nicky

i'm literally nicky

musician, image maker, BBS sysop, game boy user, pretend meteorologist, baseball watcher...

Was (@)yiffpolice on twitter (RIP 2013-2023)
Will always be @nicky from cohost (2022-infinity)


new music forever!
nickyflowers.bandcamp.com/
i love to make film & video!
www.youtube.com/@NickyFlowers
i do stream sometimes, it's fun!
www.twitch.tv/nickyflowers
i even make games WOW!
nickyflowers.itch.io/
e-mail, why not!
hello (at) nickyflowers.com

i got quote tweet dunked on by such an awful person tonight that i think i'm really and truly done with twitter entirely. it's not fun being there, people are fucking MEAN to me, and anyone who really wants to get in touch with me can figure out a way to do so. i'm ready to be free of the horrid bluebird


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when circles came out I was like "hell yeah now I can post the cute pictures of my pets only to people who know me and won't say horrible ignorant shit that presumes the worst case scenario imaginable" and that's when I realized twitter was bad for me

Literally just a few months of hanging out on here for contrast has really thrown into harsh relief the catastrophic consequences of Deep Twitter Reliance has on peoples' brains

I used to have this friend who I was once very close with but who I fell out of touch with during the pandemic, largely because they had a habit of getting into heated arguments with rando right-wingers on Twitter and getting banned when they inevitably said something that veered into threats/harassment. We eventually fell out of touch entirely following one of these bannings (somewhat to my relief, since they were, as you might imagine, a pretty exhausting person to interact with at this point). During the whole Cohost Adult Content Shitshow this friend burst into my Instagram DMs demanding that I explain some of my comments in the staff comment thread - I hadn't even been aware that they knew who I WAS on Cohost, let alone that they were monitoring the thread. They didn't seem to understand when I repeatedly told them that they were being rude & presumptuous (eventually I simply told them straight-up that we weren't friends any more and to not contact me again). As far as I know they're on Masto now.

All of that is to say that I'm also very glad to no longer be relying on that place as my primary source of human interaction. I'm very sorry you ran afoul of weird dipshits carrying water for their friend's embarrassing 160-tweet professional-jealously-motivated public breakdown. I hope they explode and I hope the rest of your evening is pleasant

i'm slightly embarrassed to admit it but at one point i could've ended up like your friend, and arguably was at points. just so focused on the stupid debates and QT dunking wars that it becomes what your whole feed is. god forbid your whole personality too. it's such a weird website, the way it lodges in peoples' brains. i'm glad to have gotten over the worst of it and ready to move on in a larger way

hope u have a good one too :)