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Dead Goon
Dec 13, 2002

No Obvious Flaws



A-woke Hitlter

Dead Goon fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Jan 18, 2023

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smellmycheese
Feb 1, 2016

Lol

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012

Mugsbaloney posted:

Recently read and enjoyed Providence by Alan Moore which had a cool ending where he had a unique take on the proliferation of Lovecraft in culture - is he a chaos magician?

Seems like a remarkable percentage of our artists identify as some sort of sorcerer, brought to mind Patrick Wright's Tank, which had various letters from high up officer types who were all deep into Crowley stuff and conceived of their new tech in those terms.

Been ages since I read Providence. I can't remember if Moore suggests that HPL intended to create a monstrous reality through his works or if he simply provided a framework that others later made manifest. There are several real world occult groups that have adopted Lovecraft as core texts (Grant's Typhonian OTO/Typhonian Order, Illuminates of Thanateros, Esoteric Order of Dagon for 3) which Moore will absolutely be riffing on.

One of those senior officers will have been JFC Fuller, early theorist of tank technology, British fascist and a gushing fan of Crowley - though he quickly publicly distanced himself when Crowley's enthusiastic bisexuality became a matter of public record. There are Thelemites in all sorts of weird places; from father of modern rocketry Jack Parsons to Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, pornstar Sasha Grey and Bob Geldoff's daughter Peaches.

EmptyVessel fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Jan 18, 2023

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Mugsbaloney posted:

IHP is clearly justified in his fear of Italians though, there's an interdimensional horror coming through the sky right there
That's just the calzone.

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


Payndz posted:

Stupid wokey Hitler!

Also I think we have found it: the hottest of hot takes.

https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1615389832678604812?s=46&t=-z3jOCNMLDZ0xIO4GJLDJA

I think if someone said this to me I would punch them in the face harder than I've punched anyone or anything in my life.

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

Andrew Sullivan is a gay republican who supported harassing trans people for being groomers but then pikachu faced when the GOP turned around to call gay people groomers as well.

Because he is really loving stupid.

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!
Hitler redemption arc

Failed Imagineer
Sep 22, 2018

Lmao that gammon baby is good av material

Noxville
Dec 7, 2003

Tesseraction posted:

Unhappy apparently lol



I may not agree with his ideas but at least he’s polite. You angry lefties could learn a thing or two here.

mrpwase
Apr 21, 2010

I HAVE GREAT AVATAR IDEAS
For the Many, Not the Few


The original calm Hitler

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


EmptyVessel posted:

Been ages since I read Providence. I can't remember if Moore suggests that HPL intended to create a monstrous reality through his works or if he simply provided a framework that others later made manifest. There are several real world occult groups that have adopted Lovecraft as core texts (Grant's Typhonian OTO/Typhonian Order, Illuminates of Thanateros, Esoteric Order of Dagon for 3) which Moore will absolutely be riffing on.

One of those senior officers will have been JFC Fuller, early theorist of tank technology, British fascist and a gushing fan of Crowley - though he quickly publicly distanced himself when Crowley's enthusiastic bisexuality became a matter of public record. There are Thelemites in all sorts of weird places; from father of modern rocketry Jack Parsons to Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, pornstar Sasha Grey and Bob Geldoff's daughter Peaches.

Jesus loving Christ Fuller. "Fuller spent his last years believing that the wrong side had won the Second World War." LOL

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!
Ask the Hitler bot about (((George Soros)))

Z the IVth
Jan 28, 2009

The trouble with your "expendable machines"
Fun Shoe

keep punching joe posted:

Hitler redemption arc

Wonder if AI-Gandhi regrets turning the other cheek - "I should have rounded up all the Britishers and burned them in a pit".

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012

forkboy84 posted:

Jesus loving Christ Fuller. "Fuller spent his last years believing that the wrong side had won the Second World War." LOL

Yeah, he was a pretty worthless dude all told. Best thing I can say about him is that his esoteric paintings are pretty cool.
Also lol at "Jesus loving Christ Fuller". Well played.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
I bet money he'd be one of these "Putin will crush the weak woke West within 15 minutes" "Putin's attack on Kiev was actually a very clever feint" "Putin is winning but the fake news won't report it" "Putin's dive out of a window is a mark of strategic genius" guys if he were still alive.

