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   𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (lana@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:07:33 JST 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

   "how am I supposed to explain gay to a child?"

   My brother in Christ have you ever actually been around a child?? They will straight up ambush you with the most unhinged, bonkers, nihilist questions with a completely straight face. Questions that will cause grown adults to have an existential crisis if you think about them too long. Just yesterday in class a student stopped in the middle of playing a scale to ask me how does she even know if I exist or not and I had to sit quietly in a corner with that one for like an hour. PLEASE let me explain the gay. Explain the gay is fucking easy.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:55:00 JST Rich Felker

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     @JessTheUnstill @401matthall @Lana "Some people pick out something different about someone else and organize others to be mean to them to make themselves feel big. We call them bullies. Some people never grow up and still act like that when they're adults. Sometimes they even become presidents."

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     Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:55:01 JST Jess👾

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     @401matthall @Lana Now explaining homophobia...

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     Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:55:02 JST Jess👾

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     @401matthall @Lana "Some boys love other boys. Some girls love other girls. Some people love many genders, others love no genders. It's fine."

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     Matt Hall (401matthall@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:55:03 JST Matt Hall

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     I'm just saying I'm CIS-99% straight (I will always make an exception for Henry Cavill and I _will not_ be judged for it) and this is like the least threatening thing to talk about with a child.

     It's not war, it's not famine, it's not injustice, it's just _love_. Love's easy. There's even a fairly decent description of it in their damned _book_.

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     Matt Hall (401matthall@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 07:55:05 JST Matt Hall

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     Riiight?!

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 21-Mar-2026 05:37:46 JST Rich Felker

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     @glassresistor @JessTheUnstill @401matthall @Lana Like, there's no need for discussing the mechanics of sex in explaining homophobia any more than there is in discussing the existence of straight people. 🤷

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     meta physical deflationist (glassresistor@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Mar-2026 05:37:47 JST meta physical deflationist

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     @dalias @JessTheUnstill @401matthall @Lana
     i think "even when things are getting worse and there is no hope you still have to be your best self possible or youll hurt yourself and others more"

     is so much harder than oh yeah people have butt sex, kids laugh at that one

     https://sfba.social/@glassresistor/116219774327181866