Notices by Dendan Setia (Nins) (cendawanita@mefi.social)

@youronlyone
I'm actually intrigued by the implications of having a deprecated copy. This resembles Tumblr architecture over Twitter in a sense of that the original post could be deleted or edited but the reblogs/copies will preserve the version at the point of posting. If the instances aren't communicating anymore of course. This can be a risk vector in trolling encounters.

@youronlyone
ASEAN, daring to provide a one-size-fits-all declarative statement? 🤣🤣🤣
@bcmorr

@youronlyone
Lol, I'm gonna check out that video, but I'll be charitable and say that pronunciation is an own-idiolect of the narrator because not even in my circles have i encountered that variation.

@youronlyone
Definitely!
@rakyat @ubi @hishgraphics @Munkao @irfan

@ubi
That video @irfan shared is how i know about this subfield. And today I'm 😂 at malesia. The tankies (which relates to my subspecialty) is going to be so mad (they're invested at the idea that Malaysia nomenclature being a western colonial plot)

@hishgraphics @Munkao

@rakyat
@ubi

Something like that lol.... Basically they feel it's so sus that the term predates the federation to begin with and that's evidence we're a neocolonial plot to break the communist wave etc etc.

So there's a kernel of truth (anthro-colonial fascination and categorization) that yields a farfetched conclusion (anything conspiratorial that won't accept opportunistic rolls of the dice + the UK being broke af)

@irfan @hishgraphics @Munkao

@youronlyone
A lot of that explanation for the name is retroactive backformation. I certainly have grown up with the narrative that Malaysia is meant to be a name that represents the four (now three) territories but it's like our official explanation for the national flag makes no reference to it being inspired by the US flag 😂

But Munkao's question is more to do what's going on in the Philippines itself, not the various regional groupings like Maphilindo. One Filipino episode of the whole naming issue that's been getting recent coverage is this one lol: https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/philippines-almost-renamed-malaysia-a00289-20220601-lfrm

ETA: but also it's not so much that Malaya kicked out Singapore. The funniest way I'll describe it is tht it was a badly calculated game of chicken for the Malaya side of Malaysia, and badly calculated because based on recently made-public papers, PAP was ready to take Singapore out, as they could see their federal prospects to take KL diminished.

@rakyat @ubi @hishgraphics @Munkao @irfan

Trying #fedilab today - any particular tips from anyone? (reply guys welcome). Switched from Tusky (which I love) to see if the post threading feature is as good as described, and the new update about fetching all replies.

@qedx?