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@eblu the whole ecosystem is diseased, imo. i get where the "blame" lies

i just keep getting reminded of that every time i try to recreationally use linux on old computers and it does not convince me to ever drop windows as a daily driver

@eblu file-roller nautilus and gstreamer are still there after --no-install-recommends

file-roller?? nautilus??? i just want one single damn font viewer why doesn't linux just have this built in why do i need to install a midi converter to view fonts what the fuck

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quick question why is package font-manager trying to install package fluid-soundfont-gm

@mrencyclopedia "not meant personally" hits the nail on the head. like i've often said before, social media is anything but.

i might seem cranky and dying on a very specific hill every other month about this stuff but like for how much we collectively agree that microblogging is a cancer on the internet and that by copying twitter the fediverse is far from exempt from it it sure feels like the same people are hellbent on perpetuating the worst brainrot about it

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favourites are not sympathy, and especially on the fediverse favourites are not an algorithm booster

reply or boost if you have anything besides enjoyment for a question

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if you use a brainless favourite click to mean anything besides "i enjoy the content of this post", you are putting way too much onus on the receiver to pretend to know you had any other meaning for it

@mrencyclopedia when it's a straightforward "where do i find this thing online" it feels almost demeaning, like you enjoy that i asked the question but won't help others answer it by boosting it. i can't parse it another way

@funguy2playwith when it's a post that's a straightforward, "where do i find x y z?" it feels pretty glib though, no?

can someone explain to me what's the meaning of favouriting a question instead of boosting or answering it, i'm really confused

what's some good bitmap fonts anyway

is there an archive of the win9x system ones i can download without having to spin up a vm to extract them from

wishing everybody unironically mourning the today a very "congratulations on looking past the queerphobia of a public figure representing an entire oppressive religion built on hatred"

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