That’s cool… my first “real” job was as a web programmer back in 99… that was when we’d write perl scripts in cgi-bin directories. (nowadays people are like “we’ll zoomph the urdwad into the brokely service, then… question, Sergio?” / “no, I’m just raising my arms to make sure I’m not having a stroke.”) Anyway the designers at that web shop back in 99 were really cool, they helped me understand the value of design and turned me on to some great trip-hop.

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Nice. For those that don’t know, @[email protected] is posting the classic novel Dracula “as it occurs” because it’s an epistolary novel i.e. written as if was a series of diary entries or postal letters which begins in May and ends in a couple months. Anyway we’re currently in a several-days delay, so it’s a great time to catch up!

By coincidence, I just found this book again today after thinking I’d lost it.

Virginia Heinlein later recalled:

“…The problem with government is that, given some areas to make laws about, they move out into other areas, until all freedoms are gone.”

See, this is another one of those examples where I disagree with the book’s thesis but can still appreciate the execution of the novel.

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Tina the Troubled Teen.

When Morpheus is the one who taught you about the birds and the bees.

That’s one way of thinking about it. There are plenty others, and it’s not clear which is right.

FURRY

is being a black cat

Oh yeah… I had a friend who worked in Elko for a while… they only stayed a year. Didn’t speak bad of it, but didn’t have much to say about it either.

That’s so awesome.

Drama in the goth scene? (shocked). if it’s any consolation, the founders aren’t that good at web design and their events page is pretty hard to read. A couple online things I’ve found:

• KEXP is playing goth all day
• a Twitch raid train in progress - some of these DJs spend a lot of time talking tho, with varying results.

I oughta find sources for goth/industrial memes. But I don’t wanna look at reddit or twitter even through a mirror, and I dunno how to cross-post from mastodon. Maybe I’ll take a look at bluesky.

I used to live nearby, and I had to look up what’s in Nevada besides Vegas and Reno. Is there something happening in… uh… Winnemucca that I never heard about?

Also, an American version of this meme would include DC.

Looks like a lot of the online events (i.e. twitch and youtube DJ sets) are going on throughout the weekend, and the in-person events have been happening since early may and will also continue for several days.

World Goth Day celebrates the subcultural aspects of goth with fashion shows, art exhibitions and live performances. Many of the events feature local bands, and some have taken on a charitable aspect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Goth_Day

“Welcome to your first day on the job, Sergio! We’ll just finish setting up your accounts. First, enter THE STREET YOU GREW UP ON!”

“What!? NOOOO… oh god… ok… ok I can do this.”

“Great, now think about YOUR FIRST BEST FRIEND!!!”

“Oh no please-- watch out for-- watch out-- why why why…”

“Wonderful! Now think about YOUR FIRST TOY!”

(breaks down sobbing uncontrollablly) “I can’t… I can’t do this…” (runs out of the building, wakes up the next day in an alley with an empty bottle of whiskey.)

Seriously, who are these people with idyllic childhoods who came up with these questions? Fuck em.

Thanks for the tip, I think I just sent a DM on Mastodon. Wow it only took me 2 weeks to build up the courage to try that, I dunno what that means…

I think it’s uplifting bc it shows that the mods have gone on a very long vacation.

Here you go.

killer song and video:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxlRJsQ7p2k
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna#Battle

Poltava is pretty good too:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gzG-4hJjEM
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava

The song currently playing on repeat in my head is Send in the Clowns by Insane Clown Posse.

When there’s too much hatred in the world
When the public makes you wanna hurl
When you realize all you feel is pain
When you always lose while the rest gain
When you feel alone in a crowded room
When the only thing you crave is doom
When you gotta get high to survive
That’s the only time you feel alive
When between your ears is a hurricane
You gotta fantasize she knows your name
When you don’t believe and they say “try”
All the cool shit you’ve done are lies
When causing you pain makes them feel good
They would kill you and walk if they could
When makin’ sense makes no sense at all
Is when you hold the grease paint stick and draw that smile
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA–

Good habit.

Just so you know, the perp confessed: https://archive.is/Sy6RL