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Re: "i also find myself in a dilemma. i don't like to write in..."
I have to admit, I’m absolutely the stereotype of an ignorant Westerner here: the extent of my knowledge of Armenia is that I’m vaguely aware of its rough location, the Armenian genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This is embarrassing for me to say, but your post made me think about Armenia not just as some abstract geopolitical entity but as a community of human beings.
Yes, this is an indication of the extent to which our contexts differ, but I think it also shows that communication can bridge that gap. Obviously you should write in whatever language suits your taste and values, but I know I’d be interested in reading more.
Although I do slightly resent having to remember another red/blue/yellow tricolour 😁
Jul 14 · 6 months ago
🍄 Ruby_Witch · Jul 14 at 06:57:
I spent some time in Yerevan before the revolution, and it was both depressing and inspirational at the same time. I'll stick with the inspirational part: I remember in the mornings people walking out of those ruins which you mentioned, which were obviously difficult living conditions, dressed in their finest suits and ties to head to work. I think that's a good representation of the Armenian people, trying as hard as they can to live a good life despite whatever situation they may find themselves in at the moment.
I don't think you need to worry about writing in English. Write in Armenian or Esperanto if you please. Perhaps for you the audience isn't the important part, it's getting the words out.
heh, i certainly prefer this rainbow flag version, proposed for the first republic of armenia by artist martiros sarian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Armenia#/media/File:Saryan_-_Flag_Rainbow.svg
alas the first armenian republic gov in 1918 didn't appreciate it and chose the tricolor. maybe that was also a logistical question (i guess?) and they decreased poor state expenses with that? or maybe they wanted to be like any new nation state, with the three colour flag?
we, the decentralization/freedom oriented community like this sarian's rainbow version to the extent it is used in many places, as a logo of թութ.հայ mastodon instance, or as logo of sarian@conference.jabber.am xmpp group or as favicon of link sharing lobsters based site https://սարեան.ցանցառներ.հայ. this correlates with the revival of the dark and not popular sarian street, which is full of cafeterias now and became people's number one destination to walk or socialize. i guess that's because the street is of course narrow, plus it is not straight, it is part of the circle, which makes it interesting.
well if i write on bubble, i'll write in english. maybe it'll become the place i keep a gemlog. maybe i'll create a separate gemlog as i always like doing.
maybe i'll try to install tootik and will try to socialize from there via activity pub. let's see.
currently i am using socialhome, and this software is barely maintained and has many problems. plus it causes the main load on my server. neither diaspora nor mastodon do that. i chose it because i wanted to write in one place, instead of two - mastodon and diaspora. i ran a diaspora node since september 28, 2012.needed to keep my diaspora connections, mostly foreign, and write once for all networks.
Thanks for your post. I've seen many dual / multiple language capsules here... I assume it was whatever language the author felt like writing in at the time. I'm glad this place can be diverse in language and expression but I do understand your points about exposure and reach of the messages.
I appreciate hearing your perspective on this. We all could stand to have more context in our lives.
thank you!
i guess it is better to keep bbs.geminispace.org to be mainly english language community.
i think someone can self host the esperanto version. i would maybe try to host armenian version. just i guess those two capsules would not be populated, and not sure those will have content.
anyway for the future i think it'll be good if bubble gets some gettext or other support for translation. but today i guess esperanto community on gemini space is not strong enough to have own bubble instance.
same with armenian community.
but yes, seeing capsules in different languages on gemini space is what i also enjoy. i may run tootik one day.
i also find myself in a dilemma. i don't like to write in english. but it is the language of communication between different people. today. but that's today. is the end of history here? don't get me wrong, i am not someone who watches russian state channels. (: well, maybe you are, but then probably we are not friends. and i am not someone who wants to write texts that are very abstract and are important without a context, are timeless. i believe in 'medium is the message'. i believe '...