Always remember this day. The day when one, small bee gave his life for the cause.

My great uncle served in WW II. He wasn’t exactly “reasoning” with the nazis.

“Be curious, not judgemental.” - Ted Lasso (via Walt Whitman)

This. We live in a crazy timeline right now. People are stressed, angry, afraid, and it just seems to be getting worse. Couple that with a culture that promotes gun ownership so heavily, and it’s a recipe for what we see in this case. “It was just a prank, bro” is no defense, especially when someone has asked you to stop and is backing away from you. He’s engaging in risky behavior by acting like a creep. He wants to make people uncomfortable to illicit a reaction? Well, bub, you got a reaction.

In all honesty, I am very ADHD, and don’t have the executive function to run one. I’m trying to get better, but I don’t want to wind up disappointing anyone.

No, but then again, I haven’t really been looking. I need to remedy that. I also want to seek out any communities that are centered around Western Hindus, such as myself. I feel pretty alone some days.

I miss the r/Hinduism community quite a bit. It was a real help for me when I first started following that particular path. Lots of friendly, helpful people.

Thing is, when the whole api fracas happened, I deleted my account and vowed not to use that site again.

“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful. One hundred percent!” -Horton the Elephant

I think the only way to know is to start a community. It may be small, but if it’s active, fun, and full of good discussion (and occasional good-natured trash talk), it can grow.