@jaj0_0 I love Doctor Who!
if you make a joke on Mastodon, no matter WHAT the content is, after 50+ boosts people will appear in the replies that take it completely at literal face value.
you could post "a man walks into a bar, says ouch!" and if it receives 50+ boosts, then you will begin seeing replies like "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STEEL BAR PLACEMENT IS DEREGULATED BY PROFIT DRIVEN CROOKS!"
this theory is commonly known as Eugen's Gambit. and i love it.
@wilkie I don't think there is a button, but the scripts they recently wrote to remove hate speech probably came handy.
@red The problem is that @ replies are just an added hack to basic model of following people you want to read. This model is not designed for conversations.
@encarsia@octodon.social @stux Wanna bet?
republicans: the party for making things worse
democrats: the party for slowing that down slightly
@showerpickles Isn't "Western civilisation" just a euphemism for "colonisation"?
@stux This is my favourite. https://youtu.be/a4UUCM-KwXY
@wabbster That was the original price range of OLPC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO
@Nikolai_Kingsley @stux This is my favourite. https://youtu.be/yZsbT867uEE
@wabbster I remembered OLPC when I was looking at Pinebooks. https://store.pine64.org/product/11-6-pinebook/
I always bring a nice ripe melon to a baby shower. When you drop that shit and it explodes, no one will ever hand you a baby again!