DC Ramblings Of A Madwoman

Rez DC Talk with a large side of shitposting Jason Todd is my stress ball 18+ but not in a sexual way I’m just deranged Queer she/ try me

[chillyfeetsteak]

little thingy from the other week, stuff on my mind

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Or as I've always liked to put it, "No matter how suspicious you might find the neighbor who never opens their blinds, they will never be as suspicious as the neighbor who wants free rein to peek in through people’s windows."

[siratonin]

"I CANT HANDLE THIS" *handles this*

[siratonin]

"I CANT TAKE ANOTHER DAY" *takes another day*

[cokalee]

But you should know, that I die slow

[izbnart]

Batman animation 👍🌟

[ere-the-sun-rises]

@frownyalfred OMG OMG OMG

[remcadll]

New Jersey Psycho

[suicidalwhistleblower]

Just had to set a firm boundary with the floating demon skull :/

[frociaggina97]

"i don't care if they make their whole way though uni with chatgpt" i think you guys are so internetpilled that you have forgotten there are actual jobs out there that require people to know what they are doing in any way possible or else people die

[frociaggina97]

i know a lot of people study just to get paid well but girl this is engineering be for fucking real take this seriously

[thesealfriend]

I've also seen a sudden uptake in sentiments like "the people who are getting chatgpt to write their essays for them are the same people who would have plagiarised or bullshat or cheated some other way 5 years ago, this is no different" and

1) yeah but it's now so much easier to do it, meaning the folks who Might have done that but decided it's actually less faff to just learn the material no longer have that last layer of restraint

2a) the folks plagiarising or bullshitting are at least exposing themselves to the true material while doing so, rather than a machine's vaguely plausible hallucination, which means they're at least learning A Bit, and

2b) they Know if they're pulling something out their ass, they know that information is bullshit and will not help them in the real world, whereas chatgpt stans will not only submit that info as their work but they also tend to Believe it and therefore take bits of it with them into the wider world

and critically,

3) it was always bad to plagiarise and cheat in academia, like I'm not talking about copying your friend's standardised test in high school that's whatever I don't give a shit I'm not a cop, but academic integrity in higher education is a real issue with real consequences and always has been, whether you're submitting organic bullshit or AI slop.

[lilith-vodkaaunt-of-demons]

I literally just listened to Oz Media read a reddit post about a guy who is like, 2 years into a Bachelor's in Nutrition who has come to the horrifying realization that, because of using ChatGPT to do all his coursework, he is 2 years into a Bachelor's in Nutrition and knows absolutely nothing about Nutrition.

And now that he's gotten to the point in the Degree where labs are starting, he's now well and truly fucked because ChatGPT can't do labs for him and he knows so little about this thing he's been going to school for 2 years for that he can't wing it.

And he can't come forward about it to his School Admin, because that level of Academic Dishonesty will definitiely bar him from continuing to attend his current school, and will likely make it so he can't attend any other school either.

So now he's stuck half way through a degree he knows nothing about, likely still owes student loan debt, and he can't come clean because he'll be barred from higher education.

I have a sinking feeling we'll see a lot more of this as using ChatGPT becomes more ubiquitous. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if in the next 5 to 10 years, there's an entire demographic of people with degrees they can't (and/or shouldn't) use because they don't actually know anything about their field.

[rezhood]

The people who cheat using AI in school continue to do so at the job they got using AI to cheat. Your attorney will use AI for your court filings. You will not get your money back or jail time waived because the AI was wrong. Your doctor will use AI to diagnose you. Your health is at immediate risk if the AI is wrong. Your teacher will use AI to teach because fuck if they know the right answer, they never read the book theyre teaching from. Then what? Just look at google results now we’re on a misinformation speed run. You shouldn’t have to pay for basic facts. You shouldn’t worry about having to go to a high end attorney or doctor or school to ensure the people who work there actually know what they’re doing.

[mjalti]

dont ask me what tf im talking about. i dont know ok? im just the vessel. the message has been gifted. i‘ve moved on

[orville-peck]

Money makes the world go around

[jasontoddiefor]

fucked up how high school experiences can shape you for years to come. why am I in my mid twenties struggling with friendships because my high school friendship broke in a way that fucked me up

[i-will-write]

first time writing fanfiction of a character : uughh i hope this is all canon accurate... it cant be canon innacurate at all or the enitire fandom will throw rocks at me...

