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Hrafn van Es (Ravi) they/heStarted on the garden this morning, got talking to the neighbour's visitor, he happened to live in this house before me (is in a nursing home now) ended up going to the neighbour too and had a nice time socialising with him and the guy who used to live in my house before me. Neighbour is an artist.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/garden?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gardening?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/movinghouse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#movinghouse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/neighbours?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neighbours</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/socialising?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialising</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tuin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tuin</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tuinieren?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tuinieren</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/verhuizen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#verhuizen</a>
Simon Carswell<p>In my case, like buses, must-attend events happen rarely, then two come along at once. I'd have loved to attend BST Hyde Park, especially to see Neil Young, but instead was at an absolutely brilliant 50th birthday party for the leader of my <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/motorbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorbike</span></a> club. </p><p><a href="https://superdeluxeedition.com/feature/saturday-deluxe-12-july-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superdeluxeedition.com/feature</span><span class="invisible">/saturday-deluxe-12-july-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rockmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockmusic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/agingrockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agingrockers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/motorcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorcycling</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a></p>
Heather Evans<p>Good morning tooters. Another weekend is here, it’s -1c at the moment, it heading up to 14c with another sunny day. Pretty frosty 🥶 in the garden but it won’t take long for the sun to melt that - once it’s gets above the hills &amp; trees to end up in part of my garden, probably another half an hour away. <br>I’m just about to shower &amp; head out for my Vinnies breakfast &amp; I’m hungry, I have had a cup of tea though. Washing is done &amp; hung out on the line, the clothes line has frozen drips on it 😄. The rest of the housework can wait until I get home.<br>Hope you all have a great <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Saturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saturday</span></a>. Take care &amp; keep warm <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/2289/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/2289/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Socialising, exercise vital to keeping seasonal affective disorder at bay in Australia’s colder cities <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cold</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/daylight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daylight</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exercise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exercise</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hobart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hobart</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pub</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SAD</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeasonalAffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeasonalAffective</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TaiChi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaiChi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WinterBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinterBlues</span></a></p>
richard<p><strong>Thoughts on WhatsApp and GoSocial</strong></p><p><span class=""><span class="">Reading Time: </span> <span class=""> 4</span> <span class="">minutes</span></span></p><p>Before Whatsapp was bought by Facebook it was a great platform for people to chat with family and friends. When Facebook bought Whatsapp, many people, including myself, migrated towards Signal to avoid remaining in the Facebook sphere of influence. Social groups, and their luddites remained on Whatsapp, so we had to revert to using Facebook owned Whatsapp.</p><p>GoSocial takes this a step further. GoSocial is a community that has a facebook page that no one can chat on, and GoSocial town groups that no one can write within. In order to write anything you need to find an activity of interest, join the chat, and then you can do the car dance.</p><p><strong>Logistics</strong></p><p>"Who is driving from Geneva?", "Who is driving from Lausanne?", "Who is at the station already" and "is there a wait list" and then the sharing of photos at the end of the activity before the group is Expired and conversation is killed off.</p><p>Due to spamming problems on Whatsapp this makes sense, but from a community point of view I find the concept absurd. I find it absurd to use a chat client to organise events on a platform owned by Facebook. For me it would be more honest to join FB groups, post events there, and then participate.</p><p>If you're using Whatsapp, not to use facebook, then you are deluded. Whatsapp is owned and controlled by Facebook. By using either you are using the same communal cesspit. After this weekend I am tempted to dump Whatsapp again, and to give up on GoSocial as a result.</p><p>Yesterday I wrote about my concern about the noise pollution from the Caribana festival and it was called hateful. If anything my comment was satirical and ironic. I do not vent on the open web. I vent in the "privacy" of Facebook, if anywhere.</p><p><strong>An Incident</strong></p><p>I wrote that I hate Crapibana, but I never aimed hate at an individual. I was venting because this event is really, really disruptive. If people can buy a house by an airport and complain about aviation noise, then I can complain about music festivals.</p><p>This was not trolling, this was not a personal attack on an individual. This was a comment within a closed community that I had perceived as a safe space. Through being attacked for my comment, and then the owner of that group trying to get into an argument privately I lost interest in the community.</p><p><strong>Posts Too Much</strong></p><p>In another community, over a year ago I was trolled and a flame war was being fanned. I quit that group. That individual bullied me for posting too much.</p><p><strong>Three Strikes</strong></p><p>In yet another whatsapp group someone with admin privileges deleted images from a group hike that I had done with someone from the group that had invited me into the chat</p><p><strong>A Healthy Community</strong></p><p>For me, based on the tweetup community, and Seesmic community in France, Switzerland and England a healthy online community where we can chat as friends about multiple topics, without worrying about being too verbose, or too active.