Funny how most of the people I am still in touch with from somethingawful ended up being queer neurodivergent furries, or a combination if not all 3.
@Loosf now I find myself thinking of this old Cohost post

@jhwgh1968 yeah

yeah

funnily enough what I am doing right now is going through the archive.org cohost thing of my account because I am looking for some stories
but also just
recycling posts

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf

yeah
i worry a lot about that
as i've been studying settings for a story i want to make, but the setting involves everyday evil, like gerrymandering, hostile architecture etc
and i've been putting the writing off for years at this point so it's just been study.
I'm shutting down parts of the project because i'm worried I'll lose myself

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf the old man had it right in 1962

@Garudina @jhwgh1968

yeah.

That quote is so true.

I follow that and "Goddamnit, babies, you've got to be kind"

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf This is more or less the backstory of a good chunk of bronies. At some point, they stopped being into ponies "ironically".

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf

Thankfully this anecdote is more wholesome than another bunch of people doing things "ironically' and it turns out they're are fully supporting the ideology...

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf oh yes. that was an excellent post. glad we're not the only ones who remember it
@jhwgh1968 @Loosf this is exactly how I got into sailor moon as a middle schooler.

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf

I don't know the origin but I once read something very profound on Tumblr:
"You can only wear the mask so long before it becomes your face"

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf A friend once gave me the line "It's only an act for so long", and damn, those are some powerful words.

@WAHa_06x36 @jhwgh1968

Vonnegut's quote has been deeply influential for me

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

@jhwgh1968 @Loosf Oh yeah, that time I dress-up as a girl ironically…
@jhwgh1968 @Loosf straight men who are "ironically" gay with their homies be like