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

I was today years old when I realized you can drag/drop people on a gallery zoom screen!

...so that you can move the talking person directly under the webcam so that it looks a little more like you're making eye contact.

In retrospect you probably shouldn't go up against writers in a contest of who can keep doing something longer while not making any money.

Did you know that 30-50% of people do NOT have a running inner monologue.

For real!

I’m amazed by that number. How can people be walking around without an inner companion constantly opining, over analyzing or babbling. The silence to me is inconceivable. I am using that word correctly.

#innermonologue #meme

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

Good thing the ceiling was there, or that pup would have floated away.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Dogs #PandemicLockdown ##DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #CovidLockdown #Pets #TrickPhotography #PhotoFun

I want a city builder where you start with a super dense car-ridden city and you have the challenge to build in green spaces and public transit and stuff to increase the happiness of the residents.

Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Meanwhile, major game devs say fee structure changes haven't won them back

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/oldest-unity-game-developer-group-breaks-up-over-lack-of-trust-in-the-company/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Them: How was your weekend?

Me: Tiring! I finally put in all that Waynescoting I've been meaning to do!

Them: Ha! It's not “Waynescoting”! It’s “wainscoting”!

Me: ... Well, shit.

NEW: 65% of Americans want to elect the president by popular vote rather than via the Electoral College system.
82% of Democrats & 47% of Republicans favor this change.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/

Everything..

Titan Books, you had _one_ job
#books #publishing #consistency