AndyD

@yourlamentablefriends.com

Doughy guy, actor, filmmaker, retro buff, and future ghost from Seattle. Currently editing Gamers 4: Dorkness Falls and doomscrolling at a collegiate level. Abolish ICE, impeach, remove, prosecute. Leave AI and platforms. https://lazycoward.guide

A Palestinian father has opened an indoor play centre in Gaza to give children a sense of normality as they continue to endure near-daily Israeli attacks, with free entry for families who cannot afford to pay.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you thought I was the valet at whatever hotel you drop off your emotional baggage." "You're my THERAPIST!" [Looks away and holds out hand]

If you have a tech journalism friend who was all-in on pushing AI and got laid off and now is dipping into savings to pay rent, it's your human duty to perpetually refer to them as Tom Brokahss henceforth.

Unpopular Opinion (Or maybe more popular than I think?): Final Fantasy VII is a steaming pile of dog shit with a few fun moments. IV is still fun, if simple. VI is still a MASTERPIECE. But I didn't like VII contemporarily and I don't like it now. Racist, sexist, time wasting, and boring. BORING.

Everything is so mask-off now, rewatching (begrudgingly) WW84 is really disturbing. I don't think WW is swinging with an obvious dummy for safety. I now think it's because Godot wouldn't touch an Arabic child. No, for real. I'd drop a benji on it.

Fun foreign names for white writers who don't want to put in any work to use: Omanko Zurizuri El Chuppo Verga Besetu Maude-Ray The Marvelous Mange Mon Merde Puck S. Podlivoy

Imagine being Rob Schneider and knowing that the funniest thing you have ever said and will ever say in your life was written by Rob Smigel 35 years ago. Ain't no tax cut that can fix that truth.

The saddest thing about Hank Green's AI use is that he will get to play AI victim (which is kinda fair...it's intentionally victimizing) and probably will end up shinier on the other side instead of 'sycophant-addicted narcissist.' Which is the why of it to begin with.