Tbh, this may be unfair but I 100% judge people who have a "romantic" relationship with a chatbot. To me that betrays how you view a potential partner. If your perfect partner has so little autonomy I find that disturbing.

"It gives "alive vibes" and that's basically the same thing. Some scientists probably might say that." Again, I must point out that it they genuinely believed this it would be morally unacceptable for corporations to own and exploit them. But I assume they aren't making that argument.

Apropos of very little: that Ducktales reboot was such a delightful show. I didn't even watch Ducktales as a kid, I was slightly too young for it. The new show was just great.

It's like folks are afraid of someone thinking it's a plot hole if you don't clearly explain everything. Let them! You can't stop people from being dumb! People confused themselves about incredibly simple and clear implications at the end of a Spider-Man movie for children.

jonny@misterbloat.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse.

I think more people in charge of productions(in numerous industries) should see crunch as their own failure to properly manage a production.

Turns out so far the best method for killing fruit flies is letting them collect somewhere and hitting them with dish spray.

Once again I must complain: there is no earthly reason for Davinci Resolve to default to changing clip colors when you paste attributes every single time I open the program again. I literally never want that to happen AND it slows shit down.

Remember when right wing fuckers tried to make Charlie Kirk a martyr and fell flat on their faces because they're too nakedly opportunistic to pretend they care for very long?

I already have so much trouble motivating myself to eat, and these goddamn fruit flies hanging around REALLY does not help

Genuinely all it takes to be "original" is just taking a thing you like and mashing it together with a different thing you like. Usually that will set you down a road where you're making a unique thing without even trying that hard.

Squiddrz@squiddrza.bsky.social · 3d ago

Screenshotting this to avoid dragging op into furry blsky, but this is something I've been yapping on about in the context of furry art for *years* So much of the space is ouroboros-ing itself - you can massively up your game (even as a mediocre artist like me) by expanding your frame of reference

People who make mobile versions of websites tell you "download the app" instead of simply being a goddamn website deserve pain in their lives No, actually, I don't fucking want your app. I'll just use desktop mode.

Not really feeling like I want to buy games owned by companies who fucked over the people who made them right before it was released.

It feels silly, but I would SO much less stressed out right now if I weren't struggling to kill the fruit flies in my home for weeks. Weeks of them constantly flying DIRECTLY at me while I'm trying to work is taking its toll.

I finished Banner Saga a little bit ago. I really like a lot of what the games are, but I always end up unsatisfied with their endings. Unfortunately the final ending was no exception, I was left just being like "that's it?" It wasn't as big an issue with 1, but 2 and 3 both have this issue.

It probably says something about how not plugged in I am that some new Star Wars game came out and I had no idea lol It actually looks like the kind of game I'd want to play, too

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tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social@tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social · 6d ago

6% of Texas’s Voters Have Had Their Voter Registrations Suspended (Over 1M People) Suspensions in big Democratic urban areas could sway close Senate race to R Affected people have until October 5 to update their voter registrations NB: Faux Elections newrepublic.com/post/214832/...

I feel like people on the left generally wouldn't think about "cucking" that much if right wing weirdos weren't so obsessed with it.

much like your posting@mlyp.bsky.social · 5d ago

Tucked and Cucked

HR meeting

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The outdoors Genome Soldiers kinda look like little kids on a snow day whose moms made them wear their mittens

"The Man Who Sold the World" is a great theme for MGSV, but I submit a good fallback is "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who. The lyrics kinda describe the plot, if you think about it?

I'm still floored by people claiming stuff like Critical Role is scripted That would be SO MUCH HARDER than what they're actually doing lol

An encouraging result, but make plans now to hand-deliver ballots *if you can*. Like all registered Californians, I *receive* my ballot in the mail but I ALWAYS hand-drop it at the ballot box by my city library. I haven’t trusted the mail since 2012.

ACLU@aclu.org · last wk.

BREAKING: A federal court granted our emergency request to block USPS from implementing President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for the November election.

It's a lot to lose three different great artists in one week, but I think it's great that they lived such long, full lives doing what they loved.

Silly Doctor Who Theory: The Doctor technically both is and isn't the Timeless Child. Technically The Other is the Timeless Child, and while the Doctor isn't canonically an iteration of the other they COULD be. However, I have an additional suggestion: so is every other Time Lord.

Looks like even after her death, Dolly Parton’s philanthropy will continue. nationalexaminer.com/dolly-parton...

Dolly Parton’s Revised Will Leaves Most of Her $500 Million Fortune to Charity

Dolly Parton's estate plans reveal her fortune will support charitable causes, including her Imagination Library literacy program and medical research donations.

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I recently rewatched Muppet Treasure Island, and every time I'm always struck by how truly great Tim Curry's performance as Long John Silver is. He took the role completely seriously while also embracing the Muppet-y comedy of it all, which is the kind of thing only a great performer is capable of.

I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing