@Florence I'm such a misfit, that I still talk to everyone, like they're my mate's parents...right before they said "No! he's not playing out!"
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I will be preaching to the choir with this, but I have been thinking a lot about critics of @th3j35t3r and the way they complain about his unknown identity.
I don't know the identity of the person who refused insurance coverage for part of my healthcare
or who processes my tax returns.
or who has analyzed my scans...
All of these people have had SIGNIFICANT impacts on my life and health.
In the big scheme, soc med isn't on the same scale.
And these complaints are ridiculous.
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack indicted on federal charge
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Some of us have restricted who we let follow us. Here's why I wait sometimes.
๐ฅ You still haven't uploaded an avatar &/or updated your profile, so you clearly haven't taken the time to invest in CoSo: why should I invest in you?
โป๏ธ Your post history is minimal or non-existent, so I can't tell what kind of person you are.
๐ค Your posts are erratic or unclear: can't tell what you're into/ trying to do.
Basically, until you show me who you are, I'm gonna just hold off.
If people could just remember how they spoke to their friend's parents, and posted accordingly, social media would be ... social. NOW here's me riding in the back of a red pick-up, somewhere in LA listening to the #BeastieBoys #CoSo #books
@Florence I will be forever proud of the work I did contact tracing. But yeah, I'm happy to be back at the library.
@robfwtx until that stupidity was normalized and glorified. Eisenhower has wise words during a time when there was still common sense. Those words landed on receptive ears when politicians still had a sense of shame. Unfortunately, we're now in the trump era and common sense and a sense of shame are no longer available to republicans.
I cannot tell you how excited I am for my first real 3-day weekend in over 2 years. When I was assigned to contact tracing we had to work the holidays. We'd bank them, but we had to work them. (I don't count this past Labor Day, as my mom was going over the Rainbow Bridge.) I'm going to vacuum, make good meals, and give the Hounds of Love all the scritches and treats they want.
@Florence That's right, she sure did. Gen Z was very much present at the ballot box this cycle, but NOT in the way the wingnuts wanted. This was tried once when I was a youngster in the '70s, too. Didn't work then, either, because of that pesky constitutional thing ... but even so, if a person is old enough to get shipped off to a war zone to fight, as we were, then they're certainly old enough to vote for who sends them there.
@Florence Welcome here (from another recent arrival). I think more than a few of us are somewhere on the spectrum.
Newly-elected Republicans are desperately trying to distance themselves from Trump, knowing their seats are going to be flipped in a Presidential year.
If they want to distance themselves they can't support McCarthy or Scalise for Speaker ... let's see if they walk the walk.
We'll make sure voters know if they do boost Trumpers.
Mayor running for re-election in Louisiana killed in car crash on Election Day, authorities say
Nope we don't take kindly too trolls around these parts, no sir.
Also we are not found of Sealions either.
Might not get you an instant ban, but we will notice.
Sealioning :
(also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It may take the form of incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate.
Thank you #CoSo for being so welcoming to me when I joined. I have autism and am not great at real life relationshiops (I find them both exhausting and annoying!) but LOVE social media.
I left the bird as I dislike arguing and found I was dreading logging on. Here it's like waking up with friends, kind friends! I don't feel judged or alienated and I don't feel like I have to keep tooting to apologize for myself.
I'm having a great time here, thank you all.
It's me. I'm the problem. I'm that person your mother warned you about! 'We all do well when we all do well' (Wellstone) #BLM #VoteBlue #Democracy #Cancer