After some unproductive googling, here’s a random guess. The cover art style doesn’t really match (not sure if the inside is different), but it has a deep sea diver and a lady underwater, who I can only assume is the “Ghost Queen”

The new responsibilities, the crying, the diapers for a few years, the chaos, the messy house, etc. can definitely be a hassle, but it’s just so damned rewarding that all of that feels like a drop in the bucket to me.

I’ve described it to people before as like winning the lottery. Yeah, it would be annoying to have to go turn in the ticket, go to the bank quite a few times, probably hire a money manager and sit through a lot of boring calls and appointments about your accounts for the rest of your life, hire a lawyer to manage your will/estate, etc., but when compared to how much you’ve gained, you wouldn’t even really care about that, you know?

My kids.

It sounds cheesy, but I’m acutely aware that I’m experiencing the best years of my life right now - the ones that I’ll look back on with strong nostalgia for the rest of my life. Life is amazing, and I’m grateful for every day.

Oh god

Have you considered CrossFit?

I must have missed it if this had just been posted in another community.

This is current problem in society that we don’t tolerate different opinion.

Exactly this. When online platforms become too homogeneous, any deviation from the typical opinions that are shared seems like a terrible, inexcusable offense that someone must do something about - thus, reinforcing the bubble.

We need to be able to disagree with each other and still get along.

Since most people are talking about the sign-up barriers, I’ll mention culture and reputation.

I love Lemmy and Mastodon, but whenever I’ve seen the fediverse brought up elsewhere, someone inevitably shuts down any curiosity by suggesting that it’s a political echo-chamber. I don’t think that’s accurate for all of it, but if that reputation is out there, we probably need to make an effort to show that there’s a broader appeal. If the average person is expecting the fediverse to be the left-wing equivalent of something like “Truth Social”, I could understand the reluctance to adopt it.

This would probably escalate a lot of arguments that break out in comment sections.

Y’all are going to make me blush.

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My point was more that we’re looking at the situation in hindsight and applying knowledge that she didn’t have to her intent.

This woman’s action (typing the tweet) ended at the time she hit send, and we should determine if we think that alone is criminal.

Trump riled up a mob and told them to march on the capital. He absolutely should be in jail for that.

This random racist lady on the internet basically said “If [lie that she either repeated or made up] is true, I bet people are going to be mad!” and was arrested.

My point is that I see nonsense like that posted everywhere in the aftermath of tragedies, and I don’t think all of those redditors/lemmings/etc are criminals either. Trolls, escalators, maybe astroturfers, but not criminals. It’s just a bit of a culture shock to me to see someone arrested for it.

That’s a very well written quote that makes a good point.

Conspiracy theorists form echo-chambers to repeat their ridiculous claims amongst themselves and it poses a challenge to the rest of us to figure out how to prevent this without compromising our own values.

The sentiment I was trying to communicate is that involving the police as enforcers of truth on the internet is simply a foreign concept to me as an American. It feels heavy handed and I think carries an obvious risk.

It’s easy to cheer on when it’s happening to someone we dislike, like the racist lady in question, but I think it’s important to take a step back and make sure it truly aligns with our basic principles of freedom.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s the one who made it up.

I understand the point you’re making, but the fact that you are able to type this with full confidence that cops aren’t going to show up at your door tomorrow is my point.

Lying is wrong, but the police arresting someone for repeating/creating a made up name of a murderer on twitter is bizarre to me.

(edit: for clarity, because she might have been the one who made up the fake name)

The only difference from any other racist/terrorist action is that it was placed online.

I’d consider another big difference that one was a tweet with misinformation and the other is a call to action to “expel” people. The tweet is appalling but hardly terrorism.

Yes it is.

It’s morally wrong, but people who lie on the internet are not criminals.