Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Starve state violence of attention
dismantle the structures that allow it
film it if you see it. Take receipts
Break the cycle. Because it's not OK.

Dark Patterns https://www.darkpatterns.org/

“Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something. The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them.”

#ux

Hat tip to @rebutte

proposal: constructions such as "45 out of 10" or "-8 out of 10" do not merely represent hyperbole, but a reimagining of the scale from 0 to 10 as the scale of normalcy instead of the scale of possibility

instead of asking, "how cool is this compared to the coolest theoretically possible thing?", such phrasings ask, "how cool is this compared to what one would expect if something was supposed to be cool?" and express how far beyond that threshold the thing goes

I want more .txt websites. Human-readable text-only websites. The only allowed interaction, is scrolling.

Also by this logic: if someone gets a full-ride scholarship for, say, comp sci, then why are they not prohibited from creating a profitable startup and taking VC money?

"They get a full-ride to $good_school, that's payment enough"

Only the greatest of the greatest players get full-ride scholarships. The majority of 60 or so people on a college football team pay for their own schooling.

College athletes should be able to make money; the only people who say otherwise are racist fans and racist school officials.

you wouldnt vape a beyblade

How to Get Married in Texas

if you think that you can’t be nonbinary because you think you don’t look androgynous this is your reminder that you don’t owe anyone androgyny. if you feel enby, you are, and i love you.

learn a lesson from kitties and don't be afraid to ask for what you want, mew. you deserve the things you want!

for example: pls pet me!