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in the grim future of Super Mario Odyssey, there is space travel and mind control hats, but no democracy. Only monarchy and despotism; tiny kingdoms as far as the eye can see

the weird furry stuff part of introductions 

If I was less shy, this feed would probably contain more dragons and dragon porn, tentacles, latex, inflatables, etc. I should probably just post all that stuff more and rely on content warnings to let people self-sort if they don’t want to deal with it. I mean, not everybody’s here for the software.

I don’t think I’ve ever done an post, so:

Hi! I’m Kistaro Windrider. I’m
* nonbinary
* a software engineer
* too frazzled for side projects
* near Seattle
* otherkin (dragon) with a complicated cosmology
* vaguely neopagan, occasional Tarot reader
* pretty harsh about self-censorship, which is why there isn’t a lot more weird furry stuff on this feed

got a spam call that left a voicemail accidentally

voicemail is just

"(background chatter)
what do you mean we have a new script?
*papers rustling*
oh, here it is!
*click*"

On second thought I think I’m going to set my alarm clock to Ohgodwhat Remix

normal: listening to a song on loop now and then
why I am abnormal: today the song is “ohgodwhat remix” (Homestuck Vol. 3)

gender is a scam invented by bathroom companies in the 1960's in order to sell more bathrooms

meta, dunking, tone policing 

When we create a culture where it's okay to gang up on and harass people, the ones who suffer most are never the ones who "deserve it", because those people inevitably have backup/clout/resources. The people who suffer most will be vulnerable and marginalized people who are wrongly accused of misbehavior and don't have a fanbase or clique to back them up. Mob behavior is *easy to exploit*, and we should be very careful about normalizing it.

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The electronic gadgets section of office supply stores was much more exciting before smartphones

I wonder if the cats that are the major attraction of a cat cafe think of themselves as employees.

The hard part about programming is figuring out which part of the error message is unique enough to throw into Google

Also I'm seeing "screencap dunk" culture coming over already and seriously can we not

I guess my conclusion is that if you put your work in front of the largest possible group of customers, you discover that they are a boring mob who only want cheap crap. This has been your Wednesday Obviousness, join us next week as we discuss whether water is wet.

Trying to parse yesterday’s discourse about The New Terrible Thing Wil Wheaton Did On Mastodon mostly just made me want to sit down and have a go at my “hide boosts of people with more than (some number) followers” idea. Mute the people with giant megaphones. Leave room for smaller voices to fill the air.

Sex and STDs 

If you're sexually active, make sure you're getting tested at least annually, and several weeks after any especially high risk encounter.

npr.org/sections/health-shots/

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO COMPUTER SECURITY

1. If at all possible, do not use the computer

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