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iirc, on the site polls, the site was overwhelmingly white, and almost all of the he/hims who responded to polls were amab.

Vague-posting can be toxic, but calling out specific users in a huge thread like this can be toxic too. The chaos in here is overwhelming enough as it is.

Not trying to be confrontational but why is the “white cishet man vibes" remark such a big deal? That seems like something to talk about, not shut down. Why did someone feel that way? Even if the remark turns out to be off-base we might learn something from talking it out.

*edit after reading more comments, I guess dunk tank users felt misgendered, which is an example of why making flippant sweeping statements like that is dangerous, and why we should talk things out patiently and thoughtfully on this site instead of launching into whirlwind struggle sessions. I still think the remark is worth discussing.

We might have too many comms. People end up posting in larger comms even when there’s a niche comm for exactly that kind of content, because there’s not enough content in the niche comms.

It would be cool if lemmy had tags, I think some of our smaller comms might work better as tags than as comms

good to remind people: Trump didn't win this, Harris lost this. Her turnout was lower than Biden's by 15 million votes. Trump's own turnout was less than in 2016, but the drop was smaller, iirc (I'd love to add a source for this), and I've heard some anecdotes suggesting that the reaction in Trump country has been surprisingly tame for having won an election (love to have sources for this too).

I don't think the main takeaway from this election is that most Americans love whatever Trump represents to them. Harris just did not win a lot of people's votes.

It kinda feels like fash have captured social media.

Some Hexbears are currently matching donations in this thread, so now is an especially good time to donate

*I actually don't know if the matching is still happening

it definitely doesn't have to be like that. Adult life does not need to be a hamster wheel of drudgery for society to function.

Dr. Fatima is great, I second the recommendation

"Wow, that's the planet we own. And none of those people get to go up here like I do. This rules!"