The way Lobe describes the deathclaw made the creature even more attractive to me... what the fuck?

~~I can only get so hard lmao~~

The logical part of me wants to say "Perhaps, but there would be no evolutionary advantage to emulating a species on a planet primarily inhabited by animals that cant stop trying to blow each other up."

But the furry part of me really really really hopes there is.

I've gone under a metric fucktonne of names online, but here are some pieces I've drawn for myself and others. You may remember me as CosmicK9, NkoliStvnsn, ChunkleChip or even Faux-Pa (2sofp, 20-Shades-of-Faux-Pa, etc.). I have a certain affinity for canine/canid characters ;)

I'm still accepting free artwork requests on my website at requests.collins-corner.cc. If you would like to request a piece, please be sure to read my ART and TOS.

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And enable 2FA if you can. Sure, it's annoying to have to dig out your phone (or browser extension, desktop app, etc.) for a code, but it's better than having your account taken over.

While it may be a little demoralizing to see a downvote on something you care about, 'tis a part of life. When I see something I posted get downvoted, my first instinct isn't to assume it's people being malicious. I take it as an oppurtunity to look at the post and ask myself "what is it about this post that people don't like?".

I noticed another person brought up the YouTube Dislike removal thing, and I'd like to add that programmers were rightfully upset to the point of creating a third-party API and browser plugin just to bring it back. That was more in response to the rampant amount of misinformation and scam videos on the platform, but I think it has some resonance here as well. I don't think taking away a feedback mechanism, regardless of it's potential for abuse/harassment, is a good idea.

If I may, I'd like to bring in another comparison- E621. Say what you may about E6, but the up/downvote system there works well because some posts just aren't good. Sure, it may have passed the janitors, but the post itself and/or it's contents may be objectionable. With E621, you can hide posts that pass a certain score threshold. This is a good way filter out some of the more... questionable things for a lot of users on top of the existing blocklist system they have in place. Some people may try to game the score system to artificially boost or dump a posts's score, but the admins/moderators are pretty good at nipping that in bud, so to speak.

Finally, I'd like to bring in the (#)fediblock argument. Even if an instance blocks another, it doesn't stop the offending instance from replying/reacting to posts that it may have discovered through a relay or another instance. All it does is stop the defending instance from seeing the reply/reaction. Disabling downvotes is the same thing. You can just hop to another instance and see if your post was downvoted.

For now, until the lemmyverse becomes a bit more stable, I don't think messing with any core functionality is a good idea. It is definitely something worth revisiting again at some point. Who knows? Maybe the developers are working on something to address these concerns.

Cinnamon on Manjaro.

Yes, I know using Manjaro is cheating, but I could not be arsed to set up a DE by hand for the upteenth time. Manjaro Cinnamon ISO go *brrrrrrrr*

Is there any sort of advantage to getting it from the F-Droid repo as opposed to IzzyOnDroid? I have it from IOD and haven't encountered any sort of issues.

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FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME https://youtu.be/jPWYcjypSWo