Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

@Pat "Nothing is dirty or worn" was meant literally about clothing, household items, cars, etc. as they might be portrayed in movies or TV. This is perhaps about the American corporate aesthetic rather than a left/right distinction. You would also find it among, say, dedicated Apple customers, who would say they lean left.

On people constantly affirming each other, I was thinking about the students and faculty at the very left-wing college where I teach. They are vocally supportive of each other. For example, when I juggle (badly) outside on campus, passing students (whom I don't know) tell me, "You're doing a great job! Keep at it!"

You are right that the left (especially personalities like John Oliver or Seth Meyers) have no shortage of harsh words for the right. I think there's a difference, though, that these attacks spring not from who the targets are but from what they've done. Even the most generous person is not going to look at someone who is suppressing votes, violently trying to overthrow democracy, closing libraries, passing anti-LGBTQ+ laws, etc., and say, "you do you!"

On people getting more conservative as they get older:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/poor-people-often-dont-survive-to-become-seniors-who-vote.html

For some context, part of my inspiration for this musing was seeing this TTRPG and the thumbnail for a video of "wholesome RPGs":

https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/teatime-adventures

I thought, the right wouldn't find this wholesome at all! They would find something like a Hallmark movie wholesome, while a leftist might find that patriarchal and creepy.

Right's idea of wholesome:

Nobody swears or talks about sex

Race, class, and gender hierarchies are unquestioned

Nothing is dirty or worn

People are encouraged to talk about their relationship with Jesus

Law enforcement or soldiers are present and praised

Left's idea of wholesome:

Diversity is explicitly represented and welcomed

Everyone constantly affirms each other

People are encouraged to talk about their feelings

Cartoon animals (or people dressed as them) are present and cooed over

Discuss!

Bread in the #math student lounge.

@PlaneSailingGames It seems a catch-22: you can't find people to follow because you're not seeing people.

Does anyone have advice for thickening up the federated timeline of a small instance?

@vwbusguy Proposal: owl vs goose rap battle.

Creatives (including game developers) and engineers (including software developers) agree: get a minimal rough draft out there ASAP, then iterate.

The difference is in how stable each iteration has to be. This is what makes video game development so much harder than tabletop: changing a design idea is really expensive.

#GameDev #SoftwareDevelopment #iterate #writing #coding #agile #BoardGames #VideoGames

This (accidental, temporary) blocking also hit me. It even cut me off from my spouse! (Fortunately, she's right across the breakfast table.)

Is there any way to reconnect (or even enumerate) these severed connections? Nobody on either end was notified.

@trinsec @freemo @stux

Animal-related hashtag puns that are not empty:

#moosetodon
#masTOADon

What else ya got?

#Hashtag #HashTagGames

#Moosetodon