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mastodon

A free, open-source, decentralized social network. Anyone can create or join an "instance" of Mastodon, where an instance is a unique domain name, and instances can be "federated" with each other so someone using one instance can interact with users on another instance. Comparable to email, where a Gmail user can email with a Yahoo mail user and vice versa. Comparable to Twitter, but less corporate and fewer Nazis. However, admins can run their instances however they wish, and may choose to allow/prohibit/monitor content that includes racism and other -isms, pornography, violence, etc.

The service allows posts to be placed behind a content warning (CW), and allows media to be marked as NSFW, and can be posted publicly, to followers only, as a direct message, or unlisted (where the post is public, but does not show in the federated timeline). Most instances allow posts to contain 500 characters available, and some instances allow much longer posts.

Posts are called "toots," and reposts are called "boosts," but instances can be customized to fit a theme or other preferences. Usernames are formatted as @username@instance.domain, such as @gargron@mastodon.social, where user @gargon is on the instance mastodon.social.
After I joined Mastodon, I deleted my Twitter account and never looked back.
by nothin2seehere June 3, 2017
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Milton

a sweat hearted guy,
a man that respects all women no matter what

very small or no temper at all
oh that Milton is so good to me
by Blake Rivers September 24, 2011
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Midtown

Midtown is infinitely better than Senses Fail because they actually write good music.
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Miitopia

An amazing and comdeic fantasy RPG where you use Miis from the Nintendo console to cast the characters. As of this definition being posted, it's getting a port to the Nintendo Switch where you can have a horse as an ally, and you have more customization options.
Person 1: Hey, what's your most favourite game?
Person 2: Miitopia. Go play it!
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Mastodon

A four-piece metal band from Atlanta.
The grestest metal band of the last 10 years, Mastodon have released two full length albums and one EP.

Lifesblood (EP, 2001 Relapse)
Remission (LP, 2002 Relapse)
Leviathan (LP, 2004 Relapse)

They own your fucking soul.
"I hope Mastodon play Elephant Man tonight"
by sugna November 23, 2004
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Miscognition

A sense of being unprepared; a wrong way of thinking.
Out of the ordinary and out of the norm.

Not to be confused with misrecognition.
Gohann: Is she wearing tennis shoes at the beach?!
Jay: Wow that seems like some real miscognition right there!
by Kralie January 9, 2019
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midtopia

Not utopia, not quite dystopia but right in the middle.
Their midtopian dream was very realistic, but ultimately somewhat disappointing.
by JJ LaVage June 24, 2019
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