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@scalzi holy shit, you, john scalzi, are here on MASTODON?

i know it's not your biggest work but i will always love your contributions to Metatropolis. I still feel like it is still an all too hauntingly believable possibility for our immediate future... and that's if we're *lucky*.

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@scalzi holy shit, you, john scalzi, are here on MASTODON?

i know it's not your biggest work but i will always love your contributions to Metatropolis. I still feel like it is still an all too hauntingly believable possibility for our immediate future... and that's if we're *lucky*.

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seriously whoever decided to call this "mastodon" really fucked up bigtime and the longer it goes by that name the harder a time it's going to have being shown up by inferior newcomers like bluesky and threads. there needs to be less friction for users to get on board.

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seriously whoever decided to call this "mastodon" really fucked up bigtime and the longer it goes by that name the harder a time it's going to have being shown up by inferior newcomers like bluesky and threads. there needs to be less friction for users to get on board.

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@mcc i'm here on mastodon specifically because i'm determined to give it a chance and not just flock to bluesky. i have a bluesky but i'm on here right now for that very reason. it's just such a shame that mastodon has so much FRICTION.

I still partially blame that it isn't catchy.

Bluesky is, like every other successful platform, two syllables with fresh and bright symbolism. Blue skies are bright and cheerful things people WANT to think about...

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@mcc i'm here on mastodon specifically because i'm determined to give it a chance and not just flock to bluesky. i have a bluesky but i'm on here right now for that very reason. it's just such a shame that mastodon has so much FRICTION.

I still partially blame that it isn't catchy.

Bluesky is, like every other successful platform, two syllables with fresh and bright symbolism. Blue skies are bright and cheerful things people WANT to think about...

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@KeithPurtell ha, if it weren't for mindfulness meditation techniques i don't think i'd have survived this long XD
although for me it began to manifest in an even more extreme form where I'm suddenly outside my body looking in, unable to relate to any of the things happening in the world, just becoming completely detached and observing from an indefinite distance...
...
kinda dissociating a bit, yeah >_>;;;

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@KeithPurtell ha, if it weren't for mindfulness meditation techniques i don't think i'd have survived this long XD
although for me it began to manifest in an even more extreme form where I'm suddenly outside my body looking in, unable to relate to any of the things happening in the world, just becoming completely detached and observing from an indefinite distance...
...
kinda dissociating a bit, yeah >_>;;;

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Loner Life in Another World is cute and fun to watch. What's nice is that it demonstrates the value of humility and diligence. Protag-kun EARNS the respect of others by being resourceful, insightful, and helpful. If only more people should try that. That's actually how it works. Not that everything is transactional but that it helps a lot to have something to offer.

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Loner Life in Another World is cute and fun to watch. What's nice is that it demonstrates the value of humility and diligence. Protag-kun EARNS the respect of others by being resourceful, insightful, and helpful. If only more people should try that. That's actually how it works. Not that everything is transactional but that it helps a lot to have something to offer.

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My niece who is trans is in texas, but she tells me she's safe--for now.
But we all know how terribly suddenly things can change these days...
I've canceled all my streaming subscriptions and have been avoiding fast food and entertainment expenses. Hopefully, if she ever ends up needing an evacuation route, I might be able to deploy one by then, if I am vigilant and diligent with my planning in the interim.

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My niece who is trans is in texas, but she tells me she's safe--for now.
But we all know how terribly suddenly things can change these days...
I've canceled all my streaming subscriptions and have been avoiding fast food and entertainment expenses. Hopefully, if she ever ends up needing an evacuation route, I might be able to deploy one by then, if I am vigilant and diligent with my planning in the interim.

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Historians in the distant future will all look back in concurrence that world war 3 started when fascist colonizer Russia invaded Ukraine and then escalated when fascist colonizer Israel began genociding Palestine. More conflicts will drum up as invasive malignant ideologies emerge all over the world like the black mold on J. K. Rowling's walls. Very soon the whole world will realize it's ALREADY embroiled in conflict.
I presume China attacks Taiwan next.

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Historians in the distant future will all look back in concurrence that world war 3 started when fascist colonizer Russia invaded Ukraine and then escalated when fascist colonizer Israel began genociding Palestine. More conflicts will drum up as invasive malignant ideologies emerge all over the world like the black mold on J. K. Rowling's walls. Very soon the whole world will realize it's ALREADY embroiled in conflict.
I presume China attacks Taiwan next.

