Just wrote a long post respectfully asking a big account to please not refer to COVID and the pandemic in the past tense (“during the pandemic”), but didn’t feel like dealing with any angry, reflexive fallout today.
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This site is much less toxic than the old place, but you still need to pick your battles—even when you do so as diplomatically & gingerly as possible.
aug 4, 2025, 8:14 pm • 27 0 • view
fair enough. i’d love to hear the response though if you said ”oh, you say the pandemic is over? what date did it end?” i’m guessing they wouldn’t have an answer.
aug 4, 2025, 8:35 pm • 1 0 • view
In my limited experience, I think it’s more about being a Bluesky scold. I get it to a degree, but can’t we also sincerely, respectfully make suggestions with good intentions—without it being a total assault on someone’s character?
aug 4, 2025, 8:56 pm • 4 0 • view
Then if you get insults or blowback, you wonder, Is this that reflexive Don’t you dare correct me thing, or is some Shut up about that Covid stuff already sentiment mixed in (but unsaid)?
aug 4, 2025, 8:56 pm • 4 0 • view
The problem is that most people are adamantly unwilling to acknowledge the harsh truth of Covid-19. They cling to a mentality of denial and delusion, a mentality that, however appealing it might be at the moment, cannot be sustained in the long term. The truth of Covid-19 cannot be shunned forever.
aug 4, 2025, 9:41 pm • 15 4 • view
And their cop out is that the MSM isn’t mentioning covid at all, and that’s all the justification they need to just keep catching & spreading this scourge.
aug 5, 2025, 12:45 am • 6 0 • view
Authorities, media, and the masses are all engaged in a conspiracy of denial regarding the extreme danger of Covid-19.
aug 5, 2025, 1:28 am • 7 0 • view
You can edit interaction settings to allow comments from everyone, no one, people you follow, your followers, mentions, or a combination of those last three. You have to post the comment first, then edit settings, I believe.
aug 4, 2025, 8:52 pm • 3 1 • view
Didn’t know this functionality is available here. Thanks!
aug 4, 2025, 8:59 pm • 2 0 • view
At this point, I'm kind of thinking, "Oh, well, I'm sure they'll manage their cancer just fine. So much easier than masking." I'm over people who can't deal with reality.
aug 5, 2025, 5:18 am • 1 0 • view