This is a shared account, so our #introduction also kind of covers why. We both come from dysfunctional working-class families from #Spain, i.e. carry the generational trauma of a fascist regime whose narrative and power structures linger to this very day. Class divide is a knife that can cut any relationship apart, and resentment is the pervasive commonplace when victims and executioners have had unclear roles for almost a century. Family is a meaningless word if you have never experienced safety from it.
We moved in together almost ten years ago, but met on #MySpace a dozen years earlier. Staying in touch was our main motivation for using social networking sites back then, so we gradually stopped using them over the last decade, a process stimulated by #enshittification. But we've hoped to get back what we enjoyed about having an internet connection. So far we've benefitted more from boundaries around us than between us, as we have always longed for a sense of community and the safe atmosphere that comes with it. So here we are. Together.
So yeah, being singled out is one of those things we would like to skip over. But the Fedi is about people, so here are some particulars:
Al holds the poise (and the knees) of an #OldArseSkateboarder :verified: that has spun vinyl on enough parties to turn down any plan that requires going to bed after midnight.
Al is #AuDHD :verified: enough to fail at any attempt to be approachable but also set any conversation on fire with a single word; quite fluent at computering, though.
Cosmo is a #BritishShorthair :verified: with no pedigree but all the phlegm. Probably wondering why we're not feeding him rn.