for(0..99){ print "wilbr"; } @wilbr@glitch.social
When your merges of years-old tasks look like a super inefficient rail network
Timely reminder that pedantically demanding precise language will let evil slimy assholes through while causing infighting among people similar but slightly different from you. Actively listen to their intent before jumping down their throat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TAUhxKGpA
Downside of reusable metal straws: I like to bite my straws as I drink, which is a very bad idea when they are not flexible.
A tip for other writers who suffer from THE FEAR: I'm using a timer (Tomighty Timer http://tomighty.org/ -- open-source, obnoxious, can make a tick-tock noise, harder to ignore than web timers) and timing editing sprints in a spreadsheet and it's helping a lot.
Separating my wordcount goals for drafting and editing helped a lot. Shooting for 3k/hour editing keeps away the brain weasels.
I learned this from Chris Fox's "5,000 Words an Hour" (free on his site).
#amwriting #writersofmastodon
#LosAngeles - There is a protest at ICE downtown scheduled for 11AM today along with the occupy/tent city that is happening between now and the weekend.
300 N Los Angeles St. 90012
Like if you're really being abused, I feel like you have to let people know that in order for them to get what's going on:
"Death to America Because America Killed my Sister" communicates A LOT MORE and doesn't inspire nearly as much backlash, ya know?
The way large populations deal with backlash and expressing themselves is super interesting to me because it doesn't really model well as a one-on-one human interaction even though we talk about it that way.
People often seem hung up on an idea of what's fair between nations or cultures in a dispute, which I appreciate, except I've rarely seen an entire nation or culture respond well to what the other side thinks is fair.
Like "oh, if we yell 'death to America,' because America destroyed my home, then they'll see the error of their ways." or "China is so unfair, I'm going to hit them with tariffs so they play fair."
Nobody sees fairness there, they just see people being dicks.
"Many of those people don’t speak out because they fear alienation more than they hate racism. For them, the fear of having someone furrow their brow in their direction outweighs their hatred of sending children to an underfunded school knowing that they don’t have an equal chance at success because of the color of their skin."
A great thread on how fascism can't exist without centrists https://twitter.com/cricketcrocker/status/1008071987078549506
Always remember that fascists are weak and incomplete inside. You and your punk rock self may not care what anyone thinks about you but fascists do. Shaming them works. Do it.
In other words, "normal people" are often in a feelings-first culture. Don't tell them they're wrong, because that will hurt their feelings.
However other "nerdy people" are often in an information-first culture. Please give me new information, because that will help me learn what is right and wrong, and even though being wrong sucks, I like learning what is right more.
Unsurprisingly, the two cultures clash like hell when they interact.
"Any attempt to push state from one brain to another necessarily involves lossy compression, and one of the ways we try to save bandwidth is by implicitly referencing complex ideas that we take for granted the other person has in their head already. Whether the speaker concludes from the aforementioned interjection “This asshole thinks I’m dishonest” or “This person really loves my story” depends on shared culture."
"To a “respectful silence == listening” speaker, the listener’s interjection would probably be seen as horribly rude, maybe even menacing. “I think you are lying to me and this makes me angry.” But to an “enthusiastic participation == listening” speaker, it means something along the lines of, “That’s amazing! Please keep going, I’m really enjoying this.”"
"–not to alter the flow, but like setting them up for an alley-oop. Silence means you’re bored or distracted. What might cause speakers from other places to feel they’re being interrupted–say, for instance, yelling, “Get the fuck out of here!”[2]–not only doesn’t break the conversation, but improves it. You’re demonstrating that you are fully engaged in their telling, and they ramp up their energy and excitement to match, encouraged they’re doing a good job."
"New Yorkers tend to have a very high-engagement conversation style. What many from other places might think of as “good listening”–patient silence, thoughtful expressions that telegraph concentration–we see as rude. A listener should be talking along with the speaker, shouting their feelings about what they hear, finishing sentences, asking questions that they know will be answered by the next thing the speaker says anyway"
So tired of clickbait 😂
The IBM 5144 is here and he is beautiful
There is also a person here who looks exactly like a 30-year-old Ramona Flowers who stopped dying her hair ten years ago and just got tattoos, and I know she knows it so I won't say anything, but ARGH
There is a 30-40 year old man here wearing an Emerica hat and he just looks like the most Tony Hawk aesthetic ever. Will you be my GenX daddy
