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mdmrn

@mdmrn@urusai.social

Level 15 Dad of 4. Christian. Left. Xennial. Enginerd. He/Him. 2006 TIME POTY. Enviromancer. Amateur Pokรฉmon Trainer. Animal Crossing Island: Moduland. Opinions ๐Ÿ—‘.

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Tags: #fedi22 #Parenting #ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #DadJokes #Jokes #Humor #Silly #Anime #Manga #OnePiece #KPop #Music #ACNHInspo #Christian #Faith

PFP: Balding, bearded white man in a black Venom themed Hawaiian shirt.

Header: Black and white manga screenshot showing a bearded man in sunglasses popping out of the ceiling. A nervous person whose face is partially in view yells, "Dad?!"

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mdmrn, to FF
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Since it's my Mastoversary - I'm going to do a midweek follow list of some of my earliest Fediverse mutuals.

@gnitro @jcrabapple @cliffwade @Haste @negativeprimes @mofumofu

You should check them all out!!

#Follow #Mastoversary #FF #MidweekFollow #Boost

mdmrn, to mastodon
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday!

Today is my official "Mastoversary." Now this account I made in November 2022, but my first Mastodon account as made today two years ago on Dot Social.

In these two years, my social media experience has been better. I've had more direct conversations with folks about so many things. Learned about more new music. Kept connected about politics, without as much of the...wild anger, bitterness, and screaming angrily into the void.

I am glad to be here with y'all.

Here's to the Fediverse.

mdmrn, to random
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I'm sorry, when I first saw IDAHOBIT trending, I just assumed that something bad, racist, hateful, etc happened in Idaho.

Too many years of doomscrolling will do that to a person...

mdmrn, to Pixelfed
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Okay, so another set of stats now that April is over.

As I've said before, I am posting concurrently to Pixefed and Instagram to see what the differences are.

Let's break it down by month first. Here are average likes by month for the year to date:
January - Insta 20 / Pixelfed 8
February - Insta 21 / Pixelfed 8
March - Insta 27 / Pixelfed 11
April - Insta 26 / Pixelfed 9

Year to date, we're averaging 23.7 likes per post on Insta and 9.1 likes per post on Pixelfed.

But, this is a thread, so let's go deeper.

#Pixelfed #SocialMedia #Instagram #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Meta

mdmrn, to Pixelfed
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So, I have talked about how I've been doing a side-by-side comparison of stats for Instagram and Pixelfed by posting the same photos on both accounts.

Well, my pics tend to fall into certain well defined categories. So, I have been sorting the photos into the following and comparing average number of likes: Cats, Food, Flowers, Manga, and Selfies.

Based on these broad categories, I noticed a few hings. More info in the following toots.

#Pixelfed #Instagram #SocialMedia #Cats #Fediverse #Manga #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Food #Selfie

mdmrn, to kpop
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Me looking at K-Pop albums and pre-orders: I...I don't want all these stickers, photos, Polaroids, posters, etc. I literally just want to pre-order a CD or digital album.

#KPop #Music #PreOrder

mdmrn,
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@gnitro I've seen those, they're better.

But, it still feel like...a lot of stuff. Nayeon's "Na" Digi-pack alone includes a photobook, a card, a sticker, a Polaroid, and a few more things, it seems. I'm just going to listen to the CD in my car, don't really need (or want) all those pics, etc. :akkoShrug:

mdmrn,
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@gnitro Yea, yea, probably :Hehe:

Just means I'll likely have to wait a bit to get it. Then again, Nayeon's first album is digital and available on the Twice shop. So, here's hoping Na gets the same treatment.

mdmrn, to random
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RE: Last boost

School lunches should be free for all kids, everywhere. Period.

mdmrn, to random
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Good morning and happy Friday!

Yesterday, I expected to have a busy Thursday. By the evening, my kid's softball game was cancelled and my weekly tabletop game was cancelled. So, it went from busy to not very quickly.

Today I have a Dr appointment this afternoon that I'm hoping is a good one. Nervous, but shouldn't be.

Hope your Friday goes well.

mdmrn, to internet
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I had an ICQ account back in the late 90s, but haven't been involved in it in a long time. Wondering if it's worth making a new ICQ account.

