Simply The Worst Star Wars Fan

I like like 2.5 movies and 2.5 characters but somehow I’m all in based solely on that. Main blog name is @walkawaytallblogs but I don't actually post there. ao3 | ffn

[acidtheater]

Most annoying online emotion is "I have a funny personal anacdote to add to this but it doxxes like all of my personal information"

[xalatath]

I have never, and will never, use "ofc" to mean "of fucking course". It literally stands for OF Course...

[selkiesparrow]

Zoozve, my beloved

[earhartsease]

everything perturbs everything and it's lovely

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

THE CRAZY BASTARD PULLED IT OFF!

[walkawaytall]

I am trying out watercolors again for the first time in years and I don’t know what I’m doing and also picked the weirdest photo I have of Winnie for a reference but I sorta like it.

[whereareyourightnow]

STAR WARS: ANDOR - The Axe Forgets

[walkawaytall]

pick a trope

Thanks for tagging me @otterandterrier!

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

No-pressure tagging: @diplomaticprincess, @joybirdsworks, @smallblueandloud

[walkawaytall]

I just found out about a Sam Altman quote from sometime last year that went something like, “A kid born today will never be smarter than AI.” and, guys, I know I said before that I’m convinced Sam Altman doesn’t actually know how AI technology works, but I’m also now wondering if Sam Altman knows what “intelligence” is.

Like, does he think that intelligence is just an ability to repeat facts or repeat a taught process? Because based on my own observations and a very quick internet search, babies start to understand cause-and-effect as early as four months old, and there is not an AI program in existence that understands cause-and-effect. Because AI programs don’t understand anything.

[walkawaytall]

Hey, so, does anyone know how to find out who owns the distribution rights to a song? Because, sometime within the last couple of weeks, the horrendous administration over here in the US debuted a horrendous new website, Aliens.gov, that has the sole purpose of dehumanizing undocumented migrants. It’s truly disturbing.

The site is using music that plays during the opening credits of The X-Files as background music, and is also using some visualizations that I believe are intended to evoke The X-Files as well, though I’m not familiar enough with the show to know for certain. Under normal circumstances, I would assume the United Stated government got permission to use the music, but this administration’s MO falls almost completely in “Act now, apologize later throw a hissy fit and threaten to sue everyone before quietly undoing what we were’t allowed to do in the first place” territory. That combined with the insanely polarizing messaging that the music is undergirding leads me to believe they’re using it without permission, and I would like to notify the proper parties about this. This site has not been, to my knowledge, widely circulated, so it wouldn’t shock me if someone didn’t know about it.

I know the composer of the theme, Mark Snow, died last year. I know 20th Century Fox owns The X-Files, and that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, but I don’t know that they have control of the theme.

I know this is small in the scheme of things, and it’s possible whoever has the rights gave permission or doesn’t care, but my whole deal with this admin is to find ways to make their jobs harder while they’re behaving like fascists, and I do think this could be a way to contribute to that.

[starwarsfangirl]

[spitzonthefritz]

this is going around twitter rn but im also super curious: please tell me your top four comfort movies that you’re always down to watch bc my friend thinks mine are ridiculous and now we’ve realised everyone’s version of “comfort” is hilariously different

[fellshish]

i’m so glad goncharov happened pre ai slop era

[romanitas]

#weird way to describe 1973 but i guess it’s accurate

[the-punforgiven]

Show up at work like hi boss sorry I'm late my I was helping my mother track down one specific 90s dungeon crawler for the purposes of obtaining a muffin recipe the developer hid in the files

[the-punforgiven]

Anyway shoutout to Stonekeep (1995)

[mushroomsandteeth]

I'M MAKING THE MUFFINS

[mushroomsandteeth]

Burnt my hand picking it up to show. Gonna wait to taste.

[mushroomsandteeth]

Taste review: Make the video game muffins oh my GOD.

[knightjockey]

These are DELICIOUS! I substituted chocolate chips for pecans because its what i had on hand.

It tastes like a pumpkin gingerbread cake! Great treat for fall and winter!

Definitely make these!

[sadhoc]

Text from recipe

Tim Cain's Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins -- They're the shadow king's favorite!

1 and 2/3 cup flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup sugar

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup pumpkin (half of a 16 oz can)

1/2 cup (one stick) butter, melted

preheat oven to 350. grease muffin tins (one dozen regular size) or use baking cups. mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Break eggs into another bowl. add pumpkin and butter and whisk until blended. stir in chocolate chips. pour over dry ingredients and stir until just blended. do NOT overstir! scoop batter into tins and bake 20-25 minutes. after cooling, keep muffins wrapped in plastic to avoid drying.

[asters-28]

may the fourth be with you 💜

[textsfromstarwars]

[walkawaytall]

I’m never going to reveal where I work or even my current industry online, but I need y’all to know that you have heard of my org, our work is both important and sensitive, and there are way too many spreadsheets that are considered “the source of truth” when all that data should be in a database somewhere.

[walkawaytall]

I’m fine, I’m fine, just being emotionally eviscerated by yet another Nemik’s Manifesto edit before 9am.

TikTok - Make Your Day

[statictay]

once again i love how star wars takes place in a massive galaxy with thousands of planets and billions of people, and yet every bounty hunter knows each other personally

[dragonfox-in-a-teacup]

It's called networking babe

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

when Boba Fett adds you on LinkedIn you know you've made it

[walkawaytall]

Look, anyone who’s worked in an industry that’s both massive in scale and also somehow involves the same five hundred people just bouncing from company to company knows this is one of the most realistic aspects of the GFFA.

When I worked in the oil industry, I referred to it as “incestuous” because everyone at Company A knew several people at Company B, and they knew them because they’d all worked together at Company C and Company D, which were both acquired by Company B, at which point some people were laid off and ended up at Company A. And these weren’t executives; just random employees all knowing other random employees. Going to an oil-and-gas software conference with someone who had been in the industry for a while felt like attending a friend’s high school reunion or something.