Faraway451

A dreamer. who is lost far, far way in... mostly Fruits Basket, Arcane and House of the Dragon right now

[rcntlydcccased]

king of the lanes 👁️‍🗨️

[aestheticsicrushon]

Arcane Singed lab by Kevin Le Moigne

[wishfulsketching]

Dad Silco! I've had this sketched out for ages, finally finished it!

EXTRA:

[nexyra]

Mental health survey : the Sohma life

And here comes another Fruits Basket meme for (hopefully) your pleasure. This is my own template, blank at the end if you wanna use

Where is your fav located ? Do you have a soft spot for the hot mess(es) or do you prefer the unusually stable ones ?

The characters & ships playlist are going well too; get ready for a post about it soon 8)

Good night to you all in the meantime !

[teaboot]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an ancient movie that we’ve talked about as nauseum, yes, but if I may continue post nauseum I do still absolutely love Jessica Rabbit and how if you watch with your eyes the first time and see how she’s animated as this impossibly seductive caricature of allure and lust that is OBVIOUSLY giving off all the flirty and come-hither signals in the world, you are sympathetic to the men around her who can’t help but fall for her invitation-

but then you watch it again and close your eyes whenever she appears and just listen to her voice, you can hear the words and emotions and sadness of an average, tired woman who has accepted that no matter what she does, she’ll always just be seen for how she looks. That the way she has been animated and the way she is seen and interpreted by the world is beyond her control, and there’s not a thing she can do about it.

And suddenly the men aren’t very sympathetic at all, because you realize that while they LOOK, they haven’t at all been LISTENING.

I’m sorry I just still think that the dissonance between her animation and her VA was an incredible stroke of genius because yeah. Yeah that’s what it’s like

[cochart]

ChatGPT makes you stupid.

Some people might be fuming and frothing at the mouth already, but the verdict is out.

What I don’t see is why people find it so difficult to accept this fact. After all, they’re quick to admit that TikTok makes you stupid—a claim backed by studies, by the way.

Part of it is that “stupid” can be rather a strong word for some people. It feels permanent and stigmatizing. If I were to be a bit nicer with my words, I’d say ChatGPT harms your cognitive fitness. It dulls your ability to read, analyze (LLMs are not reasoning machines), and form coherent thoughts. I also find the “instant gratification” element of it rather concerning, but this might be a topic for another day. The point is that just as never working out reduces your physical fitness, not exercising your brain and generating answers and content hurts your cognitive fitness. It really shouldn’t be difficult to see why. If I skip leg days, my quad muscles would eventually grow weaker and smaller.

Here is where most people say, “Oh, I’m not against AI! In fact, AI can be awesome if you use it the right way blah blah blah!”

You know what? I’m not going to say it. Someone has to say that what they call AI—which I think is a greatest misnomer—right now kinda sucks for the planet and every living thing on it. The only instance where I think ChatGPT can be sort of helpful is when someone is trying to code. Even this is despised by many mid-level and senior developers who have to deal with bullcrap put out by ChatGPT that their juniors keep turning in. Another possible application of this crap machine is when you have to write a groveling email to someone you don’t care about.

The problem is that none of these cute perks justify products that guzzle energy like some biblical monster. It’s not worth burning up the planet that’s already past boiling point just so some people can code easily—debatable—or write bunch of insincere emails or whatever “smart application” of ChatGPT that people are arguing for.

ChatGPT harms the planet. It also makes you stupid.

There is a culture that tries to scaremonger everyone, especially younger people, to accept and use AI products like ChatGPT. Despite knowing 99 harms it does, people cling onto the hope that there is one upside. I think a significant number of people know consciously or unconsciously, that stuff like ChatGPT is not all that good. But the wider social culture pressures them to “stay open” to “new technological innovations.” Not doing so makes you “fall behind.”

By the way, I always found statements like “blah-blah is here to stay” ridiculous. Facial recognition exists but that doesn’t mean we should agree to governments making it mandatory for all citizens. Likewise, we don’t have to accept ChatGPT as it is now.

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I wanted to write this because I see a huge pressure especially on young people in high school and university to accept and adopt AI—LLM’s and genAI—into their lives. There is a pushback in the creative community, but it’s not the same in the wider public. People are hesitant to criticize AI, worried that they might “sound like boomers.” Many universities are quick to adopt AI into their curriculum to keep up with the trends. Honestly, I think it’s pretty shameful. So here’s one more rant on the internet to assure you that you’re not the only one unsure about Mr. Sam Altman’s grubby little trinket.

[forthegothicheroine]

Tanith Lee Recs

Since Tanith Lee deserves to be known for much more than having been plagiarized, I thought I'd share some recommendations. She had a HUGE body of work, and I've seen it suggested that the reason she never became a household name in fantasy and science fiction is that she wrote so many things that were different from each other, rather than staying in one easily labeled niche. I've only begun to make a dent in her catalogue, but here's the stuff I liked the best.

