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@witchfynder_finder in seriousness i think there is a way in which DUNE relies on you kind of being able to parse its structure and anticipate the ways in which the things it is doing now will be important later

like the scene at the beginning where Paul is talking with his dad about taking on the leadership of House Atreides, i saw that and i immediately knew that this was a story about his arc as a character and various tensions with him growing into that role, and so it was important and significant to me

but if you didn’t like, get that, then you might just be like “why are these people talking about random political bullshit i don’t care”

@witchfynder_finder there was this one scene where the film was like trying to explain stuff which is important for understanding the movie, and i thought it was boring so i didn’t pay any attention; anyway i don’t understand why everybody thought DUNE was so good

asking vampire gf to tf you so that you don’t get depressed in the winter

why would you like my post where i spammed you with a whole lot of critical theory

📟🐱 GlitchCat Sunday Post (07 November 2021) 

Been a hot minute since i’ve done one of these so here you go!

§ Instance News

• It was a while ago, but the configuration bug which was leading our WebFinger to sometimes go down due to a logging error has been fixed!

• Daylight Savings Time has ended in North America! Set your clocks back, or don’t out of protest. 🕚

• Some of you may have heard rumour of some accounts mentioning a bunch of users and generally being harassing. Far as I know, nobody here has been affected, but if you ever have any problems let me know!

• Relatedly, I’ve recently gone and blocked a fair number of instances.

• Relatedly relatedly, while I haven’t silenced any instances solely for having open registrations ⁜yet⁜, it’s a factor which I will likely take into account in the future.

re: react code (the reason why) 

@monorail

if frame N has

<Die num="2">
<Die num="3">

and frame N+1 has

<Die num="2">
<Die num="3">
<Die num="3">

React doesn’t know whether to add the third Die before or after the second one, because they’re identical. adding a key just helps it figure out which Die is the new one and which one is the old.

an opinion for your consideration 

@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
☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆
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

an opinion for your consideration 

an opinion for your consideration 

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

@witchfynder_finder what’s wild is that the arguments were never about inflicting ecological disaster

@noelle i define “criminal” as “very good”. like warm beds in the morning. super criminal; ought to be banned

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

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

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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

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

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