How are y'all

For two days now my notifications are almost nothing but new followers, talk to me 

@Gargron talk
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what, that's what you asked for, right?
@Gargron Fantastic, my fantastical friendly friend!
@Gargron
having lots of fun on here lol, bless up to you and everyone who keeps this site running

@Gargron i'm pretty great - how are you? i'm digging this instance, and i'm surrounded by cool new people, who are at least very good at pretending that they're not awful! thanks for all your work over the last couple of days on things

and for that heavy breathing emoji

@Gargron Are you like Myspace Tom but for Mastodon?
@MattMinerXVX I am that but for mastodon.social
@Gargron
I'm alive. I think that's a victory, yeah? :)
@Gargron Hi! How's your day going?
@Gargron Talk? Like, you mean, actual human beings?
@Gargron stunned at all the new people. Trying to consolidate my follows to my account on a smaller server cause I can't keep up with the main local timeline anymore. :P
@Gargron just got into work and havin' my coffee
@Gargron yo I'm very tired but we might get an item set into dota in the next few months so I got that cautious optimism keeping me going
@Gargron
Well I actually remembered to set my work alarm back on after the 3 day weekend. So I'm not running around the house swearing like I was yesterday morning. Off to a better Tuesday start. ๐Ÿ‘

@Gargron Hey! If you swim toward the light, you'll eventually reach air (unless there's a giant waterproof lamp at the bottom).

Q of the day: Can art be your job if it's most of what you do but not what you get paid for?

@Gargron First, thank you for building and admin-ing this instance. :D Came here fleeing Nazis and other scum. Glad to be here. I wish there would be a way to "globalize" usernames / identifiers. You can't do much about this directly I assume. It's the one advantage Twitter has at this point. :) Thanks again for running this show!
@GMRaphi Advantage or disadvantage is very subjective in this case. There's an infinite amount of available usernames, so if you're "dave" and someone else already snatched that, you can still get it somewhere else. Or host your own instance. In that way the usernames are like e-mail addresses.
@Gargron Good point. Still wrapping my mind around the whole Mastodon thing. :) Thanks!
@Gargron Realizing that I am not so much a fan of pickles on National Pickle Day, as I am a fan of delivery devices for vinegar & seasonings. You? ๐Ÿฅ’
@Gargron Hi there, nice to meet(?) you! Thanks for creating Mastodon. <3 *too toot* ๐Ÿ˜
@Gargron Doing good. Glad to be here. :D
@Gargron Hi! Still learning my way around. :)
@Gargron whatcha reading right now?
@Gargron 'm alright. At work, so signing up and then having a peep back later.
@Gargron Just finished drafting an itch.io page for a audio/VR class project, waiting for our last group member to ok it before publishing so going to make dinner. Are those piggies yours by the way or are you looking after them for someone? They look so cute! ^O^
@Gargron @Nigma Congratulations Nigma you have beautiful piggies ๐Ÿ˜Š
@Gargron New here, so figuring it out. I love the concept. I hope it all goes well for you.
@Gargron Hey man, nice place you got here. Not sure what else to say but keep up the good work.
@Gargron I'm good! Just drinking all the coffee possible, because ugh, Tuesday. How about you?
@Gargron Howdy blobbo. Whatโ€™s the kicks me masto?
@Gargron Hi :) Apparently you're my new something so wanted to say hello.
@Gargron thanks for being a cool dude and doing a good job ๐ŸŒป
@Gargron
Hiya! I'm Emily, a gobby feminist and creator of the mental health and anxiety zine; Brain Shoodles.
I'm glad I've found Mastodon, it's so chill here. Thank you!
@Gargron I'm good, about to eat some grub and catch a late showing of Thor. How about you?
@Gargron I'm great. been following Mastodon for a while and finally started seeing non-technical non-early adopter types moving over so I figured it was time to check it out. super happy to be here!
@Gargron Mastodon is making its way among my FB friends, so I thought I'd come check it out! Just lurking for now until I get a better feel for things, but I like what I'm seeing so far!

@Gargron

Oh hey, what's going on with your guitars and ... stuff?

@deejoe I recently got a new guitar-to-amp cable because previous one was broken, so I should now be able to play properly again. But I haven't had time to do that yet.

@Gargron
At least that dependency is out of the way.

Saw some mention of a local effort to challenge the received wisdom that there's no point in adults learning to play an instrument. Made me wonder if giving the guitar a try myself would be sufficiently unfrustrating.

@Gargron ๐Ÿ‘‹ Tuesdays. Not much to say about 'em. Pumpkin pie or pecan?
@Gargron Hey, you've got some good taste! Keep boosting those rad artists, I've been looking for sources other than tumblr for quality viewing content.
@Gargron Hi. Thanks for making this safe lovely place.
@Gargron Good morning. I'm still waking up. How are you?
@Gargron Iโ€™m a cartoonist and I write jokes to make people smile.
https://mastodon.social/media/yjaB0MJ20wWsYwJTDyE
@Chrishallbeck OH HI! Are you the real Chris Hallbeck? I love your comics! I'm so glad you joined!