I’m disagreeing with the legal gross thing, I’m saying you are highly influenced by a US perspective that isn’t morally superior to anything. Also, I’m not offended, you seem to be since you’re the one repeatedly saying “gross” like a little child. If you cannot be reasoned with and will just be “grossed out” by it, well then, there’s nothing more to say.
By that logic, 18 year olds shouldn’t drive, own a gun, enter the military, bear children, and many because they are in danger of killing themselves and others. Why are you not drawing the line at all those things but dating older men? Dating older men is more dangerous than the military? Than driving? That choosing the wrong profession?
Legal doesn’t make it not gross.
That’s talking from a western and probably highly US-influenced perspective. Most westerners will probably find it OK if a 35 yo woman dates an 18 yo man, but the other way around it’s “gross”.
If we’re fine with 18 year olds making decisions like enlisting in the army, why are we grossed out by them dating people double their age?
I have stuff and money. But stuff and money is a power imbalance. An intimate relationship with someone so young would feel closer to a lengthy time with a naive hooker more than anything.
That’s great for you, not all 18 year olds are naive hookers.
Would you be alright if she were 18 and “legal”? What’s the age difference you would be comfortable with?
Yeah, we need a new war. This time against the rich.
Treated like drones, only given the minimum amount of information necessary to operate.
Can’t hear what they’re saying with a mouthful of shit.
Those are some nice pictures! Are they all yours? Btw, I do wonder if it’s possible to comment on pictures there from here @jakelec@pxlmo.com
Just subbed. Maybe new pictures will pop up in my feed.
It’s as a reaction to the news about TikTok possibly being sold and people jumping to “Red Book”, the other Chinese platform. Maybe some people will read the TechCrunch article and consider Pixelfed.
Let’s see how long you can deal without internet.
That is actually on way Ukraine can wage the war: cut the cables (like Russia did in the Baltic sea).
Someone should introduce them to pixelfed… and maybe if loops gets out of beta, that.
- Yes, I am saying that we would be better off by having this money put somewhere else.
I get the notion, however social networks do have an inordinate effect populations and how they think. Spending 5M€ on say, poor communities would help those poor communities (short or long term, dunno), but they could still be influenced by a shoddy social network (or multiple). Whether that sum effect is positive or not is debatable.
It’s very difficult to make a judgement on utility of such a (comparatively) small sum and its target.
To be honest, I’m much more concerned about how people spend their money when they go shopping: buying non fair-trade goods like chocolate, clothes, coffee, phones, and so on, where they spend sums orders of a magnitude larger than a paltry 5-10€/month on mastodon.
5M€ can get you quite a long way, and I’m wondering if we could have better use of those resources than by putting it on Mastodon.
What are you suggesting? That the money donated to Mastodon not be used on Mastodon?
The existing US-based non-profit entity, the 501©(3), will continue to function as a fundraising hub.
Wait, is the money transferred to the US then back to the EU? And will the US-based non-profit still continue to exist or will it be replaced by a truly European one?
Can’t have competition now, can we? That would lead to innovation. (and the gold-plated dinner table set missing on the new yacht)
2 reasons:
IMO, until USAmericans finally get rid of “winner takes all”, they won’t be able to change the attitude.
These have existed in Europe for ages. In Germany there are called “Quarkstaschen” (?) Yours look goo too
FYI