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Idea, before I try to go to sleep.
Aliens who have emotions analogous to humans, but nevertheless the gulf of understanding between them and humans is kinda large. Most communication is about trade because that is well understood by both parties, and is seldom disastrous. But they're very curious creatures, just like we are, and wish to experience human connection.
Because they don't all fully see humans as people, this sometimes results in an alien seeking, above all else, a reaction. Anger, disgust, pity, and even laughter can come pretty easily, but sometimes this can go do far as to seek out reactions of love.
For the aliens, this is usually just a pastime, just a lark. Humans tend to read a lot into these interactions even when they know better, as these tend to mimic human interactions with the intention of getting an emotional response.
That humans don't outwardly emote the same way these aliens do is not an impediment; it is in fact the very cause of the curiosity, as well as a partial cause for the frequent undervaluing of the response. The responses are overt and clear in their extremeness, but psychologically ambiguous in that they lack most of this species' usual emotive signs. Likewise, these aliens when happy do not smile; if they're smiling, it's part of an interaction either to get a response, or because they are well informed that humans are supposed to like that sort of thing.
Still, it's not always so bad. Some of these aliens are mollified by mere chatbots, enjoying a poor simulacrum of human behavior without any humans coming to harm or annoyance; and many of the aliens are able to bridge the intellectual and emotional gap and realize that the human emotions they're eliciting should be ones they themselves would appreciate being invoked, even if they don't emote the same way.

This is in no small part inspired by my own autistic experiences. I have long suspected that I need large, direct, obvious responses in order to make a social interaction predictable to me. If I got that by harassing people into a predictable set of angry responses, it might meet the same needs as I usually meet by instead trying to be boisterously pleasant or funny. Without those big, overt displays of emotion, I am left guessing, and guessing badly, and perhaps also am left without a sense of emotional or personal connection, something most people hunger for even among the autistic population. (Not all of us, nor all of anybody, but that's not my point.)

Which brings me around to the alien comedian who goes on stage and looks out at the audience with a glassy, unnerving stare and a creepy, quiet smile, and tells people, "I like getting big emotional responses out of people, which is why, when I meet a human for the first time, I look at them just like this, and say, 'I shot John F. Kennedy.'"

Idea, before I try to go to sleep.
Aliens who have emotions analogous to humans, but nevertheless the gulf of understanding between them and humans is kinda large. Most communication is about trade because that is well understood by both parties, and is seldom disastrous. But they're very curious creatures, just like we are, and wish to experience human connection.
Because they don't all fully see humans as people, this sometimes results in an alien seeking, above all else, a reaction. Anger, disgust, pity, and even laughter can come pretty easily, but sometimes this can go do far as to seek out reactions of love.
For the aliens, this is usually just a pastime, just a lark. Humans tend to read a lot into these interactions even when they know better, as these tend to mimic human interactions with the intention of getting an emotional response.
That humans don't outwardly emote the same way these aliens do is not an impediment; it is in fact the very cause of the curiosity, as well as a partial cause for the frequent undervaluing of the response. The responses are overt and clear in their extremeness, but psychologically ambiguous in that they lack most of this species' usual emotive signs. Likewise, these aliens when happy do not smile; if they're smiling, it's part of an interaction either to get a response, or because they are well informed that humans are supposed to like that sort of thing.
Still, it's not always so bad. Some of these aliens are mollified by mere chatbots, enjoying a poor simulacrum of human behavior without any humans coming to harm or annoyance; and many of the aliens are able to bridge the intellectual and emotional gap and realize that the human emotions they're eliciting should be ones they themselves would appreciate being invoked, even if they don't emote the same way.

This is in no small part inspired by my own autistic experiences. I have long suspected that I need large, direct, obvious responses in order to make a social interaction predictable to me. If I got that by harassing people into a predictable set of angry responses, it might meet the same needs as I usually meet by instead trying to be boisterously pleasant or funny. Without those big, overt displays of emotion, I am left guessing, and guessing badly, and perhaps also am left without a sense of emotional or personal connection, something most people hunger for even among the autistic population. (Not all of us, nor all of anybody, but that's not my point.)

Which brings me around to the alien comedian who goes on stage and looks out at the audience with a glassy, unnerving stare and a creepy, quiet smile, and tells people, "I like getting big emotional responses out of people, which is why, when I meet a human for the first time, I look at them just like this, and say, 'I shot John F. Kennedy.'"

