Notices by 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social), page 18

@SuperFloppies I have switched from Amaroq to Toot! recently. Neither support video uploads or the new crop feature, so I occasionally have to use the web app.

@SuperFloppies It's likely that this usage scenario hasn't been tested much. Maybe Gargron uses a bookmark, or maybe he has an Android phone. It must've been tested at least once, because the app does hide the address bar, and you need to add a meta tag for that, though it is possible that his frontend framework did that by default.

@SuperFloppies He perceives me as the "smart but lazy" type and in all honesty, he's spot on about that.

@SuperFloppies And he's right. I've been avoiding it in favour of low resistance paths like asking people I know. The best approach would've been to do both at once, but I didn't bother, and amplified my reluctance to do so by telling myself the above story.

@SuperFloppies Certain things are like that for sure. Other things are more like ego-boosting excuses you make up for yourself. A big one I made up is that I'm not filing job applications to every possible company because I'm choosy about where I work now, wise from experience. My friend cut that one down very quickly. "No, you're just too lazy to do it, and aren't willing to put in the work for a reward that might not materialise."

Mastodon behaves weirdly when you try to use it as a progressive web app by adding it to the iPhone home screen, in the sense that you can no longer type text in a toot. Cursor and keyboard appears, but characters are eaten by /dev/null.

Blizzard doesn't so much ask for my attention as hi-jack it.

Blizzard doesn't so much ask for attention as hi-jack it. https://octodon.social/media/Mu3ogEjaBsInIWTCdwc

@SuperFloppies I've told you a number of self-delusions. There is a certain type of person who will instantly detect those and dismiss them immediately, and then tell you what your actual motivations are, and you can't help but listen, because what they say makes you really mad, and that of course means that they are entirely right. Flat out lies don't make you furious. The truth does.

@SuperFloppies The entire point is that sometimes, you just lose yourself in your self-deceptions and only a rude awakening by another person will shake you out of it.

I'm usually incapable of honest self-talk when I need it the most. I have fooled myself for months or years without ever having a light bulb moment.

I slip into these self-deceptions without noticing it. You can't escape a prison that you can't see.

I think certain markets have gotten out of hand and need to be reigned in.

Pharmaceuticals: A basic necessity shouldn't be the subject of speculation or have massive profits.

Housing: A basic necessity shouldn't be the subject of speculation or have massive profits.

Credit: Financial problems and irresponsible spending shouldn't be exploited for massive profits.

I'm in favour of moderate and sensible enterprise, but not in favour of shameless exploitation.

"Cognitive behaviour therapy is for hackers"
http://cbtsanfrancisco.com/cbt-is-for-hackers/

I have had some success with the thought correction method outlined in this article. I haven't had any success with behaviour modification or fear confrontation. They seem to be much harder than eliminating bad thoughts. There are habits I've tried to teach myself for weeks or months that simply never get a foothold, and I just get tired of trying. I've been told it takes 6-12 months to establish a habit. That's too long!

This was pretty much my childhood.

@quad *shrug* Wasn't obvious to me.

@quad It's still a mystery to me whether you're a boy or a girl. I guess that's the point, though, given your bio...

Random Blizzard. https://octodon.social/media/RCGrcNMRbSFbah6pbtU

Random Blizzard. https://octodon.social/media/FKYVYsPyZ-4jyzOm6ag

Old but gold. https://octodon.social/media/ypU6rNBIKeo6u9SyXKA