Note: A lot of her stuff can be disturbing, and I can't remember everything well enough to give perfect trigger warnings.

Red as Blood and Redder Than Blood: These fairy tale collections are being talked about now for the title story, but my favorite is The Golden Ladder, an incredibly creepy and hot version of Rapunzel, or perhaps When the Clock Strikes, a horrifying beautiful take on Cinderella.

The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee: As you can see, I love her short stories. These are all the ones published in Weird Tales, which includes some of the above fairy tales (including When the Clock Strikes) but also Arthurian, steampunk and science fiction stories. It's a great sampler of all the things she could do.

Blood 20: One more short story collection! This one is (most of) her vampire stories, so I know you goths will like it! There are things erotic, fantastical and grotesque in here, but to me the most haunting is the tragically mundane The Vampire Lover.

The Secret Books of Paradys: In this series, an alternate history of Paris, bad things happen. Supernatural things, sexual things, horrifying things. And sometimes good things happen, such as a man saved by a Jewish sage an his beautiful daughter who then actually converts to Judaism.

The Secret Books of Venus: I've only read the first entry in this similar series about an alternate world version of Venice, but once again it leaves the reader feeling totally transported to this sometimes sinister, sometimes lovely place where romance and cruelty live next door to each other.

Vivia: This tragic medieval plague-influenced vampire story is maybe the darkest thing of hers I've read, but dear god can she paint a picture with words. Along with The Birthgrave (which I didn't like as much), George RR Martin definitely pulled a lot of Danaerys's story from the title character here.

Islands in the Sky: And now for something completely different- a children's book. I remember finding this at the library as a kid and wanting to cry when it was over, because it gave me an equal sense of wonder and happiness as The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe, which I hadn't known was possible and worried would never happen again.

...but if you're like me, you'll just see which of her books you find at the library and used bookstores. You may not love every single thing, but it will always be interesting!

[eternityprincess]

anyways more things the manga gave me i'm blessed for. how much rin loves her husband

[basiliskonline]

@lingerie_addict has a really cool thread on ancient fashion over on twitter.

Those source links are here

cambridge.org

Youtube

ucl.ac.uk

[subtextsays]

Yeah wheels are faster but not significantly faster than an experienced drop spindler. That's because when you spin on a wheel you stand/sit at a stationary device. Drop spindles are extremely portable. They were often used while walking. Multitasking your spinning makes production output on a drop spindle much closer to that of a wheel.

I had to dig to find out that the main yarn was singles, so there was no plying step. The yarn weight, however, works out to around 40+ wpi (.5 to .8mm) which is... quite thin.

I was gonna say that 11 hours seems high to spin 50g on a spindle, but then I don't typically spin lace so?

I'm curious too if spin time included fiber prep, how the dual coats were separated, if they scoured or spun in the grease, etc.

[coinchoii]

[transpigeon]

STOP! before you decide you are irretrievably doomed, try one of the following options:

transition

bdsm

iron supplements

[spirit-of-science]

sleep study

ADHD medication

DBT

[headedoutleft]

vitamin D

go outside for an hour and observe birds

eat a snack

[trackerkitsune]

drink water

[ineffable-writer]

Maybe do these in reverse order

[kokodrawings]

Eclipse

[mallydraws]

"I was never a drinker"

[mallydraws]

My soul will always seek yours

[basiliskonline]

@lingerie_addict has a really cool thread on ancient fashion over on twitter.

Those source links are here

cambridge.org

Youtube

ucl.ac.uk

[subtextsays]

Yeah wheels are faster but not significantly faster than an experienced drop spindler. That's because when you spin on a wheel you stand/sit at a stationary device. Drop spindles are extremely portable. They were often used while walking. Multitasking your spinning makes production output on a drop spindle much closer to that of a wheel.

I had to dig to find out that the main yarn was singles, so there was no plying step. The yarn weight, however, works out to around 40+ wpi (.5 to .8mm) which is... quite thin.

I was gonna say that 11 hours seems high to spin 50g on a spindle, but then I don't typically spin lace so?

I'm curious too if spin time included fiber prep, how the dual coats were separated, if they scoured or spun in the grease, etc.

[emmastory]

alla mingalёva

[claraundine]

I feel these on a molecular level

[memeuplift]

[unquietgravekeeper]

[dehydratedlydia]

I love that technique so much I often used it to cheer up some friends

its this technique where when something breaks instead of just fixing it as it was they instead fix the broken pieces with gold to symbolize that breaking isnt a bad thing it can make as stronger and shouldnt be frowned upon

[the-haiku-bot]

I love that technique

so much I often used it

to cheer up some friends

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.