Dylan You Softly Thomas

@DylanTheThomas@swingset.social
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Admin of the Swingset.Social instance!

* Host of Life on the Swingset, The Podcast

* IT Project Management & Desktop Systems Engineer
* was a BBS sysop in the 90's take my ascii smileys from my cold dead fingers

I follow instance admins, and instance admins are welcome to follow me! Sympathetic hugs available on request.

Pronounspronoun.is/he/him
Podcast?www.lifeontheswingset.com
Sexuality?Polysexual, Queer
Relationships?Open, honest, and with time and patience perhaps once again... plentiful.
Dylan You Softly Thomas2d ago
foolish olivia 2d ago
🫵YOU are gay
Dylan You Softly Thomas4d ago
0x4d6165 (Julie or Mae)4d ago
Less "ew why do you use windows" more offering to help with the transition to Linux when the person mentions switching (and not bugging them)
Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 12

I've been a denized of our fair internets (not just the web) since just before the 90s and since I started aging out of "the kids lingo" I prided myself on keeping current / keeping up with trends, meme culture, and lingo, and every so often I lose the thread (skibidi honestly caught me by surprise) but I catch up quickly, and I don't make it cringe.

However, I may have hit another moment and need to be humble and wonder... maybe I just lean in to ye olde internet speak instead of keeping up.

Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 10
So raise your hands (hands),
if you're a sinner like (sinner like) me,
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if you're a sinner like (sinner like) me,
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Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 10
vivi 💫Dec 9
she's literally me
Show threadDylan You Softly ThomasDec 8

So like... I was desperately trying real hard to estimate times, but without knowing speeds that was impossible, and because of the -45minute arrival estimate, plus the timezone glitchiness, it resulted in Tonia arriving an hour early because I arrived within the original arrival window, assuming the destination time was in central timezone...

but I was figuring this out WHILE IN INDIANA IN EASTERN TIMEZONE, WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH AND FLIPPING TO CENTRAL TIMEZONE WITHOUT KNOWING IT WTF

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Show threadDylan You Softly ThomasDec 8

Strike 2:
Amtrak's app and tracking site seemed to have changed my departure and arrival times for my return trip changed while I was on the way TO my travel destination (hello Massachusetts!) AND... the arrivaltime on the return trip changed by -45 minutes when I was already on the train for my return trip

Strike 3: While entering Indiana I had an existential temporal crisis when attempting to let Tonia know when I was arriving because I don't Amtrak often.

HOW LONG ELKHART 2 CHICAGO ON TREN?

Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 8

Ok so the thing that I was babbling about here...
https://swingset.social/@DylanTheThomas/115684351758115919
... was yes, regarding timezones in Indiana, but it's also about travelling on Amtrak, and having someone around who is willing to pick up from a destination station, but from the perspective of someone who is at tempting to let that person know (hi @ToniaThomas!) what time to be there around.

Strike 1:
Amtrak's app AND site don't list timezones in departure or arrival times

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Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 8

there are many reasons to have feelings about indiana.

I HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT INDIANA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK TIMEZONE I AM IN BECAUSE IT CHANGES LIKE COUNTY TO COUNTY UNLESS THE GROUNDHOG SEES ITS SHADOW OR GETS PARDONED THEN IT GOES BY ZIP CODE OR SOME SHIT I DONT KNOW I HAVE BEEN INDIANA ADJACENT MY WHOLE LIFE BUT HAVE NEVER FIGURED IT OUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE EASTERN EXCEPT SOMETIMES IT ISNT OR SONETIMES IT IS FOR A WHILE THEN ISNT HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I ARRIVE HOME AAAAAAA

Dylan You Softly ThomasDec 6
I f'n love brats.