</p><p>A healthy community on Whatsapp is like the climbing group community that I was in. Some of us used Whatsapp like a private chat in between activities and it was nice. It was nice to be social between hikes, climbs, via ferrata and other activities.</p><p>It was nice to have a group to turn to in moments of solitude.</p><p><strong>A Desire No Longer to Join Whatsapp Chats</strong></p><p>After being burned by several Whatsapp groups my desire is no longer to join them when I am invited. What I want is a place to have conversations, within a group of friends, on a regular basis. These groups don't offer that. What others want is an RSS feed of events. What I want is a convivial atmosphere and a conversational space.</p><p><strong>Enduring Contact</strong></p><p>I compromised on my principles, to use Whatsapp, and in the end there is little reward for that compromise. My solitude is almost the same as if I had not touched Whatsapp. I have met people that I want to remain in contact with but after how I was treated I have blacklisted the organiser for his open hostility towards me in the open, and his desire to have an argument in private.</p><p>Caribana and Paléo are deeply disruptive events that affect my quality of life for half a week each. I just want a little empathy. It's the apathy that got to me on Sunday afternoon. A good weekend was impacted.</p><p><strong>The Seasonal Cherry On the Cake</strong></p><p>Social media and Social Networks used to be about conversations between people that could go on for weeks, months or even years. Now utilitarian influencers have hijacked the conversation, including on Whatsapp. Remember, not everyone on Whatsapp is taking a break from married family life. For single people Whatsapp chat rooms should be a convivial space where we can have conversations in between face to face meetings.</p><p>What I want is to be invited into a dynamic conversation with likeminded people. The same is true of hikes and bike rides. After a month or two of trying out GoSocial I have come to the conclusion that it is not for me.</p><p><strong>And Finally</strong></p><p>I forgot to manage my expectations. I expect that groups will be used like social media and social networks. They are not. People take a minimalist approach and that's what I keep hitting against. If I manage my expectations better, and become a minimalist in Whatsapp chat groups then I will fit in, with all the other lurkers. If I want conversations I have Threads, Bluesky and Facebook.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/community/" target="_blank">#community</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/facebook/" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/paradox/" target="_blank">#paradox</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/social-network/" target="_blank">#socialNetwork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/socialising/" target="_blank">#socialising</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/whatsapp/" target="_blank">#whatsapp</a></p>
shem<p>I think maybe I'm just not cut out for social stuff. </p><p>I have family messaging me trying to arrange to meetup this weekend but I don't want to think about that stuff 😅 I don't want to drive anywhere or see anyone. All I want to do is write code, play games, go to the gym and do some gardening. Forever. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a></p>
Carmen Zedler<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@bojerlanski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bojerlanski</span></a></span> Dankeschön 🙏! Endlich wird mir so einiges klar. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/mingeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mingeling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/kommunikation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kommunikation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/gesellschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gesellschaft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/bildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bildung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
richard<p><strong>The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second</strong></p><p><span class=""><span class="">Reading Time: </span> <span class=""> 3</span> <span class="">minutes</span></span></p><p>Tomorrow there are at least three hikes and three bike rides that I know of. The hikes are via GoSocial and the bike rides are via Meetup. On Sunday I know of at least two to three GoSocial hikes and one Meetup hike. I have plenty of choice for what to do on weekends. In fact the choice is broader than that.</p><p>Over a week ago I signed up for a hike but over the last two weeks I have seen people say "I want to participate" without ever being told "sorry, we're full". My concern is that this will be another large hiking group with people who are out for a chat, and just happen to be walking at the same time. For some that's fine, after all it is a GoSocial hike, not a GoHike event.</p><p>If my past behaviour is an indication of future behaviour then I should avoid hikes that are too filled with people because I will eventually abandon the group and hike my own hike. If I am with 18 people then I eventually long for solitude and hike into the distance and leave the group behind. This is especially true with the Jaun to Gruyères hike. If I had followed my desire I would have dumped the group almost immediately, and almost did before lunch.</p><p><strong>Small, Tight Knit Group</strong></p><p>When I hiked with another group we were few, tight knit, and fast. We talked and we hiked fast. We stopped long enough for the group to be together again, and then we set off within seconds of becoming a single group again. That's nicer. That's comfortable. It also means that we talk with everyone in turn. We meet everyone in the group.</p><p>Whilst it's nice to find that so many people want to hike every weekend, and in such large numbers it has a cost. That cost is that extroverts get to talk, and because they're charismatic people will listen to them, rather than each other. We go from pairs of people having conversations to broadcasts where the charismatic extrovert hogs the conversation.</p><p>It's not that it matters. It's that if I hike in my thought I can go for a solitary hike.</p><p><strong>Too Large</strong></p><p>If I could, I would go on every hike, and I would be social with everyone. As I am an introvert, if the group reaches a certain size I will withdraw and walk at the front, or the back of a group, but rarely in the middle. I could go on two to three hikes tomorrow but the size is large, and I question whether I would be social.</p><p><strong>The Lure Of Cycling Groups</strong></p><p>I like to cycle, and I like to cycle with people. For at least two or three years I have thought that I should find a cycling group. Now I know of a group that meets on Saturday mornings to go for bike ride so I should experiment.</p><p>Yesterday I thought that I had signed up for a relaxed ride but for some reason it wasn't accepted. I will do a moderate ride, which I fear will knacker me. Luckily I know the climbs, and the region. We will see how slow I am compared to those that ride all the time.</p><p><strong>And Finally</strong></p><p>After such a sporty two months of hiking I have full confidence that I can do the hikes. With cycling my optic is different. I have hiked over eight hundred kilometres this year, and cycled just two hundred and twenty nine this year. This means that my legs are not yet optimal for cycling. Having said this, I got to the Signal de Bougy comfortably.</p><p>I will see how it goes.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/friendships/" target="_blank">#friendships</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/gosocial/" target="_blank">#gosocial</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/hikes/" target="_blank">#hikes</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/meetup/" target="_blank">#meetup</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/social/" target="_blank">#social</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/socialising/" target="_blank">#socialising</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/tag/walking/" target="_blank">#walking</a></p>