Idea, before I try to go to sleep.
Aliens who have emotions analogous to humans, but nevertheless the gulf of understanding between them and humans is kinda large. Most communication is about trade because that is well understood by both parties, and is seldom disastrous. But they're very curious creatures, just like we are, and wish to experience human connection.
Because they don't all fully see humans as people, this sometimes results in an alien seeking, above all else, a reaction. Anger, disgust, pity, and even laughter can come pretty easily, but sometimes this can go do far as to seek out reactions of love.
For the aliens, this is usually just a pastime, just a lark. Humans tend to read a lot into these interactions even when they know better, as these tend to mimic human interactions with the intention of getting an emotional response.
That humans don't outwardly emote the same way these aliens do is not an impediment; it is in fact the very cause of the curiosity, as well as a partial cause for the frequent undervaluing of the response. The responses are overt and clear in their extremeness, but psychologically ambiguous in that they lack most of this species' usual emotive signs. Likewise, these aliens when happy do not smile; if they're smiling, it's part of an interaction either to get a response, or because they are well informed that humans are supposed to like that sort of thing.
Still, it's not always so bad. Some of these aliens are mollified by mere chatbots, enjoying a poor simulacrum of human behavior without any humans coming to harm or annoyance; and many of the aliens are able to bridge the intellectual and emotional gap and realize that the human emotions they're eliciting should be ones they themselves would appreciate being invoked, even if they don't emote the same way.

This is in no small part inspired by my own autistic experiences. I have long suspected that I need large, direct, obvious responses in order to make a social interaction predictable to me. If I got that by harassing people into a predictable set of angry responses, it might meet the same needs as I usually meet by instead trying to be boisterously pleasant or funny. Without those big, overt displays of emotion, I am left guessing, and guessing badly, and perhaps also am left without a sense of emotional or personal connection, something most people hunger for even among the autistic population. (Not all of us, nor all of anybody, but that's not my point.)

Which brings me around to the alien comedian who goes on stage and looks out at the audience with a glassy, unnerving stare and a creepy, quiet smile, and tells people, "I like getting big emotional responses out of people, which is why, when I meet a human for the first time, I look at them just like this, and say, 'I shot John F. Kennedy.'"

Idea, before I try to go to sleep.
Aliens who have emotions analogous to humans, but nevertheless the gulf of understanding between them and humans is kinda large. Most communication is about trade because that is well understood by both parties, and is seldom disastrous. But they're very curious creatures, just like we are, and wish to experience human connection.
Because they don't all fully see humans as people, this sometimes results in an alien seeking, above all else, a reaction. Anger, disgust, pity, and even laughter can come pretty easily, but sometimes this can go do far as to seek out reactions of love.
For the aliens, this is usually just a pastime, just a lark. Humans tend to read a lot into these interactions even when they know better, as these tend to mimic human interactions with the intention of getting an emotional response.
That humans don't outwardly emote the same way these aliens do is not an impediment; it is in fact the very cause of the curiosity, as well as a partial cause for the frequent undervaluing of the response. The responses are overt and clear in their extremeness, but psychologically ambiguous in that they lack most of this species' usual emotive signs. Likewise, these aliens when happy do not smile; if they're smiling, it's part of an interaction either to get a response, or because they are well informed that humans are supposed to like that sort of thing.
Still, it's not always so bad. Some of these aliens are mollified by mere chatbots, enjoying a poor simulacrum of human behavior without any humans coming to harm or annoyance; and many of the aliens are able to bridge the intellectual and emotional gap and realize that the human emotions they're eliciting should be ones they themselves would appreciate being invoked, even if they don't emote the same way.

This is in no small part inspired by my own autistic experiences. I have long suspected that I need large, direct, obvious responses in order to make a social interaction predictable to me. If I got that by harassing people into a predictable set of angry responses, it might meet the same needs as I usually meet by instead trying to be boisterously pleasant or funny. Without those big, overt displays of emotion, I am left guessing, and guessing badly, and perhaps also am left without a sense of emotional or personal connection, something most people hunger for even among the autistic population. (Not all of us, nor all of anybody, but that's not my point.)

Which brings me around to the alien comedian who goes on stage and looks out at the audience with a glassy, unnerving stare and a creepy, quiet smile, and tells people, "I like getting big emotional responses out of people, which is why, when I meet a human for the first time, I look at them just like this, and say, 'I shot John F. Kennedy.'"

Idea, before I try to go to sleep.
Aliens who have emotions analogous to humans, but nevertheless the gulf of understanding between them and humans is kinda large. Most communication is about trade because that is well understood by both parties, and is seldom disastrous. But they're very curious creatures, just like we are, and wish to experience human connection.
Because they don't all fully see humans as people, this sometimes results in an alien seeking, above all else, a reaction. Anger, disgust, pity, and even laughter can come pretty easily, but sometimes this can go do far as to seek out reactions of love.
For the aliens, this is usually just a pastime, just a lark. Humans tend to read a lot into these interactions even when they know better, as these tend to mimic human interactions with the intention of getting an emotional response.
That humans don't outwardly emote the same way these aliens do is not an impediment; it is in fact the very cause of the curiosity, as well as a partial cause for the frequent undervaluing of the response. The responses are overt and clear in their extremeness, but psychologically ambiguous in that they lack most of this species' usual emotive signs. Likewise, these aliens when happy do not smile; if they're smiling, it's part of an interaction either to get a response, or because they are well informed that humans are supposed to like that sort of thing.
Still, it's not always so bad. Some of these aliens are mollified by mere chatbots, enjoying a poor simulacrum of human behavior without any humans coming to harm or annoyance; and many of the aliens are able to bridge the intellectual and emotional gap and realize that the human emotions they're eliciting should be ones they themselves would appreciate being invoked, even if they don't emote the same way.

