Like, you know when your mate says "Oh we were talking about you at whatever-gathering-you-missed the other night, folk missed you and were wondering how whatever-recent-thing-that-was-probably-why-you-weren't-there was going," now if these are people you've know for years you might get that warm little glow of reassurance that Your Friends Care but if they're acquaintances or strangers you might get that uneasy little twinge of "Y'all were talking about me? But I do not necessarily wish to be Observed,"
Right, take that uneasy little twinge, and multiply it by a thousand Incredibly Online Strangers Who Think They Know You, discussing you at midnight on a Saturday
That would Fuck You Up
Already had to block one Homestuck Guy With A Shitlist Who Demanded I Take A Side and the day's still young
Just so it's 100% clear, my Official Stance On Recent Events In The Community is "Holy shit look at this mess, aren't you glad you're not involved"
@ifixcoinops@retro.social I have absolutely no idea what is going on but thank you for whatever service you're doing or not doing.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social Oh dear. I clicked the link on the top, spent 10 seconds scanning the first few sentences, and started backing away while mumbling "no no nope not at all no no NOPE"
@ifixcoinops@retro.social as someone who is still mildly into homestuck, I'm looking at all this and going "jesus christ what happened here"
The hyenas are asking me to get in the enclosure with them and I'm like no, that's not how zoos work, I'm happy just watching from over here thanks
@slothrop@chaos.social I read the WHOOOOLE DAMN THING PLUS SEVERAL LINKED POSTS because I run an online community myself so I need to be aware of the dangers and it's medicinal and I can stop any time I like
(like we're not also in the zoo. The fact that we even recognize the word "Homestuck" puts in in the top percentage of Extremely Online Middle Aged People. We're the penguins in the next enclosure over)
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
I've seen this before.
This is a Transformation Setup.
They want you to join them.
No, not just, "join them in the enclosure"
They want you to join them.
.
.
.
( ...say yes for a fun time. )
🦝
Anything plus internet equals controversy so thick and gnarly it requires an hour-long conversation to explain to a normal person
🦝 Name literally any object no matter how innocuous and there's internet drama about it
🦝 Hell I bet I could come up here and say "Anybody heard about the thimble collectors' forum drama" and a couple folk would get the thousand-yard seen-too-much stare
🐹
Dude. The community has gone through a DECADE of harassment, abuse, gaslighting and manipulation, and you call that "drama" like it's some petty trivial thing, and not dozens of lives ruined? Fuck you. I never figured you were a johnnythimbles84 minimizer but it just shows you never can tell, you've more than earned your place on my shitlist
@ifixcoinops@retro.social ah yes, the haberdashers’ hellthread. a dark time.
🦝 ...who the hell is johnnythimbles84
🦝 oh shit wait no don't tell me DON'T TELL ME
Most folk don't know about homestuck :)
🦝 Anything plus internet equals controversy so thick and gnarly it requires an hour-long conversation to explain to a normal person
🦝 Name literally any object no matter how innocuous and there's internet drama about it
🦝 Hell I bet I could come up here and say "Anybody heard about the thimble collectors' forum drama" and a couple folk would get the thousand-yard seen-too-much stare
🐹 Dude. The community has gone through a DECADE of harassment, abuse, gaslighting and manipulation, and you call that "drama" like it's some petty trivial thing, and not dozens of lives ruined? Fuck you. I never figured you were a johnnythimbles84 minimizer but it just shows you never can tell, you've more than earned your place on my shitlist
@ifixcoinops@retro.social ah yes, the haberdashers’ hellthread. a dark time.
🦝 ...who the hell is johnnythimbles84
🦝 oh shit wait no don't tell me DON'T TELL ME
Most folk don't know about homestuck :)
@ifixcoinops@retro.social ah yes, the haberdashers’ hellthread. a dark time.
🦝 ...who the hell is johnnythimbles84
🦝 oh shit wait no don't tell me DON'T TELL ME
Most folk don't know about homestuck :)
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
I have never read Homestuck and quite frankly every time I see the name I think of Homestar Runner which I have been meaning to look at for a while but the whole Flash thing put me off and now it's Complicated.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social My continued ignorance of what homestuck actually is has reached the level of finely-crafted bit.
No really, it's been called the greatest work of fiction of the 21st century, but it's a webcomic so hardly anybody knows about it
But of those that do, none of them will ever believe that hardly anybody knows about it
@ifixcoinops@retro.social it's an undertale, right?
