I am a code warrior, currently retooling away from that so as to code in my spare time. I am a fan of spicy things and #gaming, #tea, specifically green, and #InteractiveFiction (including making my own). Re- #Introductions#Calckey
Oh my goodness, this setting is SO POWERFUL! I have 44 themes installed on my Arch LibreWolf browser and was hoping I could make these all available on my other browsers and devices. I set up a backup on the device mentioned and found out these backups SYNC ON ALL DEVICES!! #calckey#blahajzone#settings#browser
Had a slightly depressing conversation with a colleague the other day about people not using their pronouns. Since they declared over a year ago that they were non-binary, they have been gently reminding people to refer to them as they/them instead of she/her. As I've found, old habits die hard and I have had to constantly remind myself to get it right. However, it's possible with practice and awareness.
I'm working more with them at the moment and it's very obvious how few people even try to make an effort. Despite their regular requests. We were in a meeting last week and the chair, in her intro to my colleague's piece, constantly used she/her. My colleague gently reminded people when she started talking of her preference - mostly for the benefit of the others and not to correct the chair. Anyway, the chair brought it up in a subsequent conversation with them, and now my colleague is wondering whether they should just give up asking if it's too hard for people to remember. It's obviously not important to the others. As my colleague said, if they had made an ethnically based request to use another name, the good white liberals in the room would fall over themselves to comply. But gender? Nope.Too hard to remember.
I reckon, even if you don't understand people's reasons for things, it's respectful and good manners to comply, as long as it's not offensive. Even other people in our team, who would normally be supportive, seem to find it hard. I know I've had to work at it, but it's just practice.
I'm thinking of having a word with our workmates to ask that we all make an effort and give each other permission to correct each other - in a kind and supportive way - when we slip up. I think they will be fine with that, and it would help set an example for others outside our team.
For the record, my colleague is white, English, presents as female and is definitely heterosexual. I suspect this makes it harder for people to adjust.
This doesn't seem to be unique. I have a young acquaintance who was recently ordained as a Buddhist nun, and is also non-binary. People have quickly adopted their new ordained name, but still struggle to use they instead of she. To be fair, we use their name a lot more than their pronoun, so people aren't as habituated to it. This example seems to reinforce the problem even more.
I'm enjoying the longer posts possible in Calckey, allowing me to ramble to my heart's content. I tried out Shitposters.club some time ago as it offers similar functionality. But, OMG, what a cesspool that place is. I still feel a bit dirty from my experience there! #calckey
After seeing some people talking up Calckey.social, I signed up over there and started poking around. You know, because I just can't help trying new things.
The Mastodon web interface has nothing on the interface and feature set of #Calckey. Gorgeous customizable themes, smooth and slick animations when new posts enter your feed, animated reaction emojis, groups which you can use to create small communities around topics, photo galleries to make sharing your pics easier, FULL KEYWORD SEARCH that isn't restricted to hashtags! It's really quite something. It has me pondering a total move there from Mastodon altogether. Oh, and you can import your follows, mute/blocks, lists, etc. from your Mastodon account if you wanted to switch.