Matt BlazeOct 6

Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be decent to other people, just like you should try to be everywhere else.

Show threadMatt BlazeOct 6
Apologies if I failed to include appropriate hashtags in the previous post.
Show threadMichael WeissOct 6
@mattblaze you forgot the alt image description 😛
Show threadMatt Blaze
@mweiss "You forgot to include an image so I could check whether it included alt-text".
Oct 6 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadMozOct 6
@mattblaze @mweiss and a measurement so we could mock you for using "stupid metric units that no-one understands", and ideally some weird local spelling ditto. Spell zirconum out loud for me ;)
Show threadPeter BrownOct 6
@moz @mattblaze @mweiss you surely mean stupid imperial units which the only country in the world still to use is the USA?
Show threadMatt BlazeOct 6
@peterbrown @moz @mweiss Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk
Washington's Dream - SNL

YouTube
Show threadPeter BrownOct 6
@mattblaze @moz @mweiss 😂😂😂
Show threadChris 🌳🛸Oct 6
@mattblaze @peterbrown @moz @mweiss that's a good one 😂
Show threadMozOct 6
@peterbrown @mattblaze @mweiss No, no, the USA *and* Myanmar. Two unbelievable examples of government and educational systems.
Show threadPeter BrownOct 6
@moz @mattblaze @mweiss I stand corrected😄
Show threadMark HarrisOct 7
@peterbrown @moz @mattblaze @mweiss Sit corrected. It's more comfortable.
Show threadlp0 on fire Oct 7
@peterbrown @moz @mattblaze @mweiss, if they use Imperial units, perhaps you can explain why their ‘pint’ isn't 20 fl.oz.
Show threadMichael WeissOct 7
@lp0_on_fire @peterbrown @moz @mattblaze or why the UK fluid ounce isn't the same as the US fluid ounce.
Show threadEd VenatorOct 7
@mweiss @lp0_on_fire @peterbrown @moz @mattblaze I actually just learned this one. The US fluid ounce is based on the wine gallon. The British imperial gallon (and the units derived from it) wasn't defined until after US independence.
Show threadPeter BrownOct 7
@fourpenguins @mweiss @lp0_on_fire @moz @mattblaze Scotland had her own measures as well which after union with England gradually fell out of use. The Scots mile is remarkably close to the nautical mile.
Show threadDustin D. WindOct 6
@mattblaze @mweiss Could this lead to the Holy Grail, an ouroboros of "reminding" everyone to post an alt-image to explain the text of their post? And of course that alt-image requires alt-text, which requires…