Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@Leucrotta Sorry, bud, you KNOW damn well where and how I developed an immunity to coyote germs. :D

(But I mean, HOW many edible lifeforms are there on this planet? I'll probably never even get around to any of you, to be honest.)

@Leucrotta I think that's 100% part of it, yeah. Seemed to be the MO of the anti-furry trolls, who stil astound me how much the resembled today's TERFs and MAGAs in their willingness to weaponize bad faith.

@001zlnv Exactly, 80% of what I do as a furry has been more or less "having a goddamn intellectual life with my friends."

Heh, maybe that's what offends them. People who talk about non-superficial things ask a LOT of uncomfortable questions about dogma.

I already know the answer to this, but... how the hell did we end up with an entire generation of Republicans that thinks "I'm rubber, you're glue" is a valid debate tactic and you can disprove a valid accusation just by telling the accuser they did it too, no matter what it is or how much you have to stretch the definition?

I really don't think the answer is
"not enough education," though. I think the answer is "because it consistently works, and who gives a fuck if it gets you any closer to the truth or not!?"

Several of them actually made fun of me for being a furry, too. That's just so... quaint.

But mostly it makes me so much more grateful that I have furry in my life, and all the social technologies it allows, and this place, and all of you-- and that my enemies have to make do with a social "bond" to their allies based purely on a common spite.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the contrast between the stuff they assume we do behind closed dors, and what actually happens when I'm with you people. Stuff that they seem like absolute shit at, like humor and empathy.

Thanks for not being them. I am gonna eat you people after EVERYBODY else on Earth, and only when I'm absolutely out of other snacks, I swear! 🐯❤️​

God, I'm just feelin' low and mean and... well, tigery today.

Wasted all morning tearing into TERFs; don't regret a bit of it. Kinda wish I had time for more.

All I wanna do is hurt bad people and break their stuff today. And maybe piss on some things of theirs so they become mine.

Just hang a TERF from the ceiling like a pinata and let me show you just what tigers are capable of when their predatory instincts don't get enough exercise.

You might want to lay down a tarp.

Stepdad is headed home with a heart monitor, new meds, and a new cardiologist. He's feeling fine and happy to be discharged!

I just dug up a rich lawyer's cell phone number and called him a "garbage human" for essentially calling food and drug regulations, the ADA, and traffic laws "fascism" in the midst of a The Progressives Are The Real Fascists You See rant.

He also claimed the conservatives have never been responsible for abridging anybody's freedom. Which is some fucking nerve after Texas's abortion bounty bill.

I regret less than nothing. At this point in my nation's decline, I wish I'd had a more direct means of communiction. Like a meathook. Or a two-by-four with a nail through it.

So hyped for the destruction of humanity.

@Austin_Dern
"Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size." -- Mark Twain, Which Was the Dream?

We're all in this together, Sam Lowry.

*hugs*

I've got keys to the wheels
I've put some money aside
Disappear from this world
No one would mind
Fly through the air
Leaving no trail
'Cause when you're in space
They can't hear you fail

Let's escape from it all
Become someone new
I'm annoying I know
But what can you do?
I just love to drive
So put me in jail
'Cause when you''re in space
They can't hear you fail

OK, I do feel a little better now.

Not just because this orby little shit is cute as hell, but because apparently Nicki Minaj's recording company's going out of its way to DMCA him, which means I get to feel like a tiny bit of an outlaw.

Streisand Effect the hell out of this ferret for me, willya?

https://random-ferret.tumblr.com/post/650832523803459584/mileskitaro-mileskitaro-nicki-minaj-ferret

#forbiddenferret

Good stuff:

* Oh god Only Murders in the Building is so good. If I were really at the edge (which I'm not), this is one of those shows that would keep me alive from sheer anticipation.

* Kink life has some promising opportunities, I just need to find time and energy and score up some libido.

* Really liking the new laptop. Tiny but FAST and clever, especially now that it's been cured of its bloatware. I might name it Poiuyt after my dear little mischievous jackalope plushie.

* Cats seem pretty happy. Indignant because they didn't get any Feather Time this morning, but happy. Peebles got Epic Scritch and became very very long for a few minutes while I petted her definitely untrapped belly. ^________^

* We're in pretty good financial shape all in all.

@Austin_Dern You too, hun. I admit I've been pretty lucky in terms of the basics, especially compared to a lot of folks down here.

I'm just tired of being on the edge of a crying jag. It's like, DO IT OR DON'T, BRAIN.

Stepdad had another episode but that's kind of a good thing. Turns out he probably has a mild arterial afibrillation that his previous cardios missed. They caught it on the monitor and are keeping him an extra day-- poor guy, he's so sick of this. They suspect they can fix it with some medication changes.

Me? I'm burnt out, nothing else to it. Been suctioning emotional and household resources from Peggy to deal with it, but I feel like I keep crawling into a bigger and bigger serotonin debt.

What I need is a real fucking vacation (as opposed to "seven days off generously granted because you're worried your wife and cats might drown"). None is forthcoming.

I could also really use a mental vacation, but I plowed through the last of our weed-- for which I also feel pretty guilty. Last night, just the idea of poking my head up from the mundanity for just a moment felt so tempting.

I dunno. I miss feeling like an alien humming along on some weird psychic plane, instead of... some fat depressed hairy guy who does geo research for a living.

Dear god, Only Murders in the Building is good.

@LexYeen (But seriously, why the fuck is there still a Britsh Crown? *sigh* )

@LexYeen *mutters at you in Martian*

(I know, I know, feline anarchomonarchy* doesn't count. You probably mean the kind with laws and serfs and and stuff. No, don't do that one.🐯​)

Doing a bit better today.

Got a new laptop! Old Ideapad's case was starting to crack and warp, so it was about time. HP Envy, liking it so far but it's reminded me every step of the way how little it feels like I own my devices in 2021.

OTOH, I solved most of the issues on my own, including a fairly subtle Chrome issue, so I'm feeling reasonably clever.

Stepdad is probably going to be discharged today. They gave him a pretty thorough work-up and couldn't find anything wrong with his heart! So it sounds like most of the scariest possibilities have been eliminated.

A little frightened of work, for once. Walking into a conflict with a coworker. It's a polite one, but they're basically bucking the advice I gave them and their e-mail explaining why rambles on for PAGES. *sigh* I've been putting this off.

ENT appt this morning. Still apparently have a tiny trace of swimmer's ear in my right ear. Pleasantly surprised the left one's made a full recovery. Not that big of a deal, I've got plenty of the medication left. Kinda enjoyed the cleaning tbh.

Still a little creeped out wondering how I got swimmer's ear when I don't swim. Still half-afraid it's something in the apartment.

Low-grade anxiety all around, even after getting relatively good news. I dunno. *shrug*

Have seen all six cats recently and they seem pretty happy so, you know, it's still a good day.

Oh, and our rental company finally got back to us about the wiring issues! And I still have some cheesecake left.

@Leucrotta His Majesty was not interested in introductions but I hope to make his further acquaintance (and possibly break down and buy some of the A5 wagyu they purport to have) in the near future. He seems to hold court regularly, if the number of people who stopped to pet him is any indication. ^_____^

cases in point, plus a bonus coco