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Jollyjack is right, you know.
Posted 2 days agohttps://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11211731/
The more I learn about this 'mandatory legal tagging', the shittier it gets. Apparently we have a retroactive rule which requires a minimum of three tags per submission, under arbitrary and weird formatting rules, and banning the creative use of the super_useful tagging system that was really only ever much good for blacklisting (in theory), and then only if you can stand the Gen_Z compliant UI it's being used as a carrot to try and bait the rest of us into accepting.
You might think that 'illegal tags' would be words like "bomb," "assassination," "Nazi," or "jaywalking." You would, however, be wrong. You can see what 'illegal tags' you're using by clicking on the 'Stats' tab on your user page. For your convenient future tagging reference, here's a partial list of example tags, legal and illegal, from my own submissions. Forgive the weird formatting, but hyphens are now considered too diabolically anarchic for FA to condone_you'd better use underscores if you don't want to get banned.
Legal tags:
_blaaaaaaaaa
_vinegaroon
_ffs
_doin
_buzzbuzzbuzz
_wwydt
_popular_does_not_mean_good
_antioch
_id
_herkimer
_escutcheon
_beggzorz
Illegal tags:
_an
_is
_we
_or
_anarcho-capitalism
_motion-sickness
_self-hatred
_micro-farming
And here's a fun thought: What reason could FA possibly have for banning hyphens from tags? Or "misleading" or "inaccurate" tags? To me this all smacks of format standardization that one might use to streamline AI training data, and while I don't disagree with AI in principle, the current implementation is a moral cesspit at every level. Best case scenario, FA has enacted a pointless rule which inadvertently makes it easier for bad actor techbros to scrape training data from unwilling and unwitting contributors; worst case, there's nothing inadvertent about it, and there's some kind of shady back_room deal behind this. Jollyjack absolutely called it; this unmitigated horse shit is kind of a big deal. Those snippy little shits nastily calling him out for protesting are basic consumers, willing to sacrifice artists' freedom of expression under weak_ass pretenses in order to preserve their preferred stream of wank fodder. If FA's enforcers come after my 'illegal' tags, I'll just delete the 'offending' submissions. Or maybe I won't. I predict that either whoever is responsible for this mess is going to be fired within the week, or this is the event horizon of FA's enshittification death spiral.
The more I learn about this 'mandatory legal tagging', the shittier it gets. Apparently we have a retroactive rule which requires a minimum of three tags per submission, under arbitrary and weird formatting rules, and banning the creative use of the super_useful tagging system that was really only ever much good for blacklisting (in theory), and then only if you can stand the Gen_Z compliant UI it's being used as a carrot to try and bait the rest of us into accepting.
You might think that 'illegal tags' would be words like "bomb," "assassination," "Nazi," or "jaywalking." You would, however, be wrong. You can see what 'illegal tags' you're using by clicking on the 'Stats' tab on your user page. For your convenient future tagging reference, here's a partial list of example tags, legal and illegal, from my own submissions. Forgive the weird formatting, but hyphens are now considered too diabolically anarchic for FA to condone_you'd better use underscores if you don't want to get banned.
Legal tags:
_blaaaaaaaaa
_vinegaroon
_ffs
_doin
_buzzbuzzbuzz
_wwydt
_popular_does_not_mean_good
_antioch
_id
_herkimer
_escutcheon
_beggzorz
Illegal tags:
_an
_is
_we
_or
_anarcho-capitalism
_motion-sickness
_self-hatred
_micro-farming
And here's a fun thought: What reason could FA possibly have for banning hyphens from tags? Or "misleading" or "inaccurate" tags? To me this all smacks of format standardization that one might use to streamline AI training data, and while I don't disagree with AI in principle, the current implementation is a moral cesspit at every level. Best case scenario, FA has enacted a pointless rule which inadvertently makes it easier for bad actor techbros to scrape training data from unwilling and unwitting contributors; worst case, there's nothing inadvertent about it, and there's some kind of shady back_room deal behind this. Jollyjack absolutely called it; this unmitigated horse shit is kind of a big deal. Those snippy little shits nastily calling him out for protesting are basic consumers, willing to sacrifice artists' freedom of expression under weak_ass pretenses in order to preserve their preferred stream of wank fodder. If FA's enforcers come after my 'illegal' tags, I'll just delete the 'offending' submissions. Or maybe I won't. I predict that either whoever is responsible for this mess is going to be fired within the week, or this is the event horizon of FA's enshittification death spiral.
