No. We are not "hiding from the world" on CoSo. Twitter isn't "the world". The greatest lie is that it encompassed reality. It doesn't, and never did. All the people I see on here daily engage with the world fully and more meaningfully than anyone chasing clout on Twitter.
@opie Oh, just general philosophizing after seeing this tweet.
ugh...that's some "I aM aLpHa" toxic bullcrap I cannot stand...
it's like folks watched the Alec Baldwin "I wear your car on on my wrist and drive your house" speech from Glengarry Glenross and thought "that should be my whole personality"...truly fucking sad, IMHO
@opie Quite so. And he tweeted that just before 4am on Christmas Day.
@LiberalLibrarian @opie who is that clown?? Guess Iโm glad I donโt know who he is and why he needs to feel so self-important.
no clue, but ya made meh ask jeeves:
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Emory Andrew Tate III is an American-British Internet personality and former professional kickboxer
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makes a lotta sense, actually
@opie @CaroG87 @LiberalLibrarian The pieces of the puzzle fall into place...
@opie @CaroG87 @LiberalLibrarian
He's a violent misogynist who has been accused of sex trafficking.
He moved to Romania specifically, in his own words, because it's corrupt there and he can bribe cops.
He's had millions of followers on social media and (he claims) hundreds of thousands of subscribers to his "Hustler University", where for only 49.99/month, he'll teach you how to treat women like shit and pimp them out.
@tyghebright @opie @LiberalLibrarian what a winnerโฆ. ๐คฎ
@tyghebright @opie @LiberalLibrarian I just found this and may I say I am HERE FOR HER SMACKTALK!
Oh.
Ew.
You literally could not pay me enough for me to want to be Andrew fucking Tate for a year.
He's vile.
@LiberalLibrarian I have three times the followers on Twitter than I have here, and I have five times more engagement here.
That's all we need to say.
@JolieSaboteuse Exactly, used to have engagement there but it's deteriorated into a septic holding tank ๐@LiberalLibrarian
๐ฏ true. The adults are on #coso having meaningful dialogues rather than pre-pubescent rage fits that destroy others.
I #deactivated large account two months ago, with only a handful that followed here to #CoSo. My only regret is not leaving sooner. I am deeply ashamed by who I had become.
@JeSsA @LiberalLibrarian
I second that Amen, can I get a witness?! ๐ฅฐ
@LiberalLibrarian true words . Glad I flipped the bird .
@LiberalLibrarian bravo! So well said! Thank you! You totally nailed it. CoSo has been the best thing. People actually engaged with one another, instead of being all about how many followers one has. Twitter is a dueling dicks contest over who has the most followers.
Thank you.
@LiberalLibrarian I don't know that we're so much "hiding" from the world as we are telling a portion of it to STFU. Justifiably so.
People who think Twitter is the world are often shocked when reality doesn't conform to their expectations.
5% of people on the planet have Twitter accounts, but only a tiny fraction of those are active. 10% of users account for over 90% of tweets.
@tyghebright @LiberalLibrarian
much needed perspective.
@Museek It's like being the "revolutionary vanguard" in a Marxist-Leninist party. But even more sad and pointless. @tyghebright
Absolutely agree!!
@LiberalLibrarian I ain't hidin' from anyone. I'm having a great time, interesting conversations, and as you said, meaningful interactions.
It's just like life, if you think about it. I merely chose a circle of friends, people that I get along with, instead of being forced to deal with the hoi polloi I so despise.
Nothing more natural than that.
@LiberalLibrarian
not sure I wanna know what inspired that, but always strikes me how folks seem to think about online & offline as different things
if I walked into a bar and there was a group of folks shouting slurs and fighting, I would leave
if I walked into another bar fulla awesome folks, I would sit down, jump into a conversation when I felt comfortable, and eventually buy everyone a round
this is social interaction 101
unless I somehow don't understand anything at all
#CoSoRocks