I just want to say that one thing the #Fediverse has consistently shown me is that no matter how much time and effort I put into my accounts here, I am consistently rewarded far more than my effort both literally and metaphorically, by some of the most generous and gracious people with whom I've ever had the privilege of conversing.
@Alice, @BobWilliams, @zymenchlora, @GayDeceiver, @HCBunny, @theropologist, @JoParkerBear, just to name a few - these are just some of the people here that have stood by me and my little family, several of whom going as far back as when I arrived during the Great Exodus of '22.
Some of them were literally the only reason we had food in our bellies, or the reason we've kept a roof over our heads. Several of them unknowingly helped snap me out of a nervous breakdown and ideation. They approached me with kindness and without judgement.
I know I'm forgetting so many, many others. Sooo many. For those of you who deserve to be on this list but got lost in my bong resin-soaked memory, I humbly ask your forgiveness.
I will never cease to marvel at how my life has been enriched since I joined mastodon and the #fediverse.
This is the sort of connection I've sought in vain for three decades. The respect, the validation.. It's like magic.
I guess this is my love note to you all. Thank you for being my friends.
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also it's totally not a cult.
@LibertyForward1 so true. This is the closest I felt to the "good parts" of the '90s Internet since, well, the '90s.
@LibertyForward1 Thank you! Glad we’ve become friends in this unique and special place.