Michael 🤨

@thePurpleMonkey
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Software Developer and addicted to caffeine. Criminally insane.

Here are some emojis that vaguely describe me, in no particular order: 🧑‍🎓🧑‍💻🛶🏕️🎄🎾🏹🎮🎹♉🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

Hablo inglés y estoy aprendiendo español. Si estás aquí porque te he seguido, es porque quiero aprender español de ti.

@mindpersephone After I came out as gay to myself I wondered what other parts of myself were completely fabricated in order to fit societal expectations. Upon further reflection though, it turned out gender was not up for grabs. I do think the extra introspection helped me be more confident in my masculinity and avoid the toxic masculinity the runs so rampant
I thought a scammer texted me but I just forgot that I changed my partner's contact photo
Whenever a radar-controlled traffic light keeps the light green for me and turns it red as I drive through the intersection, I feel like a queen being escorted through her kingdom.
@mattymedlyn You're right to push back on that
Oh great, the vomit and cum trees are in bloom again
@meganL Not just artists! One of my favorite food carts underwent an AI-powered rebrand, and I couldn't help but get a sketchy vibe (pun intended) from it. Like the AI sheen over their logo and artwork just screams "thinly veiled scam". Their menu didn't even accurately portray their food anymore.
If I had a nickel for every blog post I've made, I'd have TWO nickels! Which isn't a lot of nickels, but it's more nickels than I thought I'd ever have. Also my nickels come with Atom feeds, so that's exciting.
What If Your Browser Could Just Ask for Markdown?

<p>Every website you visit today sends you a pile of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — even if all you wanted was to read a blog post. Your browser downloads layout grids, tracking scripts, cookie banners, and font files before you see a single paragraph of text. For a 2000-word article, the actual content might be 12 KB. Everything around it: 2 MB.</p>

I'm gonna come out of the closet and say Lady Gaga's Mayhem album is the best pop album since 1989