Notices by forrest (buru5@mstdn.games)

@NaClKnight would have been funny if the replies just got progressively more aggressive

@NaClKnight @brakeoutgaming idk but i would be sure to mention the odd liminal space in the pool picture.

@NaClKnight i don't think you're immature or insufferable at all: you've been careful to qualify "i think" before each of your value/rating statements, which *i think* is interesting; especially "i think... something has objective merit," which is a statement that seems to undermine itself.

(layperson undrstndng) for anyone remotely interested, mastodon instances gather data (replies, user profiles, hashtag stuff, likes/reshares, etc.) from accounts you follow, and then your instance "absorbs" that data so that it's visible for other users on your instance; this is why an su instance can be problematic: a multi-user instance has many vectors to gather data, an su instance does not; this leads to things like no replies on posts, blank/small local timeline, blank profiles, etc.

i've been thinking a lot recently about old JRPGs and how some (most) of them are a real slog to play now (when not on some form of meth/speed): turn-based, super-linear storytelling, little customization, etc. etc. then i was thinking, i bet there's a good essay in how classic turned-based is busted and not fun in general, and maybe there's a good case for that, right? but here's the problem, and here's the sole reason why i rarely (if ever) write "review" stuff anymore: wtf is fun????

the whole thing becomes a joke to me. i see game review/journalism as a total clown show because of, literally, this one question. and the question can't be answered objectively. when some IGN dude writes this 6 paragraph review and is all confident that Grandia II is actually real bad or whatever, it's just pathetic to me. i cannot get beyond this. i fear i have thought myself into a spot where objective analysis of almost anything is absurd to me, fraudulent even.

and as an extension of this, anyone who seems overly confident in their opinion about anything multimedia/music/art related comes off as immature and kinda insufferable to me; like, our worldviews do not jive, man. i, in no way, could say that any song or game is objectively bad, much less GIVE IT A SCORE!

i'm thinking about making a single-user #mastodon instance (via masto.host) but have read some cautionary tales concerning limited post visible/reach due to the technicals of federation (this is the most-cited article: https://mull.net/mastodon).

does anyone w/ experiencing running a single-user instance have any insight? is it really a "bad idea?" esp from the perspective of someone who is less interested in seeing "federated timelines" and more focused on follower interactions?

#fediverse

there's always been a nag in the back of my skull, this urge to write a novel; it's been there for years, but i've always put it off as the prospect was too intimidating. over the last few weeks, however, i've mapped out some characters, a loose plot, and world (science fantasy loosely based on ancient greece); and i've written the first chapter (5k words), which i'll post later today.

my friend @Comicfarm drew some of the characters.

@DigiVoyager does https://howdoyouspell.cool make it through the wall of fire?

@DigiVoyager so cool we freeze the flame

@NaClKnight idk if it's changed so much. i was half asleep when i wrote this tangent and don't remember what prompted it.

"For the record: I respect creators who sell their work, just not those who create only to sell."

(https://oncomputer.games/2024/06/14/the-worlds-greatest-theme-park/)

how to spot an insufferable person or celebrity (redundant): 1.6k followers, following 43.

(this is a brand. not operating as a human being. they are trying to sell you something in all cases. sometimes their product is esoteric and weird, but it is still a product.)

(i've lightened on this a bit. i'm ok with someone selling stuff [to an extent]. i guess. do what you gotta do to survive or whatever. but the whole inhuman-mount-olympus thing? no.)

@NaClKnight i don't like thing!!!

note that YOU can start writing too, on an open federated non-tech bloat platform with other capital-C Cool writers @ https://howdoyouspell.cool/cool/community-guidelines

@NaClKnight when i'm in the ZONE it's as if i am channeling some sort of supernatural entity. the cosmic muse, or something. this is a common "artist meme," right? but there's something to it, for sure.

i just proofread three chapters worth of text and removed at least 20 semicolons y'all should be proud

@NaClKnight will do it, for sure. just a matter of timing. if i'm not spending time with my family or working, i'm writing something or doing something with the intention of writing about that something; so, i just need to get my priories in order. regarding outlines, i used to outline absolutely everything i wrote beforehand, but have stopped doing that. now i take vague (usually paper) notes to jot my memory later. i get too boxed in with an outline; like you, my best stuff "just happens."