Wandering Adventure Party

them: If you say so.
Me: So.

I’ll admit I enjoy the consternation this generates once they parse out the exchange more than I probably should.

@robustjumprope on one hand, this is exactly the kind of thing I’d idly read to turn off my brain. On the other hand, I can almost list of all the plot points here, since these “I am secretly the best but I won’t figure it out for 6 books because of misunderstandings and I was raised with no confidence, and now all my enemies will fall into woe once an encounter with a cute girl / boy who appreciates me unlocks my hidden talent” are a genre unto themselves…

@katiekat@transfem.social @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net from when I worked in a bar; it’s not terribly uncommon. Women unfortunately have to find a lot of ways to escape. The most common I recall is sending the guy off for drinks, but there are many others.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net without witnessing context it’s hard to say. If I had to guess …

They were attempting to ditch him for one reason or another. Get him entangled with someone, then slip out before he can extract himself. They were may have just been bad at it.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net email, l Iike time, is one of those topics developers think they understand but don’t. The naive solution is always wrong.

I’ve had to wack every single junior engineer I’ve overseen on email features on the head because they want to throw a regex at it and call it a day. I feel it’s like crypto: you should use a well known parsing library unless you have a VERY good reason, because you’ll need to be an SME to get it right.

… there was a slice of bread sitting on my mailbox this morning, soaked because of the rain.

Not sure how it got there. A bird? But why did it leave it? Why didn’t the crows near by not get it? I’m very confused.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net good morning.

@nyantadotwav It feels very strange that they rolled out the feature and then effectively let it stagnate.

you have nine lives

​​ Jesus Christ imagine having to do this all nine times.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net Good morning. I hope today's plans come out well.

I was asked what my favorite monster was recently. I don’t really do favorites - the concept is kinda weird to me because everything is so contextual.

But I thought about it and I do really like mimics. They’re fun, iconic, and have so many styles. I also like a monster that has a deceptive look.

@GenXotaku1971@urusai.social Urusai and Sakurajima are one of the few places I know of where the anime fans aren't 4chan-style rightwing shitheads. So I appreciate that immensely.

It kinda annoys me that Misskey and Mastodon call out 'Follow' v. 'request to follow'. I don't really want to be outed for checking my follows, and I am not sure how it matters to the one making the request. I kinda wonder if it creates a chilling effect.

@ics@tau-ceti.space “While things hadn’t gone quite as he had hoped when he had defied The Heavens, Satan looked around and had to admit to himself that retiring to be the owner of the largest gay bar in the cosmos was a pretty ‘soft landing’, all things considered.”

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net good morning

@Fireweed@famichiki.jp I just didn’t want to have to chase him out. I should have closed the door behind me.

Almost all the neighbor cats are extremely skittish. He’s the first one to approach me.

@mikoto@urusai.social sounds like you have a good time ahead any way you go.

Neighbor cat came up to say hi at the door!…

But he got really mad and hissed at me when I stopped him from sneaking inside of my home, then he ran off. ​​ oh well. At least I got to pet him a little.

@fridgelite@ck.catwithaclari.net I am sure to you will. I believe in you.

@niko@gts.niko.lgbt

Zawinski's Law, but with TCP/IP stacks instead of email…