<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> (go for it!)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://woof.tech/@unlobito" class="u-url mention">@<span>unlobito</span></a></span> yes. (may i repost?)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> this is exactly why i’m purposeful about being visibility queer / furry / foreign</p><p>i don’t want to be confused for a straight person, but that’s the entire point: you must set aside any notions of cisheteronormativity while approaching me</p><p>if i can normalise weirdos in your mind, i’m winning</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis" class="u-url mention">@<span>ChuckMcManis</span></a></span> i have not. i might, but my strategy is different: i aspire to live my life in such a way that it doesn&#39;t matter whether someone is gaslighting me or not. you plan for both options in advance</p><p>this gets combinatorially intractable in the long run, but i also like this option of reaching heaven or die trying</p>

<p>who out here formally verifying kicad drc</p>

<p>when i say &quot;a weapon&quot; you must understand that i do not see weapons as inherently corrosive to existence. they are tools meant to achieve goals by means of harm and destruction, and that is sometimes an incredibly valuable option</p><p>one must not, though, use them unthinkingly</p>

<p>Hardware is so interesting</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <br />Yes, that makes it clearer.</p><p>Have you read David Brooks &quot;How To Know a Person&quot; ? It has some great tools for understanding what other people are all about and whether or not they are sincere or just gaslighting you. I can recommend it.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@oldprof" class="u-url mention">@<span>oldprof</span></a></span> oh this is very helpful thank you! I never investigated because i simply thought it wouldn’t work</p>