Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

but honestly this type is also the sort to accuse you of eating a baby every breakfast because you had scrambled eggs

and not be talking about the cost of factory-farmed laying hens etc etc

nope they just freak out because egg must equate to cute baby chicken, and refuse to think any more on the subject, while directing all their ire at *you* because you got a boiled egg in your lunch

...it's some of the most city slicker bullshit i think i've ever heard

similarly, if it's shocking that chicken is chicken, i'm not gonna trust in that dude's in-depth critiques of any farming system since he apparently just realized farms existed like two days ago

and i know with great surety that due to privilege, he's not bothered to learn anything about cooking beyond the superficial

because wtf did you think the giblets came from in your chicken roast, eh? that they make harvest vegan chicken hearts and put them in there for kicks?

there's a certain type of evangelical vegan i am very tired of - the one who is genuinely shocked that meat is critters and thinks that's a secret that has been kept from people and all they need to know to change their minds

there is definitely stuff that gets lost in factory farming, and having it all processed - but also -

bruh? if you are surprised about what chicken is and you're over the age of 12? that's kinda on you

@lynnesbian i would tease but honestly, my dad has started his day with a cola for the last, uh.... christ. i want to say 40-odd years. so i think it's a bit glass houses and all that given the family in which i have been born

we did get him to go from breakfast always being "coke and two choc chip cookies" to "coke and poptart" to now "coke and cheese n' crackers" which is like... some sort of attempt at incremental healthiness, i suppose

the real lesson i learned at college is that if you just kick out the guy who's going to invent coca-cola after he flunks all his classes, you too can be absolutely rolling in filthy lucre!

Thanks, Emory!

on one hand, as an emory grad, i feel like i should be making a lot more of my regular "sorry, i'm contractually obligated to shill for coca-cola now due to my student loans" jokes

on the other hand, i'm pretty sure that i'd get cancelled for being an actual corporate shill when my aim is to just poke massive fun at my alma mater

@scribblefrog@glitterkitten.co.uk not much in terms of employers

but it's because i'm disabled so i instead worry about smiling too much in a facebook profile photo and having my benefits yanked because "if you can smile for 15 seconds you can work!!!1"

i think that it's good practice though to not cross the streams too much and have a "respectible" social media you can point to, for both employers, and for people like... idk my grandmother

seriously though the gene for processing folic acid that goes wacky in an estimated 40% of people is called

MTHFR

and like

i am just a simple wigglytuff.

how can i not call it the Samuel L. Jackson Motherfucker Gene.

i feel like between my bachelor bio degree and all my years of being disabled/a professional patient, i end up regularly smuggling out knowledge to my friends

"man i wish i knew why i was tired and my hair was so brittle -" "HAVE YOUR DOC CHECK YOUR THYROID LEVELS AND CONSIDER ADDING A MULTIVITAMIN, ARE YOU TAKING METHYLFOLATE? HERE LET ME EXPLAIN THE MOTHERFUCKER GENE TO YOU -"

@Pixley it means your laptop's got sour cream and tomatoes on it

@abby people who get really dramatic about it are likely nocebo but it's also a hella common migraine trigger, like red wine, chocolate, and nitrates/nitrites (cured meat)

....migraines are sort of bullshit in general.

i want to be able to eat kfc and ranch doritos in the same day dangit 8(

@abby but it gives me migraines if i eat too much :(

....i mean i eat it anyway cos it's delicious but sometimes i get got

anyway purism is peak regrettable cishet upper class white dudebro and proof that silicon valley needs some sort of mass relocation program so that every single person within it is some sort of minority who understands that technology can and will be (mis)used to harass/injure people by those invested in doing so, and that blue-sky "i believe the best uwu ethics!!!" thinking will not prevent this but instead enable evil send toot

"if you don't like it, just do it yourself the way you want" is a bullshit attitude that pushes people away from open source culture/software and is fundamentally classist, ableist, etc, , because it ignores that computer science is trying its damndest to remain a cishet white techbro clubhouse. this attitude is a nice slice of victim blaming - "well it's your fault for being denied the opportunities to have been denied"

don't @ me i'm right and know it.

@alexcleac@mastodon.technology wanting people to only say nice things - or otherwise fuck off and do it themselves - and dismissing genuine opinions as trolling is you doing this job for the company, wanting to throttle people's genuine opinions and reactions with "but be nicer!!!".

who benefits when the nasty truth is suppressed for nice lies?

what sort of tactic is choosing a polite lie over a mean-sounding truth?

is that what you want to do? is that the life you want to live?

up to you - my point's made.

@alexcleac@mastodon.technology they are wanting to throttle the true reputation and reception of their products. "say it nicely!" is not something that should apply if you truly believe the free market will prevail.

there are other companies who operate that way. i would suggest you don't do their work for them. it won't get you fame, glory, thanks, or a payout.

want to see how this attitude plays out in an entirely different sphere? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2V3TZppXA8 here you go.

@alexcleac@mastodon.technology i wouldn't like it, you're right.

but i also know that if i'm being a big enough dumbshit, i'm going to deserve being called a dumbshit.

this very much includes moves that put other people in danger. for example: "what the fuck! EYES ON THE ROAD, NOT YOUR PHONE, DUMBSHIT!"

and also, i do not think you should be worrying about the feelings of companies.

if a company seeks to censor their feedback by requesting only nice words, then they are wanting to limit the market. >