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@KeithPurtell definitely got that "this is Germany and the year is 1932" feeling permeating my life lately >_>; we are not going to get many more warnings, if any.

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@KeithPurtell definitely got that "this is Germany and the year is 1932" feeling permeating my life lately >_>; we are not going to get many more warnings, if any.

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Hoo boy my mute button is gonna be smoldering by the time I've got my feed acclimated...!

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Hoo boy my mute button is gonna be smoldering by the time I've got my feed acclimated...!

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And now I've got 2fa set up. Still gonna be a long adjustment phase, but I'll only get used to this place through effort.

Man I'm gonna be bummed if this instance turns out to have been defederated a lot... Maybe should've checked that first x_x;

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And now I've got 2fa set up. Still gonna be a long adjustment phase, but I'll only get used to this place through effort.

Man I'm gonna be bummed if this instance turns out to have been defederated a lot... Maybe should've checked that first x_x;

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@hellyeahbot honestly, can't stand when people try to give me shit about being late *BEFORE I'M LATE*
This continues to be an irritant even in adulthood. I show up to meet a friend for lunch, we're scheduled for 3pm, I show up at 2:50, he's like "Where WERE you? I've been waiting for twenty minutes!" BRUH. Don't fucking test me.

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@hellyeahbot honestly, can't stand when people try to give me shit about being late *BEFORE I'M LATE*
This continues to be an irritant even in adulthood. I show up to meet a friend for lunch, we're scheduled for 3pm, I show up at 2:50, he's like "Where WERE you? I've been waiting for twenty minutes!" BRUH. Don't fucking test me.

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@ekis it's been clear for decades that one of the two parties needs to collapse and phase out, like what happened to the whigs and the federalists. i just hoped we'd have been able to kill the GOP *instead*... and this is assuming we even GET to be a democracy after this. Perhaps the democrat party does actually need to wither away :\

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@ekis it's been clear for decades that one of the two parties needs to collapse and phase out, like what happened to the whigs and the federalists. i just hoped we'd have been able to kill the GOP *instead*... and this is assuming we even GET to be a democracy after this. Perhaps the democrat party does actually need to wither away :\

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@teeveedub what's even worse, and what i wish more people would realize, is that he's attached to an entire organization ready to stack the deck with the worst irredeemable scum imaginable. The sick dog getting in isn't the problem; it's the fleas in its coat, the diseases in its blood, and the parasites in its guts that are the problem. He's a carrier for hundreds of societal pathogens; it's already bad and the infestation hasn't even STARTED yet.

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@teeveedub what's even worse, and what i wish more people would realize, is that he's attached to an entire organization ready to stack the deck with the worst irredeemable scum imaginable. The sick dog getting in isn't the problem; it's the fleas in its coat, the diseases in its blood, and the parasites in its guts that are the problem. He's a carrier for hundreds of societal pathogens; it's already bad and the infestation hasn't even STARTED yet.

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stewing in the live+all feeds, WHEW... now THAT'S drinking from the firehose.
Now instead of being starved for content, I have a billion haystacks to search for needles within XD jeez i hope i'll have the patience to keep this up. Gotta find my 'tribe' on here all over again. Presuming they're even here instead of sequestered on private instances...

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stewing in the live+all feeds, WHEW... now THAT'S drinking from the firehose.
Now instead of being starved for content, I have a billion haystacks to search for needles within XD jeez i hope i'll have the patience to keep this up. Gotta find my 'tribe' on here all over again. Presuming they're even here instead of sequestered on private instances...

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hello world.
i was @stonehawk on x, but that places is a dumpster fire and i find myself exhausted just by looking at the place.
i tried bluesky and i exist on another instance but i don't like the closed nature of bluesky and the other instance is starting to feel too quiet and isolated for me. now to set up my profile and all that happy jazz....

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hello world.
i was @stonehawk on x, but that places is a dumpster fire and i find myself exhausted just by looking at the place.
i tried bluesky and i exist on another instance but i don't like the closed nature of bluesky and the other instance is starting to feel too quiet and isolated for me. now to set up my profile and all that happy jazz....