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@Axolotl1
Counterintuitive Kindness.👀💝
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@only_ohm @dallo @Khrys
Still blows me away that *thirty years* of pushback hasn't been enough to convince the community maintaining GIMP that naming their software after a common ableist slur - for no good reason - was a bad idea that severely hampers its growth, engagement, & accessibility, not only back then, but even now & ever onward.😮💨
I hate that the discomfort of admitting they were wrong matters more than the pain their choice caus[ed/es].😞
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@bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com @don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social @fdroidorg@floss.social Such as?
Part of the issue is that suggesting ppl "stop using Android" is like suggesting they stop using a car:
For some people it's doable with only a moderate amount of difficulty, when their circumstances happen to align with the available alternatives.
For many other people it's fundamentally impossible, as the demands of their circumstances have no alternatives.
Imo it's disingenuous to suggest that boycotting Android would be any different.
Hey y'all! Yeah, you reading this.👋
I'm gonna head out, for a bit. Couple weeks at least, I suspect, but it might be more if things keep going south.🤔
The bad brain juices aren't quite flooding, yet, but my socks are wet & I know how this goes. I need a step back to recoup, let some things break, mourn their passing, & clean up to rebuild.🏚️🧹🫧🏡
PLEASE take *very good care* of yourself while I'm gone, okay?🥺❤️🩹 You matter lots & deserve the good things you give others, too.🫂💯
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@Redfuchs@furries.club HELL yeah.👀🔥 
The biggest "Fuck You" we can possibly inflict upon the bigots who want us to shut up & die is to defy their hated & live.
They want us to believe the future has no place for us, & that's just not true:
We've been here longer than words to describe us have existed, & we'll keep showing up when & wherever babies are born.👶
I want SO BADLY for those kids to know the love of their distant queer family, but that only happens *if we make it*.🫂❤️🩹
The biggest "Fuck You" we can possibly inflict upon the bigots who want us to shut up & die is to defy their hated & live.
They want us to believe the future has no place for us, & that's just not true:
We've been here longer than words to describe us have existed, & we'll keep showing up when & wherever babies are born.👶
I want SO BADLY for those kids to know the love of their distant queer family, but that only happens *if we make it*.🫂❤️🩹Replying to
@netopwibby This is an excellent description, & kinda nails why "free as in freedom" software development will always be super important:
Stuff made by intrinsically motivated people is much less likely to face enshitification.
(..it simply has an entirely *different* set of nearly insurmountable challenges!😅)
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@only_ohm @dallo @Khrys Totally fair! We all have to learn before we can know - no one is born with it, or should be blamed for not being given it.😉
What bothers me (as in this case) is when people learn something that ought to change how they act & think - as a result of their stated values - but choose instead to ignore, avoid, or justify their way around earnest acknowledgment & reconciliation.🫠
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@Axolotl1 *a secret third type of shitpost appears*
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@GavUnimpressive@chitter.xyz This is the single greatest fine art tutorial I've ever seen.🥹 
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What an incredibly versatile methodology!!🤩🎉!
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What an incredibly versatile methodology!!🤩🎉!Replying to
@Ultranidd@yiff.life This is delightful & makes my entire day.🥹💕✨
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@bagelcollie@woof.tech Sweet eepy floofster!🥹💖
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@potterybyosa That's an amazing way to connect with your past, both in memory & place.🥹💕
Cannot wait to see what you do with it! 🙌💯
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@NoFlexZone@blacktwitter.io @bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com @don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social Fully agree.👍
Greatly appreciate your distinction between "tech guide" & "lifestyle guide", as well - reminds me of the countless 'answers' on StackOverflow that amount to "read the manual".🫠
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@flesh @netopwibby Caveat: approved.
Retrospect: unnecessarily broad application of causality to inherently complex correlation between personal motivation & project outcomes; correction is required.
Revisions: complete.
Gratitude: conveyed.(Ty!🙏)
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@mattwilcox That's an oddly sharp rebuke to level at a stranger who asked someone else for help.
What made their request so objectionable, to you?
