Cyrus Draegur

Atomic energy enthusiast. Architecture enjoyer. Mecha appreciator. Sci-Fi reader. Friendly neighborhood shameless degenerate. Winged caniform synthetic biped techno-lich. Mostly Harmless™. Poly-Panro-Demi It/They/He

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  • As unlikely as New England becoming Canada’s newest province would be, it’s STILL more likely than Canada ever becoming the 51st state.

    I say this with admiration for Canada: when you back crazy cannucka into corners, they INVENT NEW WAR CRIMES that the international community hasn’t thought to write laws against.

    Canada burned the white house to the fucking ground before.

    They’ll do it again.

    AND AMERICA WILL HAVE IT COMING.

    I just wish New England could go ahead and join Canada already to ruin the US federal government’s economy and industry. Cascadia (the states of California, Washington, and Oregon) should become a province too. what’s left of the United States can’t survive without receiving affirmative action participation trophies and charity from us. The whole world would be a better place.











  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eetoFediverse@lemmy.worldHow to get people to use Mastodon?
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    also rebrand it from Mastodon to Trunky.

    1. Trochaic meter is more addictive: 2 syllables with accent on the first. just like YOU-tube, FACE-book, GOO-gle, TWIT-ter, TIK-tok, SNAP-chat, RED-dit, WHATS-app, etc; there are a FEW exceptions like Insta, Messenger, Telegram… but they are the clear minority and were propelled in spite of their names. it’s part of why TEEN-age MU-tant NIN-ja TUR-tles and MIGH-ty MOR-phin POW-er RAN-gers was popular.
    2. Trunky is full of bright bouncy sounds that pop, the T and the K both hit nice, the R is exciting and powerful, the y ends it on a high timbre, it’s cute.
    3. A mastodon is an extinct lumbering beast from the ice age which is the antithesis of anything trying to break out as a hot new service. But this would allow the service to keep its pachyderm branding.
    4. While at it, change “favorite” to “trumpet” (as in trumpeting praise), again it’s trochaic (TRUM-pet) and carries less cognitive LOAD than “favoriting” which feels heavy and committed. Just because you LIKE something doesn’t mean it’s your FAVORITE thing you know? this would decrease the friction of interaction (which is GOOD).
    5. Also while at it, keep tooting as the analogue for tweeting, rename boosting to re-tooting for brand consistency, and add a bookmarking function called “Remembering” (because ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET, right? :D)



  • I imagine the conservatives in the US will be very pleased to see stories like this one.

    In fact, some of them have told me exactly what they wanted to see happen years ago, and described this exact scenario.

    Personally I had many other reasons to oppose the new administration and voted against it for those reasons; I didn’t really have a stake in this particular area of policy. I’m not pleased with anything the trump administration is doing, including this.

    People give up trying to migrate to the US and instead staying in the countries they’re from makes me wonder what knock-on effects it will have in those countries though. Will mortality rates increase? Will there be increased strife now that people have to fight in light of flight no longer being an option? They can no longer choose to peacefully remove themselves from the conflict.

    As a resident of the united states, I have considered the option of evacuating this place but have come to accept that it is not going to be an option for me. So I find myself wondering if I myself shall also be forced into violent conflict when/if I might have to defend my household from brownshirts, fully cognizant of the fact that I am outnumbered and outgunned and almost definitely not going to succeed in protecting my home without being overwhelmed and slain where I stand, nor taking nearly enough of them with me to make a difference in the long run.

    They don’t want to contend with violent gangs the local authorities are either unable or unwilling to stop? Well, I’m about to be in that situation too. Wish me luck.