Notices by Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)

Just how deeply in the bubble does someone have to be to think it's okay to say the quiet part out loud?

@kaia
IKEA not having half the stuff is the permanent state of IKEA, it's just which half in particular that varies over time

@kaia
30% of fediverse traffic would evaporate if people quit obsessively discoursing about how (terrible/terrific) (Twitter/Threads/Bluesky) is

@kaia
making my life sounds so much sexier thanks :blobcatcooljazz:

@kaia
does licking vanilla frosting off the screen when I accidentally dropped a cupcake on it count?

@kaia
what if i hate javascript at least as much as i hate chatgpt

@clacke
yes it's been 4 years but their "well ackshually" schedule has been really full that entire time okay, the sexism won't just do itself

@kaia
awww good bf :pizzablobcat:

@kaia
enjoy!

@kaia
agree, though I think ppl also make a lot of assumptions about other people based on pretty unreliable data like an avatar or a username

ex: all the anime girl avatars aren't backed by women, even if people might subconsciously respond as if to women

and I suspect some ppl imagine responses (eg answering a question when they wanted to complain) assuming the other person is responding based on info they know about themself, not what the other person actually believes them to be

@kaia

agree, most people welcome positive interactions, and I think most people reply with the kind of reply they'd like to recieve based on how they interpreted the intent of the post

but there's also the problem of how an individual defines 'positive interaction' and for a non-zero number of people, that means replies that aren't just polite or well intentioned, but also comply with a set of specific, unstated parameters

which is some prime grade mind gamey bullshit

my fave socials interact is when Person A says something that could be read several ways

are they asking for help? looking for sympathy? starting a convo? they just bitching?

time to put on your psychic beanie and play guess the intent!

so Person B guesses wrong and does something gauche and stupid like offer a link to the actual information A complained they can't find, allowing A to smugly, self-righteously lay into B for being a "reply guy" and "in their mentions"

#HowDare #ItsATrap

@aral
it's a mystery why they have so many abandoned houses

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/06/14/these-remote-irish-islands-will-pay-you-80000-to-move-there-but-theres-a-catch

The #Fedilab #cats got poisoned

Léa and Milka made it but Nezuko passed away

https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/110726206809768941

If you want to help @apps with the vet costs to save Léa and Milka and the cost of Nezuko's autopsy to support the police report there's a GoFundMe page here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/autopsie-pour-un-de-mes-chats

Tom's given so much of his own time and work to the community over the years, and he's never really asked for anything back, so if you've got a little extra, he could use some support right now

#CatsOfMastodon

I haven't read every post @aral has ever made (who has the time) & I don't agree with everything he says

He IS loud and opinionated and a fedi-personality

BUT I've never noticed him being abusive to individuals or initiating aggressive confrontation

I've seen him respond with salt to people who INITIATED contact with him using an acerbic or ungracious tone, but that's about it

Just saying he's abusive without examples seems unfair

That said, no account is too popular to ban if it's abusive

This is your daily reminder that free speech is not a synonym for hate speech.

Hate speech is the anti-free speech, weaponised speech intended to intimidate and silence others. People who call hate speech "free speech" do not support or protect the speech of others.

When you use free speech as a euphemism for hate speech, you help them spread the idea that free speech is bad into popular culture, which is the first step in dismantling it.

Call hate speech what it is. :ablobcatcoffee:

@apps
someday I want to try pixelfed tho

#protip if you're using #Fedilab @apps it's super easy to tell if an image has alt text before you boost

there's a small pencil icon in the lower right corner of the image indicating the OP added alt text

@apps if someday you had nothing higher priority, it would be nice if I could set preferred posting languages so when I change language on my post my preferred languages are at the top so I don't have to scroll through the list so much :ablobcatheart: #BilingualProblems

@keng_chi_yang
:ablobcatheart: