@pluralistic
One thing that sticks out about the side of the Fediverse I'm on is that there are a highly disproportionate number of people responding to the collapse of the social contract not with "let's elect fascists!", but with "let's build anarchy!" Also a pretty extreme response, but at least a rational one by comparison.
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Apr 10, 2026
@beecycling
Then pay us twice as much for half the hours, you assholes.
(That wouldn't be enough to solve the problem, as this list is demanding essentially three full work weeks of us every week, but it would make it viable to even *try* half of it...)
...Also, I belatedly notice that this list doesn't even include maintaining one's house, hygiene, grocery shopping...
Then pay us twice as much for half the hours, you assholes.
(That wouldn't be enough to solve the problem, as this list is demanding essentially three full work weeks of us every week, but it would make it viable to even *try* half of it...)
...Also, I belatedly notice that this list doesn't even include maintaining one's house, hygiene, grocery shopping...
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Mar 03, 2026
@26pglt
It took more effort than I think my roommate recognizes to get to the point where we can usually manage steps 1-3 of 4. I don't think they understand that when, after I've cooked, I ask how it is, I'm not just asking for a polite platitude, but trying to figure out if I've done things well or if there are any adjustments I should make (either fully or finding a compromise). They often come off as paying so little attention to their food that I wonder if they care at all.
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It took more effort than I think my roommate recognizes to get to the point where we can usually manage steps 1-3 of 4. I don't think they understand that when, after I've cooked, I ask how it is, I'm not just asking for a polite platitude, but trying to figure out if I've done things well or if there are any adjustments I should make (either fully or finding a compromise). They often come off as paying so little attention to their food that I wonder if they care at all.
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Mar 03, 2026
@26pglt
The four-step process as outlined here reminds me of how it's more effort than it really should be to just... make supper.
Planning doesn't just include recognizing that we'll need to eat, but making sure that both of us aren't trying to do it at the same time. It took longer than it seems it ought to have just to make clear to my roommate that we need to actually coordinate and communicate to decide whether I cook, they buy from a restaurant, or we heat up prefab things.
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The four-step process as outlined here reminds me of how it's more effort than it really should be to just... make supper.
Planning doesn't just include recognizing that we'll need to eat, but making sure that both of us aren't trying to do it at the same time. It took longer than it seems it ought to have just to make clear to my roommate that we need to actually coordinate and communicate to decide whether I cook, they buy from a restaurant, or we heat up prefab things.
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Mar 03, 2026
@MsMerope @26pglt
My roommate insists that their own tendency to act like this is ADHD, that it's all an executive dysfunction thing.
That doesn't stop me from feeling like I'm stuck in a housewife role, expected to do the work of two and a half people with only half the necessary tools. It just makes me feel like arguing against it is impossible because they've got a way to frame it as something other than sexism.
My roommate insists that their own tendency to act like this is ADHD, that it's all an executive dysfunction thing.
That doesn't stop me from feeling like I'm stuck in a housewife role, expected to do the work of two and a half people with only half the necessary tools. It just makes me feel like arguing against it is impossible because they've got a way to frame it as something other than sexism.
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Nov 22, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @dryak@mstdn.science @whybird@aus.social
I've been appalled to see someone claim that inventory menus in video games that are text-based instead of being a bunch of icons you have to hover over to get described are "outdated" and therefore a deal-breaker.
Not merely old-fashioned. *Outdated*, and this was why someone wouldn't play a video game from 2002 unless it were "updated".
I've been appalled to see someone claim that inventory menus in video games that are text-based instead of being a bunch of icons you have to hover over to get described are "outdated" and therefore a deal-breaker.
Not merely old-fashioned. *Outdated*, and this was why someone wouldn't play a video game from 2002 unless it were "updated".
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Nov 19, 2025
@isocat @pluralistic
Why would you *not* name it? Do you not want to help people avoid it? Are you afraid they're going to send assassins?
Why would you *not* name it? Do you not want to help people avoid it? Are you afraid they're going to send assassins?
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary
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Aug 12, 2024
@DebErupts I feel like the part of the board I want to go to was chopped off and burned to cinders before I was born.
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