Flarpfreak

it kinda sucks that ppl particularly in the rich imperial countries see Linux and FOSS software as like a fun hobby, while for a lot of ppl it's basically THE way to use a computer.

like hey actually a lot of ppl rely on Linux projects to actually be able to do computing at all, and sometimes people get really weird about that (see how weird ppl are about Red StarOs in the DPRK, because the idea of ppl in north korea wanting to use computers is funny apparently)

like completely regardless of privacy concerns with red star, the almost lolcow attitude towards it is absolutely driven by racism, and that attitude carries over to the way people view similar projects in a lot of countries.

"i don't want to be reliant on big tech" - american: wow so cool, unpeel yourself from Microsoft and Google! more power to you!

"I don't want to be reliant on big tech" - global south: woa look at those hilarious foreigners thinking they're smart and can use computers haha

the hobbyist mindset also means you get people very reluctant to add basic language or accessibility support for things because in their minds the only people using linux are anglophone men in their 40's who could just be using windows anyway

Deep sea fish mugs!!!!!!!

& also, a peek at how they look once fully glazed (the outer glaze is a tinted transparent celadon - in this case a sort of stormy green called Stormy Sea, which feels Good in context!). Absolutely can't wait to see what these look like fully fired.

when someone asks me what i like

world heritage post

The boy is Really Orange.

so focused on the problem, he cant see the solution

STOP IMPRISONING HIM

So what makes a butcher knife more butch than other knives?

The knife itself isn't necessarily butch. It's named that because it's wielded by a butcher, who is more butch than the other food shop owners

Hmm, I see.

What, then, makes the butcher more butch than other food shop owners?

the knife

That's what ancient Greek philosophy is like

> “mannish features”

> look inside

> literally just common physical traits among women of colour

you can’t separate transmisogyny from racism. the radical feminism movement is so overwhelmingly white because their idea of what a woman is is so thoroughly steeped in white supremacy.

ok idk if people on here are talking abt this idk if I’ve seen it but one of the funniest/most awkward things about the immediate aftermath of the queen’s death was audiences that night going to see musicals on the west end, specifically Wicked. apparently before the show some official came out and called for a minute or two of silence in honor of the queen. makes sense. silence concludes, lights come down, show begins. the overture begins very loudly with dramatic and fast-moving music, moves to a slower section, and at around the minute mark, becomes a very brassy, loud, cantankerous kind of aggressive melody. and then, after a minute of silence and a minute of overture, the audience is greeted with the first words of this musical, the words that have started the musical every night since 2003, now being sung loud and proud in london on September 8th, 2022:

“Good news! She’s dead!”

When Maggie Thatcher died Billy Elliot the Musical was playing in the West End. Billy Elliot the Musical includes a song where the characters look forward to Thatcher's death.

They decided to put it to an audience vote whether they would sing it or skip it that night. Only three people in the audience voted to skip it.

She gone girled irl

A lot going on

Penelope the Platypus:

Wanted to draw a monster and settled on the Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python

this is what it feels like to accomplish tasks on your period

Reblog because I laughed at the above comment for a solid 10 minutes

sleepy on main

absolutely fatigued on main

Fucking exhausted on main

Sony: Easy…. EASY….

Microsoft: Over a bit… now a little to the riiiight…

Nintendo: THREE HANDLES! NO! FOUR! MOTION DETECTOR STICK! A SCREEN A FUCKING SCREEN ON YOUR CONTROLLER

maybe i shouldn’t respond to wrong number texts any more

Catch me on Ao3 promoting unsafe sex, huge age gaps, adultery, and blasphemy.

best part of princess bride is that inigo loudly and openly states to anybody who will listen that he's going to kill a guy for revenge and has been chasing this for a while and instead of anybody saying "but revenge wont bring ur father back are u really sure that killing this guy will make anything better arent u scared of regretting the one thing uve spent ur entire life chasing" they're all just like "yea dude sounds cool hope you find him" and then he does and inigo kills him and is just "aw cool my dads avenged now i can go ride off into the sunset with my friends" and i think thats actually really great. yea maybe revenge isnt always the answer but it sure does make you feel better

the hierarchy of compliments goes like this: