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unfortunately, knowing why doesn't do a damn thing to help make it better. *basically wincing forever*
oh and now I have hiccups. GREAT. I'm going to take care of the hiccups and go to bed because I am done. hopefully I'll wake up without the damn headache...
@hummingrain in my case it's entirely accurate. :D except I don't have a cool sonic screwdriver-type tool-toy-thing... :(
mood (+/~/cat)
@zebratron2084 I hope the catnip helps! or that you're able to book a sufficiently engaging and distracting Confuse-A-Cat session. :)
@emanate @Leucrotta or... something... OR MAYBE IT WAS THE CATGIRL BAST hnnnggghh
(False Knees, comic) the alt text is particularly awesome on this one http://www.falseknees.com/326.html
nazis (+)
@Rowyn@tootplanet.space @anthracite @InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space well that's gonna be my happy thought for the evening... :)
nazis (+)
@anthracite *happybuttdance*
@Leucrotta and "anime catgirl Bast." a;wioenaqrbionaq;rtiognq;rigw;rtign;watgnb;rtiogn;wrtjnbh;watrijg;ontg;wrjntg;iejrtg;ikrnte;goiaqjrtegiwner;giknjergt;biojrnfg.bjknaq;rlegkijnelrtiogj;weairng;aierjg;awkierngt;wiorthg;waieurgtjhq;erogijq;erogij;swrieog;wnjqregnleairughwli4e5tjhw;l43i5otjw;oirgjlearijgw;eorig;whe4io5tj;qo2i34tjh;qwoirjgslifndg.qwio34jwt.;45kirgjlisew4tjh2qli43uhtl;q3ijf;qiwruefnlqiuwe4th;2q3i45tjhq;ierjfa;ikedwjh4jhtrwli45hnlqwi84jht;2ui3o4jhtlw2i3456u8h2iw8fgh;aeoigfhl23i4uht
@noelle I'd never seen it before... yugh.
mh -
@Leucrotta yah, sounds like a bad brain crash. I hope that your brain recovers and comes back to the reality where you get to move up here being non-disposable and non-trapped asap. :]
Mastometa
@maloki @mona@cybre.space @kel@dragon.style Iunno, everybody who invariably chimes in to support/agree with whatever he posts?
@JulieSqveakaroo aaawwwwww. =^___^=
@JulieSqveakaroo Razi mostly does chin-nibbles at this point. I hope he grows out of the face-bitey before I pick up an unwanted facial piercing... >___<
pol
I'm not a fan of national borders
But I have to concede that occasionally I don't mind some of the results
Dick Spencer has been banned from entering Poland (he was on his way to Sweden)
http://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-richard-spencer-banned-entering-sweden-poland-1010850
Hello, everyone! If you've been following @maloki for updates on the ongoing effort to #ForkTogether, then you may be happy to know that we had our first meeting on Saturday and are still planning out governance and infrastructure before the project "officially" starts.
If you're looking to follow the progress of the fork, or you're looking to get involved, follow here for updates!
Mastometa
@mona@cybre.space @kel@dragon.style @teradyne@dragon.style *and* there *have been* polite, well-thought-out, well-worded efforts to make Gag&Co realize when features are unwanted or even harmful, and the usual result is *massive* pushback from Folks With Privilege, eventual change without any kind of credit, and Gag having a petulant public passive-aggressive snit about it all afterwards. after the tenth time you see this go around, you maybe start losing your patience a little...
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