Visible ankles? Scandalous!

American Culture is Common Culture at this point…

For years, the United States has benefited most from globalization. They either don’t admit it or don’t realize it.

Shaved / Hairless Bears?

Being somewhat older ≈ more mature

Need to eat, need to drink, need to pee, need to play, need to do, need to create, need to live.

It’s always needs.

(at least for me)

I know. What I said was more aimed at focusing any efforts to promote the proliferation of fandoms in the fediverse on creating a good image of it for that purpose, rather than creating more projects that may not have the desired acceptance and reach.

Also, they would die.

Ministry Of Indoctrination

First photo: immaturity, longing for status.

Second photo: maturity, longing for happiness.

While on a technical level, the fediverse is entirely capable of something similar to Amino, and a platform could be created that replicates its functionality 1:1, I believe the main problem is one of image.

On the outside, the fediverse is seen as an overly “nerd-centric” place, a place where “they only talk about Linux, FOSS,” and “nerdy” things in general. And it’s often the discussions around those topics that seem to have the most visibility around here, while the few communities about hobbies and fandoms that you can find have mostly modest to low interaction.

The thing is, no one likes to feel like they’re talking to themselves. That’s why many artists and people immersed in their fandoms gravitate to places like BlueSky or Tumblr, or don’t want to leave a cesspool like Twitter, even with their more hostile environments towards them: they have the perception that in those places they will have more opportunity to interact, whether that perception is unfounded or not.

If one create a platform like Amino, for fandoms and communities, I think the technical aspects are the least important thing. One have to create an image of an environment that is attractive and enjoyable so that people who are not so interested in technology will want to join.

I wasn’t joking, I was genuinely curious. Thank you for clarifying.

Oh, OK then.

Can’t use it as a mold to cast one out of actual metal?

Lol I was gonna comment that too!

That’s kinda useless cuz Hello Kitty doesn’t have a mouth.

Exactly like American Cubans

For me, analyzing the things I like and talking about them has helped me appreciate them and enjoy them even more. I really love writing, so I got into the habit of writing about it on my Mastodon account, for no one in particular other than myself.

However, what has changed my life for the better the most was overcoming my cringe and starting to write and publish my first fan fiction, which had been in my head for years. It has given me a sense of purpose and motivation that are uniquely mine and have helped me regain confidence in my abilities, because on the one hand, I really like what I write, and on the other, a lot of people seem to like it too!

1. From Maduro’s part. They are deeply incompetent.

2. The Oil is a curse. It could be a blessing if people knew how to use it. Chavez thought he knew, he was wrong. The Saudi’s know. They have a lot of skeletons in their closet, yet it seems like receiving their money is not big problem. Branding.

Bukele can rule over El Salvador as he please because he is a The Gang Buster. Branding.

Peru can have as many presidents as they like without affecting the economy cuz… well, they are all corrupt, “but least they aren’t communist”. Branding

From a Venezuelan living in Venezuela, in short: he wasn’t Chavez.

Long answer: Chávez had the political savvy to make a name and reputation for himself that could protect him despite criticism from hegemonic states. Maduro was never able to hold a candle to him, which is why he declined in popularity despite “technically” perpetuating what Chávez had built.

“But the drugs! But the human rights!” Center-right politicians in the region have faced similar (more verifiable) accusations, yet none have received the same level of global criticism as Chávez or Maduro.

“But democracy!” Peru has had five presidents in less than two years, and no one says anything. Bukele intends to remain in power in El Salvador for life, and no one says anything.

It’s not an ideological or moral issue, It’s Branding.

That depends on whether Venezuelan like my self count as humans or not.

(I’m pretty sure that for Trump we aren’t, so… There you have it.)