Anytime I mention it to people IRL they look uncomfortable before I explain it’s the federated universe of distributed social platforms.

That moment of 😬 is due to the name Fediverse sounding like ‘Fetiverse.’ These people aren’t sex obsessed. Most are tech professionals who were on Fark, SA, Digg…etc.

How do y’all navigate this homonymous quirk?

  • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
    2·
    16 hours ago

    I have no idea what fetiverse means. Neither do my friends unless they are very polite people.

    • haverholm@kbin.earth
      3·
      14 hours ago

      I guess OP means it sounds like “fetish”, but this looks like a retread of the “what if people think the fediverse logo looks like a pentagram?” hypothetical that didn’t have any root in reality either.

      • noobface@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        22·
        14 hours ago

        I wish it was hypothetical. Two slightly awkward conversations prompted this.

        • haverholm@kbin.earth
          2·
          14 hours ago

          In that case, sorry to break it to you: It’s hard to swallow (no pun intended), but sometimes you just have to accept that people of your immediate acquaintance or relation are utterly unkinky.