Full clarity, I edited this so that the image wasn't miles long, full original can be seen here.

@DiddlyDonger on Twitter, "For those of you who are into older women I'll have you know I recently turned 28". A random user responds "Pushing 30 with no kids in 2026 is Crazy". Diddly replied back "You are literally homeless" and he responds "And I have a much happier future being built than your lonely one". Diddly then posts "That's not what your gofundme suggests" with a picture of some text, highlighed is "I am tens of thousands of dollars in debt" and "I have no family, friends and zero connections to help me." @DreamsTurnDark chimes in "On the one hand, men in glass houses have no business throwing stones. He was wrong for that & should've known better." Diddly then says "What do you mean men in glass houses... he doesn't have a house".
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[–] 37 points 9 months ago (20 children)

Since when was 28 "older women"?

I feel like super old and I'm only in mid-30s

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  • [–] 71 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    The original post was a tongue in cheek joke by the girl, she does not really think 28 is an older woman.

    Can people just not parse jokes or read nuance anymore?

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You know.. I was going to write a joke that 'you can't fool me, you all only exist on my phone.'

    Then I thought there probably will be AI-run forums running just for one user, and responding to their posts and comments with positivity and praise to stroke their egos, and I made myself sigh.

    And now you have to read my deluded thoughts - which is dragging me back to reality, yep.. this is the internet.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    A good number of us on the fediverse are autistic so nuance doesn’t alway get parsed properly.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    They don't know what jokes are?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, took me awhile to adjust from reddit where the default is sarcasm. You gotta remember where you are, neurodivergency abounds on the Fediverse.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm pretty new here personally and I feel way more comfortable in two weeks than I did in 12 years on Reddit.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    early 40s and I don't feel old at all. Yet my younger zoomer coworkers behave like life is over at 24-26. Last time I asked my parents (boomers), they told me they started feeling old in their early 30s. Might be a generational thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I finally feel like an adult but I think that's less to do with my age and far more to do with my family, career and financial status. Physically I'm in far better shape now than I was a decade ago, so I've got that going for me at least!

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  • Yeah idk, I'm 35 and I've felt like a teenager trapped in a slowly decaying meat prison since I was like... 17 maybe? Even as I graduated, got a job, got married, started a family... Every step it was just like "Surely this is where I finally start to feel like a real Grown-Up," and every time it just doesn't change. I still feel like a stupid teenager pretending to be an adult. One that does an alright job pretending mind you, but I still feel like I'm just pretending even after this long.

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