ashaman2007
@ashaman2007@lemm.ee
- Comment on A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed. 3 months ago:
You are getting replies because you are posting opinions that don’t hold up in the real world. As a former Catholic I know from first hand experience the crisis of identity that occurs when your personally held beliefs start to clash with your local culture and the doctrine of the religion you gew up with. It is not surprising (hence the effectiveness of this con) for someone to still identify as a member of a religion that explicitly rejects their belief system.
I grew up thinking that the LGBTQ community were lost souls who faced damnation if they did not remain chaste (official doctrine), which of course led to deep prejudices resulting from this “othering” of queer people (Catholic community culture). For years after I began to disagree with the official doctrine and recognize my prejudices, I still identified myself as Catholic. For those who grow up in religious environments the religion becomes an integral part of your identity growing up, and it is not easy to let that go.
My personal experience is that I still felt hope that the Catholic Church’s doctrine could be changed, and that my participation in the community could help bring that about. It took a long time to realize this was a lost cause, and that reconciling my internal conflict required real action. Telling my parents I was no longer Catholic was one of the hardest things I ever did, and I am no longer close with them.
So, to sum it up: someone who identifies as both gay and Muslim should not be an object of ridicule by default. Not only does religion have both distinct cultural and doctrinal elements (of which you may only able to observe the doctrinal ones) but everyone’s experience with religion is different. I hope this gives you a new perspective; sometimes things are not as simple as they seem. The article describes a pretty impressive con job, which was realistic enough to last for years…
- Comment on Ferns 6 months ago:
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- Comment on Salt :) 6 months ago:
Crunchy granola 😋
- Comment on I need to wake up early 7 months ago:
I used to use this, you can turn the audible alarm all the way off and just use the shaker!
- Comment on Don’t upvote this 7 months ago:
Wow seeing this meme upvoted made me exhale slightly, the placebo works!
- Comment on FireChat was a tool for revolution, then disappeared 7 months ago:
These people didn’t disappear, they are still around… the CEO is still a leader in tech today. Perhaps they could be asked to open source the app, especially since nearly 10 years have passed…
- Comment on My thoughts on Hexbear. Posting as the megathread was locked. 1 year ago:
It still might for many, just to a lesser degree than defederation because a conscious user can choose to unblock things. I block many things year round but when election season comes around, for example, I unblock alot. Either for perspective, or as a reminder of the importance of my voice and vote because people are nuts 😂
- Comment on My thoughts on Hexbear. Posting as the megathread was locked. 1 year ago:
This is why instance blocking as a native client feature is needed. I am aware some apps such as Memmy, which I use, implement it in a 3rd party way. However it’s clearly not easily done for everyone in all situations. Defederation is going too much toward an echo chamber; inability to have enough control over the content you see is also an issue.
Personally I see value in having access to misinformation via lemm.ee; it is useful to know all perspectives when that is helpful. However, I don’t wanna see that shit everyday.
Long story short: I think for now, block accounts and communities or use an app with instance blocking. Wait for instance blocking to be native. That’s my 2 cents.