DamonHD<p>Unexpected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBQ</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> area!</p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>This Way of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a> Cuts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> Risk In Half </p><p><a href="https://www.spring.org.uk/2025/04/this-way-of-socialising-cuts-depression-risk-in-half.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spring.org.uk/2025/04/this-way</span><span class="invisible">-of-socialising-cuts-depression-risk-in-half.php</span></a></p>
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)<p>Why sofas in pubs need to be banned</p><p><a href="https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.</span><span class="invisible">substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned</span></a></p><p>Had a busy and distracting week, so it's made me go all totalitarian about a personal bugbear.</p><p>This is absolutely a hill I will die on, make no mistake about that.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Pubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pubs</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Sofas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofas</span></a></p>
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)<p>Why sofas in pubs need to be banned</p><p><a href="https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.</span><span class="invisible">substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned</span></a></p><p>Had a busy and distracting week, so it's made me go all totalitarian about a personal bugbear.</p><p>This is absolutely a hill I will die on, make no mistake about that.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Pubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pubs</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Sofas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofas</span></a></p>
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)<p>Why sofas in pubs need to be banned</p><p><a href="https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.</span><span class="invisible">substack.com/p/why-sofas-in-pubs-need-to-be-banned</span></a></p><p>Had a busy and distracting week, so it's made me go all totalitarian about a personal bugbear.</p><p>This is absolutely a hill I will die on, make no mistake about that.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Pubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pubs</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Sofas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofas</span></a></p>
looopTools<p>Reading blog posts like this makes me super happy <a href="https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/stoop-coffee-how-a-simple-idea-transformed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">supernuclear.substack.com/p/st</span><span class="invisible">oop-coffee-how-a-simple-idea-transformed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a></p>
Peter Guhl<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> Wiederhauen macht Freude!</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Streitkultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streitkultur</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Katzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Katzen</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a> is Leading The Way With <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BoozeFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoozeFree</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenZers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenZers</span></a> are increasingly going <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sober</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sobercurious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sobercurious</span></a> as changing norms take the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/socialpressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialpressure</span></a> off the perceived need for consuming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> to have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/gen-z-is-leading-the-way-with-booze-free-socialising" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/gen</span><span class="invisible">-z-is-leading-the-way-with-booze-free-socialising</span></a></p>
For Pete's Sake!<p>Wish me luck. I'm imminently due to be the convivial host to a couple of my wife's friends and their 10yr old autistic son.</p><p>Because he's autistic and I'm autistic and because we both enjoy Minecraft and also he's interested in mathematics and im a Mathematician... well,I've been tasked by both my wife and her friend to 'entertain' the kid.</p><p>That is, let them socialise in peace in the dining room over cheese, crackers and wine while I'm supposed look after this kid.</p><p>Wish me luck, wish me patience, wish me a bucket load of spoons. XD </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Guests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guests</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/overwhelm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overwhelm</span></a></p>
Niamh Garvey<p>After 3 days of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> over Christmas, I took a day at home today and refused all invites of visiting/ visitors. I know some people get miffed by this, but I need my days to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reset</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/refuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refuel</span></a>. <br>Took a walk and had a 2 hour nap. <br>The headache that has been building disappeared. Feel so much calmer and better tonight. Think I need to take tomorrow off socialising too, to get back to tip-top energy/ spoons (not that my spoons are ever tip-top...). <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a></p>
frankie (auto-rebootable)<p>Why Your Social Capital is Probably Worthless :blobcatgiggle: </p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why-your-social-capital-is-probably-worthless/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/why-your-so</span><span class="invisible">cial-capital-is-probably-worthless/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialising</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a></p>
Caron<p>Can never wait to leave! I'll always be first out of the door.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stayhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stayhome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>