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PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



This was from a Penthouse Forum letter. I paraphrase from almost 40–years ago:

‘I plunged my itchy meat bat into her pulsating furry cum-basket, while she juggled my balls like a carnal clown.”

There was more… but I’m not sure that one made the translation from paper to web.

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MrUnderbridge
Jun 25, 2011


Found my next t shirt.

Nebrilos
Oct 9, 2012
That had to be written ironically, right? Who writes like this:

quote:

She dried herself off with a towel, which then became wet.

I'm reminded of

quote:

He put his sex in her sex and they had sex.

edit:

Okay, no, the person who wrote that was clearly taking the piss

quote:

Torolf, Hilda moaned ... I need you
Torolf ... stood silently.
Hilda looked at him expectantly.
Oh, sorry, she added. Torolf, I need you sexually.

Nebrilos has a new favorite as of 18:14 on Feb 9, 2022

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



Yes it's extremely obviously a joke. But it's funny despite that fact

The General
Mar 4, 2007


Shai-Hulud posted:

Yes, phobias aren't rational.

Goons don't understand that. They believe people are rational 100% of the time, and anything less makes them a psychopath.

Zopotantor
Feb 24, 2013

...und ist er drin dann lassen wir ihn niemals wieder raus...

MrUnderbridge posted:

Found my next t shirt.

People will just think it's advertising P&O Ferries.







Yes, I know it's different.

Ellie Crabcakes
Feb 1, 2008

Stop emailing my boyfriend Gay Crungus

Nebrilos posted:

That had to be written ironically, right? Who writes like this:

I'm reminded of

edit:

Okay, no, the person who wrote that was clearly taking the piss
My Favorite Ex worked for LFP in the aughts and one of her duties was writing those letters

Yeah, I'd go over and over drinks and we'd come up with dumb fuckin scenarios that would appeal to the sort of people who were still buying magazines In 2009

She also called me in the middle of the night because Tom Sizemore crashed out on GHB at the Chateau Marmont filming a scene for the sex tape he made to pay off a debt

Amphigory
Feb 6, 2005




And what... Did you need to go and fill in for him or what?

Nebrilos
Oct 9, 2012
One of my friends told me about a business proposition someone had made to her. They wanted her to write badly-written erotica for them to sell. It was important to the business that it was badly written. Apparently that's where the market is? My friend turned them down not because she objected to writing erotica, but because she had too much pride as a writer to produce erotica that was written so badly.


I've figured out what that reminded me of. Someone made a pretentious video game a few years ago called YIIK and they weren't being ironic.

quote:

I sighed as the elevator began to shake, vibrating with motion.

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Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

That doesn't sound too different from Harlequin's model. You can make money writing romance stories for them but there are rules and formulas you're meant to follow to make them all very similar to each other. They're commodities meant to be churned out.

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


imo more people should use the term smexy in their commodity schlock just to shake things up. remember smexy

NLJP
Aug 26, 2004


Lobok posted:

They're commodities meant to be churned out.

:pervert:

Edit: terrible proposal: economics themed erotica

Modal Auxiliary
Jan 14, 2005

Lobok posted:

That doesn't sound too different from Harlequin's model. You can make money writing romance stories for them but there are rules and formulas you're meant to follow to make them all very similar to each other. They're commodities meant to be churned out.

Pretty similar to the current ebook market, too. I've ghostwritten plenty of hot trash to make a quick buck.

freeedr
Feb 21, 2005

I wish I could write but I can barely communicate a regular, straightforward idea. Then again there are lots of people that can’t write well but do it anyway

Nebrilos
Oct 9, 2012

Modal Auxiliary posted:

Pretty similar to the current ebook market, too. I've ghostwritten plenty of hot trash to make a quick buck.

You probably have the most context. Why does the market demand trash?

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

Nebrilos posted:

You probably have the most context. Why does the market demand trash?

In the case of Harlequin I don't think customers are specifically demanding trash but they are requesting a certain kind of story and they demand lots of them. There are new Harlequin novels out every single week, and there are dedicated customers coming in for them each week (not too different from comicbooks when you think about it). So quality takes a dive to satisfy quantity. I imagine it's also much easier on the editors if every story submission isn't someone trying to make a name for themselves, really put their stamp on things, defy conventions, tackle social issues, etc. Just follow the formula.

