Post #2809295

2024-08-27 18:47 UTC

And even if you’re SUPER PURE along one vector, you’re always going to miss some other one someone feels very motivated to discipline you about. And this must be okay for some people! But I try very hard to live in a state of at least partial uncertainty, because the alternative is a real vulnerability to Going Bad without realizing it. The downside of that stance is that shit just doesn’t roll off. This is true for a lot of us, I think—maybe artists most of all, bc art requires sensitivity.

Replies (8)

@kissane@mas.to 2024-08-27 18:50

I don’t have a solution for this, and it feels obvious when I write it out. But it seems worth grappling with across as well as within our various communities. 🪴

Open ##2809296
@ted@an.errant.cloud 2024-08-27 18:51

@kissane@mas.to I often think about the survivorship bias of the folks who've stuck around to post. There's a degree of intrinsic motivation and living in one's head that being in the fediverse requires.

Open ##2809325
@acb@mastodon.social 2024-08-27 19:27

@kissane@mas.to one model of Fedi is as a social justice dojo, where you are constantly challenged and honed on your righteousness, with the end goal being of producing paladins to fight against evil

Open ##2809327
@Luke@typo.social 2024-08-27 20:24

@kissane@mas.to the artist portion striking nerves more than the rest.

Open ##2809328
@rubinjoni@mastodon.social 2024-08-27 20:37

@kissane@mas.to Yeah, I was amazed there's people here demanding that @mattblaze@federate.social puts CW on his (excellent, black and white architecture and landscape) photographs.

Open ##2809329
@Jeltron@pocketpixels.club 2024-08-29 16:42

@kissane@mas.to That's true but I'd rather be around people who encourage me to be better than worse and I'd rather be annoyed by someone with good intentions than comforted by someone with bad intentions.

Open ##2809332
@SiteRelEnby@tech.lgbt 2024-08-30 18:51

@kissane@mas.to And even if you’re SUPER PURE along one vector, you’re always going to miss some other one someone feels very motivated to discipline you about. Exactly. For example, I like cars. I don't want to have to drive everywhere every day, but I enjoy driving, I want to when it makes sense, I want to own one, I want to not catch repeated COVID infections on a slow bus full of maskless people (interesting how those two intersect), and can't cycle due to disability. I always give cyclists room, park responsibly, walk if I can, etc., and I want to be able to take a train long distance without needing to drive (and cheaper, less pollution and more COVID-free air than a plane...), and would if it was possible in the US... Generally I've found most people are tolerant of reasonable differences of opinion, but I have absolutely still run into a few ideological extremists who act like I want the entire world to be Houston or something. Have to say, I've never seen an antivaxxer/antimasker here though.

Open ##2809333
@sboots@mastodon.sboots.ca 2024-08-30 19:27

@kissane@mas.to This is a great way of describing things. 💯

Open ##2809334