Winner of the 1997 Charles Grant Tennant Prize for Light Verse. 'Could do well if he applies himself' - Michael DeGara -- See also: @dariengs@mastodon.social
Islington, obviously
Joined May 2008
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Darien Graham-Smith retweeted
If nothing else Mastodon is introducing people into the whole Open Source tradition of trying to be enthusiastic about something really bad that doesn't work at all because you don't want to be rude to the maintainers and the thing you really want to use doesn't work anymore.
I feel like everything I want to tweet is about what's wrong with Twitter, and everything I want to post on Mastodon is about what's wrong with Mastodon. – at Camden Town, London
The only silver lining is that they're mostly different things. Although I do see something of Elon in Mastodon's proud refusal to implement a "quote tweet" equivalent. – at Camden Town, London
If anyone cares, I've been dipping a toe into Mastodon as @DarienGS@mastodon.social. So far I haven't posted anything there of real significance or substance, but... well, you see where I'm going with this. – at Islington, London
A small number of things make a lot more sense now I have realised that Richard Simmons is not Russell Simmons. – at City of London, London
Darien Graham-Smith retweeted
I know a lot about writing comedy, so I bought a giant, unprofitable shoe store. I fired many employees and decided to charge Stephen King $8 a month to come to my store. Things are going badly and I believe it is the fault of a left-leaning powerful clown in upstate NY.
The 21st century professional experience: you try out fifteen different hosted services, you find one that fits your workflow, you cough up for the annual subscription, and you just pray that you'll get a year or two out of it before it hits you with some bullshit like this:
I keep thinking hurry up Jack, get Bluesky up and running so we're not stuck with Mastodon. But also, take your time Jack, don't rush it and turn it into another Mastodon.
Darien Graham-Smith retweeted
Woke to message from my mate whose daughter disturbed a thief stealing their car last night. Second time this year. I asked if they called the police. They didn't bother, "what's the point?" A family & a little girl who know state doesn't solve problems anymore. Cheers Rishi.
The staff kept chanting "play the hits!", but he was all like "tonight is for the true fans". – at Islington, London
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