@irisjaycomics P.S. I ate vegetarian for two years; Amy's black bean chili is amazing and Velveeta trashes it up good. =>.>=
@irisjaycomics There comes a point at which we all loop back upon ourselves, accept the rot within our souls, and microwave chili with velveeta to pour over fritos in the dead of night when only the Great Work can judge us.
@irisjaycomics Waverly Wafers and Cheez Whiz.
When I joined masto, I gravitated towards following creative peeps and noticed a thing that's pretty common to all of us: we feel guilty for promoting places that people can buy our work or otherwise support us financially. So I started the #CreativeToots hashtag for that very reason. Got an Etsy page? Online store? Patreon? Selling a piece of art? Throw that tag on it. Do it with unfettered abandon. Everyone else: Look at that tag for artists to support. Buy their stuff. Help them create. <3
No one needs to starve. No one needs to freeze. No one needs to die. There is enough for everyone. More empty homes than all the people without them, more food than grocers can even sell. The labor and the materials to end scarcity exist now. It is not a far-off dream. We can end scarcity in this life.
Work, Woo
I actually got applause at the meeting today, for the showmanship.
And it felt good.
Work, Woo
Anticipating that one day, we would be noticed, I created a work item titled only, "what is th' buni working on?" with a link to a blog post documenting what the project is, what it does, how it does it (with diagrams), and why we need it.
Today, at Shiproom, the VP of Engineering finally asked me in the middle of my status update, "forgive me, but... what are you actually working on?"
So, I got the presenter to scroll up to the very top of the board and click on that work item.
Work, Woo
It's the little moments in which you have to take the greatest joys.
At work, I've been working on a massive project automating a task that we've desperately needed to automate. I'm the only developer working on said project, so I've been doing a ton of work on my own recognizance. My team-of-two -- my coworker is doing integration work with other stuff -- finally rose to prominence in our company shipping meeting today.
@RatWithScarf@mastodon.social @irisjaycomics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille
Preferably with a dazzling array of fruit-infused creme-pat, then enrobed in chocolate.
@pronouncedlahra I would say promote away! We need spaces in which people can feel comfortable talking about their creative successes.
Shameful Admission
The best part of watching @adeptomega play Major/Minor last night was when @ElectricKeet turned to me with a horrified look and said, "This is how you feel when I ask you to watch movies with me, isn't it?"
Yes. Yes, it is.
@rr_virdi I think everyone here giggles at it and apologizes for being in a range of ages from four to about twelve. It's cool. =n.n=
@pinkprius CW for politics and I'll be glad to boost that.
On My Own Bulldada
I've fallen so far up my own existence that I've generally lost--and never really had--interest in visual porn that doesn't imply narrative. Portraiture as a classification of art has joined still life and landscape for me. I see a character that's absent any frame if reference or dynamic in the picture and I start trying to interrogate the meaning, the how and why of whence it came to this point, and most visual art can't answer me, so I come away disappointed.
@thethinktanker Well, I mean, let's have a good long back story session about why and what it means to them and do they enjoy it, but yes in general.
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