When hubs and I first got married, we were very much enjoying our little Honeymoon Bubble, and we were being lazy as Hell. We didn't do many chores, but the laundry we really let go. We weren't wearing many clothes at home anyway, so why bother. Anyhow, after weeks we finally reached the swimming suit bottoms situation, and decided it was time. It was loads and loads of laundry that needed done, so I had my husband back the trunk of the car up to a window of the house, then he popped the trunk, and I started tossing laundry out of the window into the trunk. We went to the bank, got about $30 bucks in quarters, and found the emptiest laundry mat we could, and did it all in one fell swoop. We folded it all and loaded it back into the car using those wheeled laundry carts. We never let it get that bad again, and decided it was time to be adults, and do regular chores, but it still makes me laugh imagining what the neighbors and the laundry attendant thought.
Feel free to share your own laundry story, if you feel like it, I love hearing people's stories!
I can't figure out if mastodon is a high context culture or not. People seem to be expected to give long introductions and do a lot of identity/positionality disclosure, but also an enormous reply guy culture which is defined by low context drive-by. Conversational turn-taking is extremely low compared to other platforms ime, but depth-seeking is high. What an interesting mix.
*obviously, these experiences are all situated within my own network effects, and I'm not well networked here.
@grimalkina to me the most interesting thing about Mastodon is that anyone's experience here really is whatever they make it out to be.
Since there is no algorithm whatsoever, it's 100% up to each user to curate a space they enjoy and find valuable.
It's worked out brilliantly for me. But I understand why others might have a tougher time adapting to it, especially given the most recent social landscapes that are out there.
@grimalkina sure, valid. It can be tough if you're looking for something really specific bc I think we're still hovering at around 1mm active users over here. The user pool is going to be limited no matter what anyone is searching for, absolutely true.
I'm curious how Threads and Bluesky federating will change that but there's also a lot of resistance to those integrations from this side so.... who knows?
Also, hope you didn't think I was singling you out or anything - wasn't my intention.
For example, if rumors are true and Netflix is getting the NFL Xmas games, you will need FOUR different streaming services to see all the NFL games this season.
The oldest entry on IndieWire's list of the best teen dramas was first broadcast in 1979, but the majority of shows that made the cut are from after 2000, when there was a huge boom in the genre. Here's the magazine's ranking of 42 shows. Which do you think came in at No. 1? Take a look at the list after you've voted and tell us if you think they got it right.
"I'm so angry at Biden over Isreal/Gaza that I'm going to help Trump destroy democracy, weaponize the Justice system, send millions to deportation camps, lower the taxes on the wealthy and shift the burden to the middle class, cut Social Security, track and prosecute women having abortions, pardon the people who violently attacked Capitol police, dismantle NATO, help Russia, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT do even more harm to Palestinians" is a take--it's just a really awful take, IMO.
It’s Trump’s Party Now
Following the installation of Trump’s daughter-in-law, the #RNC has hired a 28-yr-old fmr bikini model as its new spox. Elizabeth Pipko, who has posed for SportsIllustrated, Maxim, & Esquire, a longtime admirer of #Trump, previously worked on his 2016 campaign. “The things he’s been through have been unreal. A lot of people look at what he’s up against every day & see his real character”
[I can hear her eyelashes batting in that quote]
The #BlueskyBridge by Snarfed was soft-launched this week - still very alpha and a lot of things don't work, but posts are starting to come through both ways 🙂
Right now you need to follow the bridge to get bridged (the DM-request mechanism isn't finished yet). I'm tracking the bridged accounts (M->B) here: https://blue.mackuba.eu/directory/fedi
Woke up this morning, had breakfast with my hot boyfriend and a lovely friend, worked on my sex blog for a bit then hopped on a train with my bestie to go hang with his girlfriend in a beautiful seaside town in the sunshine. One of those days where I feel so very lucky to live the life I live, surrounded by the people I love.