Post #1962501
2025-05-24 13:39 UTC
@keirFox the identification of all of this being a desperate attempt to find and participate in community is spot on. Maybe mixed with the desperate attempt to survive in a capitalist hellscape that makes it this particular shape.
Maybe people need more examples of what real community looks and feels like. More good role models in large form. I don’t even think the fediverse is that thing, it’s just a free and distributed version of the existing type of online. I don’t know.
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@WesternExposure@mastodon.ie 2025-05-25 10:46
@trisweb @keirFox We have a small (very rural) neighbourhood meet-up on Saturday nights - mutli-generational, maybe 6-8 folks. Most bring some food - home-made cake or something. And we just sit around the ol' cottage kitchen, drink tea, and chat for a few hours. The same people recently stepped up and in in all sorts of marvelous and kind ways and also took care of my animals when I suddenly landed in hospital for 10 days. There's nothing like real community.