Posts by troodon@vulpine.club
(DIR) Post #3052811 by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-01-17T02:51:53Z
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dragonpunk: * will fite you* sleep on hoard* flying is the best* no tolerance for fools* pretty much every problem can be solved with a sufficient application of fire* or going to sleep for a hundred years, that works too* then wake up and set everything on fire AGAIN* no you're not gonna steal anything from my hoard I will eat you* and not in a nice waydragonpunk. accept no substitutes.
(DIR) Post #9gX5HS7aRd9U6UbK2y by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-03-07T16:05:18Z
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@Sir_Boops I have no idea what is happening in this (aside from the obvious) but it is fantastic
(DIR) Post #9gZbIjILfHYWVPCuWG by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-03-05T21:58:08Z
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@norikawa anthropologists: *literally shooting at each other*paleontologists: *doing the fistfighting and cackling thing*archaeologists: yeah whatever, now will you please STOP BUILDING SHOPPING MALLS over the ruins of ancient cities, THANKS
(DIR) Post #9gjWuitL3YWk4JPDQO by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-03-13T05:42:45Z
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@jacethechicken "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist's, but that's just *peanuts* to space. Listen..."... and so on.
(DIR) Post #9hbtYJKqL0dN2DHlCK by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-04-08T17:03:21Z
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okay, this one's really loud for the folks in the nosebleed seats!IF you CAN, PLEASE add image descriptions!~*~*~HOWEVER~*~*~IF you have accessibility needs that make it difficult/impossible, OR you are using technology that makes it difficult/impossible, OR you just don't have the damn spoons for it today, OR you just plain forgot,* * * DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!* * *the *problem* is the many, many people who do *not* fall into any of the "however" categories who are *not* using the image descriptions, and this makes a lot of images posted to Mastodon useless for people with accessibility needs. if you fall into any of the "however" categories, IT'S OKAY! I promise! folks get frustrated about the lack of descriptions and yell generally, but if you're in the "however" section, they're not yelling at you! okay? be good to each other! use image descriptions *if you can*! if not, don't worry! 💚 💚 💚
(DIR) Post #9iNvcXRbCNSf7pXsNE by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-05-02T01:48:28Z
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@asonix @lanodan @purism I just said "EW" out loud to this, and scared the cats. WELP.
(DIR) Post #9jAl5T7GwLuyi3mMYy by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-05-25T14:46:49Z
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I mean, I only mention being dragonkin on one of my pinned toots and say my "phenotype" is "dracosaur" in my bio and also that I'm "in a badly-fitting human suit" and my first pinned toot is about my "fursona" so I know it's subtle and you could miss the clues, but: HEY I'M OTHERKIN *AND TRANS*, IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT BUH-BYE.if you think that's cool... well hi there, you're in the right place. :D
(DIR) Post #9jkVrtsL9W3eCBnNEO by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-06-02T18:30:07Z
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@jacethechicken my mom told me that too. she was wroooooongwhy do adults/parents keep saying that? is there some kind of boomer meme about it that's been handed down somehow despite being demonstrably untrue?
(DIR) Post #9kHgdSzukhkOuyyiQa by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-06-27T21:16:39Z
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@art I kept reading it waiting for the revelation that it would be a cardboard box with pictures on it to look like a computer. then I got to this sentence:"My plan is to build the Unhackable Computer in the first three months."and then I LOLed so hard I scared the cats.
(DIR) Post #9kYkxXGSkw3wBRwz2G by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-07-06T02:55:26Z
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@ceejbot image desc: on the left, a rabbit sitting in snow, almost perfectly spherical, with cute little eyes and ears and nose. I don't know what kind of rabbit it is but gosh darn it is cute. on the right, a jackrabbit--skinny, bug-eyed, scraggly-furred, looking exactly as described as the "feral wilderness prophet."
(DIR) Post #9lmoCpaxqGoObLEOI4 by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-08-11T15:37:17Z
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@OCRbot
(DIR) Post #9mn2YfsVEyYUA2TEx6 by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-09-10T20:02:49Z
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@isolategab image description:political cartoon by Kevin Siers showing "Dan Bishop" holding a piece of paper with a big set of fanged teeth biting his butt labeled "Gab," saying "I invested in a social media site used by white supremacists because I was tired of those who try to control free speech! And if you mention any of this I'll sue!"
