ok i realize this is largely a cultural difference, as it were, since i am very new to mastodon, the local vibe, and so on, but

@ the people who cw for sincerity:

are.... are y'all ok? are y'all good? do... do you want to like sit down and talk about it? because i'm worried about you. you don't have to be a constant funnyman making sweet memes for consumption. you can just be. i promise! i promise. come sit down and have a cup of hot cocoa, it's going to be ok.

@wigglytuffitout i didn't know that was a thing.. wow ok..

@Hmmwat i just saw it listed as some common/recommended cws, which is a fairly nice list because there is admittedly stuff i keep forgetting about - food, eye contact for instance - but it... also does make me genuinely a little bit worried.

i'm not trying to shame anybody, i'm just like being everybody's worried great aunt, because i feel like that may be feeding an expectation to be "on" and "performing" all the time that is exhausting and unsustainable