This is in no small part inspired by my own autistic experiences. I have long suspected that I need large, direct, obvious responses in order to make a social interaction predictable to me. If I got that by harassing people into a predictable set of angry responses, it might meet the same needs as I usually meet by instead trying to be boisterously pleasant or funny. Without those big, overt displays of emotion, I am left guessing, and guessing badly, and perhaps also am left without a sense of emotional or personal connection, something most people hunger for even among the autistic population. (Not all of us, nor all of anybody, but that's not my point.)

Which brings me around to the alien comedian who goes on stage and looks out at the audience with a glassy, unnerving stare and a creepy, quiet smile, and tells people, "I like getting big emotional responses out of people, which is why, when I meet a human for the first time, I look at them just like this, and say, 'I shot John F. Kennedy.'"

@TwiceShy
...I have to admit to speculating from time to time, given the immense power and memory of even hand-held devices these days, that one might implement one on even a smart phone.
Combine this with mobile phones operating on a mesh network instead of all that centralised data-thieving crap that is 'the modern Internet' and you've got a solid reliable private communications system.
#JustAnIdea #Usenet #NNTP

@TwiceShy
...I have to admit to speculating from time to time, given the immense power and memory of even hand-held devices these days, that one might implement one on even a smart phone.
Combine this with mobile phones operating on a mesh network instead of all that centralised data-thieving crap that is 'the modern Internet' and you've got a solid reliable private communications system.
#JustAnIdea #Usenet #NNTP

@TwiceShy
...I have to admit to speculating from time to time, given the immense power and memory of even hand-held devices these days, that one might implement one on even a smart phone.
Combine this with mobile phones operating on a mesh network instead of all that centralised data-thieving crap that is 'the modern Internet' and you've got a solid reliable private communications system.
#JustAnIdea #Usenet #NNTP

@TwiceShy
...I have to admit to speculating from time to time, given the immense power and memory of even hand-held devices these days, that one might implement one on even a smart phone.
Combine this with mobile phones operating on a mesh network instead of all that centralised data-thieving crap that is 'the modern Internet' and you've got a solid reliable private communications system.
#JustAnIdea #Usenet #NNTP

@mconley Maybe Mozilla could respond by implementing *basic* tab grouping in Firefox? #justanidea

@mconley Maybe Mozilla could respond by implementing *basic* tab grouping in Firefox? #justanidea

@mconley Maybe Mozilla could respond by implementing *basic* tab grouping in Firefox? #justanidea

@mconley Maybe Mozilla could respond by implementing *basic* tab grouping in Firefox? #justanidea

@mconley Maybe Mozilla could respond by implementing *basic* tab grouping in Firefox? #justanidea

I saw the hashtag "tooters" and wanted it to be a child friendly version of Hooters. Alas, it wasn't, but now I can spend my evening prospecting a fast food chain that hands trumpets to children and earplugs to parents...

#JustAnIdea

I saw the hashtag "tooters" and wanted it to be a child friendly version of Hooters. Alas, it wasn't, but now I can spend my evening prospecting a fast food chain that hands trumpets to children and earplugs to parents...

#JustAnIdea

I saw the hashtag "tooters" and wanted it to be a child friendly version of Hooters. Alas, it wasn't, but now I can spend my evening prospecting a fast food chain that hands trumpets to children and earplugs to parents...

#JustAnIdea

I saw the hashtag "tooters" and wanted it to be a child friendly version of Hooters. Alas, it wasn't, but now I can spend my evening prospecting a fast food chain that hands trumpets to children and earplugs to parents...

#JustAnIdea

I saw the hashtag "tooters" and wanted it to be a child friendly version of Hooters. Alas, it wasn't, but now I can spend my evening prospecting a fast food chain that hands trumpets to children and earplugs to parents...

#JustAnIdea

My dad was visiting for a couple hours and just left. We were talking about what shows and movies we're currently into, and Dad said, "We're really into series right now," and I said, "Oh yeah?" He says, "Yeah we're watching Perry Mason and The Mandalorian," which I knew was two different shows but my ears heard it all run together as a single title, and honestly, that could be a pretty great show.

