[animentality]

I'm sorry, the charlie kirk situation just keeps getting funnier.

- gun nut insists 6 year olds getting shot in elementary school are a necessary sacrifice so that we can all have the 2nd amendment *gets shot at a school

- gun nut literally advocated for public executions to make kids stronger *gets shot in public in front of a bunch of students

- gun nut was an open racist, who constantly tried to incite race wars *got shot by a white guy in the whitest state in america

- gun nut insists empathy is fake *no empathy for him online, except from the same people who gleefully mock the deaths of trans people and Democrat politicians and anyone they don't like on a daily basis

- GUN. NUT. *gets shot and killed instantly by a gun.

[wilwheaton]

“Kirk was a rabble-rouser and provocateur. He was seldom trying to engage with anyone who disagreed with him in any other than the pugilistic way I described above for the entertainment and inspiration of his fans. And he was able to galvanize a large group of discontented and grievance-prone young men and, to an extent, wrap many of them into a fabric of Christian nationalism. He was a very American type and it’s fine and probably even necessary to recognize it as a very American type — even if you find the content of his politics shameful and wrong. This is what makes the valorization of Kirk and the disingenuous effort to remake him into a unifying totem around which everyone is supposed to unite willfully absurd. Kirk was an aggressive, frequently nasty — but to his own people very fun — partisan warrior. At least half the country was his enemy. Not because they said so because he did. That was the essence of his activism. You might as well expect the country to build a monument to or hold a state funeral for Michael Moore. And no, I’m not equating the two. I’m simply noting the absurdity of the forced valorization of an individual who was at war with half the country. It’s really okay to be a partisan warrior. But it’s not a national unity type thing.”

— And God Said, ‘Debate Me, Bro’ … And Other Notes From the Kirk Canonization 

[hypokeimena]

remember when you could find websites that contained information

[girlgrimer]

Americans invented tbe worlds burgled and burglars to apply to robberies because the concept of losing their burger is the scariest thing to them

[girlgrimer]

Follow me for more wikipedia ^

[luimnigh]

This is shockingly close to the truth.

Both come from the Latin "burgus", meaning castle or fortified town. A burglar being someone who bypassed the security of fortifications.

Meanwhile burger comes via Hamburg, the burg of Hamma.

So burgers are named after fortifications, and burglars are the ones who bypass them.

[bubba-san]

The Hamburglar is a reunion of terms

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[introvertsnation]

@introvertsnation

[sadclowncentral]

nearly had a medical emergency today because - and i cannot stress enough how little i am making this up - a helicopter landed in front of an open grain silo while i was getting off my ship and i am deathly allergic to the wheat that said helicopters rotor blades proceeded to blast in my face at full force. the cosmic forces are plotting against me ass situation to be in

[sadclowncentral]

[ID: anonymous question reading: helicopter deadass said gluten tag ///end ID]

:(

[lanternseason]

I cannot let this languish in tags, thank you for your service @beemovieerotica

[freakasaurus-rex]

"google ai" "spotify ai dj" "ai assistant" "enhanced by ai" what if i just start beating people over the head with a rock

[toruandmidori]

[katestewartt]

"Try our new AI tool", "Use ChatGPT", "Our AI assistant can help"

[cryptid-sighting]

Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy

These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.

I'm not going to bother reading the article to find out if this actually works or if anyone is actually trying it. I'm just happy we as a society are showing proper reverence for Orbs.

[communist-hatsunemiku]

this is so freakin cool. the article goes on to say it has been successfully tested on a small scale in a german lake, and they're scaling it up in trials off the california coast!

[foone]

The power is stored in the balls

[nick-nonya]

[lonesaturn]

Had a situation today in my class where someone was asking how to write a formal email, and another person responded, "Just ask Chat GPT."

This is not the first time I have heard this recommendation, and it honestly pisses me off. For many reasons, environmental impacts aside, this situation really highlighted the impacts AI has on our relationships with ourselves and others. This person was asking how to do something, for advice that could start a conversation, furthering relationships by sharing a skill or knowledge. That was immediately taken away by telling them to ask Chat GPT.

There are many resources online to help you with things like this. With a just quick search, I found two amazing templates on formal email writing and an in-depth video where they stated that they are super passionate about the topic!

There are so many people on this planet with very niche interests and skills who love to share that with the world. USE IT, TALK TO PEOPLE, ENGAGE YOUR BRAIN.

[depsidase]

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

tylenol sue the us government and you will be reincarnated as a beautiful lotus flower

[redtail-lol]

Wait for what?

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

the trump administration and rfk jr are spreading false claims that taking tylenol during pregnancy is the cause of autism. tylenol (acetaminophen in general, but the tylenol brand is specifically being called out) is one of the only pain and fever relievers that pregnant people can safely take

[guerrillatech]

[the-ladyrae]

I think a missing consideration in the Ai argument is the fact that humans will always care about these things. When we say Ai could never replace artists we mean artists and real art won't disappear overnight.

I know people who memorize sonnets and recite poetry.

I know people who bobbin lace by hand.

I know people who have access to 3d printers and choose to hand sculpt.

If you care you'll find a way.

But it's going to get less accessible if corporations and governments decide to push AI as the "best" way since they can't make it the only way. And at first that won't affect you, but demand will go down for your favorite supplies and they'll get more expensive. Fewer people will be participating in your community as time goes on, and issues you used to crowd source to learn and grow about will stagnate as unsolvable because there aren't enough unique perspectives looking at it.

A child will ask how to start and be pointed in the direction of the AI as the easiest and best way to the point that they believe there is no other option.

And over generations of this, our techniques and crafts will die. But not because society grew and developed beyond the need for them. They will be killed by corporations taking away the choice of what knowledge we are able to pass down and how we're allowed to do it.

Even in that world there will still be people who create, but to do so in the ways we do now will be a luxury that only the elite can afford.

[the-big-mood]

[misterlemonztenth]

Misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[corvidkiid]

tumblr is such a different animal than other social media platforms for so many reasons obviously but one thing i really find funny about it is how on other sites if i see something that doesn't interest me i don't follow or don't like the post. but on here if someone i follow starts posting exclusively about something really niche that i have no interest in my reaction is never to unfollow. its just part of the natural environment. like oh mutual is now really into pro wrestling? ok i guess ill be seeing these guys around now