Charlotte Finn @SkunkyLass@awoo.space

@moali the first is very solid but the second is legitimately great. It's funny and it's got gorgeous set pieces and it's legitimately heartfelt.

So it turns out that The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent did not oversell Paddington 2. It's great!

@Phorm If you loved the Columbo-ness of it, good news: RJ is directing (and wrote a few episodes of) the upcoming TV show "Poker Face" where Natasha Lyonne is playing a wandering mystery solver, and it's described as Columbo-esque in structure. I definitely am looking forward to it.

@Phorm It's so lovely. This and the parlor scene in Knives Out both. Just watching him tie the narrative up like a bow.

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@Zauberin very cool, I'll keep an eye out for protein flakes locally. Thanks!

@Zauberin nice, I will keep an eye out. What brand do you use?

@moali Well, it IS cheaper than buying a sports car

@LongTallJodie I still remember an overview of EU games that referred to him as "the deadly, boring Kyle Katarn, who is on track to eclipse all other Star Wars characters in terms of good deeds done"

@LongTallJodie Me, pointing at Kyle Katarn: that's Kyle Katarn

@AmyDentata Y.e.p.

I dreamt that Tylenol had come out with a new product: Tylenol BYOP, where they sell you the container and you fill it with your own Tylenol.

Me: A Christmas Carol unsettles me due to deep seated fears of eternal damnation

My therapist: Understandable

Me: But, "and to Tiny Tim,"

Me and my therapist: WHO DID NOT DIE,

@Phorm This is truth! It may bring others happiness as well. And it'll definitely bring an artist money.

Well, I got some mad money for Christmas. Spend it on something sensible, or get a commission: the eternal dilemma.

I have watched people freak out about being shown that a locked account did a quote-RT on their tweet, on the basic of it being a potential harassment vector. Not a guaranteed one - just a potential one.

I feel that a feature that produces this reaction in people should be left behind on the site that's designed to make you angry and scared. Let Mastodon be something else.

TO BE CLEAR this is general background emotional sensation. I appreciate it when people wish me a cheerful holiday! It's more the cultural expectation that I have to have one or else I have failed.

So last night I had the by-now annual tradition of falling into a pitch black mood, thanks to the way things work for me around this time of year.

There's a lot that is difficult about this time of year; the cold, the terrible roads, the sun setting at 4:20 in the afternoon. But what gives it that extra little kick is the Christmas season, where I'm told I need to get into the Christmas spirit. I need to be jolly and joyous.

And what inevitable happens is, I can't. I fall short. And when that happens, I feel like I have failed, that either I have failed to let the spirit of Christmas into myself, or the Christmas spirit took one look at me and gave up. And so, failing to meet the social pressure (and it IS pressure) to be in a joyful mood leaves me feeling like a failure, which inevitably turns a bad mood worse.

I'm better now. I'm no danger to myself and others. But this season is always hard.

I don't wish any ill will on people who are big on the Christmas spirit (though I wish they'd keep it in the month of December and honor the Halloweentown Accords.) But I wish there was a little more social acknowledgement of how the pressure to be happy can lead to people feeling worse.

@Quinnae_Moon I make reference to this post quite frequently. Thank you for writing it.