@molesen @PacificNic @elana
I’ve got an entire villain origin story starting at age 5➡️ of how I got into fashion design & the image industry… I can’t stand 99% of the people associated w/it but it is a tool & language to be sure

Things were different 20+ years ago but these days outer image is unfortunately necessary

For ex. I ABHOR LOGOS & especially HATE HATE Louis Vuitton. However happen to own a dis-continued cute baseball shaped one I wear on my jaunts out b/c 1- it’s a great shape/design/function 2- it messes w/people by intimidation

I was never ever a bag person. A paper bag honestly would do. Clothes were definitely my thing tho from craft, fit & #semiotics point of view

It’s sad how #psychology works, but we need all the tools we can get to convince people to #wearADamnMask 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also, back to the beginning of how much I can’t stand most of the people in this industry.. fashion people had the means, ability & influence to make masks & protecting everyone, including their workers, fashionable!

So much of it depends on socializing & eating, being seen at the right restaurants, flying & buying collections in person. None of this is really necessary to get product into stores but they follow an #outmoded system b/c of lack of imagination. It’s like the blind leading the blind. To wit, the schedule is unsustainable & the very best designers to name a few #JeanPaulGaultier #AnnDemuelemeester #martinmargiela #HelmutLang all quit

#Capitalism is killing us all

Apologies for the #diatribe 🌈

FMD! I am watching SBS On Demand and every fucking ad break includes a #Diatribe from the QLD Mining Council insisting that coal royalties should be reduced. Ian Macfarlane can fuck right off! #FuckRightOff and SBS too for playing this totally objectionable ad!

I'm #curious about something...
I've been getting a fair amount of #connection #requests here on #Mastodon from people on the far far far left, and almost none from the right, or the far right, or even the far far right.
Now, I'm pretty clear (or so I think, anyway) that I do not care to associate with extremists from either side.
#Fiscally, I'm #conservative - in the sense that I don't believe we should spend money we don't have.
#Regarding #people, I'm pretty #center-of-the-road, maybe #leaning a bit #left. I believe that everyone, regardless of their choices (or not-choices), should have the same rights as everyone else, and be able to live in peace, as long as they're not causing direct harm to anyone else.
I am, therefore, confused as to why people whose default mode of #communication involves #NameCalling, #VirtueSignaling, #condmenation of #otherism, and #looking for #fights would want to connect with me. I do not wish to associate with people who only wish to further divide this country with their #shortsighted #selfimportant #diatribe and #hatemongering .
If I have ideas that are different from theirs, or try to ask questions about their stance and point of view, all that will happen is they will turn around and block me, then report me for doing <InsertEvilThingHere> when all I was doing was clarifying their position so I know how to continue consideration of their position.
It's happened far too many times in the past.
Fist off, #Folks, #Mastodon isn't #Birdsite or #Twitter. Your hate-filled rants really belong here, in my opinion. That's what #Twitter and #FaceBook and #Instagram are for.
This is supposed to be a place where ideas can be exchanged, discussed, and mulled without fear of condemnation - where someone isn't attacked for their thoughts, or for asking questions.
There's a Mister Badger (with a number after it) who is an example of this. This person's obvious hatred of anyone who isn't as far Left (I believe they call it "progressive", but that's for another post and another time) as they are. I'm NOT that far left, and would almost certainly be grouped in with Nazis and Klansjerks by this person.
So why did they reach out with a connection request? I don't know. Maybe they're looking for a new victim to browbeat so they can feel morally superior? Maybe they think that if I see enough hatred of <insert any group here> I'll start to feel the same? (That's the same tactic used by WS groups, Nazis, and the Klan, by the way...)
I'm just unsure of the motives, there, and that's why I rejected that connection. I've rejected others for similar reasons.
Perhaps I need to re-visit my profile and make it clear that I don't support hate, no matter which side of which aisle it comes from.

@PaulDitz re: "too much sleep, not enough water, stand on 1 leg silently reciting alphabet backwards, etc":

Yes it's so freaking complicated. And almost anyone (incl: DOCTORS GRRRR! #§*%&☆!) rolls their eyes when u try to talk about it.

So, here is an article i love WAAAAAaaaaay too much:
https://diatribe.org/42-factors-affect-blood-glucose-surprising-update

(I laughed, I cried, i finally felt understood/ vindicated/ sane...!)

#HashtagsAtTheEnd #Science #ScienceFuckingMatters! #Diabetes #diabetesComplaints #diatribe #tooManyHashtags! 😉

La strana posizione newyorchese dell’ultimo “fagiolo” riflettente di Anish Kapoor

https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=37355

#sculture #arte #installazioni #mercurio #fagioli #forme #artisti #dal mondo #new york #notizie #eventi #inaugurazioni #palazzi #architettura #urbanistica #internet #discussioni #diatribe #strade #monumenti #oggetti #riflessi #metallo #saldatura #acciaio

@mergerson
Murky?
People are going to speculate all sorts of things, but it’s neither #mysterious nor #murky

w/out going into a #diatribe I’ll just leave you w/ these

An artist close in age
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kim-jung-gi-illustrator-dead-1234642101/amp/

100+ articles of what post acute #Covid infections are capable of #EndothelialDamage from #MSM news sources

https://pandemicindex.substack.com/p/what-covid-does-to-the-body
via @PanAccIndex

Birdwatch/Community Notes

In September, I was invited to participate in "Birdwatch," now known as "Twitter Community Notes." The concept is a misleading tweet can be annotated with additional information or context by the community.

Image source: XKCD 386: Duty Calls

For example, consider this headline:

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd holds press conference after agency says it seized enough fentanyl to kill 2.7

https://www.wt8p.com/birdwatch-community-notes/

#Diatribe