The Cool Side of the Pillow

From my secondary account so those who may have already blocked me can see because fuck you.

I still would be stuck right where I am. 😠

I'm thinking about all the times I got into a group and felt off about the group for a while but couldn't put my finger on why until one or more people in the group come out as massively racist pieces of shit.

There are probably so many subtle signs a racist, or victim of racism, would notice that I simply don't because I am neither of those things. A few times, I've even questioned things I thought were odd but the racists lie and tell me it's nothing while non-racists call me racist for asking the question "in bad faith" so I am left ignorant and confused as fuck sometimes.

This is relevant because I really want to escape that bullshit and not end up associated with dickheads unwittingly by getting into communities of them that are really good at being subtle with their hate and with moving to a new platform along with so many others, there's bound to be some turds in the punchbowl.

I like to scroll through everything that is currently kicking off on sites like this. I get a huge range of topics to check out and talk about. But every now and then, something from a community entirely separated from my interests pops up and piques my interest a bit and I wanna ask a simple question, like "what's a <<specialized equipment I've never heard of before seeing the post>>?" but I also feel like asking is rude somehow.

Like, "What's with this guy? Everybody knows what a throngler is. He must be here in bad faith."

I just wanna know shit, dude. 😩

Tried to upload an animated gif through Liftoff to post and ended up with just a broken link. Womp womp. :(

I've freaked myself out somewhat by reading about human anatomy (Bill Bryson, The Body). What a machine! All these processes going on all the time, glands spurting out this or that hormone, heart thumping away, kidneys filtering out the salt I sprinkled on my dinner. It's amazing and alarming. I could help things out by sleeping, but here I am, wide awake. 4.44am now ...

I see the points going up so everything here is being seen (surprised face). Kinda lonely in here tho.

I post without rhyme or reason. Just dumbass little thoughts in my head. I don't go and make memes or find/reshare them, really but I do love making random blog type shit. Stories, poems, shouting into the void while having an existential crisis. Normal shit. I figure there's probably other people here, right now, with that same mind set. Use this space. Speak your mind. Be silly. Scream. Cry. Laugh. Whip your dick out, I don't care!

As long as it doesn't violate the main Lemmy/Federation whatever rules and you're not, like, a total piece of shit Nazi or baby raper (Nazi rapers okay) or animal abuser or Ron DeSantis. No hate speech. No homo/transphobia. No sexism. No bullying. Be kind, rewind. And have fun!

listening to radio DJ "I bet this dude is a super skinny white hipster with glasses."

Finds picture of DJ online; it's a black woman with the body of a female Adonis

"The fuck?"

I've seen a bunch of discussions around merging and migrating and who's gonna take on users here and there and I've come to the realization that it really doesn't matter in the end, does it? All the instances that are connected that share similar communities (or even communities of the same name and goal) just become one big thing.

Instances, so far as I have found messing with this the last day and a half, only really seem to differ in UI. As a general user, anyway, I don't see anyone boasting instance specific features that another instance does not have (though I'm sure that can change in time given the open source nature of the platform).

I'm just rolling everything up into one big pile to connect with and make more people lightly blow air out of their nose while they dick around at work. The more instances and communities, the merrier I am. 😋

And does it bother you seeing it often? Because I comment a lot and everywhere.

Just fair warning to the rest of the 'verse.

I rarely, if ever, upvoted/downvoted on Reddit. I was content with the Frontpage and Popular content so I didn't spend a lot of time in New except in smaller, slowing moving subs. Because of that, my votes wouldn't have mattered anyway, so I never clicked those arrows.

But here, where I'm not seeing many things with more than a couple hundred of votes I feel like my opinion matters more for shaping what shows first.

It's gonna take some getting used to...

Me, June 29th: "Mm... It's kinda cold today. It's been pretty cold in general for almost July."

June 30th: mid 80's

July 1st: 105

Me: I should have just shut the fuck up...

Why is the profile customization shit never part of apps and only available on the website for most social media platforms? 🤔

I’ve been sleeping on the same one for a few years but it’s become really lumpy. I don’t mind spending a little money, but are the modern “high tech” pillows really worth it?

I'm just messing around with this stuff. I used Reddit to just comment and talk to others more than really looking at posts. The posts were just a kicking off point, really.

But it was all so... Anonymous. I was there 10 years and didn't really make a friend. Maybe I can find friends here, in my own little community.

IDK WTF I'll post though... Other than random-ass thoughts and scribblings, I'm not a memer or anything. Most likely, I'll probably just use this space to vent.