Stupid adventures in 20 Questions
Posted 3 days ago*Plays Freya Crescent on Akinator*
(Seven totally innocuous, unloaded questions, identifying a female from the Final Fantasy series...)
"Is your character a beautiful woman?"
"Oh, you son of a bitch..."
And yes, OFC he got it.
(Seven totally innocuous, unloaded questions, identifying a female from the Final Fantasy series...)
"Is your character a beautiful woman?"
"Oh, you son of a bitch..."
And yes, OFC he got it.
Controversial opinion on historical literature
Posted 2 weeks agoI believe that the Philogelos (supposed world's oldest joke book) is a mostly—if not completely—fake translation. Too many of the jokes fundamentally rely on modern English words and phrases to work. Also, there are multiple references to things that did not exist on that continent at that time. So...
Not my business, but here's the thing... (regarding koh)
Posted 3 weeks agoSometimes I sort of start caring about an artist, and then sometimes they... disappear. Is koh okay? I have enough sleuthing skills to know that he's probably alive, but but after he shut down his account, it just sort of left me haunted. I know he was in pain, and I can kind of relate. I don't understand why he put so effort much into... deleting his existence in the context of this fandom. I just hope he's okay, you know? I wish he knew that some people remember and care. I miss your legend, man.
Some oogey-boogey for y'all
Posted 3 weeks agoOkay. So, let me tell you about my family curse.
Mostly... it boils down to clairvoyance regarding presents. We don't speak to one another about presents, because the moment we gain awareness that a gift has been purchased, we instantly know what it is. It doesn't matter how outlandish the truth may be; we know. Well, we also often know who's calling on the phone, or other mundane things like that. For me, it's a bit more broad than that. For example, in a raffle, I know when my name has just been pulled out of a hat seconds before it's been read. Amazing, yeah? There's just one Cassandra-level stipulation: I can only predict what elimination of chaos has already rendered certain. I know whether Schrodinger's cat is alive or dead, but I can't do anything about it. I can see... the present. Sometimes.
Tell me about your pain, and I will know that you are going to die, but I won't tell you. You don't deserve to know what's coming. It's like that. Sometimes I wonder what it is that I'm fighting for in this context, when I see all the pain and horror and wrongness in the world, and know that it's already... there. Is it denial, distrust, or some recursive loop where I feel the necessity of my words? Or am I crazy? Well, shit, I don't know. But listen. Fight. Okay?
Mostly... it boils down to clairvoyance regarding presents. We don't speak to one another about presents, because the moment we gain awareness that a gift has been purchased, we instantly know what it is. It doesn't matter how outlandish the truth may be; we know. Well, we also often know who's calling on the phone, or other mundane things like that. For me, it's a bit more broad than that. For example, in a raffle, I know when my name has just been pulled out of a hat seconds before it's been read. Amazing, yeah? There's just one Cassandra-level stipulation: I can only predict what elimination of chaos has already rendered certain. I know whether Schrodinger's cat is alive or dead, but I can't do anything about it. I can see... the present. Sometimes.
Tell me about your pain, and I will know that you are going to die, but I won't tell you. You don't deserve to know what's coming. It's like that. Sometimes I wonder what it is that I'm fighting for in this context, when I see all the pain and horror and wrongness in the world, and know that it's already... there. Is it denial, distrust, or some recursive loop where I feel the necessity of my words? Or am I crazy? Well, shit, I don't know. But listen. Fight. Okay?
