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Cake day: May 17th, 2026

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  • Toxic positivity. I’m not a fan of “your opinion doesn’t count unless you agree with me” and this is just a social media platform saying the same thing. But I’m grateful for the Return YouTube Dislike browser plug-in/add-on so that you can have some point of reference among perspectives outside one’s own. If a video has 300 likes, you might think it’s a fine video and you’ll watch it thinking “wow 300 people endorsed this”. If a video has 300 likes and 500 dislikes, though, you at least KNOW “oh that’s at least one red flag. I shall invest more effort than usual into being skeptical and mindful, and more effort into thinking critically as well, as I watch this.”

    If i see a ton of dislikes on a video whose topic is one of the new reich’s designated scapegoats, the dislike count may in fact be a factor that INCREASES my favorability toward it, because chuds brigading something means it upsets them.





  • depends on the instance.

    i really miss lemm.ee… it was just, y’know, nice. a nice place. with nice people. friendly, cheerful, open, welcoming.

    then you have some instances that are rather uh … combative >.> i shan’t name names lest i accidentally summon their unwanted attention.

    i’m new to my current instance and it’s a very cozy place so far. i worry i might be too edgy for the time being, but i’m hoping to sand those edges down, because goodness knows this cursed decade’s roughness has left me rough too. the Screaming Twenties have no brakes…







  • I would rather not resort to inflicting death in order to protect my neighbors from being brutalized by fascist thugs.

    It would be objectively better if they could be disinvited from interacting with the sane members of humanity nonviolently.

    But unfortunately, right wingers have a tendency to jump immediately to the conclusion of violence to further their goals of setting up the means to do even more violence.

    I want nonviolence.

    But sometimes i just don’t get to have what i want.







  • Well, partially facetious here (although it really is a problem) but men are notoriously much higher in statistical likelihood to inflict violence upon you so if she indicates there’s one of them around it’s kind of a public service announcement. Sort of like saying “I’m sick and it’s very contagious, please keep your distance and do not interact with me for the sake of your own safety”.

    Likewise it’s okay to grimace sympathetically and offer your condolences for this terrible burden afflicting her life and wish her to stay safe and get through it without lasting injury!