...Or if the old account even exists anymore...

mdmrn, to music
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I found out today that Jelly Roll and T-Pain covered the Toby Keith classic "Should've Been a Cowboy" and I don't know if I'll be the same. https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D2PFHFNW

Sadly, it's an Amazon Music exclusive, so no other options on how to stream it.

#Music #JellyRoll #TPain #Country #TobyKeith #Cover #CoverSong

mdmrn, to music
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Since @loewe's Music Women Wednesday falls on , I also want to post up a workers' song.

Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 https://songwhip.com/dolly-parton/9-to-5

And the recent Pitbull collab, Powerful Women: https://songwhip.com/pitbull/powerful-women

Lyrics:
9 to 5 / For service and devotion
You would think that I / Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead / But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is / Out to get me

They let you dream / Just a watch 'em shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder / But you got dreams he'll never take away

mdmrn, to random
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Me having a busy Thursday yesterday and realizing this morning that I totally spaced on @neurothing's triumphant return to Thursday Five List

:MaguChan:

mdmrn, to music
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So, I recently purchased the newest Sofi Tukker song and downloaded it onto my computer to listen to at work.

I forgot about it when I opened my file explorer. My recent files list looked as follows:
Quarterly Sampling Report
Compliance Task List
01 - Throw Some Ass
NPDES Permit Tracker
Development Update

One of these things is not like the others.

mdmrn, to internet
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Every time I see a big mass of letters from someone on social media with "Three Words Are You..." fill in the blank, I always purposely find the least helpful words I can find and post them.

I'm doing my part.

mdmrn, to manga
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Me picking up another volume of Your Lie in April to re-read: Oh, I'm going to cry, aren't I?

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and Happy Saturday! May the Fourth be With You this Star Wars Day.

Also, today my oldest turns 15 years old. 15 years ago, my wife was on her fourth week of hospitalized bed rest and I was training the person who would fill in for me on paternity leave. I got the call and rushed to the hospital. 10 weeks early, my oldest was born via an emergent C-section.

15 years later, here I am with this snarky, smart, creative, and empathetic kid. And I'm about to take them and 4 of their friends to the zoo.

Here's hoping the weather holds up okay!

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and happy Wednesday!

We did it, we got to the middle of the week.

Last night my 9 year olds had their second softball game of the season (since 3 of them were cancelled due to rain). They won! 8-7.

Close game.

But yea, hope you have a great one!

mdmrn, to music
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It's @loewe's Music Women Wednesday.

Quick post here - IVE's Accendio: https://songwhip.com/ive2/accendio

The music video is cool and has all sorts of magical girl vibes. You can check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGLx4V680J8

mdmrn, to comicbooks
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TIL there is a limited run comic series called Pooh vs Bambi...

Reading the plot summaries it sounds like just a bunch of ridiculous, over the top sclock.

...I may need to check it out when the full series has been released. https://zenescope.com/products/pooh-vs-bambi-1-of-3

#Pooh #ComicBooks #WinnieThePooh #PoohVsBambi

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and happy Thursday!

Can someone PLEASE just yell at the clouds here so the rain stops? My kids have another softball game tonight, weather permitting, and they've already had 3 cancelled due to the weather. Ugh!

Well, hope your day is great!

mdmrn, to kpop
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This week for Thursday Five List, @neurothing is asking about songs from your workout with a tag of "The Workout."

Generally the songs I listen to during my workouts I'd listen to anyway - but more focused on high energy tracks.

So, let's go:

Steve Aoki - Close to You https://songwhip.com/steve-aoki/close-to-you

Dragonforce - My Heart Will Go On https://songwhip.com/dragonforce/my-heart-will-go-on

Fallout Boy ft Demi Lovato - Irresistible https://songwhip.com/fall-out-boy/irresistible

Itzy - In the Morning https://songwhip.com/itzy/in-the-morning

Le Sserafim - Eve, Psyche, & the Bluebeard's Wife https://songwhip.com/lesserafim/eve-psyche-and-the-bluebeards-wife

mdmrn, to music
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Babymetal and Electric Callboy dropping a new track together?

Had to check this out.

You can listen on your favorite streaming platform here: https://songwhip.com/babymetal/ratatata

Or check out the new music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnIEWyVIlE

mdmrn, to music
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When I am feeling down or unmotivated, I think of the immortal words of the House of Pain...

"Word to your Mom. I came to drop bombs. I've got more rhymes than the Bible's got Psalms."

It just raises my spirits immediately.

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