Wrenched my back
Posted 3 weeks agoFound another reason to be mad at the previous occupant. Stepped out onto the joist of a deck I'm demolishing to get some measurements, and suddenly there was no joist. Apparently Captain Cerebrum 'fastened' the structural member by toenailing it in with a single fastener. I managed to avoid any breaks, impalement, or serious lacerations or abrasions, but I am reminded that I must never underestimate the inspiring stupidity of the confidently wrong.
Fighting city hall
Posted a month agoPrepared a speech for the variance hearing tomorrow which will determine whether we're pressured to sell by a developer, or forced to deal with their shitty project:
My name is (Lord Mungepants), and I am co-owner of the property at 23 Nonesuch Avenue. I am here to contest the proposed minor variance to the property of 21 Nonesuch Avenue. I will begin by demonstrating that the proposal is excessive and insupportable.
1. Is the variance minor?
"A minor variance typically allows for adjustments of up to 20% from the numerical development or design standards set by zoning laws. This variance is intended to provide relief when strict adherence to the standards would cause undue hardship."
On the sides, the requested deviation of 1.62 meters from the mandated 7.62 meter setback is a difference 21.26%, exceeding the maximum by 1.26%—on each side. The request seeks to alter the setback from the front of the property from 7.62 meters to 3 meters; a difference of 60.63%, or over three times the upper limit of a minor variance. In full, this proposed variance seeks to expand the legal building area by a total of 303.6 square meters; 97% of the proposed building's 313 square meter footprint, or approzimately 20% of the entire property.
Does the developer face undue hardship? Given that the property was purchased with the intention of constructing rental units in the full knowledge that the property was not legally of an appropriate size for this purpose, the criteria of "undue hardship" is highly questionable; "bad faith" would be a more apt summary.
On a personal note, I feel disrespected. An anonymous business simply sprung this unwelcome development on the neighbouring property owners without discussion or notice until directly prompted to do so by the city. Interest in maintaining neighbours' privacy in light of an effectively ninefold increase in population appears essentially nonexistent, with no provision for fencing, noise management, or visual barriers. We have no way of knowing the target market, but a massively increased opportunity for problemactic neighbours. This developer behaves callously, then demands special privileges to further impinge upon us? Ridiculous.
My name is (Lord Mungepants), and I am co-owner of the property at 23 Nonesuch Avenue. I am here to contest the proposed minor variance to the property of 21 Nonesuch Avenue. I will begin by demonstrating that the proposal is excessive and insupportable.
1. Is the variance minor?
"A minor variance typically allows for adjustments of up to 20% from the numerical development or design standards set by zoning laws. This variance is intended to provide relief when strict adherence to the standards would cause undue hardship."
On the sides, the requested deviation of 1.62 meters from the mandated 7.62 meter setback is a difference 21.26%, exceeding the maximum by 1.26%—on each side. The request seeks to alter the setback from the front of the property from 7.62 meters to 3 meters; a difference of 60.63%, or over three times the upper limit of a minor variance. In full, this proposed variance seeks to expand the legal building area by a total of 303.6 square meters; 97% of the proposed building's 313 square meter footprint, or approzimately 20% of the entire property.
Does the developer face undue hardship? Given that the property was purchased with the intention of constructing rental units in the full knowledge that the property was not legally of an appropriate size for this purpose, the criteria of "undue hardship" is highly questionable; "bad faith" would be a more apt summary.
On a personal note, I feel disrespected. An anonymous business simply sprung this unwelcome development on the neighbouring property owners without discussion or notice until directly prompted to do so by the city. Interest in maintaining neighbours' privacy in light of an effectively ninefold increase in population appears essentially nonexistent, with no provision for fencing, noise management, or visual barriers. We have no way of knowing the target market, but a massively increased opportunity for problemactic neighbours. This developer behaves callously, then demands special privileges to further impinge upon us? Ridiculous.