Gambrinus
Mar 1, 2005
I ordered fudge for the first time on Monday and it's already here! I was a bit confused because I was expecting it to be a coat rack but it's all good.

Will report back with reviews later this week.

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012
Lmao
"My coat rack is actually fudge" is delightfully Dadaist out of context.

Guavanaut posted:

I bet money he'd be one of these "Putin will crush the weak woke West within 15 minutes" "Putin's attack on Kiev was actually a very clever feint" "Putin is winning but the fake news won't report it" "Putin's dive out of a window is a mark of strategic genius" guys if he were still alive.

Fuller? Yeah most likely.
Found this description of him in a review of the Tank book "Anti-semitic, anti-homosexual, a devotee of the Tannhauser legend and a believer in ‘survival of the fittest’, Fuller was obsessed with ideas of decadence and national decline, with the ‘intellectual and moral rottenness’ he saw wherever he looked."
Other than possibly the Tannhauser love all that would probably match Putin's worldview so they're logical, unpleasant bedfellows (but not in a gay way ofc!)

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

Gambrinus posted:

I ordered fudge for the first time on Monday and it's already here! I was a bit confused because I was expecting it to be a coat rack but it's all good.

Will report back with reviews later this week.

Camrath please fix your product description

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Payndz posted:

Stupid wokey Hitler!

Also I think we have found it: the hottest of hot takes.

https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1615389832678604812?s=46&t=-z3jOCNMLDZ0xIO4GJLDJA

Fool does not know that there are many people who would view that assertion as a challenge.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Tesseraction posted:

Unhappy apparently lol



"If chatbots are alive what are the ethical implications of resurrecting Hitler as one" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

Failed Imagineer
Sep 22, 2018

EmptyVessel posted:

Lmao
"My coat rack is actually fudge" is delightfully Dadaist out of context.

"As useful as a fudge coatrack"

Labour election motto maybe?

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012
Unfair on fudge imo, it is pleasant whereras Starmerite Labour is ... not.


E: to add

Oh look, Braverman is consistently poo poo shocking no one.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/06/suella-bravermann-plans-to-ditch-key-windrush-pledges

EmptyVessel fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Jan 18, 2023

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

His Divine Shadow posted:

My colleague thinks it's gotten really good at finnish. He's a fluent finnish speaker but it's not his native language (russian). He uses it for bulk translating stuff, then he goes through and rewrites it until it sounds good. It's a big labour saver that way. I do the same when I translate stuff into english. Bulk of it sounds fine, certain stuff and idioms don't translate. It's still less work than writing everything by hand again.

That's with understanding both languages enough to know when it goes wrong, though.

Some phrases just get completely mangled in the translation process, even when I don't deliberately befuddle it. It has a real bad habit of correcting things into wrong phrases it thinks are more common. As the output gets more natural, the input comprehension plummets, as the AI makes guesses to fill in the bits it doesn't know how to interpret.

Meanwhile the Finnish database clearly suffers from the same problem, and it fills in nonsense data, especially for maps, though also for search results and video. The entire system is too certain it sees something it recognizes and then goes on its own fantastical nonsense journey based on what can be described as a gut feeling, completely unaware it doesn't have the information to accurately interpret what it sees. It's like they made a synthetic Guardian journalist.

Desiderata
May 25, 2005
Go placidly amid the noise and haste...

Payndz posted:

Stupid wokey Hitler!

Also I think we have found it: the hottest of hot takes.

https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1615389832678604812?s=46&t=-z3jOCNMLDZ0xIO4GJLDJA

Yet he manages to be a prick, a oval office, an arsehole, and a dickhead all at once.

Biggus Dickus
May 18, 2005

Roadies know where to focus the spotlight.

