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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

constantly amazed by the speed at which crafting and gardening communities go from zero to toxic cuntishness

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ditto for some new mothers’ groups, in my unfortunate experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have the opposite problem. Not a mother = incomprehensible alien.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve got the ‘am a mother but STILL an incomprehensible alien’ thing going on over here, lol

Taleya’s spot on - it was like being back in high school and trying to join the bitchy girls’ clique. So nasty

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nooo… I was thinking about joining some again

How are artists, are they snobby like the stereotype?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the groups start off good, but then they start getting weirdly cliquey, then it's like high school all over again. Insane

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It seems like that with everything I join. Getting pretty over it