More fucking capitalists making things worse
Posted a month agoJust got two whole days notice for the good-ol'-boys club's city council's meeting to approve a legal exception for an undisclosed developer's proposal to smash the parking lot of their surprise stacked row apartments right up against our property line. No, the property is not appropriate for the purpose. Guess it's a good thing I decided to check the little yellow sign out front of the condemned building—or it would be, if I suspected that they'll let anything but money do any talking.
My one and only vore scene...
Posted a month agoFurcadia, 1997. My alt, a black cat named Clinker, stood across the corner from the 'Wisdom Tree', among the sparse crowd gathered at the fringe of the cliques. Clinker was a gender-indeterminate gag character; a fashion model for weird ways to die. Perhaps ironically—or not, depending on how you look at it—the character had a pretty short active lifespan. Turns out my sense of humour didn't run quite as coal-black as I liked to believe. In any case, somebody grabbed Clinker, and uh... that happened. I don't remember trying to get eaten. I think consent was just sort of assumed from the character desc. But eaten s/he was, followed by probably the most disappointingly brief and low-detail 'digestion' in the history of the fetish; I might not have understood what was going on, but it sure felt unpleasantly weird to participate in it, and honestly I was stumped for anything funny or clever to say. Exit understage, post haste.
It was some time before I encountered the concept of 'hard vore', and it was probably about 2020 before I thought back and finally made the connection that my performance had really only been comedy improv to me. How embarrassing.
...
But still not as embarrassing as the time my curiosity got the better of me, resulting in my inappropriately sniffing a supercontinent in public. The Internet was a wild ride, back in the day.
It was some time before I encountered the concept of 'hard vore', and it was probably about 2020 before I thought back and finally made the connection that my performance had really only been comedy improv to me. How embarrassing.
...
But still not as embarrassing as the time my curiosity got the better of me, resulting in my inappropriately sniffing a supercontinent in public. The Internet was a wild ride, back in the day.
Stop Killing Games
Posted a month agohttps://www.youtube.com/embed/_6lxTRwsbZo
Yeah, this is an EU thing, but it's worth rattling our swords at the greedbeasts no matter where we are.
And remember: If you're reading this instead of wanking to the Forbes centerfold, you're not actually a capitalist—you're their chattel.
Yeah, this is an EU thing, but it's worth rattling our swords at the greedbeasts no matter where we are.
And remember: If you're reading this instead of wanking to the Forbes centerfold, you're not actually a capitalist—you're their chattel.
High-brow entertainment
Posted 2 months agoThis should not exist. So glad it does, though.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sPs1sBywmyU
Yyyyyyeah, you're welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sPs1sBywmyU
Yyyyyyeah, you're welcome.
Even a caveman could tell you it's not from vaccines.
Posted 2 months agohttps://www.earth.com/news/scientis.....modern-humans/
Dude, there's like... a citation here and everything. That makes it sort of credible.
This study all kind of lines up with the findings of the genetic surveillance my sister signed me up for by extension. I guess autism is (at least partially) sort of like code snagged off an open source project and pasted into a different application; it typically works, but... variably. And, of course, this raises the possibility that rather than being socially inept I'm actually a perfectly suave neanderthal.
Dude, there's like... a citation here and everything. That makes it sort of credible.
This study all kind of lines up with the findings of the genetic surveillance my sister signed me up for by extension. I guess autism is (at least partially) sort of like code snagged off an open source project and pasted into a different application; it typically works, but... variably. And, of course, this raises the possibility that rather than being socially inept I'm actually a perfectly suave neanderthal.
A small triumph over entropy
Posted 2 months agoI'm seeing an increasing number of artists turning away from the vector-oriented PNG and adopting the customizable compression of JPG for their highly detailed work, almost universally saving over 80% of the storage space and bandwidth. Just a little bit, the Internet is healing. Now, if we could just get the fascists and death-cult capitalists under control...
Electrons are so 2025...
Posted 2 months agoJust gonna throw this thought out into the infosphere. Ahem...
Tunable laser analog optical computer
You're welcome, 2077.
Tunable laser analog optical computer
You're welcome, 2077.
Hey, Canada?
