"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."

I shamelessly stole that quote from a random post I saw on here. It perfectly captures my online existence and what I think about the current state of it.

I've been online since the mid 90's, usually through friends computers at first, before that I'd been tinkering with computers since I was about 12yrs old, from things like Commodore 64's & Amiga's as well as Atari ST's. I got my first PC with a modem in 98, I've been building my own PC's since 2000, but I'd been upgrading systems in some way since at least 91.

I remember the hope and promise it held and how that's been ripped away from everyone for lies, tracking, privacy invasion and a subscription to everything. If they could force you into a subscription service to breathe... they would.

I've been on Masto for 3yrs or so now. I deleted facebook in 2011, twitter in 2018 (not that I really ever used it) and shunned all others with the exception of G+ when that was good between 2011-2015.

Mastodon is my only social media platform now. I switched to beige.party because my previous instance went through a period of instability and was constantly down for a day or two at least 2 or 3 times a month.

Things that interest me or I post about.

#Humour
#Sarcasm
#Comedy
#Innuendo
#UnintendedInnuendo
#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Firefly
#Farscape
#FinalSpace
#scifi
#fantasy
#Tolkien
#TerryPratchett
#Discworld
#TheExpanse
#JamesCorey
#grunge
#metal
#indie
#alternative
#Goth
#Rock
#80sMusic
#90sMusic
#ISwearALot
#Fuck
#Shit
#Cunt
#Dogs
#RockMusic
#Technology
#Equality
#HumanRights
#Disabilities
#ActuallyAutistic
#HighFunctioningAutism
#Cycling
#EBikeRides
#FridayRockShow
#PCMasterRace
#Gaming
#RetroGaming
#SolarUpdate
#GoingGreen
#BadPicsOfFood #NomNomNom
#DIYDay

Some people like to put fancy letters after their names, so I thought I'd do the same.

BSC = Bronze Swimming Certificate
SSC = Silver Swimming Certificate

If you got the joke, yay!

@Snowshadow
I'm saying nothing about people who enjoy a good ride....

Ok... maybe just a little something 😆

#UnintendedInnuendo

Ahem... this was totally unintended latte art... complete with splooge.

#UnintendedInnuendo

I just realized something. My brightest smile, my greatest joy, happens when I share my happiness with others. Over the last two years, I've become more self-sufficient than ever, able to stand on my own. But, far from isolating me from others, it's brought me closer to people I care about. I guess there's more of me to give than ever before. And the more happiness I share with others, the more I feel myself.

Hey, you in the back: I hear you giggling!

#TransJoy #PersonalConnection #UnintendedInnuendo

From the first news article on my phone's browser home page:

"Salvia offer swathes of beautiful, colorful blooms".

#UnintendedInnuendo (in a non-sex way) #DoubleMeaning

@Silversnapples

#NutRoast
You make this so easy

#UnintendedInnuendo

Ooooh... yeah... what a sexy bin... you're really doing it for me... I'm gonna give it to you real good you shiny metal sexy beast.

#UnintendedInnuendo
#RelaxItsACarryingHandle