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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • I know its problematic. If he’s real, I hope he never reads this, and that I’m not making him or other people (too) uncomfortable.

    To answer your question: I guess he sometimes sounds a bit like the “cool, young, (black) streetwise teenager” that progressive eager-to-be-inclusive white people of Mastodon (mostly in their 40s or higher) would like to have among them. Someone to show their kids: “look there are cool people in the Fediverse who talk like you!”. And at the same time, I guess his posts sometimes sound a bit like how such people would pretend to be a cool young black streetwise teenager, but then with their own hobbies/interests: like writing a sci-fi book and resisting corporate social media: https://mstdn.social/@Jaden2/110691658378461126

    Disclaimer 1: I realize this latter point is very much built on stereotypes. No community owns such hobbies/interests.

    Disclaimer 2: I’m all up for for a diverse Fe-diverse, btw. I guess I’m sharing my suspicion especially because I care about that. But maybe it backfires and actually causes more harm. If so, apologies.