Mastodawn

Schneid!Jan 3, 2023

Anyway, that's a very specific yet universal post-breakup feeling but I've never heard another song about it. I think it's cool that we've been writing songs about breakups for as long as there have been songs and yet people keep identifying these hyper-specific universalities and finding ways to express them. When you think we've covered all the emotions we're capable of covering, a new one comes up.

I just think it's neat.

Schneid!Jan 3, 2023

I heard this song by a band called The Beths called "Expert in a Dying Field" and it's basically about how when a relationship ends you're left with all this information in your head about another person, and it's useless to you or anyone else. Like, what fucking good is it to remember what your ex's favorite shirt was? It makes you an expert in a dying field.

Schneid!Nov 18, 2022

oh my god I just discovered that sometimes the "Follow" button doesn't work on Mastodon because I got to the profile through another instance that I'm not on or some dumb shit I know it's just a matter of copy-pasting to another window but this shit suuuuuckkks

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Schneid!Nov 8, 2022

"Now let me ask you this - whatever happened to predictability? Milkmen, paper boys, evening TV.

I for one, miss those old familiar friends. Because waiting, waiting just around the bend... oh boy.

Everywhere you look, EVERYWHERE you look.... shooba-do-bop-ba-WOW."

Schneid!Nov 8, 2022

"Now let's say, hypothetically, for the sake of argument, that you threw a party. And that I was invited to said party. And that it was the kind of party where guests provide gifts to the hosts, such as a birthday party, bridal shower, housewarming, etc.

Would it not make sense for the gift from me, my gift, the gift I brought, to be the biggest gift? And further, would it not make logical sense for the attached card to read 'Thank you for being a friend?""

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Schneid!Nov 7, 2022

Ultimately, I think Mastodon will "fail" as a Twitter replacement ("fail" in quotes here because it's not really fair to say it fails at a thing it's not trying to do) for the same reason Truth Social or Gab or all the right-wing Twitter replacements did:

Conflicting interactions are ultimately more interesting. And when there's no one on your platform to conflict with, you will get bored and just kinda turn into a Python coding forum.

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Schneid!Nov 7, 2022

"Schneid, why would you ever want something to be more mean?"

Listen here, Ted Lasso. "Mean" is only bad when paired with "Stupid."

The one real advantage of Twitter was that it showed how our institutions - businesses, journalism, politics - were run by incredibly stupid people. People who were used to having others assume they were Smart because they were Powerful.

Twitter let Smart Mean people tear that down immediately, by being funnier, smarter, and meanner.

Schneid!Nov 7, 2022

I've been trying to get into Mastodon about twice a year since 2017 and only now do I understand why it never sticks with me:

People here are Smart and Nice (and a little smug about how Smart and Nice it is)

Which is fine! Lovely, even! But it is not what I want.

I want Smart and Mean. Twitter was home for Smart Mean people. People who were mean enough to be funny but smart enough to choose good targets for that meanness.

Twitter let Smart Mean people be mean to Dumb Powerful people.

Schneid!Jan 25, 2020

*extremely Homestar Runner voice*

Mastodon dot com - "It's dot social!"

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Schneid!Jan 25, 2020

I was on some other instances but I either don't remember them or they don't exist anymore so I guess I'm on good ol dot social.