shirts and skins posted:

Phlebas is the first, obviously, but if I'm introducing someone to the series I point them to Player of Games first

shyduck posted:

When I was 5 or 6 I thought I was insane, but I'm 52 and very rich, but also still insane

shyduck posted:

Elon is apparently anti-Adderall and calls it an "anger amplifier"

shyduck posted:

Elon is apparently anti-Adderall and calls it an "anger amplifier"

shyduck posted:

the vomiting is a feature

Maed posted:

don't lump that fucktard in with us, if he was adhd then all those uppers he takes would calm him down and make him actually do some work instead of whatever the gently caress he does. whenever I tried cocaine I was so confused cause it didn't make me euphoric or any of those effects, just made me clean my apartment finally

moist turtleneck posted:

https://twitter.com/esjesjesj/status/1686151545132392448?t=LOnJ-gn1rRHB3xQKR_HMVw&s=19

shyduck posted:

He also has a thing against Wellbutrin for some reason

Kill Dozed posted:

Ya, but Dark Forest has that weird subplot where Luo Ji makes the government go out and bring him his perfect waifu

yospos posted:

Gurgeh stared at the space chess. He considered moving the space king over to the space rook, but then he didn't. Instead, he moved it to the right. He nodded. The robot flew over, and said something snippy. Gurgeh chuckled, then sighed. "Robot," he said, "please fly away." The robot made a light from its head and then flew away.

Gurgeh stared at the board. He reflected that the best games were the games that were so hard. And that what this game was. Where would he move the space piece next?

"Well, Gurgeh!" harrumphed the space alien. "Perhaps now you see that the game is so hard?" Gurgeh nodded. The game was so hard. That night, he thought about the space board. He glanded a drug that made the game less hard, but even then, it was still so hard. Gurgeh was immortal and rich, but still he didn't want to lose, because it would be better to win. But the game was so hard.

The robot flew over. "Gurgeh!" said the robot. If you don't win, there will be a space murder, and maybe a space rape!" Gurgeh was appalled. "I must win the space game," he said. He sighed.

The next day, the alien bragged: "I will win the space game! I am the best at winning the space game!" Gurgeh sighed. But then Gurgeh saw what he would do: instead of moving the space piece to the left, he would move it forward. The alien was so surprised. "But... but the game is supposed to be so hard!" But Gurgeh was very smart. He moved the piece again, and in a way that was so smart.

"NOOOOO," shouted the space alien. Gurgeh had made the best move. He had made the best space move. The robot congratulated him, and the girl wanted to have sex with him. "Well," thought Gurgeh, "I will have sex with her. I am, after all... THE PLAYER OF GAMES."

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Player of games is good.

MockingQuantum posted:

yeah this, Player of Games does a better job of introducing the Culture and Minds and Special Circumstances. Phlebas just feels like wacky sci-fi poo poo without some of that context, it's much better if it's not the first one your read imo

Saltpowered posted:

I still believe that his elementary teachers were correct and he has some sort of cognitive issue beyond “grew up rich.” Being rich exacerbated the problem but I don’t think he’s capable of understanding things correctly. His obsession with X for 20+ years is not just someone holding onto a bad idea, it’s him being incapable of processing it’s a bad idea. The man has legitimately never had a good idea.

Years of brain altering drugs have only made this worse.

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Player of games is good.

quote:

Free expression is fundamental to a healthy functioning global society – and if it’s taken away, it’s almost impossible to get back. That’s why we will continue to stand up for people’s rights, including the over half a billion of you who turn to our platform continually.

Free expression and platform safety are not at odds. Despite our continued progress, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and its backers have been actively working to assert false and misleading claims about X and actively working to prevent public dialogue.

That’s why X has filed a legal claim against the CCDH and its backers.

Read more about it here: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/c

Just a Moron posted:

He very well could be genuinely autistic or have some other cluster of learning disabilities

Rynn posted:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wegovy-weight-loss-injection-used-230300112.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadelphia/news/weight-loss-drugs-wegovy-ozempic-stomach-paralysis/

That’d be a shame if he had stomach paralysis. real shame.

Diabetic posted:

He doesn't know/understand that people have ideas all the time, they just don't say them because they're not loving stupid.

Durf posted:

“You laugh at me because I am different, I laugh at you because you are all the same” - Elon Musk

Nitrousoxide posted:

Maybe, but he doesn't have some of the hallmarks of autism spectrum like difficulty in making eye contact or conversing with people; hyper fixation on a topic; or dislike of being touched.

shyduck posted:

Elon is apparently anti-Adderall and calls it an "anger amplifier"

Feels Villeneuve posted:

https://www.drugs.com/comments/methamphetamine/

Durf posted:

“You laugh at me because I am different, I laugh at you because you are all the same” - Elon Musk

Durf posted:

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

https://twitter.com/X/status/1686220344040828928?s=20

lmao

Horseshoe theory posted:

Couldn't they just counter with an anti-SLAAP claim?

quote:

As you know, CCDH recently published an article concerning the proliferation of hate speech on Twitter and the company’s failure to address it. That article involved CCDH’s review of 100 hateful tweets that contained racist, homophobic, neo-Nazi, antisemitic, or conspiracy content—i.e., content that plainly violates Twitter’s own policies in this regard. One tweet, for example, stated that “black culture has done more damage [than] the [Ku Klux] [K]lan ever did.”

Another referenced the white supremacist ideology known as “replacement theory,” claiming that “[t]he Jewish Mafia wants to replace us all with brown people.” And yet another explicitly encouraged violence against the LGBTQ+ community, suggesting that LGBTQ+ rights activists need “IRON IN THEIR DIET. Preferably from a #AFiringSquad.” CCDH staff reported all 100 tweets using Twitter’s own designated reporting tool. Four days later, 99 of the 100 tweets identified by CCDH remained available on Twitter.

Just a Moron posted:

Yeah I was just thinking of his fixation on 'X' but that can easily just be immaturity and spite.

If I wanted to be charitable I would say the rest of that stuff can be masked, but I don't so I won't.

Durf posted: