crosswind [they/them]

That’s kind of why I got into it. At first I thought I didn’t know enough about trade to play, but now I’m learning about it from just following the geography.

I really appreciate checking the mega after hexbear was down and see other people say it was down for them too. Don’t know why it’s such a relief.

Sometimes there are 8 weeks where 1.3 decades happen.

In north korea the trains don’t work so they have to be powered by rowing, and there are no tracks so they have to float the cars in the water, and the trains are so small and narrow that they can fit less than 10 people in them

@buckykat@hexbear.net (from the last mega)

nitter.net hasn’t worked for me for a few months. I use nitter.cz

Glad to hear it!

Exactly. Sometimes people will defend it with some supposed high-minded origin, like “it’s not saying being gay is wrong, it’s using trump’s homophobia and insecurity against him and turning it into a vulnerability that we’re using to trigger him”. And maybe some of the people repeating it actually believe that, but the images don’t come with a paragraph explaining the nuance. They’re just supposed to be an easy shot at trump, you’re supposed to laugh and keep scrolling. Most people liking or sharing them aren’t thinking about it any more than “haha, he’s owned cause he’s gay”.

You can spend all day convincing yourself that your specific way of thinking about it isn’t racist/homophobic, but when you share this shit online all that stuff stays in your head, and you’re just spreading bigotry.

It really falls apart any way you look at it, but some of them seem to believe they’re the one person who is immune to propaganda and has complete control over their biases and associations. Like, okay even if that’s true, what happens now that you shared it with people that aren’t as big-brained as you.

Didn’t invent it, but did get so weirdly intense about it for a few days that it’s now permanently part of the site culture. I think there were a few other struggle sessions at the time and people were at each others throats about anything.

Plus, I think it gets used as a safe way to refer to early days struggle sessions. Some of the other topics could kick off drama just from being brought up, but nobody’s (probably) going to do that over outdoor cats.