Notices by bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz), page 144

@masklayer dug is a healthy weight and he is valid

but i've lost 3 of 4 1v1 matches i've played, no contest, so i mean

i am pretty terrible at the game

quake champions is convinced i'm not good enough to play against real players lmao

i propose real life be updated to include a detailed character creator, and difficulty settings that can be changed at any time. thanks

@fribbledom i'm not really sure if there's a specific different time/place where i'd like to have been born, but "whenever the most ideal possible society has been achieved" sounds like a good approximation

also maybe being able to choose what my body looks and feels like would've been nice

@USBloveDog yeah, that bugs me too. constantly seeing my frames in my scope of vision, having to turn my head more to see things clearly, and generally feeling like my eyesight is being restricted/hindered

not to mention worrying if the glasses are on right/the lenses are angled properly. when the hinges get loose/break, the glasses often lean to one side which makes the lenses too far/too close and i constantly have to readjust

but otherwise...glasses kinda feel like they're part of me now?

i still think prescription glass-lens goggles would be really cool.

contacts always seemed nice for utility but...i actually prefer how i look with glasses? and i have a pretty bad eye phobia, so i couldn't wear them even if i wanted to. oops

that said, if i did get new glasses, i think it might end up being pretty hard to find a style of glasses i like as much as the ones i have? i'm super picky with what i wear and if something makes me uncomfortable, it's hard for me to want to have it on my body constantly.

i really hope i can get new glasses sometime soon? i've had this pair for five years, one hinge is broken with the arm held on with electrical tape and super glue, lens on the same side has hairline fractures all across it from accidentally putting a heat gun too close to it trying to fix the arm with shrink wrap, and of course they're so old that i can barely tell the difference between when they're dirty or clean. everything is slightly blurry and the eye strain sucks

would it have been hard to ask either party via mention/DM if they need anything? would it be hard to refrain from silencing tactics and pointing fingers and instead consider the feelings of both parties rather than everyone injecting themselves?

not really, no, but it seems like yesterday's event was more about defamation and protecting self interest than actually trying to help.

it is important in a situation like this to step back, assess whether your interaction with the situation is solicited or not, assess whether you're going to help or just turn it all into a bigger problem, and above all, offer to help de-escalate PRIVATELY so it doesn't become a big public spectacle encouraging everyone to join in and throw around their weight

it was like the needs of the onlookers were more important than the immediate needs of:
1) the person being yelled at, manipulated, and trying to defend himself (a thing we all need to be allowed to do)
2) the person who was lashing out, who could've probably used some friends/etc talking to her to de-escalate

instead we had a situation where everyone jumped on the OP for not catering to the bad behaviour, and saying some very manipulative stuff

i think the big problem with yesterday was that other people got involved with a conversation when it was clearly unneeded.

all these people hopping in to say "why don't you just stop posting/walk away/mute/block each other?" did not seem to grasp that their very presence was making this problem even bigger. they could've privately asked if there was anything they could do, or muted/blocked the parties involved, but asking someone to stop talking?

tbh i think too many people still hold every interaction to some sort of binary rules list where everything is either right or wrong. we don't really seem to have a good grasp on context and a lot of us are way too keen on jumping into conversations that don't concern us, to throw around our opinions or manipulate one side into catering more to our comfort levels.

we keep blaming any problems in the fediverse on all parties involved, even victims.

(decrypters are keys you can get for reward points during events that allow you to unlock crates for free, but you're not allowed to trade the items you get from them)

i can't afford to spend money on anything right now but i'm enjoying that the summer event is giving me more decrypters c:

i don't normally get hooked into paying money for crates but rocket league defies that. i mean, i think i've spent real money on it once or twice, but the steam funds i get from selling trading cards often end up becoming rl keys too

the items are completely optional for gameplay and yet they look so cool i can't not be tempted by them

hey gamer's what's up i'm awake sorta

g'night folks