#JustAnIdea

My dad was visiting for a couple hours and just left. We were talking about what shows and movies we're currently into, and Dad said, "We're really into series right now," and I said, "Oh yeah?" He says, "Yeah we're watching Perry Mason and The Mandalorian," which I knew was two different shows but my ears heard it all run together as a single title, and honestly, that could be a pretty great show.

#JustAnIdea

My dad was visiting for a couple hours and just left. We were talking about what shows and movies we're currently into, and Dad said, "We're really into series right now," and I said, "Oh yeah?" He says, "Yeah we're watching Perry Mason and The Mandalorian," which I knew was two different shows but my ears heard it all run together as a single title, and honestly, that could be a pretty great show.

#JustAnIdea

My dad was visiting for a couple hours and just left. We were talking about what shows and movies we're currently into, and Dad said, "We're really into series right now," and I said, "Oh yeah?" He says, "Yeah we're watching Perry Mason and The Mandalorian," which I knew was two different shows but my ears heard it all run together as a single title, and honestly, that could be a pretty great show.

#JustAnIdea

My dad was visiting for a couple hours and just left. We were talking about what shows and movies we're currently into, and Dad said, "We're really into series right now," and I said, "Oh yeah?" He says, "Yeah we're watching Perry Mason and The Mandalorian," which I knew was two different shows but my ears heard it all run together as a single title, and honestly, that could be a pretty great show.

#JustAnIdea

@feditips @FediGarden
Would the situation improve if a federated list of instances was part of the mastodon server functionality? Server admins could provide a list of recommended / like minded / interesting servers to look at. Maybe sites like #JoinMastodon and #FediGarden could then use those lists to create server independent entry points.
#justAnIdea

@feditips @FediGarden
Would the situation improve if a federated list of instances was part of the mastodon server functionality? Server admins could provide a list of recommended / like minded / interesting servers to look at. Maybe sites like #JoinMastodon and #FediGarden could then use those lists to create server independent entry points.
#justAnIdea

@feditips @FediGarden
Would the situation improve if a federated list of instances was part of the mastodon server functionality? Server admins could provide a list of recommended / like minded / interesting servers to look at. Maybe sites like #JoinMastodon and #FediGarden could then use those lists to create server independent entry points.
#justAnIdea

@feditips @FediGarden
Would the situation improve if a federated list of instances was part of the mastodon server functionality? Server admins could provide a list of recommended / like minded / interesting servers to look at. Maybe sites like #JoinMastodon and #FediGarden could then use those lists to create server independent entry points.
#justAnIdea

@feditips @FediGarden
Would the situation improve if a federated list of instances was part of the mastodon server functionality? Server admins could provide a list of recommended / like minded / interesting servers to look at. Maybe sites like #JoinMastodon and #FediGarden could then use those lists to create server independent entry points.
#justAnIdea

@amigalove @LaF0rge but what if we wanted to make a better "#Floppy" instead?

OFC not with magnetic film, but taking the paradigm of the media and it's mechanical dimensions to the next level:

#JustAnIdea #NeoFloppy #StiffyDisk
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy

@amigalove @LaF0rge but what if we wanted to make a better "#Floppy" instead?

OFC not with magnetic film, but taking the paradigm of the media and it's mechanical dimensions to the next level:

#JustAnIdea #NeoFloppy #StiffyDisk
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy

@amigalove @LaF0rge but what if we wanted to make a better "#Floppy" instead?

OFC not with magnetic film, but taking the paradigm of the media and it's mechanical dimensions to the next level:

#JustAnIdea #NeoFloppy #StiffyDisk
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy

@stefanowitsch @linguistics I once just *had to* use #Praat to draw some pictures, but as Praat #scripting is horrible I ended up writing a #Python script to generate a Praat script that finally created those pictures. #justanidea

@stefanowitsch @linguistics I once just *had to* use #Praat to draw some pictures, but as Praat #scripting is horrible I ended up writing a #Python script to generate a Praat script that finally created those pictures. #justanidea

@stefanowitsch @linguistics I once just *had to* use #Praat to draw some pictures, but as Praat #scripting is horrible I ended up writing a #Python script to generate a Praat script that finally created those pictures. #justanidea

@stefanowitsch @linguistics I once just *had to* use #Praat to draw some pictures, but as Praat #scripting is horrible I ended up writing a #Python script to generate a Praat script that finally created those pictures. #justanidea

@stefanowitsch @linguistics I once just *had to* use #Praat to draw some pictures, but as Praat #scripting is horrible I ended up writing a #Python script to generate a Praat script that finally created those pictures. #justanidea

@fediverse Can I suggest as the map gets bigger. Instances that are open for subscriptions have a green marker. that makes it easier to find one near you if you want a local server. #justanidea