2026-09-05 19:20 UTC
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@stevenqurkel@infosec.exchange 2026-09-05 23:24
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party Someone once said to me as I approached them "Look at this John Legend looking motherfucker". I'm not sure if that's the best, but I'm going to go with that because I couldn't tell if it was meant as an insult 🤣
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@niclake@mastodon.social 2026-09-05 19:21
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party 2007, someone told me my guitar playing that day was “very Brian May-esque”. I’ve been living off of that for nearly 20 years now.
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@mtechman@mastodon.ie 2026-09-05 19:31
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I treasure the memory of my editor telling me I was a gift 🎁
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@nspsegal@mastodon.social 2026-09-05 19:32
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I've had variations of this compliment all my life: "Why would I hire you, when you could do my job better than I can?" (variations: "This job would bore you," "You'd quit in six months.") I usually enjoyed the interviews, being highly social and loving humanity, but needless to say, I've never had a real job.
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@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 19:35
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party A veteran magician at an event in Warwickshire watched me do a card routine, looked at me with a somewhat bewildered expression, and said, "You don't do anything the way it's written up, do you? Not even the basics". Perhaps it wasn't exactly a compliment, but I decided to take it as one. 'Cos no, I don't. 🤷🏻♂️
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@joyce@hcommons.social 2026-09-05 19:46
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party One of my students once told me I reminded him of Elizabeth Warren.
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@destravi@mastodon.social 2026-09-05 20:15
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party from an old school friend who went on to own and operate a sound system and put on EDM nights, so I value his opinion in this matter: "you're an excellent dancer". Ah, good times! Still am, if I say so myself...
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@joshua@hooray.computer 2026-09-05 20:38
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party my now partner said “you were written by a woman” and it felt very, very nice to hear.
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@Thayer@mastodon.social 2026-09-05 21:08
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party you first!
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@busheling1@mastodon.social 2026-09-05 21:09
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party after the loss of my life partner of 40+ years I can still hear the words "I love you more than you can imagine." It echoes every Saturday...
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@muddle@infosec.exchange 2026-09-06 00:08
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party Someone told me that my lectures were interesting.
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@jaeclectic@mas.to 2026-09-06 22:27
@markwyner@mas.to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party Many decades ago, when I was young and strong, a woman at my dojo told me I had a body like the Venus de Milo. (Insert joke about missing arms here.) I don't know that the comparison was particularly apt, although I was rather fit at the time. Regardless, the sentiment was extremely flattering!