Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

(standard disclaimer: it sure as hell wasn't any of you people -- i had to go pretty far afield on masto to find this specimen)

There's sort of a nightmarish beauty in reading an argument that's immune to rebuttal due to sheer syntactical incoherency. Not just "incoherent" in the base sense of "makes no moral sense in my world," but literally just so poorly written you can not actually figure out what they're trying to say, let alone debate it.

It takes a certain... anti-skill to craft such things. A truly fine example can be marvelous in its craft, much the same as the aposematic markings on a toxic animal.

https://i.imgur.com/XmYQRSy.gifv

Okay, that maudlin Joanna Newsom track and the Amazing Adventures of Gumball track based on it (EXTREME HAZARD and maybe also problematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjlJLqofRx4 ) are still stuck in my head.

Time to pour myself a tall glass of Earworm Juice: Daft Punk ft. Strong Bad alternating with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu until everything between my ears is DEAD AND FLUSHED.

Drop a train on 'em, Strong Bad.

Watching @anthracite feed and chat with the local crows is just the most endearing damn thing.

The other gaping hole in my tiny besieged emotional survival shack has been boarded. For the moment, the hordes of restless undead regrets outside are silent.

I think it's time for lunch and a nap, then it's time to check in on Noa and Kirt and see if they're ready to finish their little space adventure. I'm at that perfect cusp between melancholy, relieved, and maudlin that's perfect for writing Cute Gay Fungus Person Romance.

TIL that the traditional collective noun for a group of raccoons is a "gaze." =(^)_(^)=

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_terms_of_venery,_by_animal

That last bit, especially.

song for a missing sister or two

https://genius.com/Joanna-newsom-peach-plum-pear-lyrics

(Seriously, I do think I like them. It brings Masto one step closer to the expressive medium that LJ was. I needed some trace of a "species whiteboard" back in my life.)

Wait, are these metadata fields in our profiles new, or did I just never notice them until @anthracite started talking about them when she updated her instance?

I like them! 🐯​😇​

Yeah. Looks like one of those mornings where I'm very likely to get myself in trouble by talking again. Gonna take the high road and go take a nap instead.

I know. I'm an American hero. You don't have to tell me.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/who-is-poppkinkream-the-reddit-user-fighting-for-a-fact-based-internet.html

#shortdurationpersonalsavior #shordurpersav

Okay, between the hideousness of this figure and, let's be honest, the fact a BoingBoinger is into them, I think I finally understand the loathing of Funko Pops.

https://boingboing.net/2018/08/31/sigh-i-bought-the-gene-fren.html

NGL, I think in the grand scheme of things, accidentally training up "lesser" species to take our place is the only actually useful thing humans are doing right now. If you really want the Earth to have a bright future, buy your local raccoons and coyotes some educational toys, then step back and accept the sunset of humanity gracefully. We've already basically blown all rights to this planet.

("your" refers to the Masto gestalt mind, and my generally crusty orientation towards it these days; it's not a subtoot about anything or anyone in particular <3 )

"no"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHash5takWU

@kel@dragon.style @mona@cybre.space Hey there! Hope I've got the right instances. :) This weekend's gonna be a bit rough, but I'd love to pick a date for when I get back! I should be back on the 13th, how would the 15th or 16th work out for you?

(Full disclosure: Kerry Thornley had some beautiful and noble ideas during his early life, but died a bigoted, paranoid, anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. Shame be upon him, but the fact his brain shit the bed late in life-- mental illness was probably involved-- doesn't mean his testimony about the counterculture wasn't insightful, and probably applicable to the current situation on Mastodon. Attracting the general public's the worst thing you can do to a subculture. :( )