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
I have never read Homestuck and quite frankly every time I see the name I think of Homestar Runner which I have been meaning to look at for a while but the whole Flash thing put me off and now it's Complicated.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social My continued ignorance of what homestuck actually is has reached the level of finely-crafted bit.
No really, it's been called the greatest work of fiction of the 21st century, but it's a webcomic so hardly anybody knows about it
But of those that do, none of them will ever believe that hardly anybody knows about it
@ifixcoinops@retro.social it's an undertale, right?
Most folk don't know about homestuck :)
@ifixcoinops@retro.social [hipsteur trying to start an argument voice] eh, it did some interesting things with form and metanarrative but the actual storytelling is only average, too many plot elements fail to hold up under close examination, and the ending did not live up to the hype
People don't understand how niche their hobbies are
@ifixcoinops@retro.social [hipsteur trying to start an argument voice] eh, it did some interesting things with form and metanarrative but the actual storytelling is only average, too many plot elements fail to hold up under close examination, and the ending did not live up to the hype
People don't understand how niche their hobbies are
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
I have never read Homestuck and quite frankly every time I see the name I think of Homestar Runner which I have been meaning to look at for a while but the whole Flash thing put me off and now it's Complicated.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social My continued ignorance of what homestuck actually is has reached the level of finely-crafted bit.
No really, it's been called the greatest work of fiction of the 21st century, but it's a webcomic so hardly anybody knows about it
But of those that do, none of them will ever believe that hardly anybody knows about it
@ifixcoinops@retro.social it's an undertale, right?
@ifixcoinops@retro.social That's why I make sure my niche hobby is nested inside another niche hobby (sometimes inside a third niche hobby), so I'm sure it's so obscure that no one I meet will know what the hell I'm on about.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social there was a online knitters culture war about green socks (or maybe green yarn) a while back. I missed that one but I’m still kind of mad at ravelry for doing one on the migraneurs.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Nicheness is how we can be interesting
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Heh, #wrestling fans understand. Maybe not folks who are exclusively fans of WWE; they might be shocked to know.
The rest of us are often shocked to learn there are independent promotions running our towns. When you go and see a venue set to hold maybe 75, 100 people only two-thirds full, you quickly get the idea. You recognize that any show legitimately selling out is a blessing, even at fifty people in fifty paid seats.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social me looking up from collecting only mewtwo pokemon cards
what do u mean
@ifixcoinops@retro.social That's why I make sure my niche hobby is nested inside another niche hobby (sometimes inside a third niche hobby), so I'm sure it's so obscure that no one I meet will know what the hell I'm on about.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social there was a online knitters culture war about green socks (or maybe green yarn) a while back. I missed that one but I’m still kind of mad at ravelry for doing one on the migraneurs.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Nicheness is how we can be interesting
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Heh, #wrestling fans understand. Maybe not folks who are exclusively fans of WWE; they might be shocked to know.
The rest of us are often shocked to learn there are independent promotions running our towns. When you go and see a venue set to hold maybe 75, 100 people only two-thirds full, you quickly get the idea. You recognize that any show legitimately selling out is a blessing, even at fifty people in fifty paid seats.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social me looking up from collecting only mewtwo pokemon cards
what do u mean
@nickwedig@dice.camp @ifixcoinops@retro.social cascading niches! staircases!
@ifixcoinops@retro.social That's why I make sure my niche hobby is nested inside another niche hobby (sometimes inside a third niche hobby), so I'm sure it's so obscure that no one I meet will know what the hell I'm on about.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social there was a online knitters culture war about green socks (or maybe green yarn) a while back. I missed that one but I’m still kind of mad at ravelry for doing one on the migraneurs.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Nicheness is how we can be interesting
@ifixcoinops@retro.social
Heh, #wrestling fans understand. Maybe not folks who are exclusively fans of WWE; they might be shocked to know.
The rest of us are often shocked to learn there are independent promotions running our towns. When you go and see a venue set to hold maybe 75, 100 people only two-thirds full, you quickly get the idea. You recognize that any show legitimately selling out is a blessing, even at fifty people in fifty paid seats.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social me looking up from collecting only mewtwo pokemon cards
what do u mean
@nickwedig@dice.camp @ifixcoinops@retro.social cascading niches! staircases!
@nickwedig@dice.camp @ifixcoinops@retro.social cascading niches! staircases!
@nickwedig@dice.camp @ifixcoinops@retro.social cascading niches! staircases!
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