Notices by Kropotkhristian (kropotkhristian@octodon.social)

On other websites I feel like I have to spread leftist propaganda, but here everybody is already a leftist so here I can vent all my "call out culture is fucking abominable, the online left needs to learn trust and forgiveness" takes lol

The most braindead people on the planet are people who respond to well-sourced critiques of systemic injustice with "well but it isnt affecting me personally. Get a better job, that's what I did"

The most inspiring two character traits to have are "dont give a fuck what other people think about you" and "care deeply for the needs of others." People who had both of those things simultaneously, like Jesus and Emma Goldman, are the most inspiring figures.

Figuring out how to have both of those traits at the same time is hard af though

Conservatives with actual trans people: I am not going to respect your pronouns!!! Free speech!!@

Conservatives with gingerbread cookies: omg did you just misgender these cookies?? These gingerbread cookies use he/him pronouns, you bigot!

I get so unreasonably frustrated with people who claim that free software development is not political and shouldn't be political. It is fundamentally fucking political. It is digital anarcho-communism. If you're pissed off because "leftists" have influence in free software spaces, get the fuck out of here. The whole project is inherently leftist

Stages of understanding piracy:

Kid: Pirates are good! I wanna be a pirate!

Student: Pirates are actually bad because they steal things and break the law

Expert: Pirates are nuanced because many of them were disaffected sailors and escaped slaves only doing what they had to do to survive in a harsh societ

Master: Pirates are good! I wanna be a pirate!