@darius I feel like this is an eminently realistic and yet optimistic rebuttal to my blog post about why I *don't* run my own social for friends :)
@jasonscheirer @darius Haha, I too ran my own single-user Mastodon instance and then one weekend accidentally nuked the database. Which is why I'm on @nolan 's instance now :)
@mal birdwatching, basketfitting, bunnyvisiting
"Bela Lugosi’s Dad"
BWAHAHAHAHA
@darius @jasonscheirer I decided last year that I would write my own single-serving ActivityPub instance rather than run my own single-user Mastodon.
Of course I've never gotten close to finishing it yet, but I did have some weird bots going for awhile
Mulling over building a new gaming PC after 7 years of nudging my current one along.
I had thought that the current hotness was going gonzo with 4k resolution GPUs, but maybe it's better to aim at really really good 1080p performance and wait another 7 years for 4k.
@robin same
@xurizaemon Leave them in flaming bags on random door steps?
@fool@mastodon.technology @xurizaemon I do morning pages, but I *do* keep them and sometimes skim through them like 6 months later - not unlike when in biology class we dissected owl pellets
@xenophora @xurizaemon "You're beautiful," says @lmorchard as he observes his breakfast bagel's sparkling, salted body.
So I tried to make a Ladyhawke (1985) reference as a joke about Pacific vs British time zones and no one knew what I was talking about.
I thought it was hilarious but now I feel super old.
tl;dw: He's a wolf by night, she's a hawk by day, but at sunrise & sunset they can be ~together~ - just like our team.
You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too
In my day, we didn't have all these gender shenanigans.
*nods dismissively and turns up "Androgynous" by The Replacements circa 1984*
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fnL2JDgy4QD04araOl0eY?si=GJJB1_6ORPG6KzX31YTJyw
@sungo Hah no
@sungo oh dang, 30 seconds in and I'm sold