Haha well I assume there’s still some negative feelings here too, but Shitter is bleak at the moment.

Well that’s been the experience: everything all at once!

Good Lord. Maybe I’ll just try to read it with a spoiler-free list of characters nearby. I had no idea what to expect when I started.

lol this book may not be for me then. 🤣 My schedule doesn’t allow for consistent reading, so it’s been absolutely brutal to come back after several days and wondering who all these people are and which places are which.

That’s helpful to know, thanks. I had just started chapter five and was already annoyed at the excessive number of names to track. But if that’s topping out and things are moving along, then I can hang in there for a chapter or two. Thanks!

Thanks! The plan is that I’ll need a few Fellas as examples, and I think it would be good to tie it to some fundraiser somehow (e.g. a raffle). But I’ll need time to figure out the fairest way to do that.

But yeah! Writing a textbook is one of the few things left on my academic bucket list. It’ll be a lot of work but I’m pumped!

Don’t worry: I’ll still remember the little people when I’m Scrooge McDucking through my pile of royalties.

And I don’t want to jinx it!

Honestly, I kind of gave up on BS a while ago. There was a brief flash of promise, but network effects can’t be (re)-built overnight, especially on a platform that’s basically a carbon copy of something else. Once the bots and trolls migrated here, it’s basically Twitter w/less engagement.

Are you sure you don’t just need to test it a few more times? 😂 (j/k)

Seems like back of house is shut too.

I learned about the Aus meaning of rooted from a HS teacher coming back from exchange recounting how he got in trouble for suggesting that his students go root for the rugby team to show their school spirit. 🤣

In what sense? That means ‘f*cked’ in Australian, right?

That's really strange! I get quirks from time to time, but no outright breaking like you describe.

Well, for whom or why are you getting the flag? Is it for other people to see, or for you to see? Is it a display of support or of allegiance/sympathy?

What do your country’s laws on flag displays say?