FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

There are two kinds of gaming controversy post-gamergate: One where a dev does something fairly innocuous before getting stalked and harassed for the next 5 years, and one where a dev does something actually horrendous before getting a pat on the back and a kiss on the cheek. Meanwhile, somebody somewhere makes a very long post about "cancel culture"

Ladies and Gentlemen
We understand that you
Have come tonight
To witness the sound
Of drum
And
Bass

We regret to inform you that this is not the case
Instead we bring to you
The sonic recreation
Of updating Windows 10

[*Increasingly agonised screams of boredom*]

i'm not going to do this but i feel like a fucking power play would be

"mom, dad, i'm thinking of changing my name"
"?? to what"
"holly"
"that's a girl's name, buddy"
"well, here comes surprise number 2"

me, a young person in 1998, watching mulan, a film about a person coerced by social obligation to adopt an artificial and discomfiting gender role which she must maintain at all times or risk exile, and who will only be accepted in her true gender identity if she surpasses an unrealistically high level of personal achievement far in excess of her cisnormative peers: ... huh

i deep conditioned my hair and it is super soft

(ec)