady @janisf @mc

My entire raison d'être is to inform people. So no, stopping is not an option.

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Laffy
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@mc Lol.

@NorCalWineLady Soooo.... what? I just keep going.

@janisf

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@mc @NorCalWineLady Not if it's driving you crazy.

I like open source, still. What we don't have AFAIK is an un-owned long-form platform. I'm following Gary's Economics to see what he comes up with.

So, maybe more than considering shutting down your account. Maybe steeping back and figuring out what you really want and a new possible path to it?

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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Laffy
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@janisf As I said, what I really want is to inform (I'm done with long form, I did that for years). I do that well on social media. Quitting would solve nothing.

@mc @NorCalWineLady

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@mc @janisf
If you're going to keep on doing it; no matter what, then... with all due respect, quitchurbitchin? No disrespect or negative animus meant.
All love to you and what you do!🫂
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@NorCalWineLady Excuse me?

I should stop calling out trolls and people who lie or mischaracterize my words?

I should stop demanding better from people in replies? That's what you call "bitching"?

Say WHAT?

@mc @janisf

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@mc @janisf
Lady, it just seemed that as much as you dislike it, maybe you spend a lot of time bitchin' about something that you can't change. And more and more so lately?
And folks offer "solutions" but you slap away their suggestions. So???
So, I don't know what to do except maybe ignore it, best I can, when you do express your feelings on the trolls and just come back each day for the news.
Anyway, sorry if you were offended by my comment. I genuinely thought this was an open channel for expressing interest/opinions. 😞
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@NorCalWineLady Wow. A couple of things:

1st, because I disagree and express my own opinion about what you said, suddenly this isn't "an open channel or expressing opinions"? Where did THAT come from?

2. "Bitching" again? yes, that's offensive. I'm not "bitching." I'm expressing MY opinion about those who infiltrate my threads and hijack them. You're reducing that to "bitching" as if this isn't a real problem on social media that should be addressed? Really?

More...

@mc @janisf

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3/ I "slap way" suggestions? No, I disagreed that I should get off social media when you suggested that. So if I don't agree with you, I've "slapped you away"? Again, seriously?

Maybe rethink this, because yes, I am offended by your wording and implications that I'm just whining about some minor little issue here. Try being me for a day on social media. We'll see if you "bitch" about it.

It's called addressing a real problem, not bitching... "Lady."

@mc @janisf

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@NorCalWineLady @mc @janisf

Bitching is what the news calls for. Stop disrespecting gottalaff

Take your negative animus back under your rock

@Janis @Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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@drdrowland @mc @janisf
Excuse me, David, you obviously don't know much about me or my relationship to #Laffy, who I revere.
I don't live under a rock. Do you? Knock off with the insults. Same side here, Ok?
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@mc @janisf

Social media is an untamed place. I can learn to keep my head above the waves.

Keep doing what you're doing as often as you can

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@drdrowland I posted a reply under the wrong post....

You were right. I blocked
@NorCalWineLady@sfba.social. My apologies for defending her to you.

@mc @janisf

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@mc @NorCalWineLady Some sanity. Some fun, maybe.

I think we just need to get through this, get the kids though it, too, and laugh a little along the way if we can.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @Oregon Wine Woman
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@mc @janisf @NorCalWineLady Groucho??? Nasty???? Omg, he was one of my idols growing up. It wasn't anything but innocent and sweet. I saw him in a movie theater, I was very young, maybe 25, told him I just loved him, and he said, "Well I love you too" and kissed me.
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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕
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my guess is: most of the Mastodoners grew up with Sesame Street. hence always asking "why, why, why" - questioning everything. but i get the point - sometimes it maybe way over the top ;)
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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕
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sad that you're experiencing both. never happened to me - but i'm not as exposed as you are.
nastiness might be kind of fun sometimes. but insults are pretty much a no-go/don't-do.
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@mc

Please don't! I get so much information from you and your sources!

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@maddad Not yet. But I'm so sick of it.

Then this happened.

mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/115101…

@mc

Laffy

2025-08-27 16:52:35

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@NorCalWineLady Wow. A couple of things:

1st, because I disagree and express my own opinion about what you said, suddenly this isn't "an open channel or expressing opinions"? Where did THAT come from?

2. "Bitching" again? yes, that's offensive. I'm not "bitching." I'm expressing MY opinion about those who infiltrate my threads and hijack them. You're reducing that to "bitching" as if this isn't a real problem on social media that should be addressed? Really?

More...

@mc @janisf


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@mc

She is blocked now too. You are one of my idols on here and you have 1000's of followers who support your opinions 💯

That account is an automated account too.

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@maddad It is? I'm really surprised bc she and I have a long relationship and suddenly this.

Well thank you, and it's mutual. I truly appreciate you.

@mc

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@mc I've noticed that many of the folks here who annoy me ID as ND. There are a lot more autistic and otherwise ND folks on here than elsewhere, and they don't mask as much here as elsewhere, and (being honest) they can get fixated on what seem to me like irrelevancies. But when I can see that that's their background, it's easier for me to cut them some slack, at least as to tone deafness.
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@mc Neurodivergent.

@msbellows They were beyond nasty. This wasn't just being fixated on irrelevancies.

mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/115097…

Laffy

2025-08-26 22:52:30

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@JanisKay What kills me is how people didn't read my words. They accused me of wanting him to win in 2028 (I said I wouldn't vote for him in primary), they accused me, mom of LGBTQ twins, of wanting gay people murdered, of wanting trans people murdered (I counseled teens who were transitioning when I was teaching), and more.

I've had it.


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@avuko You said it
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@EthicalProfessor I did did did
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@HarriettMB I block. I don't want them seeing my TL
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@avuko
Actually reminds me telling a guy (who later became my spousal unit), "All men are a$$holes!"
To which he replied, "Well, everybody has one."
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@HarriettMB Oh I agree. Social media is a cesspool, but also has some genuinely wonderful people.

My account will stay. I will likely post less often.

@mc

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@HarriettMB @mc

I've read through a lot of it. Sorry you have to deal with this authoritarianism from absolutists. It seems like a case of the hate that was created by hate. We're all of the opinion that people should be allowed to be who they are, but sometimes the hate is so great that those hated become the thing they despise, a hater. It's actually sad for everyone because, as you rightly said, we have a christo-fascism before us that requires all hands in deck.

@Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕ @HarriettMB
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and am aware of being one of those from time to time as well. forgive me ;) (remember the bsky discussion?) @HarriettMB
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@lednaBM TY. I think it's also what they've had to endure, but they're not expressing it in a way that makes one receptive.

@HarriettMB @mc

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I really think we have to change the framing of things. For example, when democrats are called socialists and commies, you need to accuse MAGA of conspiring for authoritarian single-party commie rule, where the dear stalinesque leader controls the economy and there are only two classes, billionaires and everyone else. As for the person here complaining about GN, we shouldn't respond to them. They're seeking attention to themselves rather than looking for solutions.
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