Notices by Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)

There have been more then a few studies that show that people don't land on their positions because they think they are factual. They do so out of an emotional bias that they don't even understand themselves. If you want someone to change their minds, you have to deal with the emotional reason their bias exists and good luck doing that in an online forum with a philosophical topic.

And I'm not into beating my head against brick walls anymore.

I read a post on a forum yesterday. I replied giving my opinion, and then had it challenged by someone who was made a series of bad arguments showing that they really didn't understand.

In the past I would have replied back showing the flaw in their thinking.

But I didn't this time. I simply didn't reply.

"But now they will think they are right!" you might exclaim.

And to you I would ask, "When was the last time you changed someones mind with the facts and how often does that happen?".

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It's my birthday! 🎂 I'm 56 today!

Can I haz boosts???

"If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, he will not become angry. He will simply guide his boat around it.

But if he sees a person in the boat, he will shout at the other to steer clear. If the shout is not heard, and the boats collide, he will curse the other person.

Yet, if the boat were empty, he would not be angry."

— Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Damn it. Just remembered I have to do laundry today if I want to be clothed tomorrow.

Stupid dirt.

Keep this to yourself.

@ChrisWere Let me know if I’m wrong, but I think what you’re trying to say, (and what I think other people commenting are missing), is that if you are using someone else’s PeerTube resources that you should be mindful of the content that you upload.

And I agree wholeheartedly. It’s best practice.

However, I also think that if the PeerTube instance owner doesn’t care about what kind of space is being taken up on their instance, then it’s no big deal. 🤷

Still, your point is fair.

@Taweret

Check in on your friends.

Times are tough, and they look like they're getting worse. This is a good time to check in with your friends and ask them if there's any kind of support that you can give?

Sometimes what people need the most is to know that someone else cares.

Just reach out. Call. Text. Email. Or just knock on their door. Knowing that others care can help us get through the toughest of times.

Reach out. Be a friend.

This is your reminder that if you give in to the hate, even for those you despise, you become more like them, and that's exactly what they want.

Because the more that you are like them, the more justified they feel in who they are and what they do.

Do better. Be better.

Don't. Make. Me.

I think I may have gone too far this time...

If you're going to post something political can you try posting something new, or something that hasn't been said about it before?

There are SO MANY people on here who just post "the house is on fire" when WE ALREADY KNOW THIS. It ads nothing other then to ramp up a fear about something the most if not everyone can do little to nothing about at this time.

Tell people what's being done to combat it. Add new info. Do SOMETHING other then repeat someone else's fear mongering.

Gonna start writing Fediverse Chick and Jon Mastodon romance novels.

"The Instance between them. "

I have never seen a meme more accurately describe my life.

@Alice So I'm the only one that wears them because I like my crotch to feel like it's been in a swamp all day?

That's just me?

@Alice Tell your aunt my crotch thanks her.

"I am serious and don't call me Shirley."

anyone have any success with homemade computer cleaner? I keep seeing that distilled water and isopropyl alcohol works well. has anyone here tried it themselves?

@fivetonsflax @Taweret @tillshadeisgone What was amazing was how much information they conveyed with some of those scenes where there wasn’t even any dialogue.