@grainloom @kazuma if you give a shit about actually making things better for men, you *must* realize that *bullshit gender standards are the same enemy*.
the same voice that says women should automatically get custody of children when a couple splits... is also the one saying that because they think women are the natural caretakers, *and men aren't*. it's the same voice that laughs at "stay at home dads" and rags on getting emotionally involved with your own children as "not manly".
@dankwraith the flat structure + the whole rolling desks thing is just a perfect recipe for creating a bunch of individual cliques with no recourse if you're shut out or marginalized
you cant just sweep away structures and assume everything will turn out fine, you need structures in place to check individual power, address grievances, and develop unified strategy
"But any attempt to simulate an economy risks also simulating economics, which is what we call it when millions of individual, rational decisions act together to create utter madness on a grand scale. Now, unfortunately, economics has happened to Planet Zoo."
"Sleep When I'm Dead" inspired the dream bubbles.
"The Perfect Boy"? Jake English.
"This. Here and now. With you" is just a full pesterlog that was originally a song title.
The FidoNet chapter from BBS: The Documentary (2004) is I think required viewing for fediverse admins.
Bulletin board services (BBSes) were pre-web online communities with forums, mail, games, etc. FidoNet was/is basically a volunteer-run federation layer that let BBSes communicate with each other.
The video talks about FidoNet's growing pains, especially around governance & a mismatch between what users wanted and what the sysops felt was required to maintain the net.
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.