I'm too stubborn to stop now. I figured it out finally. The issue is whoever packaged this for nix didn't (or couldn't) factor in needing to run instance gen *before* it makes the folders on your system. I ended up having to make my own pleroma user and do the steps in a very specific order. But my god I finally got it. Almost. Now I can't create a new user cause of a new error lol.
