Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

I mean, step 3 was mildly scary. Step 4 is difficult just for finding people nearby and not on the other fucking side of the state (which, in Texas, is a very long ways). Step 6 is...well, you know...

Step 1: Get app. Okay.
Step 2: Create account. Okay.
Step 3: Create profile w/ picture. ...Okay.
Step 4: Find someone you like. Okay...ish
Step 5: Wait for them to return the gesture. Okay.
Step 6: Message them. ...
...
...
What.

I have not figured out what's past step 6.

"Alright, stop!"
*Rocket crashes into ground and explodes*
"Well, that's *technically* stopping!"

To be fair, this is stuff you should know, but it's okay if you don't. You can find info on this stuff elsewhere, unlike, say, what "fractela" or "mh" are. You'll learn those over time.

Of course, you're also expected to know the standard set of text abbreviations (e.g. imo, fwiw), queer terms (including the rare ones), technology terms (you did do the training course, right?), and politics terms (like the difference between a demsoc and a socdem).

All of this knowledge should be found in the introductory textbook that your instance's admin will be sending you. If it hasn't arrived in 3 to 5 weeks, please call 1 555-555-4429 for assistance.

A #mastomonday quick tip: If you're new, you may see terms and abbreviations thrown around that don't immediately make sense. Here's a handy guide:
lb: last boost
mh: mental health
ph: physical health
ec: eye contact
spoons: a way of expressing mental energy/willpower
fractela: rare (in my experience, anyways), but basically means "no context"
pol: politics (might have region, e.g. uspol, ukpol, itpol)

Hopefully, this helps you understand things a bit better than I did when I first joined

Like, I don't mind on a site like youtube or vimeo because, well, I'm there to watch videos. If a video I've chosen starts autoplaying, that's all well and good. But when some fucking cooking site tries to autoplay some completely unrelated video to the recipe I'm trying to read, it's a travesty and deserves the deepest of condemnation. Extra condemnation if they autoplay video *with audio*.

Autoplay video on sites that aren't explicitly video sites (e.g. Youtube) is a plague on the internet and ought be eliminated.

I just finished drawing this picture of a kitsune girl and just. Like. Oh god oh geez oh wow I'm gay.

(img cw: ec)