Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@InspectorCaracal i'd say maybe look at ref sheets used by animators - that kinda gives you a good baseline.

personally my starting point (if i had spoons to do it up proper) would be

1. full body facing forward
2. full body behind
3. head closeup, profile
4. head closeup, head-on (or 3/4 if you're feeling sassy)

@InspectorCaracal doctor please i got a bad case of rice crispy shoulder, i need some marshmallow fluff injections stat

i also had half an iced latte which is making me want to vibrate through the walls ever so slightly, so time to burn off some of this energy and-or rage fighting shit in ffxiv

quoth my shoulder, CRUNCH SNAP POP CRACK SNAP

:(

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online it means they have one tool available to them right now.

instead of saying "you're an asshole if you try to protect yourself", you should shift out of the victim-blaming mindset and on to "hey, we need to give people tools that actually do what they think it does, so they can draw reasonable boundaries and enforce them". because that's an actually good point! and it has nothing to do with how anyone using blocks right now is a dick.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online minorities online have to play this game with great frequency.

in the absence of a block, the other only common option for drawing a firm boundary of not wanting someone to see our content is to just leave.

i think forcing people to give up their accounts if they aren't okay with harassers accessing their content is a bit more of a dick move.

you bring up a good point about how blocks need to be strengthened. but it does not mean someone using blocks is a dick.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online i could just mute this hypothetical person - but i know he would still be fixating on me.

and at that point, if all i have is a mute, i have to weigh the harassment versus him knowing more information about me, and him feeding his fixation on me.

it's much less effective - he's still there not changing his habits any, and focused entirely on me.

my only real choice is to close down my account and start fresh and *hope* that *he doesn't find me again*.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online for example: would i be an asshole if i blocked somebody who...

-sent me an unsolicited dick pic

-commented on every status telling me about his desire to rape me in graphic detail

-kept his comments escalating into violence after an implied rejection, heading towards threatening my life?

i don't think it's an asshole move if i draw that boundary. i don't think he needs the last word.

do you?

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online look at it this way: just because you have the resources to deal with harassment doesn't mean everyone else does.

for many people, it is a crucial escape and a break to catch their breath. they deserve being able to draw a firm boundary and not have to deal with it. it doesn't make them wrong, and it doesn't make them assholes. it makes them people having necessary control over their social media.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online i've seen mobs also form for something as simple as shipping. not even spicy shipping, but "two legal adults of the same age range who met in adulthood and have an uncomplicated egalitarian relationship" shipping.

something as simple as "like to see these characters smooch" can, and will, make some people get the pitchforks and torches, pass around names, mock people, etc. etc. etc.

it... definitely happens.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online you lead a wonderfully charmed life LMAO

i've been there and done that for the high crime of Being A Woman Online Playing A Video Game. and i'm even white and cishet, so i don't get a lot of other additional shit.

i would urge you to seek out voices of people talking about how and why blocking tools are important to them and a necessary part of social media.

you will find that most of them aren't dicks. they're just minorities seen as "easy prey".

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online key word there is shouldn't. they can still access your content, and in many harassment campaigns, this means access to crucial information. even if it's something as simple as "screenshots of what you just posted to trash you on their platform, fuelling mob mentality of harassment to recruit others to do that work".

blocking is a more firm and clear boundary than just muting, as well. punishments are typically a lot harsher for crossing that boundary.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online as someone who has been on the receiving end of harassment, that part of the block is very needed and necessary. it tells the blocked person "enough - let it go". it at least makes them go through some amount of hoops to see someone's content, and administrators can then point to that as circumnavigating a block in order to continue the fight.

it's a basic - and extremely necessary - boundary that every social network needs in this day and time.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online if your objection is that you don't get the last word in, i'd say that's pretty small potatoes in comparison to people drawing a reasonable boundary to keep from getting harassed.

sometimes you don't always get the last word in. this is not the end of the world. it doesn't mean that anyone ever using that block feature is using a dick move that is beyond the pale of politeness. it's the equivalent of firmly closing a door in someone's face.

@matt@linuxrocks.online @DashEquals@linuxrocks.online so you're saying you don't like the feature because it stops you from antagonizing people?

in other words, it sounds like it's working exactly as intended, and the problem is that you are using harassing others as a coping mechanism and are mad that they are not being cooperative punching bags. 🤔

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online this is a very odd take to see honestly. why is it a dick move to draw a firm boundary in not wanting to interact with someone, or have them interact with you? after all, even a forced unfollow and mute still can leave somebody hurling nastygrams at you.

so apparently 8chan just got search warranted in relation to the san diego synagogue shooting

the FBI is also going hard after facebook groups that encouraged/abetted the shooter as well

i hope they straight-up waltz in there, take the servers, and then spend the next 6 months handing out charges like halloween candy.

i'm becoming more and more certain we could pay for an american version of the UK's NHS just from being able to be efficient with time/money/resources instead of everyone having to deal with five bajillion different systems that overlap yet are frequently at odds with one another in ass-backwards ways

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