Going back a bit... Can confirm the Mach-e takes a massive hit in winter weather. We have the AWD ER, and it was showing 220 miles this afternoon at 1⁰C. In summer it would be 300+.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1615659888176205824?s=46&t=OZYStxm-5e9IJdwaiUmT0g

Good lad for apologising. Guess it was a scheduling conflict (or maybe just the London commute).

1965917
Oct 4, 2005

Can someone here do me a solid?

My brother is currently arguing with me over labours voting record.

I'm saying Keir et al vote in lock step with the government, particularly on police/protest/workers rights.

He wants me to provide evidence this is happening, so I'm trying to troll news sites for examples. Not having much luck, other than the latest outrage of the Gender reform bill (gently caress you Keith you spineless twat).

Can anyone provide historic examples?

sinky
Feb 22, 2011



Slippery Tilde

1965917 posted:

Can someone here do me a solid?

My brother is currently arguing with me over labours voting record.

I'm saying Keir et al vote in lock step with the government, particularly on police/protest/workers rights.

He wants me to provide evidence this is happening, so I'm trying to troll news sites for examples. Not having much luck, other than the latest outrage of the Gender reform bill (gently caress you Keith you spineless twat).

Can anyone provide historic examples?

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Labour generally abstains on lovely things the government does rather than voting with them. Unfortunately theyworkforyou doesn't really sort its information helpfully. Apparently they did eventually decide to make a token resistance against the PCSC bill but usually it's things like "oh dear the tories have passes this legislation, how sad, no we won't say we'll repeal it if we get into power"

The objection is generally that even though obviously they don't have the ability to block legislation 99% of the time, they don't really make a coherent argument why most of it is actually bad, and also refuse to commit to do anything about it afterwards. So you're left wondering what the point of them being in power would be.

OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jan 18, 2023

smellmycheese
Feb 1, 2016

Biggus Dickus posted:

Going back a bit... Can confirm the Mach-e takes a massive hit in winter weather. We have the AWD ER, and it was showing 220 miles this afternoon at 1⁰C. In summer it would be 300+.

Batteries are much less efficient in cold weather, yes.

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting

smellmycheese posted:

Batteries are much less efficient in cold weather, yes.

Why are you being a bit of a dick to biggus dickus?

fuctifino
Jun 11, 2001

https://twitter.com/coldwarsteve/status/1615814753946898467

Another CWS masterpiece

Bobby Deluxe
May 9, 2004

Darth Walrus posted:

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1615659888176205824?s=46&t=OZYStxm-5e9IJdwaiUmT0g

Good lad for apologising. Guess it was a scheduling conflict (or maybe just the London commute).
A bunch of Lab types are defending themselves saying they were paired apparently.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Bobby Deluxe posted:

A bunch of Lab types are defending themselves saying they were paired apparently.

Apparently, it was an emergency debate with only 24 minutes of notice, so a lot of MPs just couldn't physically get to the House in time.

Only Kindness
Oct 12, 2016
Amazing how quickly [the] government can move when it wants to.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Melissa McCarthyism posted:

Hellos friends, I suffer from chronic fatigue and have recently returned to work on a phased return. My resistance to physical exercise is improved however my mental fatigue is still present and is hampering my ability to do my job.

I take citalopram for PTSD/depression and have been prescribed fexofenadine for allergies. Both can cause some level of fatigue but not like what I experience when I have symptoms.

I have started a three day week but on day two I can't even read the text on the screen let alone make sense of it. I'm frustrated and afraid I will be unable to work either as much as I need to stay afloat or lose my job entirely.

Cannabis was helping me get through a day before hand but I wasn't sure if it was a help or hinderance so I stopped back in December. After a month I can say it did help me ignore the physical feeling of fatigue and gave me a boost to my mental resilience but also was a liability considering the sensitive nature of my work. I work with families, specifically support for children, and it's important my clients feel they are listened to and supported.

