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today we learned that there's a type of motor vehicle race, called a regularity rally, where instead of the goal being to be the first person to the finish line, the goal is to be the most on-time person to the finish line

that is, you have a predetermined time at which you should arrive at the finish line, and you get equally penalized for being too early as for being too late

one of the great tragedies of education is that so many people think that math is about numbers.

Why is it called formula one anyway, is there a formula two? how far up do they go, is there a formula twenty-six

fun activity: make sexists sound even more ridiculous than their views already do by reading every instance of the word "females" as if it rhymes with "tamales"

why are you all so cute, it's too much D:

beebp

do you ever just think about how weird the word plectrum is

tip: despite evidence to the contrary, jackhammers are not jacks and should not be used for car repairs.

They work wonders for car depairs though.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!

so, why isn't there a mastodon instance at foxes.party yet, anyway?

it just seems like a very mastodon domain name

A cis person we know is wanting to show their support for trans people with an enamel pin of some sort, probably of a slogan or something. They're asking us for advice on getting something actually supportive (as opposed to something that gives the impression of someone showing off how much of an ally they are while ignoring the people they claim to be an ally to, as is all too common) and we don't really have any advice so I turn the question to the fediverse: What's a good pin for a cis person wanting to show that they're a safe person for trans people?

*drinks a cup of realitea*

@coda I'm glad to see you're feeling better today. <3

In other words: music is hard and musical ability on one instrument doesn't translate over to another instrument very easily

especially when that one instrument uses the rare-as-hens-teeth alto clef

most of our musical experience has been with viola so while we can probably still fluently read alto clef sheet music and translate that to fingerings if we had a moment to remind ourselves of the reference points, we can't actually read treble or bass clef very fluently at all and also translating that to positions on a keyboard is very different from fingerings on a viola, and less intuitive I think

So a couple days ago we got a cheap keyboard because I wanted to try to learn some music stuff

Today, I got down some of the right hand part of To Zanarkand ^.^ Still keep hitting wrong notes though. Keyboards are awkwardly sized

good morning

why is it so fun to watch random junk get squished under a hydraulic press

I just like the idea of that sort of thing being just. everyday ordinary stuff, casual and normal