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negative emotions & weakness (+) 

it is okay to be weak
it is okay to vent about your problems
it is okay to cry
it is okay to admit you don't have the strength
you should be given space to feel these things
you are allowed here to be weak, to have support from the community, and to be shielded from those who would take advantage of your weakness

this is something i have not done a good job of affirming ever since I posted it maybe once a long time ago

it's okay to be weak

@zebratron2084 that sounds absolutely disgusting. blue food coloring is one thing, but powerade?? bleearrrrgggghhhhhhh

otoh it probably wouldn't touch the nastiness of that liquor Peg got for you. XD

I'm happy that we have all these new people join. It makes me hopeful that the landscape of the web can yet change for the better.

Slowly but surely a decentralized, non-commercial, and open-source platform is gaining a foothold.

@frameacloud I don't know about a database, but there's web pages for finding lost pets--I don't remember them offhand, but I found them with Google. that'd be sad, but really sweet!

@turbodragon@computerfairi.es is that the collective noun form of gamer? "a revolt of gamers"? :P

Transgender discrimination ruling 

Federal Appeals court in Cincinnati rules that discrimination on the basis of #transgender status is sex discrimination, and therefore in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights act, denies any religious exemption nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/poli

did I just successfully bait a TERF? yes, I believe I did. /preen

path of exile 

@Edelwood okay now you have to do a drawing of "suck more than 50 of my dick" because I now have the idea stuck in my head, thanks (I mean that in a humorous/semi-genuine way, not upset/sarcastic)

names and naming 

@senemura@occult.camp have I mentioned that my "true name" as far as I can tell is, well, this: mckinleyvillepress.files.wordp which is why I tell people it's "green." not capitalized; the color. it's short for "fog rolling across a spectacularly rich field of grass, and you can hear/smell the ocean nearby, and also a forest of giant trees. and probably cowpats." XD

@Edelwood @anthracite tbh, personal assistant devices absolutely should be able to parse what you want it to do, and they will ~real soon now~, just... not yet. I continue to be extremely surprised that nobody seems to have hit on a successful personification scheme; just giving it a pleasant female voice and name isn't gonna do the trick, but neither is Clippy. MAKE IT A CAT. then when it fails to do what you want it's just acting like a cat would. :P

snek violence, blood 

@kara@occult.camp aww, I hope you are both okay! :(

@kafkaesqueNomad@occult.camp yeah, I think they do that. but this is definitely my computer, not a bumblebee, unfortunately. :\

aaahahahahah the dying fan in my computer sounds like an angrily buzzing *really big* wasp in there. :|

@kara@occult.camp Yes This. LJ came closest to replacing Usenet, but FB never even touched LJ's level of usability and user-friendliness. it was always an ugly hackjob, and I have always hated it. :|

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