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@Sapphicgiraffic@snouts.online i've also heard a very convincing hypothesis that you can line up the myths of changeling babies quite well with the developmental differences that arise with autism and are in some cases first spotted

it makes one see how "my beautiful baby has been stolen, and left a strange fae in its place" at least stuck around a fair bit (if not developed)

However That's A Bit Depressing

i suppose the additional takeaway here is that one of the hardest parts of moderating is not taking people pointing out a problem as a personal attack. it may feel like one, but it is not. if people are trusting you to keep them self, you have to be ready to swallow your pride and listen to concerns.

which is a pretty evergreen reminder, honestly, since this is a dynamic reflected and similar to many other situations that someone will encounter.

saying you're against cancel culture is all fine and good, really, but if you try to cancel somebody for "screenshot dunking" in order to get people not paying attention to your own failure of moderating, then, uh

problem's not been solved all that much.

i say, sitting here subtooting, but i figure at this point this is like a morality play for my white ass to observe so i can figure out how to check myself and not wreck myself LOL

so, ironically, these declarations that it cannot become twitter culture - have been the ultimate expression of twitter culture.

a PoC tries to defend themselves from an attack, and warn others.

a white person gets very upset about this.

the PoC's actions are made into the worst most toxic thing and no attention is paid to the actual harm being done.

i mean, this is first chapter of The Jeffree Star Playbook For Influencers, lol

an admin who is constantly focusing on the feelings of white people above the safety of PoC - their own feelings included emphatically here - while not wanting to take much responsibility for doing so is going to be... really tiring for PoC to co-admin with.

it's not about the twitter cancel culture - it's about the racism. especially as it comes out said user had been more and more off the rails with no admin action.

i mean there's only so many times one can say "i fucked up, BUT..." before it begins to ring hollow, by virtue of trying to be an immediate justification.

the enormous void still remains there that it wasn't the screenshot dunk one side desperately wants it to be. it was a timely warning, and quite frankly, i don't think anything less than a screenshot would have been acceptable evidence 'cos it was just that fuckin strange.

i commend the new mods and wish them the best of luck on witches.lives but i also fully expect that within 3 months or so they will get burned out, given that there's still steadfast resistance to admit that it was not "screenshot dunking" but instead "warning of obvious extreme racism" and constant redirection into "but I'M the REAL victim here actually".

@DragonNamedRedd@snouts.online don't worry, that's just one block over to the northwest if you cut through that alley

(i just don't have any jojos in my gif folder)

i'm going to still eat the dubious salads though, not even going to lie

also the casseroles.

pass the impossible upside-down cheeseburger pie and the broccoli salad and the green fluff for dessert.

i'm just saying, i don't think we of the wonder bread whiteness need to blame anyone else for all of this nonsense

even

...even if it's delicious

@DragonNamedRedd@snouts.online it's ok, they're obviously late for pokemon school and need a quick on the go breakfast as the intro music plays

i must say there's one thing i disagree with some of the fediverse on: white culture exists

because for the love of god, nobody else needs to be blamed for gender reveal parties (for the puppy you're adopting), cargo shorts, made in china novelty dreamcatchers with confederate flags in the middle, and "salads" that consist of unrelated foods stuck together with mayonnaise.

i'm specifically having a looksee at these, because the more molded/contoured would be perhaps a little bit nicer to hold

since basically what i want is 'ok pro controller but just completely obliterate the middle so i can stretch'

on that note, people who also have a #nintendoswitch ,

are all third-party joycons garbage and failure and disappointment, or are some of them worth a go?

so after the eevee joycon has been a problem child with its joystick replaced TWICE, now

now...

the pikachu joycon has decided the R button is fake news.

i'm glad i went ahead and got a pro controller but for fuck's sake. at least it's all still under warranty but immediately after surgery is not a good time for this to happen dangnabbit. time to budget another set of joycons

@em currant cobbler probably isn't terribly traditional, but honestly there are few fruits that would go badly in a cobbler - https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/88354/easy-batter-fruit-cobbler/

@Sapphicgiraffic@snouts.online i feel like this is begging for a Skater Boi parody but i am not clever enough to make it

@Bottledjimmy pardon? you might have to run that one by me again with a bit more linkage, the coffee is taking awhile to sink into my brain this morning lmao

i guess to sum up why i miss hamfests quickly is to say "hamfests are why, somewhere above my head in the attic, there is a pile of about 8-15 commodore 64s, none of which work, but that my sister got out of curiosity with the plan to see if she could work out how to get one working franken-commodore out of the whole deal, because it was like 15 dollars for the lot"

i feel like this is something that holds immense appeal to a large part of the fediverse