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I never actually did #introductions (only a joke about a toot about food being my introduction)… so…
Hi! I'm Linus, I'm 25, and I'm slightly boring. I toot about being sad and I don't have any tag-able interests that I can think of, sorry. Cats are great, but I don't have any. I'm shy, even on the internet.
Uhm. #feminism & #anarchism are good and important, but I toot more floof than politics.
I'm #genderqueer/#nonbinary & #bi & #ace & #aro. And #neurodivergent and thus #neuroqueer, I guess.
@slooploon did you follow yourself after you tooted these toots? in this case they probably just didn't make it to this instance because nobody from here was following the account. otherwise… this sounds like evil magic is involved, probably :o
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I appreciate birbsite's efforts to provide us with an influx of new users every time things seem like they might settle down
13. For myself (this is not about what other people should do! Always use the language that works best for you to describe yourself), I don't like using the word dysphoria for the corresponding feelings. It feels too medical, and too much like a fallacious legitimisation, because of the way it is used to delegitimize others.
@Sunflowermind@mastodon.social I think so!!! (did you see the post about bi tattoo ideas where someone said they have a bee for B)
12. I avoid asexual spaces at the moment… Online because they often center around debunking anti-ace bs and that is just so stressful, and offline because I had a weird discussion with someone once that got really personal for me and I think the group probably hates my for (almost? idk) crying there and I can't ever see them again m)
11. I currently don't drink coffee, but I still drink tea. But from my estimates that is still less caffeine than I got from coffee, and I think maybe I'm still not used to it after more than a month?! Or maybe I'm just more depressed or summer is making me tired. We'll never know.
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Omg how did i not know about halycon before now? it solves all my accessibility problems with mastodon. whaaaaaaaaa this is perfect
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@cassolotl I started doing this on the French #MastoWiki. But the only one finished for now is #WitchesTown.
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Does anyone publish #reviews of #Mastodon #instances (not just a list with stats, but info like "this one is especially for musicians" or "this one has a lot of lefty activism talk" etc).
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Relatedly, I think saying that "hashtag" is a pronunciation of the symbol # misses an important detail. When someone says "hashtag" aloud (like John Oliver's running joke), it doesn't just imply the use of the # sign, like saying "pound" or "octothorpe". Instead, like saying "quote" or "quote-unquote," it is a modifier for the spoken words that follow, grouping them and indicating how they would/should be written.
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But in a way it recapitulates in microcosm the history of written language: If emoticons and then emoji are direct visual representations (smiling face -> happiness) whose meaning depends on context (floppy disk -> obsolete technology, nostalgia) almost like determinatives in hieroglyphics, then using hypothetical filenames (smol snek finger bop.gif, cheezburger cat.jpg) removes direct visual representation.
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If the name of a file is a part of that file, then this would be some type of synecdoche, I suppose.
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What's the name for the rhetorical device of using a filename, or hypothetical filename, to stand for a bit of media? E.g., if I just typed
darth-vader-noooooo.gif
or, alternatively,
sad-trombone.mp3,
the meaning comes across through common (sub)cultural currency, without my actually including a picture or a sound.
10. I don't own anything in rainbow colors. My preferences for the colors around me are very specific and don't include red, yellow or orange.
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When your keyboard matches your wallpaper. 👌 https://computerfairi.es/media/TmeFIldZPLJDpifwcWE https://computerfairi.es/media/Sa8eC6k60v4dvH_aU-8 https://computerfairi.es/media/m8-_6oD2ADXvh8Nc8mY
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defeated by the fidget spinner...
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You suddenly realize you left Earth.exe open over night. What was supposed to be a simple simulation has instead generated a "Humans" folder that is rapidly increasing in size.
#writingprompts #writing
smol cat learning about the cyber machines. EN & DE. they, it / per, es, ersie, xier. @maunzikation @maunzikation
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