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Habit I need to break: referring to objects as "bad boys"

Playing indie RPGs at Madison's Forge Midwest gaming convention! Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Danger Patrol, The End?, and The Hour Between the Dog and Wolf

Good morning, octodon! On my way to the Forge Midwest gaming convention here in Madison, WI

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Here's a thing that makes Mastodon instances work less well than they could...
when you visit an instance, all the front pages look the same.
"About this instance" is a TINY little link under the sign-up form. This is crazy.
Instances should LEAD with a community description, not bury it.
That's like a newsgroup leading with the OS it used to run the newsgroup rather than saying: "This is a Kenny G community"

It was so warm today it felt like a Phil Collins album

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"I used Mastodon once and now I'm a French Socialist"

@CobaltVelvet Hey gang don't forget to kick in some 💵

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oh my god mastodon is a way to be nice but in a chill way to strangers on the internet

this is all i've ever wanted in life time to MAKE SOME MOTHERFUCKERS FEEL GOOD

I CAME HERE TO BE NICE TO PEOPLE AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND I'M ALL OUT OF PEPPERMINT BUT NO WORRIES I TOTALLY HAVE OTHER FLAVORS SO HERE HAVE SOME GUM!

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:bird: something is wrong and Twitter should do something to fix it

:elephant: something is wrong and oh I guess we need to work through this complex problem and come up with a solution as a community that works for us and if other people prefer something different they can do that too

@Siphonay according to @CobaltVelvet federated is "all the toots from all the people followed by anyone on your instance"

@Siphonay "i use pronouns correctly... as a generous favor to people i like"

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As you settle into Mastodon, be sure to learn the lingo:
- "toot": a tweet
- "tusking": starting a pointless fight with another user
- "woolly": going viral, as in "wow, that toot really went woolly"
- "extinction event": when a whole instance goes down

@tjr87 love the corgs! :heart_eyes:

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Twitter: The world is literally burning and we are all seriously going to die screaming.

Masotodon: Yep. Do your best! We believe in you! Do you like my art? You have such a great instance domain name!