Scarly the Raven @scarly@computerfairi.es

at this stage in my life, i'm finding that i often have to make adjustments and set harsh boundaries simply because i don't have the same capacity for negative circumstances that i used to

it isn't that i'm particularly old, i think, but i definitely feel like i've had much more than my own share of stress, frustration, disappointment, and loss at this point. way too much

so, i may not always feel the need to take on additional potential sources of these things, because wow i'm tired

perceived or real skill in programming does not suddenly give anyone the right to forego basic empathy.

the caustic, casually denigrating culture that infests computer science has got to go. rampant toxicity, in the long run, leads to stagnation in software development, because everyone that isn't steeped in that culture gets pushed out.

reading the comments on any mainstream news article about race, gender, or sexuality is always something akin to torture

i'll stop ranting about social justice issues whenever i can read comments without constantly seeing casual bigotry as the number one item by likes

@Elizafox i am also an old enby yelling at clouds, tbh and the clouds sometimes yell back

i have the habit of passionately soap-boxing about things that would bore most people to tears

@Elizafox this is a cursed post because i literally looked over and recognized the font because i've seen it so much in my unfortunate past life as a forced member of a religious cult lmfao

@ctrlaltchaos@aleph.land frequently when someone says they are colorblind within the context of a discussion of institutional oppression, they are in fact using it to silence discussion of racism on the basis of "let's not have this discussion because i do not see color"

this is more insidious than racism denial; since it actively suppresses discussion when it is used by people in positions of power

it is also problematic because it is often used to minimize the effects of someone's implicit biases

when a white person says that they're "color blind" in response to discussion about racism, they think that they're saying "i am a tolerant person."

however, what they're actually saying is "i can't see racism, so i won't acknowledge it", which is a really messed up way to look at the world

closing our eyes and putting our heads in the sand doesn't make something go away. racism is here to stay until it is acknowledged, explicitly called out by name, and strongly addressed in every community.

@slightlyflightyone@vulpine.club strongly agreed on this; it makes nintendo games still something of a sensory experience, while more "realistic" games fail to stimulate my imagination

my talent in life is getting distracted by some deep, amazing thought... at the worst time possible.

i need a bed in a temporal vortex so that i can sleep forever and wakeup when i feel like it

@DragonessDella@octodon.social @Chel there's no shame in your love of the bomb, tbh. one of my favorite things to do is to try to work explosions and fire into every spare moment during combat... in Every game.