Posted 2 months agoWe'd best get those elbows back up, because Carney was (surprise, surprise) a lying bastard. He's been a Trump yes-man the whole time. In a few short months he's rolled over on trade, surveillance, environment, techbro tax, Ukrainian defence, and 'Star Wars' 2.0, moaning in passionate anticipation for Daddy Trump the whole time. With the NDP shut out, Canada is now a one-party system with a make-believe line drawn down the middle. So let's get up, get organized, and show the fuck how Canada handles traitors.
It's not myasthenia gravis (probably)
Posted 2 months agoA couple weeks ago I got results back from an antigen blood test for myasthenia gravis. Good news: I tested negative for the AChR antibody. Bad news: That doesn't rule out a rarer form of seronegative MG, and either way, something is very wrong with me; weakness, pain, fatigue, tremors, and double vision, and it's been going on for years. I should have taken it seriously long before now, but I kept telling myself that it's normal, and I'm just a weakling. Well, not much use to dwell on that self-disrespect. I fucked up, and I need to move on to... something. Step one is to talk to the doctor again, I guess.
Also, yeah, I'm really keenly aware that I'm an absolute sad sack, and I don't really know what to do about it. The best things going on in my life are basically just a case of getting the breathing room to face the problems I've had to put on the back burner for years. I don't think a gratitude journal is gonna cut it, especially what with... you know... 'the horrors'. But watching one of the old guard pass, and the most positive thing anybody had to say about him is "I didn't really know him," that makes me a bit hyper-aware of my own... lack of social credit. I'm not a fountain of social energy, and I don't know what I have that anybody wants or cares about. I don't know how to solve that.
Also, yeah, I'm really keenly aware that I'm an absolute sad sack, and I don't really know what to do about it. The best things going on in my life are basically just a case of getting the breathing room to face the problems I've had to put on the back burner for years. I don't think a gratitude journal is gonna cut it, especially what with... you know... 'the horrors'. But watching one of the old guard pass, and the most positive thing anybody had to say about him is "I didn't really know him," that makes me a bit hyper-aware of my own... lack of social credit. I'm not a fountain of social energy, and I don't know what I have that anybody wants or cares about. I don't know how to solve that.
Elbows up, eh?
Posted 2 months agoHappy Canada Day. Keep fighting the good fight, wherever you are, whoever you are, and whatever it takes.
Understaffed?
Posted 2 months agoDid anyone observe when I fell down the rabbit hole?
Posted 2 months agoI read a comic which made reference to a "Markov chain." So of course I had to find out WTF a Markov chain is. What is it? I don't know. It kind of seems like a hyper-complication of the premise that the past only affects the future insofar as it shapes the present, and that the present keeps happening. And how do diagrams which show clear loops of probability fit into that linear structure? I don't $%^&ing know, and I no longer want to care. Naturally, my irritation with this... unnecessarily eldritch thing reminded me of my disaffected skepticism for quantum physics, with its boxes full of apparent oogey-boogey mystery. So I once again descended upon DuckDuckGo, seeking out the dual slit experiment with killing intent. This time, however, I asked whether the experiment is commonly misunderstood. Well...
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa.....riment.765350/
Alright. I don't claim to understand the complexities of interference caused by the observation apparatus (I'm not sure physicists do either), but I bloody thought that was a glaring flaw in the experiment. Or, as it turns out, a glaring flaw in how the experiment is interpreted by a media which glorifies mysticism. I can't respect quantum physics if it bears a significant resemblance to an abomination hybrid of sympathetic magic and peek-a-boo. So long as the model doesn't run on the power of friendship and Doug Henning, though... I think I can live with not understanding, just so long as the experts appear to be functionally rational.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa.....riment.765350/
Alright. I don't claim to understand the complexities of interference caused by the observation apparatus (I'm not sure physicists do either), but I bloody thought that was a glaring flaw in the experiment. Or, as it turns out, a glaring flaw in how the experiment is interpreted by a media which glorifies mysticism. I can't respect quantum physics if it bears a significant resemblance to an abomination hybrid of sympathetic magic and peek-a-boo. So long as the model doesn't run on the power of friendship and Doug Henning, though... I think I can live with not understanding, just so long as the experts appear to be functionally rational.
