Geriatric Fandom Lurkage

[dragongirlbunny]

saw a post on bluesky about reimagining The Iliad as a mecha war and that idea goes unbelievably hard. achilles in his legally distinct gundam cutting through dozens of enemy suits. aggamemnon in his gold-plated mech. paris using a long range sniper rifle to exploit a design flaw in achilles' armor. the gods are all various megacorps who have a stake in the war bc it'll impact their profits.

[t-a-c]

I mean if we got Ulysses 31 to work in the 80s I have no reason why this can't and shouldn't happen

[feministism]

[kulluto]

literally one of my favorite tweets ever

[superhighschoolleveldespair]

insane 67-dollar phone at target

so im at target right now doing christmas shopping with my dad and?? there’s just this… 67 dollar phone? not even like 69.99 or something but 67?? nnone of the other phones are like this??

see you guys in ten years when EVERYTHING is 67 i guess LMAO

[superhighschoolleveldespair]

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[maykitz]

unhappy side effect of "morally ambiguous" being treated as the pinnacle of writing is that you will often be made to experience what a not so talented writer with big aspirations thinks is morally ambiguous

[palmer]

never will forget the gay porn I watched where the director quietly told the bottom to “lose the anime voice” and you could see overwhelming disillusionment form in his eyes

[lemonitenite]

[rottencore]

This post keeps making me cry laughingg

[bloodraven55]

one of the love confessions of all time

[heateron]

[funstyle]

having audio processing issues is so humiliating like yeah i heard you and yeah i was actively listening but the problem is i dont know what the fuck you sayed

[jacobtheloofah]

i was paying attention, i was listening, but you see the problem is....it didnt work

[fire-plug]

How insulting

[a-cipher]

anon I want you to know that I am always thinking about this

[akashicrecord]

the lesbian computer from portal was right. given the circumstances ive been shockingly nice

[ivy-connivy]

insane like/reblog parity on this post btw

[quasi-normalcy]

Pleased to learn that the FoxTrot guy has gone the polar opposite direction from the Dilbert guy.

[quasi-normalcy]

[quasi-normalcy]

This one made me laugh until I coughed.

[draconym]

do you think two pennies is still enough for the ferryman or has inflation driven up the fare

[draconym]

if he makes me use an app I am simply not crossing the river Styx.

[mandycore420]

jigsaw tape that starts with a land acknowledgement

[elwenyere]

-- Ted Chiang, from "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art"

[oldshrewsburyian]

I'm so glad they got Ted Chiang -- a wonderful writer of science fiction and thinker about technology, in my opinion -- to write this essay. My favorite line was this:

Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.