@coralblight@labyrinth.zone for fun you can watch their eyes glaze over to the phrases

"anyone can set up a fediverse server"

"an instance is just a confusing word that means a server"

"its called the fediverse. mastodon is an app you can put on your phone to connect to the fediverse. mastodon is also a completely different thing, a server that your app connects to to connect to the fediverse"