rainey 🌻<p>I never did get around to writing an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> over here, did I? Not sure there's much point anymore, but here goes:</p><p>I'm rainey and I'm a shy weirdo who needs encouragement to let my freak flag fly. When I'm not being ooky, I'm shamelessly appreciating cute kittens and the like. (Here I pause and reach out to pet <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hackers.town/@netkitty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>netkitty</span></a></span> ) Gen X, child-free, married, and an abject failure at adulting. The sunflower in my display name is the "invisible disability" symbol.</p><p>This is my third Mastodon account and second "definitely probably not a cult" experience (the first being pretty much the only reason I'm still on reddit). :bb: My first Masto account is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.games/@raineyday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raineyday@mstdn.games</span></a></span> [MSTDN.games] where I talk about <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenshinImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenshinImpact</span></a> a lot, and my second is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/@raineyday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raineyday@neurodifferent.me</span></a></span> [NeuroDifferent.me] because I'm not autistic but I do have <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Tourette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourette</span></a>, although I don't post to the second one very often and when I do, it tends to be boosts, memes, and information-seeking. </p><p>Anyhow, if you can't tell from my avatars, I'm a fan of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AddamsFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AddamsFamily</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a>. I also despise <a href="https://beige.party/tags/spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoilers</span></a> with the blazing heat of a trillion trillion suns, so always ask "How caught up are you with XYZ?" before discussing with me (and ponder for a moment why "Have you gotten to the part where they--?" is a terrible horrible no-good very bad way to ask).</p><p>I created this account on a Wednesday the 13th (naturally), but the timestamp on my account page got messed up and fails to reflect this. It's goth erasure, I'm tellin' ya! 🦇 </p><p>I write blog-like toots on Wednesdays (of course) under the hashtag <a href="https://beige.party/tags/raineyWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raineyWednesday</span></a> and tag <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/weirdfolks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>weirdfolks</span></a></span> </p><p>I do my best to write good <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> for my images. Even when I have low spoons, I strive for a bare minimum of "acceptable". I have similar standards for what I will boost. If there is no alt-text or it is insufficient, I will either leave it or I will "steal" the image to post myself with better alt-text. This applies to all of my accounts, of course.</p><p>I come to Mastodon for virtual human interaction and fun times, and while it's nice to take a break from politics and the news, please don't mistake that for me being so-called "apolitical". I am quite progressive-left and often wonder how it came to be that I had to trade in the label of "liberal" for that. Perhaps a combination of I moved forward a little bit and they moved backwards a lot? But that's enough of that topic. This is just background info, not my desired focus.</p>