• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As my favorite philosopher said

    I think it’s heartwarming gibberish but there is also, I think, a legitimate role in the discourse for heartwarming gibberish. Sometimes you have to explain what being trans is to a person who believes that dogs go to heaven and, in most circumstances, saying “I’m a female soul in a male body” gets the point across.

    As a disabled, trans, vegan, anarchist my life and beliefs are far more complicated than I could express in a comment section. So I tend not to lead with any of those labels and instead focus on quippy one liners about personal liberty from goverment or religious institutions.

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      4 days ago

      I’m disappointed there was no quippy one-liner or pithy snark in your comment. ☹️

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      I try not to label myself. it’s extremely limiting by design. and this is a space where those limitations don’t matter if you don’t let them.

      That being said I often self identify in the context of conversations about my interests.

    • big_fat_fluffy@leminal.spaceOP
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      A kind of politics-flavored smalltalk. Yes, that is the local dialect.

      Believe it or not, I have discussed subjects that matter deeply to me in online forums. But lately it’s just fruitless fishing.

      I think we have a thousand mob-squawks posing as niche communities. Different flavors, same conversations.

      Completely open and popular forums are not entirely a good thing.