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Jared Erondu

So now that we have Posts, how has it been impacting your Mastodon usage (if you’re on it)?

jedmund
Replying to @erondu

Posts is a much narrower community, so hasn’t affected it. It’s nice because a lot of my industry friends are here, but I have no desire to talk about or be around designers 100% of the time and that’s my main worry going forward. Without other viewpoints, things stale quickly.

Jared Erondu
Replying to @jedmund

Totally here this. I can see my industry friends *attempting* to talk about other stuff 😅 but a lot of the topics are design-adjacent. So I’ll likely continue to explore Mastodon. That said, it’s refreshing how simple, lightweight, and respectful things have been on here.

Sho Kuwamoto
Replying to @erondu @jedmund

I like both, but somehow I don’t feel feel 100% comfortable on either. I feel like mastodon tries really hard to be a good place but to me it sometimes feels self righteous. Posts, meanwhile, feels familiar because of the design community but I’m not a designer…

Sho Kuwamoto
Replying to @erondu @jedmund

I just want a place for me to be able to post dumb stuff tbh

jedmund
Replying to @erondu @skuwamoto

oh no an avocado allergy sucks, do you know what started it? i knew someone in college with a tomato allergy (= no ketchup, pizza, etc) and i think i’d die

Jared Erondu
Replying to @jedmund @skuwamoto

Started a month after I moved to NYC :( Sep 2020

Jillian Milja
Replying to @erondu @jedmund @skuwamoto

My condolences, I developed an avocado allergy after I moved to NYC too (but it went away when I moved to California 🤷‍♀️)

Sho Kuwamoto
Replying to @jillymilja @erondu @jedmund

Wait what? Are New York avocados different somehow?

Jillian Milja
Replying to @skuwamoto @erondu @jedmund

Haha pretty sure they were all either California or Mexico grown, I could never figure it out

Jared Erondu
Replying to @jillymilja @skuwamoto @jedmund

What??? I’m really starting to wonder about this NYC thing. I ate avocados for nearly a decade in California just fine. Then NYC tried to kill me.

Emily Willis
Replying to @erondu @skuwamoto @jedmund

I am also allergic to avocado! Solidarity and my sympathies!

Jared Erondu
Replying to @em_bird @skuwamoto @jedmund

🤝 how long have you been allergic? I miss them so much 😭

Emily Willis
Replying to @erondu @skuwamoto @jedmund

Oh gosh for maybe two decades now? It’s rough, especially at sushi or Mexican restaurants. Most folks are nice but there’s always one server every so often that raises an eyebrow at me and I feel like I have to be like “I’m SO sorry - I’m really not a picky eater! I promise!”

Emily Willis
Replying to @erondu @skuwamoto @jedmund

Do you have that problem too?

Jared Erondu
Replying to @em_bird @skuwamoto @jedmund

Yeah every now and then for sure 😞

Sho Kuwamoto
Replying to @erondu @jedmund

Oh no!! An avocado allergy!!