Lady @Lady@cat.family

@aescling as opposed to “speaking metaphorically” meaning telling an invented story which is made to stand in for something real, which was the first option in the poll

@aescling when someone says “X is a metaphor” that means X is a figure of speech like “the mountains were a great maw rising towards the stars”

@aescling so when you think people are speaking metaphorically that means they are saying “her smile was a sunrise” a bunch

@coriander it's like punching only your fist is large and filled with compressed air

@aescling taking your phone in the shower will not give your pokémon walkies

@aescling get wet

@coriander these posts are extremely “trying to start a cult without actually starting a cult” vibes

@coriander you're being a curmudgeon but it's valid ✨

@aescling anyway i meant desktop distros not embedded/server

@aescling not sure i would describe alpine as “pretty ok”

@coriander counterpoint: golden retrievers

@noracodes i now know (since writing this blogpost) that this use of `stat` is not portable (i have BSD stat not GNU); it’s not hard to find the GNU instructions on the internet tho [ask me if you need something portable across systems]

@noracodes https://blog.ladys.computer/2023-05-06/touch_grass/

@coriander i think whether they’re games or not probably depends on what you are using “game” to signify, but they are constrained systems players can set goals in that they can then work to achieve

the goals however are open-ended, player-driven, and aesthetic in nature rather than being a part of the ruleset

i think you could argue they are game systems, like Minecraft or D&D