@euplectella It's called heaven.
In nature, populations and organisms hit a natural resistance in population growth models. Environmental factors, etc.
It’s happening environmentally by our way in which we utilize resources. Food production. Glyphosate. Plastics. Endocrinological effects through our own consumerism.
And from a Jungian and Gestalt perspective: it is happening collectively and subconsciously as a whole. Systems work to balance themselves. Look at humanity as an organism.
We look to blame the boogeyman. And there are indeed boogeymen among us. But we as a whole, we are also reflective of our own boogeyman as a result of self imposed consequence. Life on planet earth. Change is Sisyphean.
#Emoji magic!
One interesting USENET/Mastodon parallel is how, in 1995, when the internet first connected to networks like AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, and WebTV (run by Sears), there was a massive flood of new users. USENET old timers talked about “barbarians at the gates.” WebTV only had capital letters and everyone told those people to stop shouting. Groups had to figure out how to bring in the new participants while holding on to their norms. It wasn’t easy.
@zerronsage It's a BYOKA kind of place.
I've made a deliberate choice against a quoting feature because it inevitably adds toxicity to people's behaviours. You are tempted to quote when you should be replying, and so you speak at your audience instead of with the person you are talking to. It becomes performative. Even when doing it for "good" like ridiculing awful comments, you are giving awful comments more eyeballs that way. No quote toots. Thank's
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In Korean folklore the dried persimmon (gotgam, Korean: 곶감) has a reputation for scaring away tigers. [41]
[41] "The Tiger and Dried Persimmon". Kookminbooks. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. 🐅