Posts by Owlor@meow.social
(DIR) Post #AVCcAVSzQwVjUyXRiq by Owlor@meow.social
2023-05-01T06:22:04Z
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@pry A diagnosis
(DIR) Post #AX1UprdG81tahBcJns by Owlor@meow.social
2023-06-24T17:22:16Z
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@mrjunge For reference, to anyone who might be wondering, in my case the answer is kinky cute.
(DIR) Post #AX1ipCoxGMPnTnfTNI by Owlor@meow.social
2023-06-24T19:59:03Z
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@mrjunge I lost it when the airhorn came in, that's when it definitely went from "maybe they are ramping up towards a more conventional theme song?" to "nope, they are literally just playing a random DJ mix during their intro sequence".
(DIR) Post #AYBFmLW9B9maTKXD4y by Owlor@meow.social
2023-02-19T18:26:41Z
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@Archie8 100% want a friend group where we eat sandwhiches together and talk about how we fixed our janky bicycles.
(DIR) Post #AYDiF4MDFGmQgIIBrk by Owlor@meow.social
2023-07-30T12:33:18Z
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Im having a surprisingly hard time explaining that saying things that aren't true is a common technique for making jokes and it's also not particularly heinous. I think the problem is that if you just hear my rough description and don't see what I'm talking about in context, it's gonna sound a lot more obnoxious than it is in practice.
(DIR) Post #AYDiF5yBFakFgL41gW by Owlor@meow.social
2023-07-30T12:35:38Z
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Cus like, yeah this could apply to the Goncharov thing where you pretend something exists and try to string people on for as long as possible, but what I was talking about and what I'm thinking about is deliberate absurdism, when it's pretty clear to everyone involved that what they are saying isn't true and the humor comes more from the fact that they are able to improvise something silly on the spot.
(DIR) Post #AYDiF7cd6gh8o4zqN6 by Owlor@meow.social
2023-07-30T12:36:36Z
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I was talking about how I've noticed this is a particularly common style of humor among artists and writers, mainly cus we're pretty regularly excercising our creative muscles, so we got a bit of an edge in that regard.
(DIR) Post #AYDiF9KyjHlQ7ukm8W by Owlor@meow.social
2023-07-30T12:37:45Z
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It's similar to how a lot of actors when joking around will tend towards making silly voices, cus that's something they can do on the spot that not everyone can.
(DIR) Post #AaIXyzQuarHf93UgQi by Owlor@meow.social
2023-09-30T16:10:11Z
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a recurring daydream of mine is to have like a "what is fandom?" starter kit that's just automatically given to anyone who joins a fandom, or trash-talks a fandom, or wants to interact with the concept of fandom in any way so people actually have a sense of what's up and won't say stuff that's confused at best and outright lies at worst with as much fequency.
(DIR) Post #AaIXz0VYb4asTkfuJE by Owlor@meow.social
2023-09-30T16:16:04Z
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I dunno what I'd put in it, but definitely an explanation that the modern concept of fandom comes from the science fiction fandom, it is passion-driven organization and creative expression around a specific area of interest. It does not require you to be a soldier for a particular franchise or creator. It does not require you to consume everything with a particular brand. If corporations like what you're doing, then... well, I don't wanna say it's not fandom, but you're missing out on much of the fun of fandom.
(DIR) Post #AaIXz2LLlzcMAfumg4 by Owlor@meow.social
2023-09-30T16:21:01Z
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One common type of fan expression is to pretend that the events of a story really happened in some reality and theorize about it. This is a game, in fact, the classic sherlock holmes fandom refers to it as "the great game". The characters are tools used by an author to tell a story, and if things get too heated, you should really step back and remember this fact 😓
(DIR) Post #AaWx773Rv7VcDzmo6K by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-07T05:18:58Z
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Conditional acceptance can be harder to deal with than not being accepted at all. Like, the latter is definitely worse, but it's also pretty obviously bad. With conditional acceptance, you can get strung along for a long time thinking "this is fine, they mostly accept me, I just need to hide some aspects of me in order to be palatable, it's fine."It doesn't even necessarily register as limiting until you find someone you genuinely can talk about anything with and you realize how freeing it is.
(DIR) Post #AaWx7ER6TZab7NuIRU by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-07T05:24:25Z
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Also, if you don't have someone like that, absolutely hit me up. Trust takes time to build so I can't give you that experience right away, but I do my best to be genuinely accepting and not "accepting*".
(DIR) Post #AalOFk29vrby7jFu4m by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-14T13:19:37Z
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I've seen a lot of fan projects crash and burn and a consistent problem is dreaming too big.While I understand this is asking a lot, ideally you should have a clear idea as soon as possible what the smallest thing you could deliver that would make you feel like you accomplished what you set out to do is.Then you go around swatting everyone with a newspaper, including yourself, if they start working on something that isn't directly related to that goal before the bare essentials is firmly in place and ready to go.
(DIR) Post #AalOFleTurrN8sC1Ro by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-14T13:22:01Z
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Once you know for a fact that you could ship something that meet your minimum goals, THEN you can add as many bells and whistles as you want.In corpo-speak, this is called the Minimum Viable Product and while I wanted to avoid that word cus it sounds dismal, it is a supremely useful concept to prevent scope-creep.
(DIR) Post #Aany3tK1EnPSdCS5QW by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-15T13:59:10Z
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One of the easiest ways to start an unecessery and pointless slapfight is ask a bunch of goths if it's the fashion or the music that defines someone as a goth. The idea that goth has a shared idiom that can manifest in various creative way across multiple disciplines, the way artistic movements and subcultures have worked for literal centuries is evidently not on the table in this dichotomy.
(DIR) Post #Aany3v9oPiQwK7gxnM by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-15T14:02:24Z
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I think where this argument starts is that a lot of people think of fashion less like a creative outlet or artistic discipline and more a way to signal what categories you belong to.
(DIR) Post #Aany3x0fWgJA4LQgoy by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-15T14:13:20Z
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Frankly, I'm not sure we can even define "the music" in a meaningful way. Most classic 'goth' bands don't think of themselves as goth, and there are plenty of bands that fit the idiom really well, and who might even think of themselves as such, but if you suggest they are a goth band, people are gonna tear you apart.
(DIR) Post #Aany3yjj6dwbQNWBgu by Owlor@meow.social
2023-10-15T14:19:10Z
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If there's one common thread across all goths I know, it's not fondness of a specific genre, it's a sense that music can be used to express a particular mood or aesthetic. Finding music that speaks to them, that appeal to their particular artistic sensibilities, is a favorite pasttime of many goths.
(DIR) Post #AbjPeDm9Cf3L8PoJrU by Owlor@meow.social
2023-11-12T10:32:47Z
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Honestly, I'd recommend anyone who has a kink or fascination that others find unusual, extreme or taboo to explore the topic in fiction. It's harmless and fun and can be pretty therapeutic. I do not recommend sublimating your interests into harassing people who do explore taboo topics in fiction, that is decidedly less harmless.