10057th time writing the character: heres them working at a mcdonalds

[cologona]

The fact that Jason’s wearing his murderer’s old title is a fun detail for angst but good god, “taking ownership of his trauma” is not his primary reason, or even secondary reason for doing so.

Practicality is core to Jason’s character. He did not learn to use bombs because he died from an explosion, he used them because they’re destructive and remote controlled and that’s useful for his goals. Even his theatrics are for a purpose of communication. Remember that he spent all of Lost Days in the same ratty track suit, and never took credit for anyone he killed or anybody he saved. If he isn’t saying something to someone he doesn’t bother.

So what is the practical utility of taking on the Red Hood persona?

It’s crap as a symbol of fear. Unlike the silhouette of giant bat, which stokes the imagination, the sight of some guy in a helmet hardly inspires anything more than perhaps thoughts of motorcycles. The name itself is merely a reference to the costume and the costume is just a thing to hide your face. It’s the most spartan, pared down persona one could have. That it used to be Joker’s hardly helps because it was only his back when Joker was just an ordinary man— and a rather pathetic no-name fall guy at that. Anyone clued in enough to know about it is more liable to think of Jason as another nutjob than to be intimidated.

But that’s the point. Jason doesn’t need a symbol of fear because he gives people perfectly tangible reasons to fear him. The Red Hood persona is nearly devoid of expression, but because of that it’s very effective at the one thing it does express- “I am a criminal. Refer to me by color because there is nothing more to know.” Its association with Joker taints anyone else who uses it with the implication of insanity, but insanity is useful when any crook or businessman worth his salt in Gotham knows not to bother questioning the non-negotiables of its local lunatics.

Jason is an especially acrobatic single-operator pushing a seemingly altruistic agenda. It would’ve been very easy for him to get labeled as another vigilante. One that is more comfortable getting blood on his hands maybe, but a vigilante nonetheless. That he’s able to function the way he does, while still being taken seriously a rogue and crime lord is due in large part to his very deliberate presentation.

Why, if Jason thinks what he does is good and necessary, does he present himself this way? Maybe because from the start, his beliefs were more nuanced than one would be lead to believe. That Jason thinks his actions are necessary does not mean he must also think they should be attributed to righteousness or justice. He explains in Outsiders: PAYG— what it means for a ‘bad guy’ to do something is different from if a ‘good guy’ does the same thing. Jason essentially makes the same point Tim once made to Huntress about public trust in heroes but from the opposite angle.

The assertions modern comics make about why Jason has the Red Hood mantle (and why he uses a crowbar) ring very hollow to me. It feels like an almost deliberate push to erase the complexity he had as a villain in favor of a squeaky clean redemption arc. The way I see it though, so long as Jason remains Red Hood any sort of “redemption” he has is a false one. He’s still holding onto the symbol of his convictions, just because he’s willing to betray himself and others for love doesn’t mean that he’s changed his mind about how it all works.

[skarchomp]

robin when he found out slade’s secret identity was a dude named slade

[lindleland]

"save me, substance abuse!" i cry. before you can moralize to me about the dangers of addiction, a noble and powerful steed gallops into the room - my horse whom i have named "substance abuse". you learn an important lesson about making assumptions. i snort a line off its back

[hollowboobtheory]

hey in case you didn't know trans inclusive terminology in healthcare is not about protecting peoples feelings, it's to stop insurance companies from going "well it says here that hysterectomies are a procedure performed on WOMEN and you keep insisting that you're a MAN so we do not in fact have to cover that have a nice day and eat shit"

[lyricwritesprose]

It also exists so that if, say, you have a situation with an underdeveloped, nearly nonexistent uterus but also an ovary that has a giant cyst, nobody can say, "You have an intersex condition so you are not technically a woman and we can't cover ovarian surgery for not-a-woman, happy peritonitis to you when that sucker explodes lol"

[salmonella-destroyer-of-worlds]

Getting home from a long and dreadful day at work 

[thecrowthatyellsow]

Skibidi die.