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TLA is unaffected by the world-disrupting software update, our Admins believe this to be a "skill issue"
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when I meet normie authors

“oh you’re a writer too? I write period romance about a simpler time”

“that’s nice I write cyberpunk about child soldiers”

“oh you must be into high tech stuff. I keep all my manuscripts on google docs, I love their AI integration”

“I use a text editor from 1978 and I’m prepared to shoot it if it tries anything”

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Cloudflare and Hetzner both believe this image is "child pornography." if this is your idea of porn then you're more ace than I am.
two girls in school uniforms, one has her hands tied with her uniform ribbon, they are kissing, they love each other, there are little hearts, it's cute
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👾 1990s child Alice: "ooh the future is gonna be so cool we'll all have flying cars and time machines and computers in the palm of our hands that probably have like a gigabyte of storage!!"

2024 train manufacturers: "hmm today I will disable the brakes on the software level because they went to a third party for maintenance"
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👾 meant to make such a banner for a while, if anyone else wants it
88x31 fedi banner "Artists Against mastodon.art"
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tips for being more #positive about your work!

❌ “I can’t fix this bug no matter what I try”
✔ “I am an avant-garde software artist”

❌ “my code won’t compile”
✔ “this is an abstract piece”

❌ “I never get around to implementing any of the features I want”
✔ “I consider myself a minimalist

❌ “sorry I forget to document my code…”
✔ “my art is about the journey, not the destination”

❌ “I have never finished a project”
✔ “I prefer to leave the ending open to interpretation”

❌ “sorry, this software is not compatible with ( )”
✔ “here I have chosen to make a political statement against ( )”

❌ “this memory leak causes the program to crash”
✔ “this program symbolizes the transience of mortality and reminds us all what is important in life”

tips for being more #positive about your work!

❌ “I can’t fix this bug no matter what I try”
✔ “I am an avant-garde software artist”

❌ “my code won’t compile”
✔ “this is an abstract piece”

❌ “I never get around to implementing any of the features I want”
✔ “I consider myself a minimalist

❌ “sorry I forget to document my code…”
✔ “my art is about the journey, not the destination”

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