Sanctuary System

Image Text: "a clever subversion of the medium," aka ctrl+shift+T #6
a lot of our favorite parts of the things we love are flawed, inherently
little things that keep us from acknowledging they were ever part of us
i think that's sad
doesn't it seem a death?
of perspective, of ideals, of what we owe to each other?
it's not my place to say
escapist fantasy isn't just about implicating oneself in a different, fantastical world (although it can be)
context is everything
i don't think the importance of context can be truly ever understated
i worry a lot about whether or not people can understand me
or at least get close enough as to where the approximation in itself is moot
but on the other hand, being known is also its own perfidious, sucky bag of marbles
a thousand ball bearings littering the floor, a sophomoric minefield and no thoughtful gastronomy in sight
in the end, you just kind of have to...
take me at face value?
it's scary. i'm alone. i understand. i'm scared. YOU DON'T FUCK WITH US.
XKCD Alt Text: You don't fuck with Menards.
original art by Tim Buckley. am i allowed to do this? it's like a meme right? oh well, if i get cease and desisted, i get cease and desisted--

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gull *Plus!*@gull11/20/2022, 6:10 AM

you don't! fuck! with Menard's

rose cassandra lastname / lastname system @hithisisrose11/20/2022, 6:28 AM

you don't!!

Nia @echo-parallax11/20/2022, 6:14 AM

If it's possible to get image alt text on these (challenging as that can be), that would be awesome!

rose cassandra lastname / lastname system @hithisisrose11/20/2022, 6:28 AM

oh for sure!! for good alt text should i basically like. copy over everything from the text bubbles? (also should i put that in the image description itself or in the comments? the alt text "box" on cohost is super small. apologies for the questions!)

Nia @echo-parallax11/20/2022, 7:15 AM

Yeah! In the alt text box is the best even though it's small (so I usually use an external text editor and then paste it in), because then it makes it so that screen readers pronounce the image text instead of the word "image", and also makes it so that you can hover over the image or click it to see the alt text.

Also, for Read More, adding --- on a separate line should work! Here's an example of both of these with a lot of text in the image: https://cohost.org/echoparallax/post/380416-post-name/2856d207b6404bf983b4ac1bbd81167e (edit: fixed the draft link!)

(Also also, if you embed images using ![](link), then if you put text in the [], like ![example alt text here](link), then it turns into alt text! That's one way of getting around the size of the alt text box!)

Nia @echo-parallax11/20/2022, 7:23 AM

Looks like Cohost handles at least 180,000 bytes of alt text with no problems - https://cohost.org/echoparallax/post/380496-uh-take-2/d5b684bcccf441d4906baa741ab41b84 should have the first 180,000 characters of War And Peace! I tried pasting the full War And Peace in but it didn't upload, so I figure that matches up well with the 200 KB of text limit on posts

rose cassandra lastname / lastname system @hithisisrose11/20/2022, 4:28 PM

i've tried to fix what i could on this one for the moment, but for all future installments i'll be able to do this from the get-go. thanks so much for the help!

Nia @echo-parallax11/20/2022, 7:09 PM

Awesome, thank you!

rose cassandra lastname / lastname system @hithisisrose11/20/2022, 6:46 AM

Image Text: "a clever subversion of the medium," aka ctrl+shift+T #6 a lot of our favorite parts of the things we love are flawed, inherently little things that keep us from acknowledging they were ever part of us i think that's sad doesn't it seem a death? of perspective, of ideals, of what we owe to each other? it's not my place to say escapist fantasy isn't just about implicating oneself in a different, fantastical world (although it can be) context is everything i don't think the importance of context can be truly ever understated i worry a lot about whether or not people can understand me or at least get close enough as to where the approximation in itself is moot but on the other hand, being known is also its own perfidious, sucky bag of marbles a thousand ball bearings littering the floor, a sophomoric minefield and no thoughtful gastronomy in sight in the end, you just kind of have to... take me at face value? it's scary. i'm alone. i understand. i'm scared. XKCD Alt Text: You don't fuck with Menards. original art by Tim Buckley. am i allowed to do this it's like a meme right? oh well, if i get cease and desisted, i get cease and desisted--

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