I've suffered fatigue for around six years with long periods of illness then couple months clear. Since pandemic started I had not been ill. Now that we are mixing more, I've gotten Ill again. Doctors advise it's post viral fatigue, even though I don't get Ill as it were. I kind of speedrun illness, I guess, ie if someone was sick with a cold for a week, I would be very ill for one day, explained to me as my immune response being nuclear when it really should not be.

Does anyone have any experience with fatigue and how can I manage this effectively?

Thanks

I can only speak from my own experience with a weakened immune system from cancer surgery, working in mental health for near a decade (HCA/HCSW) and having a friend group that is made up of MH nurses and various other people with hosed up brains.

First up, the little things that can improve focus and combat fatigue. Probably stuff you've already tried, but for the sake of covering bases, I'll give it to you again. If you're struggling to read or focus on work, then do something that can relax your brain a bit. Get up, walk around a bit, talk to a workmate then come back when your brain feels ready to process again. Five minutes of letting your brain relax beats thirty minutes trying to force your brain to comprehend something it can't process right at that moment. You might come back to it and find it easier to deal with if you take that time for yourself. Try and improve your sleep hygiene. Try and go to bed at a reasonable time, avoid caffeine before bed, and avoid high fat foods before you sleep. And get away from the screens. Phones, tablets, computer, TV, anything that gives you the wee dopamine hits that we're all guilty of. Posting is fun, but it ruins reading comprehension. Start reading a book before bed. Mindfulness gets a bad rap because it's basically prescribed as a cure all by the most awful people, but some of it is genuinely useful. Also, try and find out what accommodations your work can make for you. You said that you weren't getting sick during lockdown, so I'm assuming that some of your job can be done from home? Or you could see if adjustments can be made to your work schedule to accommodate you. Maybe you come into the office three days a week once you're fully back to work. See if they can refer you to counselling.

Second, my untrained opinion about antidepressants. Citalopram sucks. Dogshit tier SSRI. Not met many people it worked for. Drugs like Sertraline do the same thing, but better. You might also want to look into Mirtazapine. Not a SSRI and it's great for PTSD, overthinking, obsessive thinking, and it helps with sleep. Just don't stay up 30 minutes after taking it, or you'll eat the entire contents of your fridge. Everyone's body is different, and sometimes it's finding the right antidepressant for you. You did the right thing getting off the weed, its side effects exacerbate everything you're describing.

Lastly and most importantly, remember you're human. It's incredibly difficult to deal with a weakened immune system, or in your case an overactive immune system, and not feel like you're letting people down. Which leads to mental health problems because you start to believe you're not good enough. Which leads to taking more time off. Which becomes a vicious cycle. I know what it's like to work in an environment where you have to be there for people, and you can't do it. It sucks. You have to reassure yourself that you're doing everything your body will allow, and do everything in your power to not add to the problem by beating yourself up. Don't be afraid to lean on the people around you because you're sure as poo poo letting them lean on you. Also remember that I take none of my own advice and nobody else does for themselves. We're allowed to gently caress up our best intentions. You're playing the hand that's been dealt to you, not the one you'd play if your body allowed for everything you wanted it to do.

I hope there's some good advice in this. I struggle with a lot of what you're describing and it's a constant battle. Remember that you're not alone in this and you're doing what you can. I don't know you or the things you go through in your own work but I can almost guarantee that you at 50% is giving more of yourself than a lot of people do who don't have to go through what you do.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad


Did anyone post the new Sleaford Mods with the video by Cold War Steve..? Preferred their last track but the video here for the new one is good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loiI8M3U7gA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FM7XeaSO0M

fuctifino
Jun 11, 2001

https://twitter.com/RoyalMail/status/1615754713487626241

There are whispers that everything might not be back up and running until the end of February.... :toot:

The Perfect Element
Dec 5, 2005
"This is a bit of a... a poof song"

fuctifino posted:

https://twitter.com/RoyalMail/status/1615754713487626241

There are whispers that everything might not be back up and running until the end of February.... :toot:

I basically have no idea what this means or what the implications are.

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Mugsbaloney
Jul 11, 2012

We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job

This poo poo sandwich is lacking a bottom

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