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@Trouthless_T@bark.lgbt *gasp!*👀✨
A CUTIE!!🤩💖
Hi hi hi!!👋 Welcome to whatever this is! Your art is great & we're delighted to see it & meet you! 🙏🎉
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@dallo Ah! Got it!👍
Tyvm for the clarification, I haven't heard libriste used in that context but it could easily be common parlance for others.🙏😅
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@zbrown @only_ohm @dallo @Khrys I have no reason to doubt that the software was originally named as a reference to the BDSM scene in Pulp Fiction. Makes sense & seems plausible, to me!👍
My claim that the software was named *after* the slur was simply an awkwardly-worded attempt to indicate that 'gimp' had been used as an insult in the US for many, many years before the software or Pulp Fiction existed.
Ex: https://dare.wisc.edu/surveys/survey-results/1965-1970/health-and-disease/bb1/
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@heatherhorns@plush.city Outstanding side-quest mystery = SOLVED🙌🏆💯
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@JohannaForster@mastodon.art I *love* this peek into your overgrown world.👀✨
I would be DELIGHTED to see even more from it!!🤩🌱🤖
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@equisett@woof.tech Yuuuuup.😮💨
When my graphing calculator from high school 2 decades ago has retained more functionality than a smartphone bought 8 yrs ago, you know something's fucked.🫠
I gave up on all big brand phones after failing to repair our iPhones: Androids I could fix, but our Apple devices started to reject replacement parts & would lock if the repair wasn't done by their staff.🙄🔐
My partner & I switched to Fairphone ~8 yrs ago, haven't looked back.👌💚
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@bluebudgie@mastodon.art BLESSED EGGMOM!!🙌💯🥚🥰
LOVE all the different versions!😁
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@bluebudgie SO CUTE!!😍✨
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@dragonfriend 100%! One of the toughest parts of deeply internalized shame is simply being able to ACKNOWLEDGE it at all, in ourselves, much less talk about or process with others.🫠
(It's hard not to spiral into seclusion & despair if you feel ashamed OF feeling shame😵💫)
Institutionalized religion taught me a lot I never wanted to know about weaponizing shame, despite y'know...*gestures vaguely at John 8:7-11*
It helps to consider that, technically, Jesus could be considered therian.😉👼
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@spacefinner @dragonfriend Shame is one hell of a drug.😖
I think a lot about what a world bereft of shame might look like. I don't think it would actually be *better* (social pressure isn't always a bad thing), but I'd imagine there would be FAR less anxiety.😅
@niaco ....so she can have fun going real fast, right? 👀
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@dinohym@meow.social Happy birthday!! :BlobCat_Party: 🎊 :blobcat_eats_layer_cake:
Congratulations on surviving another year!🙌💯 Not a single day of that was certain, & no one worked harder at getting you thru every trial in every moment of the year now past than you did.🫂🎖️
Thank you, so so so much, for taking care of yourself in the ways none of us ever could.🙏❤️🩹
We wish you nothing but the best on your journey thru the year to come, with ample courage, comfort, & clarity for any obstacle it brings! 💝✨
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@sylvia_ritter@mastodon.social GORGEOUS mermaids!!😍✨💕🧜🏽♀️
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@animalshapes@mastodon.art YEAH YEAH YEAH!!🤩💕❄️⛷️
(I miss snowboarding so bad...I think it's been a solid decade since I last broke powder.💔🥲)
Thanks for the beautiful reminder of some of my favorite memories!!🥰🏂✨
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@mattwilcox I can accept that, & apologize for assuming otherwise.🙏
I genuinely agree with everything you've said, here!💯 You're absolutely right about the merits of this video & thorough study itself, & I certainly hadn't meant to suggest I believed otherwise.
>"A summary & an education are different"
Precisely! A summary (tl:dw) is *not* meant to replace watching the video (it never could!), but to ADD something: your personal take-aways!
TL:DW is an accessibility aid, not a substitute.❤️🩹
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@Mr_Teatime@social.tchncs.de @bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com @don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes!!👌
Many thanks: you have good words and used them well!🙏
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@nycki@bark.lgbt That's legitimately amazing. 🤩🌈🎨🖍️
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@metallicumbrage@pawb.fun Aw - that's real cute! 🥹💕❄️
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@petrabrandstrom You're super welcome! Thank YOU for both making & sharing such a wonderful painting! 😄💕
Also: CONGRATULATIONS on your first gallery exhibition! 🥳 That's incredibly exciting!!🎉🙌
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@firman@mstdn.social Oh these are DELIGHTFUL!!👀❤️🔥
See now I'm mad 'cause Toad isn't NEARLY this expressive in any 'official' depictions I've ever seen!!😤 NINTENDO SHOULD HIRE YOU!!🙌🎉💯
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@gudenau @TechConnectify TL:DW?
