They have been blocking my VPN provider for over a year now, demanding a log-in. Sometimes a link accidentally takes me there, so occasionally I get to confirm they are still blocking it. Not that I really care, I can find the info elsewhere, or if I cannot, I do not need it.

What the fuck, that was the cringiest shit I have seen for a long while. I want to thank you stranger, but I also do not, since you exposed me to that! Lmao.

It’s refreshing to have someone point out things instead of just downboating you.

This is essentially, why I try to do it. I think there would be a lot less miscommunication, and overall better discussion athmosphere, if people just stopped to say, “hey, you sound like [this], maybe you did not mean it”, instead of just downvoting - or worse, starting to hurl insults around. Nobody learns a thing, if there is no good feedback given. I know this sometimes just pisses people off, but I think it is still worth to try. Sometimes I get discussions like this one, afterall!

And I think I understand, what you mean with the difficulty, of conveying an unordinary life. I like to keep things more private here, but every time I explain the downward spiral of unfortunate things, and new and new chronic illnesses, my life has been so far, to someone, it sounds like a bad sitcom…

I like lemmy too, since I can have interactions like this, where there is communication failure, but we can figure it out. Keep writing, it is not selfish! There are always people like me, who enjoy reading the comments :)

Yeah, no, I did not mean to imply you did not do all that, that is a communication failure on my part. Just pointing out, that your wording about not bragging, made your message read as something else, than what you likely meant. Unintentionally failing at communication is a big issue online, and I often try to point out, where the miscommunication happened, so that can be avoided in the future. That does not save me too, from failing from time to time, though.

I don’t like to brag

Hey now, no need to lie. If you had said it while appearing more honest, something like “I wanna brag, because I have put so much effort into this”, you might have gotten a better response. Now it just sounds like, you are bragging, and also a liar.

They did something good-seeming in good faith, and someone else used that, for something evil later on. You would need the power to see into the future, to prevent stuff like that. If we are all to blame for something so indirect, then what does being responsible even mean anymore? That does not mean we should not strive to correct those wrongs, yes. But I do not think it makes you responsible for them either.

To be fair, you did not know, how what you build, would end up being used. How could you, especially since you were working for a non-profit, that helped teachers? It is not like you were building something obviously dangerous, weapons or some shit. Maybe you feel responsible, but expecting everyone to just not do anything, in fear of it being potentially misused for something nefarious, is no way to live. That way none should do anything.

Only secretly!