UniversalMonk

What do you mean? This username is very lucky. It's why I have it on so many instances.

And I'm glad you are proud of me. I really feel the love.

How's the new year going with you? New president, new awesome direction. Fun, right?

Thanks, friend. I've been having a lot of luck since November. :)

No, you don't. You used that expression as a passive-aggressive way to make me feel like I said something stupid.

You started this whole conversation by trying to insult me. But I'm not insulted at all. I love explaining the concept of the fediverse to echo-chamber lovers like you.

People like you make me glad Trump won. Because you deserve it. :)

I'm having good luck. Thanks, friend!

I'm no rebel. I'm a guy who retired early and has lots of time on my hands. And I celebrate diversity of opinion. You know, kind of like what the fediverse is supposed to stand for.

Don't worry, you can definitely stick to your echo-chambers. Plenty of instances are all for that too!

Donkon, amiko!

Trump is blatantly violating the first amendment rights of federal employees. A business could fire someone for putting pronouns in their emails, the president however, cannot.

I disagree. But I guess we'll find out what the courts say. Thanks, friend!

PTB

Is it true that the number of accounts you have is higher than your IQ?

Yes.

And I also started a bunch of instances because I can run off my own servers now.

But don't worry, the new instances won't be under the UniMonk name. Hmmm, I wonder what those names will be?! Meh, if I told you, that'd ruin the fun, right?!

Looks like I'm not going to go away. :)

Donkon, amiko!

Yep!

Yep, Boost is what I use too! Love it!

As in punished by going to jail. You won't be thrown in jail for calling your boss an asshole (or even a "jerk")--thanks to free speech. But you can def get fired for calling your boss an asshole or a jerk.

And plenty of people do.

If it were as cut-and-dry as you say, then people wouldn't be fired for posting shit on facebook, even in an unofficial capacity. And that has happened under BOTH political parties.

I'm not arguing fair or not fair. I'm just saying how it's interpreted by our legal system.

Freedom of speech means you can't go to prison for saying something.

It doesn't mean you don't have to face whatever consequences your workplace chooses.

Example: You can call your boss an asshole. You can't go to jail for calling him an asshole--because of freedom of speech. But you can very much get fired for calling him an asshole. :)