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@chimerror

allow me to escalate:

rainbow fash ;_____;

@chimerror fash pandas D: D: D:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshenq

Huh. As I recall, this was a really sad period in Egyptian history.

I hope they found redemption.

NO. BAD ORANGE. BAD STUBBY. THAT IS OUR NUMBER. YOU DO NOT GET TO USE OUR NUMBER.

YOU ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO THE GREAT QUESTION. YOU ARE THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION. THE ANSWER TO THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION IS NOT GODDAMN FORTY-TWO. 😾​

I am subscribed to a fair number of right-wing spam lists as a "know thy enemy" thing, and I have to say, I am quite pleased by the pants-shitting tone of the "emergency" donation request I just got from Newt Gingrich begging to help the GOP keep the House.

None of these people sound very happy, and my own happiness level increases proportionally. There are all sorts of things the Right could have done to get into my good graces; they haven't done a single goddamn one.

I think the folksinger they're currently playing at this cafe has had a Dylanization procedure on his nasal passages.

Possibly a botched one that caused some collateral neurological damage, since he's... he's... he's so SAD about something or other. -_-

@Momentrabbit WAIT A SECOND. What if you only watched halfway through? And stopped in the Cabbit phase. And turned into a spaceship (as all cabbits can do, of course). And got us all the fuck outta here. 😻​

@Balinares *hugs tight*

This is actually a pretty good show. Unfortunately, it's strictly for cats only, please. We can not be held responsible if one of the rest of you watches it by mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_igMpbnkWU

That was exhausting and kind of awesome. I honestly don't know what felt better, the consistent praise for where Parallax is going from random fans at our table-- or the renewed sense that I can be male-presenting at a con, be myself, and at the _very_ worst be treated like a Tame, Civilized Being capable of gentleness and charm.

Wait, nah, definitely the first one, but they were both pretty awesome. So's getting to do nothing and talk to nobody for the next 6 hours!

(In case you skip the article but are worried about the future of Corgi Imperialism: on the other hand, the Royal Family still has a couple corgi-dachshund mixes who are youthful and hale. And I have it on good authority they both vote Plaid Cymru. ^___^ )

@Leucrotta Yeah, and trying to explain that to a subconscious that typically lags 3-4 months behind everything else is especially hard...

(Fortunately, this week has been a good exercise in "what if something just went RIGHT out of the blue?" If nothing else, I am DEFINITELY no longer worried that nobody gives a shit about Parallax. Apparently EVERYBODY was just waiting until they had enough story to figure out what the hell was going on. ^___^; )

https://www.vogue.com/article/its-the-end-of-an-era-queen-elizabeths-last-corgi-has-died

I feel like I should, like, sing God Save The Queen or Nearer My Dog To Thee before I go to bed tonight, or something. :'(

TL;DR: If you're the sort of person who would block someone just for following somebody, without even first asking the details of WHY and what the follow actually MEANS... I am not really enthusiastic about knowing you and will probably try to bite you. 😾​

Listen, that's how I got through Christianity. I assured myself, quote, "God won't mind just lookin'." I saw problematic things. I saw ideas I came to hate. I got a lot of complicated ideas to chew on.

I don't regret that, and won't change it. Nobody gets to police my mental inputs as a condition of friendship, let alone of social media acquaintance. Nobody gets to tell me I can't even *look* at good work, just 'cause it's made by a crummy person. Christ, I'd lose half my bookshelf.

"stop following transphobic artists and expecting me to not block you" -- random artist

Okay, that's a bridge too far for me. Following is not endorsement. "Don't RT them" and "don't endorse their beliefs," fine. If I ever caught one of y'all dabbling in this kind of purism, though, it's you who'd get blocked.

@troodon Yeah, I'm figuring this is from the part of my brain that doesn't read memos.

I ran around on the set of a film, trying to get any of the crew to listen to me when I said "I'm hurting and I don't know what to do." I woke up with that phrase right on my tongue.

Yikes, brain, what is your problem? The Transliminal thing seemed like it was starting to heal up. Peg and I have started getting regular praise on Parallax. Dragons are awesome. We're fine, right? So what is your problem?!

Frankly, I would have preferred a proper nightmare with a monster or something.

@VioletPixel What if I said they come out in little cloaked hamster balls and are gently retrieved three weeks later? Believe me, my canon can not handle the idea of corgi casualties either. >_>;

"Is there a little vocoder that turns their excited yipping into bleeps?"

"Peggy, I'm shocked that you'd feel you'd even need to ask me that question. Of course. Of course there is."