Betcha didn't see that coming.
Posted 2 months agoThe courage of silencing the majority
Posted 3 months agoI've seen edge kink in real life that is seared into my brain, and honestly the only complaint I have a right to voice is that maybe that scene shouldn't have been performed right next to the exit of the dungeon's communal space. I feel there's a blurry line somewhere between 'extreme kink' and 'predatory rehearsal', but for all its blur, it isn't that hard to tell when the line has been crossed, and just because you find something personally objectionable, that doesn't mean that it's wrong.
Sooo... When some noob makes up and posts an 'anti-XXXX' flag with the demand that everyone stop being kinky and especially not kinky in regards to the ubiquitous 'XXXX', immediately disabling comments to prevent any criticism, I feel like a pretty significant number of social boundaries have been crossed. Kiddo, I'm afraid you're cooked. Ironically.
Sooo... When some noob makes up and posts an 'anti-XXXX' flag with the demand that everyone stop being kinky and especially not kinky in regards to the ubiquitous 'XXXX', immediately disabling comments to prevent any criticism, I feel like a pretty significant number of social boundaries have been crossed. Kiddo, I'm afraid you're cooked. Ironically.
Good to be angry instead of terrified
Posted 3 months agoI suppose I should be grateful to have problems that are not immediately life-threatening. That being said, I have just lost yet another maintenance boss-battle with the 'DIY' shit-for-brains that ruined so many critical systems on this property, from cutting through floor joists to cock-eyed installation of tacky wallpaper over quarter inch gaps in the drywall. Today it's plumbing. Again. The professional gas fitter/engineer (not, in fact, a sarcastic statement) laid in the plumbing to the workshop outbuilding using 10mm copper tube. Metric has its place, but that place is not in North American plumbing code. So, now I have to figure out how to re-adapt a half-crushed 10mm tube to standard 1/2", preferably without soldering. I'm... just going to bodge this incorrect problem together with rubber hose and jubilee clips, aren't I?
I wish we had a less capitalist system, where we could have property stewardship instead of indebted ownership under the threat of becoming an 'illegal person', and could get help with things outside of our capability as a matter of mutual benefit, not profit. System's fucked, man.
I wish we had a less capitalist system, where we could have property stewardship instead of indebted ownership under the threat of becoming an 'illegal person', and could get help with things outside of our capability as a matter of mutual benefit, not profit. System's fucked, man.
Epilogue (hopefully)
Posted 3 months agoHe's gone. More or less. Following his absolutely premature release from the hospital, our Tenant of Terror immediately terminated our rental agreement of his own accord due to our 'betrayal' and our stipulation that he must receive ongoing treatment if he intended to stay. The only really relevant bits after that are that his tone remains abusive, we're not having any more of that shit, and he's made some stalker-ish statements that strike me more as vainly ominous posing than a valid threat. So... I hope not to bother anyone any further with this. Still coming down off the massive stress, but feeling a bit more alive than I have in the better part of a decade. Thank fuck, he's gone.
Ongoing housemate situation
Posted 3 months agoWoke up this morning to dudebro bellowing up the stairs at me about my being "Judas," along with a non-stop stream of invective pseudo-messianic word salad. Police were once again summoned, because what the fuck else can we do? Long story short, the situation has escalated sufficiently that he is now in the hospital for a proper evaluation. Do I want to give excruciating detail about what went down? Yes, but I don't think that would be very ethical of me. I don't know exactly what comes next... Even with effective medication—assuming that's where this goes—I'm awfully concerned about non-compliance and relapse. I guess I'll burn that bridge when I come to it. For the moment... Things should be peaceful for a couple of days, at least? Maybe? I hope?
How the $%^& does Forbes keep running?
Posted 4 months agoThere cannot possibly be a sufficient number of half-witted super-bourgeois morons to keep that sack of wank afloat...
