Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

I just really itchy when I see people trying to win debates by declaring them inappropriate to have in the first place. And I get really, really itchy when I see my own side doing it.

Listen, I get it. Our enemies have been exploiting our faith in intersubjectivity and empathy. It's tempting to declare them Just Plain Evil And Bad as an immune response.

But this is Heroism 101: when your opponents cheat by exploiting your decency... never start cheating too.

I just saw a friend on Birdland retweet some Woke Young Thing calmly informing the world that it is no longer acceptable to play devil's advocate for ideologies she doesn't like.

Fuck. No. I am not going to terminate my intellectual processes because you assure me something is already on your mental blacklist. I escaped from goddamned fundamentalism by having a series of nice chats with The Devil. It's a healthy way of maintaining my immunity to 1-track minds.

PROTIP: If Google Translate is telling you the 23-character-long Thai phrase you entered just means "hotel," Google Translate is PROBABLY LYING TO YOU.

*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

#uselessunderlings

Could I get some help from someone with a mathematical background? I think it's finally time to break down and formally set my gender to something that invokes and/or violates Russell's paradox. (Extra points if it does neurological damage.)

this commercial is totally my aesthetic, except mysteriously for 0:17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRXIyAiEeg&feature=youtu.be

#AndSoWhatIfWeAre #TheNickHive

Somebody was talking on Birdland about CRISPR and "goddamned catgirls" and I started joking about which exact chromosome the "damnation gene" was actually on. And now -- with a six-hour work shift and a dental scaling ahead of me -- all I can think about is science fantasy scenarios, about 22nd-century catgirl witches doing genetics experiments on themselves, leaving behind peer-reviewed papers about the Succubus Gene before they fly off to feast on Christian souls.

Ah. Important update. Apparently it was TWIRLING butt sausage, not FLYING butt sausage, and it was my mood because that's what my brain is made of entirely this morning.

I'm so glad I got to the bottom of that. ^_______________________^

(The Eyrie, rather. NOT a Freudian slip, I promise, even if it is full of Young Alien Types... <3 )

I'm not sure WHAT exact mood was represented by the above, but I am sure feeling a lot of it this morning.

Weekend was pretty good, though. Got a ton of work done for the Phoenix webstore, got to hang out with the Eerie, got feesh at Toyoda Sushi with @neonNeptunian

I am just not equipped to deal with reality this morning, and judging by the dreams I had last night, fantasy doesn't have anything better to offer.

Guess that just leaves work and sitcoms.

flying

butt

sausage

This is probably closer to my actual mood this morning. #StillFierce #IfIFitsYouGoesWayK #AbuDhabiBound

#goodkitty #fiercekitty #eatallthehumans #notnecessarilyamoodsnapshot

I think that's the worst I've ever blown a Navigation roll that hasn't wound up with me in another U.S. state. Sorry again, @neonNeptunian!

In totally related news, can someone recommend a really good, cheap mobile data plan? I think it's time to enter the 21st century and get a proper cell phone so I don't waste anyone's time like this again.

Hokay, folks, I need to feel really intelligent again somehow, so I think I'm gonna stare at Parallax until my forehead bleeds. Cheers! <3

I did not make appropriate peer-2-tiger food choice behaviors today. :(

#DoublePastryTuesday
#LaCuisineDeDésespoir
#EatLikeThomasLigottiWasRight

@KoBunny @emanate

Saaaaaay, y'all at Phoenix wouldn't happen to have the Vol. 3 trade of Gail Simone's Clean Room in stock at the moment, would ya?

I also like how she's coined the term "validist." Can't possibly get ahead as a fanatic until you've got a "-ist" box. Otherwise, you have to carry your ideological opponents around separately, and who the fuck has time for individuality? THIS IS SOCIAL JUSTICE.

Seriously, am I totally misreading this person's timeline, or are they in fact essentially a transwoman who's somehow managed to become a TERF, by basically rewriting the rules to include their own subgroup and exclude everyone else?

I mean, she's outright said it's "not OK" to be anything but her own narrow band on the gender spectrum, so there's no possible way her beliefs can be spun that I'd respect her, but...

I performed a brief magical imprecation in which I beseeched Eris and/or the Great Antler Mother to shrivel @Alda@witches.town's pleasure center like a moldy prune until she learns a few basic lessons about tolerance, gatekeeping, letting jargon replace sense and compassion, and most of all, not drawing the line of who's "real" and who's "not real" just below yourself (like every other goddamned fanatic on the planet).

I feel rather better now.