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I've set up a Revolt account in anticipation of Discord going public, as that means a near inevitability of major enshitification. (Not that Discord is by any means not already sliding that direction, but third-party mods still make it tolerable.)

My Revolt handle is retromouse#2046 if anyone'd like to add me.

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I've set up a Revolt account in anticipation of Discord going public, as that means a near inevitability of major enshitification. (Not that Discord is by any means not already sliding that direction, but third-party mods still make it tolerable.)

My Revolt handle is retromouse#2046 if anyone'd like to add me.

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It's the first of the month, so let's try to #getfedihired !

My name is Desiree, I'm located a bit outside the north end of Seattle, Washington, and I am a professional copy editor and proofreader with ten years of experience. While the core of that time was spent as the editor of a company's catalog and web publications, I also have experience editing textbooks, fantasy and science fiction novels, essays, short stories, and even professional correspondence. Software-wise, I'm experienced with Lago, Word, and Google Docs for collaborative editing; I'm also quite good with computers, and am able to pick up new software as needed pretty quickly.

While something full-time is preferred, I'm open to freelance work as well (rates negotiable!). I'm perfectly okay with both in-office and work-from-home environments, as needed.

If you're interested, please shoot me a DM! Resume, references, and all the other assorted "please hire me"-documents are available on request.

#fedihire

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It's the first of the month, so let's try to #getfedihired !

My name is Desiree, I'm located a bit outside the north end of Seattle, Washington, and I am a professional copy editor and proofreader with ten years of experience. While the core of that time was spent as the editor of a company's catalog and web publications, I also have experience editing textbooks, fantasy and science fiction novels, essays, short stories, and even professional correspondence. Software-wise, I'm experienced with Lago, Word, and Google Docs for collaborative editing; I'm also quite good with computers, and am able to pick up new software as needed pretty quickly.

While something full-time is preferred, I'm open to freelance work as well (rates negotiable!). I'm perfectly okay with both in-office and work-from-home environments, as needed.

If you're interested, please shoot me a DM! Resume, references, and all the other assorted "please hire me"-documents are available on request.

#fedihire

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Think I need to do a more thorough #introduction since my original post was a bit memey.

So I'm Desiree, local nerdy-type dormouse. My hobbies include board games, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, and roleplaying in general. (I'm also a bookworm, but that didn't fit the last sentence's theme.) Obviously a furry, and a particular enjoyer of #tf content, though I'm going to refrain from overposting in that vein (maybe 2-3 times a week, reserved for #tftuesday ).

I'm a pretty shy person trying to use this space to come out of my shell and be more authentic. I obsess a lot over what other people think, so I'm trying to move past that and just talk and be myself. I'm pretty shy, but I enjoy meeting chill folks, so please say hi! :mouse_blob_peek:

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Think I need to do a more thorough #introduction since my original post was a bit memey.

So I'm Desiree, local nerdy-type dormouse. My hobbies include board games, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, and roleplaying in general. (I'm also a bookworm, but that didn't fit the last sentence's theme.) Obviously a furry, and a particular enjoyer of #tf content, though I'm going to refrain from overposting in that vein (maybe 2-3 times a week, reserved for #tftuesday ).

I'm a pretty shy person trying to use this space to come out of my shell and be more authentic. I obsess a lot over what other people think, so I'm trying to move past that and just talk and be myself. I'm pretty shy, but I enjoy meeting chill folks, so please say hi! :mouse_blob_peek:

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Did you know that the word count of #homestuck is about double that of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy? That figure doesn't even include any of the many Flashes, just easily-scraped text.

That is to say, this thread is going to be a lot.

Welcome to a random internet person's thoughts on reading Homestuck for the first time, entirely unspoiled.

An important note, I did not read the comic through the official site; I used "The Unofficial Homestuck Collection" (available at https://bambosh.dev/unofficial-homestu ck-collection/ ). I also used the "Homestuck Slur Replacement" mod (available at https://github.com/GiovanH/HomestuckSl urReplacement ), which does exactly what it says on the tin. Given that this mod straight-up removed all the dialogue from at least two minor characters later in the comic, I do not regret this.

Anyway, given the scope of this whole thing, I'm going to be breaking my thoughts down in categories, label them via the CW, and put them together in a thread below this post, one or two per day to space it out. 🧵

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Did you know that the word count of #homestuck is about double that of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy? That figure doesn't even include any of the many Flashes, just easily-scraped text.

That is to say, this thread is going to be a lot.

Welcome to a random internet person's thoughts on reading Homestuck for the first time, entirely unspoiled.

An important note, I did not read the comic through the official site; I used "The Unofficial Homestuck Collection" (available at https://bambosh.dev/unofficial-homestu ck-collection/ ). I also used the "Homestuck Slur Replacement" mod (available at https://github.com/GiovanH/HomestuckSl urReplacement ), which does exactly what it says on the tin. Given that this mod straight-up removed all the dialogue from at least two minor characters later in the comic, I do not regret this.

Anyway, given the scope of this whole thing, I'm going to be breaking my thoughts down in categories, label them via the CW, and put them together in a thread below this post, one or two per day to space it out. 🧵

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To be clear: I am not an artist. Quite to the contrary, I have aphantasia and am mostly unable to see pictures in my mind. I think almost exclusively with words, not images.

I wanted to draw for a while, and practiced and studied and gave it my all, but in the end, the progress I made was discouragingly small, so it's simply not something I can manage.

I very occasionally dabble with pixel art, but my method is slow and inefficient and much more akin to playing with pixel-sized LEGOs, hoping something sensible falls out.

I don't know why I'm sharing this. Probably just impostor syndrome from me sharing art I like from other artists and getting attention I can't earn.

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To be clear: I am not an artist. Quite to the contrary, I have aphantasia and am mostly unable to see pictures in my mind. I think almost exclusively with words, not images.

I wanted to draw for a while, and practiced and studied and gave it my all, but in the end, the progress I made was discouragingly small, so it's simply not something I can manage.

I very occasionally dabble with pixel art, but my method is slow and inefficient and much more akin to playing with pixel-sized LEGOs, hoping something sensible falls out.

I don't know why I'm sharing this. Probably just impostor syndrome from me sharing art I like from other artists and getting attention I can't earn.