Pat @Pat@qoto.org
- "guy"
- refers to a guy of any gender
- "man"
- refers to a grown up human being of any gender
- "girl"
- refers to a woman (when the term is used by a man over 55 years old)
- Treadmill
- way too fast
I'm just a geek.
Pronouns: She/Him/Her/His
(Use "she" for the subjective case, "him" for the objective case, "her" for the active possessive case, and "his" for the passive possessive case. Note: This is to avoid non-PC objectification and passivity.)
US, Eastern timezone
Privacy is important.
All of my opinions are someone else's.
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If I favorite your toot, it doesn't mean that I feel your toot is my favorite toot. It means that I'm letting you know that I saw your toot, probably read it, and maybe even liked it (but not necessarily).
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I have another account at:
https://mastodon.social/@PatPat/with_replies
And an additional backup account at:
https://mastodon.online/@Pat/with_replies
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I block anyone who:
- uses racial, ageist, religious, ethnic, LGBT epithets
- uses the word "gay" derisively
- posts child porn
- posts any other racism, ageism or homophobia
- posts ambiguous cases of the above
- boosts or posts quotations of any of the above
(People who use the word "woke" in a derogatory manner are assumed to be pro-racist.)
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Joined Dec 2020
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Cat hair doesn't nullify the 5-second rule...
#streamers #twitch #SweeetTails #bananas #food
(Fair Use video clip of SweeetTails at Twitch twitch.tv/sweeettails)
How convenient for the telecommunications oligopoly. I'm sure that vulnerability happened just by accident. (sarcasm)
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A quote from amnesty.org... "Protest is an invaluable way to speak truth to power. Throughout history, protests have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding accountability and inspiring people to keep hoping for a better future."
#1a #protest #FreeSpeech #FreeAssembly #fascism #the99percent #AmericanSpring #IBM #InvestorRelations
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Do IBM investors realize that their vice chairman opposes one of the most fundamental values of any free society?
#1a #protest #FreeSpeech #FreeAssembly #fascism #the99percent #AmericanSpring #IBM #InvestorRelations
>"Feeling this way is fine... finding the spot where social control of antisocial behavior morphs into antisocial behaviour itself is the hard and important part."
I'd use the term "response" rather than "control". For me it depends on the person that is doing bad things. When it's a racist, it's likely something that is a deeply rooted defect in the person and I just don't have the patience (or the skill) to deal with people like that.
To help with the feeling part, sometimes I just think to myself that that person has a mental illness and that's the way it is. But you don't just let them continue to harm others, you need to respond.
>"...Never have my employer's values been so obviously contrasted with mine.... "
It's kind of like your county killing a million of it's own citizens, and then your president giving one of the guys who is responsible a promotion.
I catch myself thinking this way sometimes, when I feel hatred towards a racist.
>'Seems more likely to me that they're just imitating a style that they think is "cutesie".'
Yeah, probably most of them don't know why and are just imitating. But whoever started it must know why they started it. 😄
>"I was speaking to a more generalized pattern."
As a generalized reason, I thought maybe they were intentionally providing an incorrect example of speech so that those who didn't know the difference would imitate the mistake, like some educators will intentionally teach incorrect facts to students to sabotage lower class people or a particular minority group.
I noticed it first with the word "authorities" but have since seen it with other mass nouns/collective nouns.
I didn't notice people doing it until just recently, within the last decade. I thought there might be some more specific explanation for it.
You mean they intentionally err so when they actually mess up, people will think they were just kidding?
>"...i saw like 5 already today, without watching all the time. feels not really normal, might be an outlier though."
Quick, seal the windows with duct tape... 
We are unsure what the laws are, but the universe "knows" and will follow them. That is all that is required of the universe.
We are part of the universe.
>"nothing is required of the universe..."
I think it has to follow the laws. 🙂
Will an N95 work in a sauna?
- "guy"
- refers to a guy of any gender
- "man"
- refers to a grown up human being of any gender
- "girl"
- refers to a woman (when the term is used by a man over 55 years old)
- Treadmill
- way too fast
I'm just a geek.
Pronouns: She/Him/Her/His
(Use "she" for the subjective case, "him" for the objective case, "her" for the active possessive case, and "his" for the passive possessive case. Note: This is to avoid non-PC objectification and passivity.)
US, Eastern timezone
Privacy is important.
All of my opinions are someone else's.
- - -
If I favorite your toot, it doesn't mean that I feel your toot is my favorite toot. It means that I'm letting you know that I saw your toot, probably read it, and maybe even liked it (but not necessarily).
- - -
I have another account at:
https://mastodon.social/@PatPat/with_replies
And an additional backup account at:
https://mastodon.online/@Pat/with_replies
- - -
I block anyone who:
- uses racial, ageist, religious, ethnic, LGBT epithets
- uses the word "gay" derisively
- posts child porn
- posts any other racism, ageism or homophobia
- posts ambiguous cases of the above
- boosts or posts quotations of any of the above
(People who use the word "woke" in a derogatory manner are assumed to be pro-racist.)
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My profile header and avatar images are from wikipedia commons (commons.wikipedia.org) and listed as public domain. Images in my toots are fair use, public domain or from wikipedia commons unless otherwise noted. License: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-considerations/compatible-licenses
Joined Dec 2020
