Duv Jones 🇨🇦 @duvjones@mastodon.social

I know, mastodon is pretty awesome as a community.
That said, there ARE things that can be learned from the bird-site... and things that we should avoid that bird-site simply enables.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM!!!
https://youtu.be/wAIP6fI0NAI

So aside of the issue with ownership of content, I have to wonder why Apple Inc. jumped into a saturated market like streaming. Particularly when you consider the 800 lbs. Gorilla that is Disney, with Netflix being dangerous close to that size.

It seems as if they are grasping at straws now that the smartphone market has surpassed them for a while.

It really bugs me that not only do some people think what happened is ok. That it is spread so easily.

It is really insulting that this boi goes shooting up people just peaceful observing there faith.

You know, I find it surprising that most have only just realized that personal data is the currency of the internet. It's been that way for a while.

#toku #tokusatsu #garo #KamiNoKibaJinga
Garo is awesome.

Jinga is an asshole. An entertaining asshole, but an asshole. Him getting a series of his own? Great.

Man, getting ready for Broly.

@ForteWily
@duvjones
The nature of fandom is such that, when left to their own devices, feverish devotion in members can lead to loud, radical actors.

It is something that I have grown to hate in fandom and in myself.
Still with out the passion, a fandom dies, so what to do about it...
This has some suggestions.
http://4url.in/Kk7Rb4Ol

@ForteWily
@duvjones

I am not perfect, nor demand that from other fan. I do what I can to gauge my passions and expectations, because every person in a fandom (like it or not) is the face of it and all it takes is one comment to have things begin to go south.

Also, fandoms still have not quite got use to the fact that we are closer to the creators than ever before. Social Media is partly to blame for that, but the nature of fandom itself is also to blame.

Maybe it is me, but nerd culture has been in disarray for the last few years. One of the reasons that I post here on mastodon is that the vitriol on twitter can get so eminence that it is hard to tune it out (and when it involves real-world reactions, I can't).

I am a quiet dude most days and enjoy discussion on my passions. When fandoms I'm involved with get toxic, I feel ashamed and responsible for things getting out of hand.

@MTO
So, how are you liking mastodon?

Honestly, this has been a dog of a year. I am glad that it is over soon. I am looking forward to improving the project that is me next year.
Hope that your year is a good one... Happy new year, mastodon.

"A decentralized network is also more resilient to censorship–and I do mean the real kind, not the 'they won’t let me post swastikas' kind." - @Gargron

This is where we are now, this is the sad world we live in that this isn't self evident.
He is right, but the fact that this needs to be explained is sobering.

You know, it is pretty damn sad when the scientific definition of the reproductive organs can't be uttered during debate on a law based in that topics.

So Trump honestly thinks that he can get away with this? Ok. Good luck with that.

Part of me hopes that with Tumblr being arbitrary when it come to porn, and it's algorithm being all kinds of messed up....

More anime fan artists consider the fedverse as a place to communicate to potential fans.

The year of the Linux desktop... It might be dead and I consider that a good thing.

@fox
Interesting article

Reading up on Steve King, that little piece of scum has been a low-hanging rotten fruit fur years. If the GOP think that by removing him that they ended the problem of bigots in the party... They are more idiotic than Trump (which is saying something).

This problem is systematic, the rot goes all the way to the root.

So I got nailed by the post workers strike, oh well.