angrboda @angrboda@awoo.space

@abe_e_seedy if you don't do it literally no one will

@abe_e_seedy @kotep this also necessarily reduces the discourse around a work from 'what is it trying to say' to 'what is the true intent of the resolution and what happens next'. How many people have you heard trying to dissect what happens in lost versus what it means and what they were trying to say. It's weird that the most popular genre of media analysis are these explainer vids that interact with the text at such a surface level. IDK.

@abe_e_seedy @kotep but there's definitely something insidious about not being able to enjoy media unless you can 'solve' it - AKA you need to feel like you understand what will happen next and how the story 'actually' resolves beyond the 'artificial' end point of the film/book/whatever

@abe_e_seedy @kotep I think a certain genre of this explainer stuff is actually fan fiction (for the record, I think fanfic is fine) because it doesn't just present all the clues leading up to the ending but uses those to manufacture story or meaning beyond the end of the film to tie it up neatly. I think there's a natural tendency to want to dissect / discuss a compelling thing you just watched -

@Fuego my dad has never eaten Indian food but he's pretty sure he knows what it's like because his coworker used to bring it for lunch and he smelled it.

@Fuego counterpoint, my dad talks about how much he can't wait for pot to be legalized every time I see him

It turns out that decentralization doesn't 'fix' social networking because you're just giving total human garbage the keys to build their own social networks with the framework you made.

Anyway, I don't have time to talk about this because I'm at work, so please don't reply, thx

@angrboda because a bunch of people asked, the trending tab is a feature of Tootdon. It shows you popular toots (lots of favs / boosts) from a variety of instances. It goes through cycles of being okay and terrible and I don't view it a lot (I'm not sure how many of you know about baraag, the instance that is p much just for lolicon/shotacon, but it ended up on there a ton and Tootdon doesn't give you any way to block an instance). The new one I keep seeing is this terrible MAGA instance

I miss when the trending tab on here wasn't full of nazis

Overall for a recording of a panel the audio is pretty decent, but there's one instance of weirdness w/ some cross talking getting a laugh during someone's (serious) question that I wanted to mention. The person is specifically mentioning getting grief for being a babyfur, so I just wanted to clarify that's not what folks are laughing about.

FYI the recording of our adult TF panel that Cathryn was kind enough to make and Abe was kind enough to edit is online for your listening pleasure here:
(CW, a lot of talking about sex, kinks, some problematic fetish discussion, and descriptions of RL sex acts)
http://www.monstrousdoctor.com/doublehelix/double_helix_010.mp3

@Fuego Just wanted to say happy pupday, sorry it's so late. I hope it was good!

@Fuego big agree

@kotep the truest shit ever posted tbh

@Lunostophiles@snouts.online this made me and Terry laugh a lot, thank you

@wobblewuffess thank you - I'm just now finally getting the support I need for the enormous project I've been killing myself on and seeing it come together and knowing it will be okay has been a big relief

My job has sucked like all the life out of me and I'm so deeply exhausted that it's hard to get out of bed