Post #2366576
2026-05-08 15:42 UTC
I'm utterly done with irony , sarcasm & ridicule. None of that is cool & all of it is cruel. The world is in desperate need of earnest & kind, now more than ever.
No more dystopias, no more fiction that celebrates meanness of spirit. No punching down.
Hope is not naive. It's an act of will & extreme bravery.
Fuck caustic wit. Bring on whimsy. Softness is metal. Gentle is strength.
Empathy is a superpower.
#MyManifesto
Replies (2)
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@Zebadiah_Carter@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 16:47
@LJ@zirk.us "In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck."
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@macronencer@mastodon.scot 2026-05-08 17:33
@LJ@zirk.us I totally appreciate that attitude, and I know my dad would have done too. Lost him in 2024, and a few months ago my mum observed that he never used sarcasm in humour and didn't find it funny. The surprising thing is that I knew him for 59 years and I'd never quite realised that about him until she said it. He loved to employ puns, silliness and Goonish humour, and was a very kind man.