Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

calcifer @calcifer@masto.hackers.town

1/2/2026, 5:24:46 PM

Public

I really struggle with the concept of “deserving” good things. It just feels… off to me.

I don’t understand why it matters. I think I want to live in a world where we do good things because we can and because people matter to us, not because those people are owed it or have earned it.

What good I do in the world I don’t do because the other person deserves it, I do it because I want to be the kind of person that does good. I don’t understand why anyone cares whether it’s deserved.

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