Lady @Lady@cat.family

@Satsuma on the internet oftentimes people perform cuteness by adopting a kawaii aesthetic, or a manner of being inspired by kawaii aesthetic, and if you search for such things as “cute girls” oftentimes what you find is a particular sort of cuteness exhibited in e.g. anime and manga

and i just think the english word is more expansive than that. it is not just
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but also like, when someone snorts when they laugh and it’s super gross and endearing. i don’t think this is necessary controversial but i do think that these other forms of cuteness have much smaller visibility in online spaces, to the extent that “cute X” and “specific conception of cuteness popular in japanese media aesthetic X” become almost synonyms, which makes a reminder of them perhaps necessary for risk of losing some of the broadly-encompassing nature of the word

@Satsuma yep

“cute” is a more broadly-encompassing term than “kawaii”

if i didn’t matter, nobody would give a shit

DEMOTAPE/VEGA has a real nice sound to it

for those panicking no i do not write my stories in google docs

a very useful recommendation

google docs ⁜loves⁜ recommending you change your present‐tense story to past‐tense for absolutely no reason

i see it a fair bit and i never would think to do that, but it must be commonplace somewhere

whence did the convention of using a pound sign as a form of asterism originate

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anyway back to working on this calendar

how about you take care of the not‐faceless, not‐anonymous people spamming transphobic messages in the B·B·C and other news organizations, and then we can talk about the cis doing their part

buddy i’m glad you care about some pictureless rando on the fediverse spamming people with mentions but i just want good employment protections/accommodations and healthcare,

especially not if they, as an admin, are personally responsible for said rando’s actions

most people even on shitposter instances just want to have a good time and don’t want to constantly have to deal with drama and inter‐community attacks because of some rando spamming shit for the lulz

while average users may differ, generally speaking shitposter/freezepeach admins and mastodon admins both take comfort in the mutual disconnectedness of their circles and are not fond of anyone who tries to stir up shit between those groups

and it’s been this way since the GNU Social days