orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

There's a whole book, called "How to Read Donald Duck," about how fucked these comics were. Like honestly. If it sounds like I'm joking, it's only because of how blatantly obvious the message is for the ~exotic~ adventures of a character named Uncle Scrooge.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 13, 2019, 03:52

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 13, 2019, 03:52

Sep 13, 2019, 03:52

Sarah Hertzke @shietka@mastodon.social

We shit on Batman a lot for being a rich guy beating up the mentally ill and the poor, but you know who gets way too slack? Uncle Scrooge. I know we all love his little pogo cane, but c'mon.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 12, 2019, 22:11

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**Sarah Hertzke** @shietka@mastodon.social · Sep 12, 2019, 22:11

Sep 12, 2019, 22:11

So the big Humble Store sale is over, but they're doing an "Encore" now, which means a much smaller selection of titles is on sale for a brief time. And of course there are some Steam and Nintendo sales going on, so here comes a new Games On Sale Recommendation Thread.
#indiegames #sales

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 22:19

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 22:19

Sep 12, 2019, 22:19

@melissasage I remove the tea bag and suck on it really hard

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 19:44

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 19:44

Sep 12, 2019, 19:44

Missed the opportunity to legally rename myself Video James

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 18:49

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 18:49

Sep 12, 2019, 18:49

Dipshit Official @bulkington@radical.town

@melissasage C.J. Cherryh

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 19:39

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**Dipshit Official** @bulkington@radical.town · Sep 11, 2019, 19:39

Sep 11, 2019, 19:39

Forgotten thing: Rudy Giuliani attempted to suspend elections because of 9/11

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 16:55

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 16:55

Sep 12, 2019, 16:55

@Nine It really, really is though. I never liked my GBA as much as my Game Boy Color, but that one really stood out.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 16:46

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 16:46

Sep 12, 2019, 16:46

moving to @ni.hil.ist @blkstarseed@anarchism.space

@Nine I remember that game.

I got it on release from Game Stop, and the employee was looking at me, like wtf, why are you so excited about a GBA game?

It was definitely disappointing, though Astro Boy by Treasure that same year(?) was a treat.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 12, 2019, 11:13

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**moving to @ni.hil.ist** @blkstarseed@anarchism.space · Sep 12, 2019, 11:13

Sep 12, 2019, 11:13

Someone asked why “listen to POC” is a problem

The problem is that too many white people take it as a substitute for

A. Actually thinking critically about dismantling whiteness for themselves

B. An invitation to listen to liberal POCs whose writing and words make them feel good but don’t actually dismantle whiteness

Or C. at worst, line the coffers of self proclaimed anti-racist whites like Tim wise or robin d’angelo.

When they could have read the black radical tradition

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 12, 2019, 10:12

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**Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ)** @benjancewicz@mastodon.social · Sep 12, 2019, 10:12

Sep 12, 2019, 10:12

Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) @benjancewicz@mastodon.social

Important Tip for those in need

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:48

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:48

Sep 12, 2019, 04:48

Sexual abuse

Though "Maggie May" has pretty dreary lyrics. And is about a real thing that happened to a 16 year old Rod Stewart

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:39

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:39

Sep 12, 2019, 04:39

Sexual abuse

It's the more depressing cousin of "Maggie May"

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:36

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Sep 12, 2019, 04:36

Sep 12, 2019, 04:36

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

Sexual abuse

I've been listening to Cayetana's version of "Age of Consent" a lot. I think it's about a younger person coming of age and standing up to someone who has been sexually abusing them since before they could legally say no. Which has been helpful in working through some trauma. I like their version better than New Order's because they put some actual emotion in it.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 12, 2019, 00:54

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Sep 12, 2019, 00:54

Sep 12, 2019, 00:54

me, instructing someone how to use the instrument I just invented, which is played like a kazoo but produces notes that sound exactly like Waluigi noises: blow it out the wazoo

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 20:55

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**Doc Edward Morbius ❌** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Sep 11, 2019, 20:55

Sep 11, 2019, 20:55

Doc Edward Morbius ❌ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

@unlofl Longer list:

http://kizu514.com/blog/forbidden-file-names-on-windows-10/

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 05:19

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**fujoshi in law** @Zero_Democracy@jorts.horse · Sep 11, 2019, 05:19

Sep 11, 2019, 05:19

9/11

If you must wag fingers, go after people nosalgic for the fever pitch nationalism of beating Sikh cab drivers up for not having enough flag stickers, those who supported invasions, and people like Mayor Pete who use the forever war as a way to build their resumes. We watched the seeds sewn during the Cold War and the hideous imperial victory lap of the 1990s bloom in a society-altering act of violence that destroyed our parents' brains.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

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**fujoshi in law** @Zero_Democracy@jorts.horse · Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

9/11

The proto-stage of post-9/11 American fascism was made to stomp out objections to our obscene post-Cold War victory lap across the planet. All Bush's retinue of ghouls really had was an excuse, and the will to actually start crossing lines outside of "special circumstances" and let hypernormalization do its thing.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

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**fujoshi in law** @Zero_Democracy@jorts.horse · Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

Sep 11, 2019, 18:19

9/11

We were always going to get here, somehow, specific collective trauma or no. We had it locked and loaded. We would have found an excuse to become what we are. And given how we treated the world, someone was going to take a shot at us anyway, so I guess that worked out. Ultimately, remember that while much is said about Obama inheriting Bush's powers, so did Bush inherit from Clinton.

**orthogonal to alive** · Sep 11, 2019, 18:18

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**fujoshi in law** @Zero_Democracy@jorts.horse · Sep 11, 2019, 18:18

Sep 11, 2019, 18:18

9/11

That episode was from 2000 or 2001. That's really what liberals were like back then, happy to watch the moves towards cops getting Imperial Stormtrooper powers to step on dissidents, happy to see climate activists jailed while losing interest in the people who gave us McVeigh. Then 9/11 happened and all the cops were just the WTO cops and everyone could be thrown down the same hole as someone who spiked trees or sabotaged construction equipment.