Open Mike Eagle did it again boys ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I need a whole album of him + Aesop

a cat tbh
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Open Mike Eagle did it again boys ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I need a whole album of him + Aesop
man I wish I could remember who made the icon I'm using on here, I've had it for so long and the filename doesn't have an artist name in it :T
I've been trying to put thoughts I've had re: content warnings and the ongoing Mastodon discussions into words that make enough sense to post and I think I've got it figured out now?
so it's like, the very short of it is that when CWs get used so frequently for so many things, they begin to feel not like a positive thing to help others avoid seeing something, but a negative implication of shame on the person posting it, if that makes sense
and I really wonder if this is essentially just re-inventing the hashtag
or more like, in the same way you've got likes and dislikes, you're adding a second grouping of hashtags intended as warnings
here's a probably terrible example: I've seen a bunch of people use CWs for posts showing/about food (assuming this is primarily for the sake of people with eating disorders) and going "CW: food" is like saying "sorry for posting this but..." whereas having #food #cooking etc. accomplishes the same thing, people can search for it if they want to see that kind of post, and now also people can exclude it from searches or add it to their account-level filters
that's getting a bit too technical and I'm sure someone will tell me that's exactly how CWs work on Mastodon or wherever and cool, it's just that warning people I'm doing something feels shameful while just saying what I'm doing feels more natural, especially when it's something so basic in terms of everyday survival and function
and I'm not even going to go near some of the other stuff I've seen, like I saw someone angry that they posted a selfie and people told them to add a CW for "fat" because of their size, and that's a tremendous oof on so many levels
adding my pronouns to my bio and my brain autopiloted "he/they/hey"