Butterbee (She/Her)

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: January 27th, 2023
  • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orgtoChat@beehaw.org•do you consider yourself to be religious or otherwise spiritual, Beehaw?English
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    1 year ago

    I am, very much, not religious. My father is Catholic, my mother doesn’t go into her spirituality but it’s not Christian. So I was taught about different things and given the choice to believe in what makes sense to me. If there’s one way to describe what feels to me like what I imagine faith to be like to someone who’s religious it would be the messages of hope and of passion for discovery and learning that Carl Sagan showed. The Pale Blue Dot speech is a sermon. It inspires me to be a better person and to try and be the change in the world that I want to see. But ultimately science doesn’t know everything and at some point even with it you must make assumptions and have “faith” in the process.

    As far as divinity goes, I’ve always struggled to believe. I just don’t see the extraordinary evidence that would be required for me to say “Oh, that makes a divinity-free universe impossible”. And by the same token it is impossible to prove that the universe was not crafted by some all powerful being last Thursday with all our billions of years of history baked in for us to pour through. So I figure, I’ll find out on my last day and until then I’ll just focus on being as good a person as I can be.

  • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orgtoChat@beehaw.org•Why a mass exodus from Reddit won't be so good for LemmyEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So one of the defenses we have against this is the federated nature of lemmy. It’s not “Lemmy” that you join. It’s an instance run by some people you hopefully have found to align with your values. That instance does not need to grow large on its own for the whole network to be strong and you can maintain moderation in the instance by limiting then number of members joining. This doesn’t weaken Lemmy, there are other instances that denied applicants can go to and they can all interact. Think of it like a bus service where if one bus is too full, you can just catch the next one. Except the next bus is already there waiting for you. It may just be enough of a disruption to stop a hivemind from moving in and taking over entirely, especially if instances are founded on a strong sense of culture. Beehaw certainly has its own culture compared to other instances and that’s a great thing to hold on to when lot’s of people show up and want things to work here exactly how they worked elsewhere.

    Edit: We don’t WANT to host the mass exodus from reddit. But if during that exodus a bunch of people who find they like our way of doing things better happen to join us then that’s amazing.

  • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orgtoChat@beehaw.org•a more formal beehaw introduction threadEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hello, I’m Butterbee. I’m a transwoman in her 40’s who joined Beehaw at the end of January and have been mostly just browsing. My activity should be picking up; It’s energizing seeing all the new folk come by!

    I’m into -3d art, mostly textures and materials but I have an appreciation for all aspects of the craft. -Gaming! I play euro truck sim 2, rimworld, and Overwatch though that’s been less and less and less and now practically none thanks to the sad state Blizzard has put themselves, their employees, and their games in. But I love that colourful optimistic heroic aesthetic. Maybe I’ll find another game with the same vibe. I will also play just about any coop game with friends. -Urbanism. I’m more on the NotJustBikes side than F*KCars. I love my ebike and want to see more changes in my community that allow me to get around without using an automobile. If we get an urbanist community here, I’ll be in there. -I am also fond of bees.

    I can also bee found at @Butterbee@mastodon.art

    Beeeehaw!!