After spending a couple days interacting with them, I have come to agree with the common sentiment hexbear already had that it's probably not worth trying to persuade a small number of steadfast neoliberals among those of us with limited patience, which includes myself.

If I'm a wimp and you still want to go buck wild, of course.

But the suggestion I got that .ee would probably be a better staging ground is at this point taken to heart. Since we are federated with them, I think the thing to do is make (appropriate, non-hostile) posts in .ee communities where the purpose of the comm adequately fits with topics that it would be useful to discuss.

As with my last post, which was misbegotten, it's just a thought I had

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Apparently, yes. And those people care so much about Pearl Jam that they performatively "could care less" and get really mad about Pearl Jam getting criticized about chant "who cares" and "no one cares" while accusing the naysayers of being 12. Because maturity is all about performatively not caring and getting mad about it.