The sheer number of people mistaking me for @systlin in my inbox at the moment is astounding so let me make it easier for some of you.
@systlin : plant witch who raises bees and has a whole host of other terrifyingly awesome skills
me: the witch who is allergic to all nature and cannot go outside because even though I don’t believe in gods, the bastards still have a sick sense of humor.
Which one(s) of you all have the terrifying rose? @systlin, right?
Both of us actually, but mines is called Demon Rose cause unlike Systlin who manages to somewhat contain hers, mine has taken over that side of the house.
Actually I ALSO have a demon rose, but mine has only destroyed the garage, not invaded the house.
@galwayghost They said “bring it on” bc they’ve actually got a working knowledge of bladed weaponry – and if that person wanted to literally duel them over queer issues in Star Trek, they could.
It, uh, somehow didn’t happen. 🤷♂️
@galwayghosy @vaspider no wasn’t the fuel incident the congressman who challenged some politician or activist to a duel and then systlin accepted the duel on their behalf? Or were there two duel incidents?
@dadhoc was challenged to a duel over queerness in a Star Trek RPG. This is different from @systlin accepting a duel challenge from a congressman.
Hilariously, I was challenged at a time in my life when I was working at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, was certified in stage combat for rapier & dagger, rapier and buckler, broadsword, and spear. I was also fencing saber, and participating in a recreationist martial arts group studying Capo Ferro. So my response to being challenged to a duel was to laugh and suggest claymore at dawn. Cos I was 6’8" tall and built like a linebacker, and he… probably couldn’t have lifted the damn things, yet alone wield it with any skill.
All off this because I insisted the betazoid Imzadi bond could exist between same sex people.
He held the ridiculous notion that the bond was an aid to procreation, which went against the thematic truth that the great houses of Betazed married for genetic compatability to ensure psionic offspring, and romantic relations outside of marriage were not at all taboo.
It remains a highlight of ridiculous cishet men in fandom being wrong about literally everything.
How many different types of sarcasm are there? List their names and descriptions.
Selective sarcasm: when you are sarcastic for the viewing pleasure of a few, while others think you’re serious. Usually for humorous effect.
Cold sarcasm: angry, sharp, biting sarcasm that cuts the conversation in half like a knife and leaves it trailing into silence.
Hot sarcasm: innuendo. Sarcastically. It’s very sexy.
Melodramatic sarcasm: over the top! Extravagant! Ridiculous! Be! A! Drama! Queen! Get! The! Applause! You! Deserve!
Whispered sarcasm: for your personal satisfaction only. Usually hissed under your breath. Usually followed by the classic exchange of, “What was that?” “Oh, nothing.”
I legit served a man at my last job who was fully covered in nazi symbols and shit. He was a proud actual real life nazi getting icecream in a family theme park and when he left I voiced my disgust to my coworkers on how security even let him in the gate wearing all of that. And you know what that bitch said? “Well some people are offended by your rainbow flag and you are allowed to wear it so he can too”. It’s not the fucking same. Don’t fucking compare the two
Nazis’ entire mission is to exterminate anyone who’s not exactly like them. It’s in no way comparable to “some people are offended”.
me: “I’d like to visibly exist without fear”
them: “I want to literally kill these people so that they stop existing”
centrists: “I don’t see the difference”
Oh wow I guess my addition to this post got spread a lot. I just wanted to add in another piece of important information. I live in Orlando. The location of the Pulse night club shooting. I was wearing a rainbow pin on my uniform because 49 people in my community died in a hate crime. I will never forgive anyone who tells me that my rainbow pins are the same as a swastika
They are, in fact, almost exactly like a real deep sea fish, Gigantura, and I CANNOT POSSIBLY PREPARE ANYONE for how stunningly fucking fantastic they really look.
I think that is in fact my single favorite face on our entire planet
Companies like John Deere actively seek to legally prevent farmers from repairing their own equipment in order to squeeze more money of them. Elizabeth Warren’s called for a national right-to-repair law for tractors specifically to counter this.
Oh my neighbors did this.
Thanks Ukrainian programmers! You’ve done us here in Iowa a solid, we do appreciate it
I dont understand why John Deer tractors need software. Like, I’m sure there’s a reason, but I can not think of one.
Ah! Because what you are likely picturing when you hear ‘tractor’ is this
AKA an engine with a lot of torque for Pulling Things strapped to some big tires with a wheel to steer it. Which isn’t inaccurate. But any longer, the driver’s seat of a tractor looks like this
Note the GPS, whole buncha buttons, and computer screen. Because, see, a lot of the functions of modern tractors and the equipment they pull are computer controlled now, and the programs that control those functions (like how much seed to dispense, how frequently, how deep to plant them, how deep to till, how much fertilizer to dispense, ect ect ect) are what this is talking about. John Deere has claimed that sure, you own the HARDWARE, but any longer that hardware can’t run without the software. Without that software, the tractor and equipment you spent half a million $$ on is a gigantic expensive paperweight.
THAT is what they say you are only leasing from them.
