polyphonic @polyphonic@polyamory.social

@a_breakin_glass

Having access to your culture revoked because you haven't paid the corporate rent-seeker that actually had nothing to do with the creation of said cultural artifacts.

@chemelia

This is a reminder that jealousy is not a sign of weakness or defeat.

Being jealous doesn't mean you are "bad at polyamory".

Talking about jealousy is healthy.
A good partner will be receptive to that talk.

Jealousy is a surface emotion: it helps if you pinpoint the underlying issue that is causing it. Maybe it's fear of losing someone. Maybe it's as simple as an activity you felt was unique to one relationship but is now shared. Examine the why before talking.

@monorail

@socks

Oh lord how often has this been me without even making the connection 😱

@mitsumi@girlcock.club
🤩 Cute! Sexy! Gah! 🤩

@polymerwitch

But to your point, all that nuance is lost in the cult of catch phrases and us vs them mentality

@polymerwitch
To the point that "democracy is the best", "populist leaders are terrible", and "workers owning the means of production is dirty communism" can be spoken by the same person in a single conversation without them realizing the irony of the contradictions.

In each context, the definitions and goalposts are shifted to avoid the cognitive dissonance.

Generally though, you're making a trade-off between tragedy of the commons and distribution of power. No single answer is perfect.

@monorail
90s kids shows were _weird_

@monorail
Do you know off the top of your head if there is any in-world explanation for why some Pokemon speak English? Meowth and some hyper intelligent pokemon like mewtwo come to mind?

I dunno, it's been a long time and childhood polyphonic did not have an existential crisis thinking about the implications of the pokemon world like current-me does.

@elilla

@fediblock_archive

This is awesome and clever and I love it.

I'm also terrified of scripts that pipe whatever magic string happens to come back over http straight into a database query string.

This is clearly risky, but you clearly can't hear me over the sound of how cool you are. 🤣

@Ephaemera@radical.town
That stinks.

I wonder how hard it is to set up a "mirror" account on another instance that re-toots the stuff it follows (that one bot)

Then you can mute botsin.space and follow the mirrored account.

It would have to be a hard re-toots and not a boost though (I think)

@alpine_thistle
Neither aggressive not friendly in its own right, but since it's not something often heard around here, and it's clear when people aren't otherwise rocking a southern accent, it might sound sarcastic or mocking if someone is insecure enough to assume the worst. Like it's a comedy bit or a gag.

All the same I have been adopting it to replace "guys" in an effort to be more gender-conscious.

@HTHR
Not going to lie, I read it in their voices and it's exactly sienfeld-esque

Love it.

@Vetforpeace1

@cassidyjames

If you have evidence to the contrary I'd love to see it.

It wouldn't be entirely surprising that it happened. It _would_ be entirely surprising that nobody said so.

Until I have even a shred of evidence or even testimonials, that thought is filed under "unsubstantiated conspiracy theory" for me.

@monorail
This is probably for the best. I hate wires, but I hate latency and mid-sentence keystroke drops and key spam on disconnect more.

@jessmahler
I'm so sorry to hear this.

Breakups are hard, and despite what calloused outsiders may think poly makes breakups even harder. Especially when relationships are heavily entwined.

@monorail
Is it wireless? I've had bad luck with bluetooth mechs so far. I'd be curious to know what you think in a few weeks when it's gone through a battery cycle or two.