I think it’s because everyone expects Germans to know better. And it’s pretty sad when it looks like the lesson that was learnt wasn’t “subjugation and genocide of a targeted demographic is bad” but instead “criticism of Israel is bad”.

People expect it from magas and religious nutters but not from Germans in 2025.

Felt like talking about myself some more and where better than this post.

About the “they/them” in my username and personal pronouns in general. As far as real life goes, considering that I’m not officially “out”, and living in a fairly socially conservative country at that, I’m not enforcing anything on anyone.

Not going to expect that have known me my whole life thus far to change anything, although I guess if they did it would be a bonus. It’s also why I don’t mind confusing shop cashiers because that’s probably the closest thing to being recognised out in the wild that I could expect around here.

Although if I ended up with a group of friends that don’t need anything explained etc. I’d love to try out they/them and see how it really fits. I do get a little thrill when Facebook uses gender neutral pronouns for me eg. “Secret_Music updated their profile picture.” Or when someone in a comment section refers to me that way. But that’s about the extent of me actually experiencing it.

So all that said, the “they/them” in my username is in place of a non-binary flag emoji. But actually any pronouns are fine or whatever. And it’s not in my username to shove it down anyone’s throat or whatever. It’s just my only space where I can fly that flag without inviting things in that I’m not in the mood to deal with at this point. But I’ll revisit that thought when my personal life is a little less of a dumpster fire and I have more power.

Depends on a few things, including the viewpoint in question.

And my patience at a particular time because I’m not 18 and just discovering the world anymore and a lot of shit is the same old shit, even if it’s had a ribbon tied around it.

Some things that I’m more or less out of patience with are bigotry, right wing conservative conformists and supremacists, and monotheism. But I’m open to discussing most other things.

I’d be more inclined to ‘meet in the middle’ politically if ‘politics’ were about say how taxes should be spent, and not about who should have more or less human rights than who.

I just want to say something regarding mainstream social media and why I’m making use of it because I know that people here rabidly hate it, and for good reason.

I’ve been practically a hermit for the last decade of my life and right now I really need to step out of my cottage in the woods and back into the world again. I’ve enjoyed being alone and finding myself but now that I’ve found myself, I want to find my people.

I have definitely found a lot of my people around here but I also need somewhere that I can show my face, and see the faces of the people who are like me too.

And as far as my country goes (South Africa), if I want to find groups, or find out where the clubs are, or start having any sort of offline social life again, I’m going to have to make use of mainstream social media, I’m afraid.

And for what it’s worth, I only really started using it again more regularly this year. And it’s an enshitified battlefield for sure.

It would be fantastic if the Fediverse could be true replacement for it all but it’s not even close yet. It’s a great little international online community of mostly cool people but it can’t be my only social life. Not anymore.