(I do plan to watch it, but would love to hear what parts stood out most to you.🙏)
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@dallo
(sorry, I'm really not sure what you mean re. libRIST templates...😬)
How does your choice to refer to the software as "GnuIMP" affect the derogatory nature of its truncation?
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@animalculum@scholar.social ...oh this will go well.👀
Researcher: "We just discovered that the top leaves of tall trees produce thousands of little blue lights during a thunderstorm that are difficult to see unless you're really close!"😄🫴🎄
Public: "I [do/don't] believe you - better check for myself!"🧐🪜🌲
Researcher: "....wait, don't just-"😳
Public: "Hey you were ri-"⛈️ 
@Tealfuleyes ☝️💯♥️
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@zbrown @only_ohm @dallo @Khrys
"...it is ridiculous that the name persists, it's just not a good name and many people have perfectly reasonable objections, time to move on."
Absolutely nailed it.👌💯
There is nothing uniquely special about the name "GNU Image Manipulation Program" that makes it necessary or irreplaceable.
It could just as easily be called "Visual Media Adjustment Tool", or "FLOSS Resource for Altering Image Files".🫤
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@malte@anticapitalist.party @Kancept@infosec.exchange @Slacker@mastodontech.de I fully agree:
"New users shouldn't assume they can easily optimize this operating system that's lauded for its optimizability & being more user-friendly than it's ever been" is unrealistic.
New users aren't going to stop wanting the nice things that Veteran users keep bragging about as reasons they prefer Linux.
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@malte@anticapitalist.party @Slacker@mastodontech.de @Kancept@infosec.exchange On the one hand:
You deserve to be appreciated when offering help to a 'noob', & their frustration does not make it okay for them to be rude. You don't need to put up with abuse.
On the other hand:
"I won't help you b/c you were too frustrated by your problem to adhere to my expectations, & I did not have the patience to tolerate incivility which I knew was not directed at me" doesn't seem like a viable solution.
Thoughts?
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@JenJen@mastodon.art HOT FUCKIN' DAMN!!👀🔥🤯
Hourly reminder that Hey you're really good at drawing very beautiful & sexy stuff, did you know??😍🎉💯💖
(seriously though, that outfit is 🤌🏆❤️🔥🥵✨💝)
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@emilylorange@mastodon.art Hot *damn!*👀✨
EXQUISITE detail on the plumage; on top of that wonderful patterning, the scattered colors give an impression of shimmery iridescence that looks absolutely AMAZING!!😍💖
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@crystallord ....this is an *amazing* depiction of an already incredible concept that absolutely deserves its own conic book series.👀💯🖤✨
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@gudenau Absolutely will do!
I won't be able to until after work today, tho.😅
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“I totally understand why you’re frustrated. Would you like some help? This was hard for me too, at first, but I can share what I know.”
This is a phenomenal way to respond to an upset/impolite request.👌💯🏆
- validates their concern & experience, twice
- indicates interest in & value of their goals
- sets reasonable expectations for support
- mutually disarming invitation
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@mattwilcox
>>"Interpreting that as a “request” involves adding in as much context on your part as interpreting my comment as a rebuke."
1st half: Genuinely, what purpose does a question mark serve if not to indicate a request?🤔
2nd half: You got me there!😅 I absolutely agree that, had I given your words the same benefit-of-the-doubt I'd applied to the "TL;DW?", your statement *could* have been intended as a completely earnest suggestion without even a HINT of disdain or rebuke.🙏
Were they?
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@petrabrandstrom Holy flippin' glory, this painting is ✨INCREDIBLE!✨👀💯
Wow. WOW!!😱
AMAZING detail & color & perspective & framing & LIGHTING good GOD!🤩🔥💖🎉
Spectacular work!!🥳🏆
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@finkel@dragonchat.org Ok, this is both amazingly well-made & extremely funny - idkw but that cut legit made me cackle!🤣🛩️💯🏆