Curious Quokka @Obscurequokka@social.privacytools.io
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Joined Dec 2020
Imagine you are a vegan activist.
Would you want 5 people to go 100% vegan or 500 who are at least 20% vegan?
On top of this, imagine trashing the 495 who are not 100% vegan but are trying.
How do you think they feel about you and your cause?
More importantly which path saves more animals?
This entire thread exemplifies the problem that virtually every noble cause suffers from, especially online.
The extremists and purists doggedly bat for 100% all or nothing thinking which hinders progress.
I get it, we need to strive for perfect ideals. But being radically stubborn and trashing marginal improvements only alienate the audience that we are trying to convince.
https://freeradical.zone/@koherecoWatchdog/106449419715706784
Curious Quokka
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Let this post be your reminder to take a break and do something other than look at a screen for at least an hour. Call a loved one. Read a book. Listen to an entire music album from start to finish. Sleep. Exercise. Go for a walk. Do some yard work. Write a letter. Write in your journal. Go outside. Spend time with someone. Go for a drive. Clean and organize your desk. Practice a musical instrument. Sing. Dance. Cook. Bake. Go for a bike ride. Meditate. Pray. Practice juggling. Build a canoe.
Why do some people think playing loud music on a speaker in a gym is a good idea?
Use headphones bro or if you forgot them, just workout in silence for a day
Curious Quokka
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The profile notes feature on Mastodon is very useful but also perhaps slightly unclear if you've never used it before.
It works like this:
Go to a person's profile by clicking on their name, look for the "Note" section and then click on "Click to add note", start typing and it saves it automatically. The note is only visible to you.
This is really handy if you interact with lots of people and need to remember (for example) why you follow someone etc.
@realcaseyrollins poorly.
How does your poor executive function manifest?
Mine is bad impulse control
This is really not a good time for imposter syndrome!
I am trying to have fun damn it
First of all, a formidable article.
Second, the only comment in the comment section exemplifies the kind of audience we are trying to convince
Looking forward to visiting libraries again 😍📚
Finished a book in an hour after binging on video games for a couple of hours.
Hyperfocus is real #ADHD
@stux
What a beautiful majestic bird 🥰
Some of the tactics I see online are straight from middle school playground fights.
You don’t wanna engage in a worthless bad faith debate?
“You must be weak”
“Why don’t you come fight me, punk!”
Also civil discourse involves debating ideas, not personal slurs and whatabout-ism.
Sadly we are seeing a rapid decline of such conversations, not just in the political spheres but even smaller internet communities
This doesn’t mean all opinions are equally valid and worthy.
Just that my engagement or lack thereof shouldn’t be treated as tacit agreement or disagreement with the said opinion.
What I dislike about our current social media discourse is that people conflate the “right to speak” with “right to being heard”.
Everyone should be free to voice their opinion but no one has a right to force me to listen/respect/engage with them.
One thing I like about Mastodon is its diversity.
There are people from various backgrounds, opinions, identities, languages and can all co-exist.
An unpopular opinion has a fair chance to being voiced and not be bashed immediately. On the flip side, this also makes it difficult to reach everyone on the platform (which is not bad tbh)
@gia@mastodon.art Hello 👋 and Welcome to Mastodon 😊
@freemo
I do agree with you that the hyperbolic statements such as “Elon musk pays 0 taxes “ make it harder to take an argument seriously if that statement is demonstrably false.
@freemo The question here is how much of their wealth growth is actually part of their income?
Sure Jeff Bezos can’t/doesn’t just dump $99 Billion worth of stocks in a year given market considerations.
But how much of it does he?
0? 2B? 10B? 30B?
Should that be included in his effective tax rate?
That’s a fair question to raise, don’t you think?
Your friendly neighborhood person.
Curious about #books📚 #science 🔬#philosophy #psychology #privacy #communities and #tech that make the world a better place for everyone
Be nice 😊
Joined Dec 2020