Tac Dibar
Apr 7, 2009

NLJP posted:

:pervert:

Edit: terrible proposal: economics themed erotica

Please write me some NFT themed erotica. It’s the only way I can get off.

Robobot
Aug 21, 2018

Lobok posted:

In the case of Harlequin I don't think customers are specifically demanding trash but they are requesting a certain kind of story and they demand lots of them. There are new Harlequin novels out every single week, and there are dedicated customers coming in for them each week (not too different from comicbooks when you think about it). So quality takes a dive to satisfy quantity. I imagine it's also much easier on the editors if every story submission isn't someone trying to make a name for themselves, really put their stamp on things, defy conventions, tackle social issues, etc. Just follow the formula.

So, would it be possible for someone to train one of those AI writing things to churn out stories like that and sit back and just let the passive income pour in?

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

It certainly seems like the titles are already generated that way so maybe!

damn horror queefs
Oct 14, 2005

say hello
say hello to the man in the elevator
It's probably cheaper to hire desperate human writers for a pittance than to pay an editor to fix wonky AI prose

Trabant
Nov 26, 2011

All systems nominal.

Tac Dibar posted:

Please write me some NFT themed erotica. It’s the only way I can get off.

The closest we have is:



As usual, Chuck is on the good and correct side.

Crescent Wrench
Sep 30, 2005

The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.
Grimey Drawer


I stumbled upon this plot summary on IMDB and I thought I was having a stroke.

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Crescent Wrench posted:



I stumbled upon this plot summary on IMDB and I thought I was having a stroke.

This reminds me of Garden-path sentences and Escher sentences, which do kind of opposite things but create a similar effect (the former are grammatical and make sense, but don't seem to at first, while the latter are not grammatical or sensical but do seem to be at first).

A garden-path sentence: The horse raced past the barn fell.

An Escher sentence: More people have been to Berlin than I have.

-Zydeco-
Nov 12, 2007


I think this is funny? Maybe?
https://twitter.com/chaostiktoks/status/1491458838792667137
What the hell?

TK-42-1
Oct 30, 2013

looks like we have a bad transmitter



Trabant posted:

The closest we have is:



As usual, Chuck is on the good and correct side.

I love whomever runs the Chuck Tingle persona because they’re not only entertaining they’re pretty solidly on the right side of history. It’s just always a good time.

dog nougat
Apr 8, 2009

NoNotTheMindProbe
Aug 9, 2010
pony porn was here

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Spooder attack. Audio makes this.


https://i.imgur.com/lnN6guf.mp4

EAT

Robobot
Aug 21, 2018

:stonk:

Ahhh! Real Monsters I could see leading to this, but Ed, Edd, and Eddy? People are crazy.

Farquar
Apr 30, 2003

Bjorn you glad I didn't say banana?

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Spooder attack. Audio makes this.


https://i.imgur.com/lnN6guf.mp4

Why are these people being filmed as they watch TV?

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

yaffle posted:

My daughter insists this is a real excerpt from a real book.

https://twitter.com/thesuzannahlee/status/1105644105680519169

I'm "Galloping abs"

The thing I hate most about this is the lack of quotation marks on the dialogue.

Farquar posted:

Why are these people being filmed as they watch TV?

Home security recording or something?

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



Cyrano4747
Sep 25, 2006

Yes, I know I'm old, get off my fucking lawn so I can yell at these clouds.


:same: OP, :same:

freeedr
Feb 21, 2005


Yes, yes, we know

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus



A whole new meaning to two buck chuck.

Knormal
Nov 11, 2001

Farquar posted:

Why are these people being filmed as they watch TV?
The spiders set up a camera system so they know when to attack.

Scratch Monkey
Oct 25, 2010

👰Proč bychom se netěšili🥰když nám Pán Bůh🙌🏻zdraví dá💪?

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
When did disney win the stanley cup

JesustheDarkLord
May 22, 2006

#VolsDeep
Lipstick Apathy

Milo and POTUS posted:

When did disney win the stanley cup

2007?

freeedr
Feb 21, 2005

Milo and POTUS posted:

When did disney win the stanley cup

Disney actually owns the Stanley Cup and lends it out to the champions for specified periods of time. It always has to be returned to Disney for certain parts of the year and the winning team can actually forfeit their championship if they fail to do so

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The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

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