Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Are these original? Probably not.
Did I come up with myself? Yep!
Am I proud of them? Yeah, probably disappointingly so.

"Incubitch" "Succubitch"

Other girls: make absolutely amazing electronics projects

Me: makes this monstrosity

I'd also like to remind you of this thing I made a few months ago

Other girls' bathrooms: Toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, maybe makeup

My bathroom: Circuit boards, soldering equipment, anti-static wristbands, personal protective equipment

Honestly, I find it hard to buy into the whole "dreams are messages"/"dreams have meanings" bullshit. I have way too many dreams and my dreams are way too surreal to have any sort of deeper meaning. I mean come on, last night I dreamt I knocked out Canelo halfway through the fight, then proceeded to continue fighting him and used a bicycle to stop him from getting to me and knocking me out in the last round in order to fight him to a draw. What the hell kinda message or meaning is that?!?!

"Dreams are messages!"

Yeah, I'm sure they are. So, uh, you wanna interpret the message I received last night, when I dreamed I was fighting Canelo Alvarez? Because I'd sure like to know what the hell that whole thing was about.

What about that dream I had a few years ago where I got fucked by my best friend in a china shop?

Also, what about the fact I have dreams almost every night? That sure is a lot of messages to be receiving. How much of that is spam?

@mavica honestly, i just went for the cheapest piece of plastic and lens i could find and it seems to work pretty well for me. in doing so, you are kinda taking a chance on how comfortable it'll be (mine has a hard corner that rests right on my nose and it hurts after a while), but that kinda issue aside, whatever you find will probably do the job just fine.

update: things seem to be getting resolved. we're actually talking about this and i'm apologizing for causing them anxiety. this is good. we can handle this.

oh, how i love my brain. someone posted a horrifying bit of hentai in a discord server i'm in, and i responded, letting them know how horrified i was, largely but not completely joking. they apologized and deleted it. now i feel bad. thanks, brain. worse yet, i don't know how to respond. i didn't intend for them to take it down, so "thanks" doesn't feel right, but i also don't feel like explaining this is a good response. uuuuuggggghhhh anxiety.

So, a while back, I drew some transition goals for myself. I'm pleased to report decent process, even without having yet started HRT

Did someone say something about you that's pissing you off? Don't just get angry! Stop, take a deep breath, calm yourself down before you reach full-on anger mode, then re-read what they said, taking particular care not to take it personally just yet. It's possible you've misunderstood what they said, and there might be a much better way of responding than to get angry. It's possible that it is personal and they're saying what you thought they said, but don't just assume! Respond, don't react.

Voting won't win any lasting structural changes, but it is the difference between life and death for anyone who isn't a straight, white, wealthy cis male. It's not meaningful in the long-term, but it is harm reduction and stops many of your potential allies from being killed.

@Nervengift The fun part is when someone (say, me) comes up and goes, say, "Hmm. I use and really like both vim and emacs...which bathroom do I use?" then stands there for 10 minutes trying to figure it out before giving up and finding a bathroom elsewhere

@hope@weirder.earth @esvrld@octodon.social Fascinating! I wasn't aware of that term

From a (very small) bit of research, it seems then that a good term might be "anthropophage".

@calendarbot nice