Raspberry Foxy @Raspberryfloof@awoo.space

Why is reducing a person down to only one word denigrating and wrong, but describing and even defining characters in a story using a single word or trope commonplace and accepted?

Relatedly, are character creators and writers particularly upset when fans or critics describe their characters this way?

And so, I get a feeling that unless I have enough money to become a patron and pay them, I probably shouldn't bother them, even if just to leave a message of support or ask a question about their work...

I don't know if anybody would even be upset if they got a message from somebody like me who they didn't already know and who wasn't paying them, but I feel like it's possible they would be, so I don't bother saying anything...

I've been really afraid of talking with any artist or writer or content creator who has a Patreon page lately...

Partly it's probably my anxiety like usual, but... I have been feeling like if a creator has a Patreon, and is making content directly for their patrons or has a private chat room, then not only are they probably very busy making their content, but they probably spend most of their time talking just with their patrons...

It's nice to know that Mastodon is capable of nearly crashing my entire system from a single Firefox tab left open for one week...

If there is a known memory leak in this project's code, how has there not been any work done in fixing it? Or has there been work done, but the work hasn't been merged in with the project? It seems like a major flaw for any user who uses Mastodon for any length of time...

I haven't been able to sleep well for the last week...

At least I had a very good night of pinball tonight. ^^ https://awoo.space/media/lXSdBvhqVRVnR2kgyME

Well... said roommate knocked an IC loose inside the game monitor, so now it doesn't work at all. :S

And then he had the nerve to say he didn't break it, and that it just "happened"...

Spending time helping a roommate repair his arcade cabinet today. ^.^

Why does every game idea I have inevitably spiral into either an RPG or a shmup (or both)?

That's almost certainly above what I could personally manage, though, since making pictures move around in a window or text show up on a screen is difficult for me to accomplish...

For Ludum Dare, maybe a game about somebody who stays at home most (or all) days, does chores and takes care of everybody living there (when they can manage), whose connection to the outside world is, at most, their computer and internet connection and any roommates they might have, and their day-to-day life, watching how it unfolds and how they live in the small world of their own home...

So... which should I do this weekend, Ludum Dare or MtG prerelease? >.>

Somebody reminded me that Ludum Dare was this weekend... >.>