(DIR) Post #9opXyYE49qPvaWXhTM by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-10T16:15:50Z
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honestly, given the reactions that the phrase "OK, Boomer" have been getting in the media, you'd think packs of teens have been systematically targeting elderly people for brutal street muggings or something. but, no... it's just a phrase, and a mild one at that. why is it so upsetting?because it's not rebellious or confrontational, which are things older people are used to getting from younger people. it's straight-up *dismissive*. and it's not something we, GenX, the first-generation children of the Boomers, ever had the chance to express.our rebellion was taken away, repackaged, and sold back to us when we were too young to know what it was for or why it could be powerful. we grew up feeling helpless and hopeless, trapped in a world where we had nothing meaningful to say and nothing useful to do because Doom was Nigh--the ozone layer, nuclear war, the Y2K bug, politicians that hated us sending us off to wars for blatant lies. Boomers got to have their Swinging 60s--we grew up under the specter of AIDS. we were isolated from each other, so we never realized that we weren't alone. and when we were finally able to get our own voice out into the popular culture, we spoke obliquely of isolation, depression, inward-turned knives.
(DIR) Post #9opXyYSFJ7lAIVB1Zg by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-10T16:21:20Z
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and when we did manage to rebel, it was seen as the usual childish rebellion against our parents. kids these days! it's a phase, we'll grow out of it and grow up to be just like the people who raised us.but the kids these days... they have something magical: they have a voice, and the voice gives them power, and *they know it*.their voices let them speak to each other about their world and the problems they see. it lets them look for solutions that aren't reliant on their parents or grandparents, not even for advice, not even for opinions. and make no mistake, they've noticed the *decade* of fucking "Millennials Ruined [X]" thinkpieces written by annoyed Boomers, the endless, relentless victim-blaming of slapping down the Kids These Days for the crappy situations they have to deal with and that they had nothing to do with creating.this is Boomers reaping what they've sown. because this is Millenials saying "OK, Boomer... you've said your piece. we're aware of your opinion, we've heard your advice. now we're going to do *our own thing*. and you can keep talking all you want, but we're *doing* something. so why don't you have a nice big cup of sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up for a god damn change."
(DIR) Post #9opXyYdacwpkrgU5Fw by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-10T16:28:05Z
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it hurts because it's speaking truth to power. it hurts because Boomers have built a culture that looks to them as the wise ones, the gatekeepers, the elders with power, and the Kids These Days aren't playing the game right. it's not disrespectful or confrontational--it's a swerve, a dodge, taking a pass on the whole packaged cycle of obedience and rebellion. and that's why it doesn't hurt their parents, us GenXers. I have to admit, if somebody said "OK Gloomer" (heeee) to me I'd have to shake my head, laugh a little, and say "yeah, you got me." we're used to being disregarded and silenced. we love you, our kids... but we know better than to try and take away your voice. even if we wanted to, we know we can't. we can give advice and support, and you can take it or leave it as you will. but you're the ones who are leading the charge to change the world right now. drive us to a brighter, better future, or drive us off a cliff... either way, we're proud of you. OK, Millenials and Zoomers. you've got this. 💚
(DIR) Post #9oxhn8mx2bguSTXSsq by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-14T17:38:24Z
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I wrote this story over a decade ago, and it's once again seasonally relevant. for those of us on the outside: Rudolph's Refusal. https://archiveofourown.org/works/450644
(DIR) Post #9p1xypxNG7ifQTqw3k by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-13T04:55:43Z
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@Coffee @TheGibson @erosdiscordia @Agrippa okay, here's the thing: it's punching *up*, not punching *down*. it's an expression of frustration and anger from people being systematically oppressed, *without* being cruel, confrontational, or provocative. I'm honestly at a loss to see how "OK Boomer" is somehow this terrible world-shattering unity-breaking phrase when put up against, well... everything that has brought us to this point.
(DIR) Post #9p1zy5kVG2AO1YbYyO by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-11-16T20:32:40Z
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@dgold yes yes yes. all this. thank you! *hughughug*
(DIR) Post #9pyNDdcPjX6v7zTzaC by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-12-14T20:58:53Z
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I wish everybody knew about https://outline.comwhen "hey you should read article! [link]" leads you to some hideous monstrosity of popups, autoplaying videos, and begging for/demanding money to read the damn text, you can instead:1. copy the URL2. paste it into the outline.com box3. enjoy reading the actual text4. (optional) say "not today, Satan"sometimes it doesn't work, for some mysterious, unexplained reason. outline.com sometimes chokes on NYT articles, for example, but other times if I close the tab it's in, open an new tab, and try pasting the url again, it works, so. anyway yeah! spread the news!
(DIR) Post #9q0Bud9AYK0mz1SQOu by troodon@vulpine.club
2019-12-15T21:54:29Z
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@toast no idea, though some of the other comments have suggested things that might work for that? I've finally been able to remember the name of the site, so whenever I click something that's spammy and full of pop-ups I just go "oh right" and pop the url in. XD