Moridin

Moridin

@lessidin.bsky.social

blue bear in a blue sky

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Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I wanted to avoid posting about politics here but I guess I'm tired of this site. The world is a wretched place mostly because people are so horrible to each other, and social media sites like this encourage people to be horrible in a weak replacement for genuine political discourse.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

To go out with a bang: Trans activism is harmful to the trans community as a whole. (I say this as a cis person, which means I'm wrong.) Will they fight for what's best for their community or will they sell their fellow trans people out to get more donations? Hint: People are horrible to each other.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

It's so sad to see how trans people's lives are already difficult, then their lives are made harder by activists who manipulate them to increase their own power. What's it called when the only sides we can take are either "transgenderism is fake" or "trans activists are always right"? Politics.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I'm so irritated by this line of thought. It's quite a feat how people have reinterpreted "being an unpleasant jerk" as "fighting for minority rights". When this results in rights being curtailed even further, they'll assume it's because they were too pleasant.

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A horrible take is circulating around Twitter (not surprising) so...

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Bluesky is a good place to go if you want to see furry porn alongside political takes that basically boil down to "The Democratic Party will automatically make everything better for weird people like myself as long as we don't criticize them, which is proven by the fact that Republicans are worse."

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

People are always like "Blocking is good and right and promotes healthy discourse! Be the change you want to see in the world and just block everyone!" Only occasionally do they admit that the only reason to block someone is because it feels good to hurt someone who said something you didn't like.

GnollBreath 🍖💦GOING➡️MFF 2026!!@gnollbreath.bsky.social

This is how it feels to block on Bluesky and it feels so good

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

This sort of person must have great difficulties in the regular world. "That person looked at me funny and I can't make them disappear! Why is life so hard??"

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

There's a Slipknot song that goes "I push my fingers into my eyes, it's the only thing that slowly stops the ache" and it makes me think "Okay, that's very interesting, but doesn't that mean there's something that quickly stops the ache? Why don't you do that instead?"

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I thought I'd pay attention to those ads that show up on news websites, just out of curiosity. What is going on here? They used the same picture twice, but just changed the color of the thing the woman is wearing? Why? Who the heck clicks on these things? Is anyone even conscious anymore?

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

People who say "You shouldn't use Adblock because websites depend on ad revenue" might as well say "You should be punching yourself in the face when you visit a site, otherwise you're stealing."

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Asking search engines what the covers on headphones are called. Bing and Duck Duck Go gave me the answer (cushions) while Google gave me a bunch of Reddit conversations about earbuds. Also another broken #PeopleAlsoAsk. Somehow Google keeps getting worse!

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Now I'm watching Those About To Die and it's not great but I'm enjoying it anyway. I guess I'm one of those Ancient Rome enjoyers. Someone mentioned they were going to Pompeii and I realized it was 79 AD and I cringed so hard.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I finished watching Star Trek: Discovery. It was very okay, I guess. It was smart in a dumb way. There was all this scientific talk that sounded like it meant something, but it didn't actually mean anything, and I kept being distracted by how the dialogue didn't make sense.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Sometimes it was creative but it was mostly just the same battle over and over. "Shields at 13%! We're all definitely going to die... wait, unless we somehow pull off an impossible maneuver we just came up with, for the hundredth time!"

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I watched The Sympathizer, a miniseries about the end of the Vietnam War. Robert Downey Jr. played almost every white man. His performances were distractingly over-the-top, but I guess that was the point. He was just nominated for an Emmy, but no one else was, which is too bad. It was a good show.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I played a game called Hob. I was looking for games similar to Tunic, which I liked because it was similar to Zelda. Hob was reminiscent of Zelda but the character's motions reminded me of Mario 64. I kept wanting to do backflips.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I think Hob was a good game but it was frustrating because everything looked the same and nothing was named and I couldn't remember where I'd been before or how to get where I wanted to go. It mostly made me wish I was playing Tunic. Maybe there will be a sequel to that one day.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I've always hated it when I get to the end of a game and it shows me the world transforming, and then I come back and I'm on the last save before the final battle. I want to explore the transformed world! What's the point of saving everybody if they just get unsaved again?

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

It makes me wonder about the phrase "so help me God" (or Jesus in this case). I can find out what it means but it still doesn't make sense. Are they telling God to help them keep their promise? Seems kind of presumptuous.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Lately this is running through my head, especially the bass line, even though it's a pretty simple and boring bass line like they usually have. I was looking at the lyrics and I was sure it was about immigration but apparently it isn't about immigration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sERt...

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Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

At first I thought these women were entitled and anti-feminist, demanding all their stuff be paid for them. Then I paid closer attention to the lyrics and realized the men were using them and that's why they wanted them to pay. "Automobills" is hilarious but I don't know if it's supposed to be.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Sometimes I take the dog on a walk through the forest. It's interesting how, despite the fact that his senses are all better than mine, I have a much better idea of where to go simply because I have a higher vantage point. Take that, four-legs!

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

Reading Vladimir Voinovich's story A Circle Of Friends, a satire about Stalin, because it was recommended by someone who's probably very unpopular on this site. This passage greatly amused me.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

I finished watching Feud: Capote vs. the Swans and it was pretty pointless. There were lots of interesting stories that could be told but instead we got a bunch of fantasy sequences revolving around recreations of things that never happened. Everything noteworthy happened in the first episode.

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@tsalagi-b.bsky.social

The worst feature Google ever added was "People also ask". It shows real questions people have googled and Google's best guess of the answer. Based on these answers, AI isn't ready to run the world. Based on the questions, neither are humans.

Moridin
@lessidin.bsky.social

#PeopleAlsoAsk extremely vague questions about comedians that could refer to a dozen different people (Now that I'm on the lookout for funny PeopleAlsoAsks, it seems I don't get them anymore. I'm glad Google is being dumb again!)