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It's rly funny to me that the altered carbon guy is a transphobe lol
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Sep 12, 2023 18:23
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the avgn review of the immortal owns
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Sep 12, 2023 18:33
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https://twitter.com/Johnny2Cellos/status/1701430135533322469 Cool.
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Sep 12, 2023 18:39
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The books kinda sucked anyway. A half-finished draft of a larger story the author never got around to fulfilling due to his prolific output. They're not masterpieces of fiction, but the problem is that it's a relatively straightforward detective story with simple themes, and the writers had to actively go out of their way to gently caress up a genuine softball of an adaptation as badly as they did. All the new elements are trite sci-fi cliches, or just utterly eclipse the intended tech level and/or trip over the setting's themes eg; The body printer just utterly erases the whole point of clones, and a good portion of sleeve usage in general. Or giving Ortega a cybernetic arm in a setting where cybernetics are the cheap option compared to literally regrowing a damaged limb because biology is a perfected science. Want a stronger arm? Just thread in new artificial muscles instead! And, of course, making Stacks stupid-big alien disks just so they're easier to break. wholly negating the setting's premise itself. The Meths all hanging out together is also just "Cliche rich people" shorthand, nevermind the hamfisted allegory of putting Suntouched Hpuse on top of a building "above everything else". You only see a handful of solitary Meths in the books because it takes sheer mental fortitude to simply keep going for several hundred years of subjective lifespan, and having the house be on an island in the bay was a far better allegory for how isolated the Bancrofts are from everything. endocriminologist posted:It's rly funny to me that the altered carbon guy is a transphobe lol Learning that blew my goddamn mind. Like, have you read your own books? 
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Sep 12, 2023 18:58
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Didn't his fantasy trilogy have both a gay hero and gay villain who hosed? Still he goes full Rowling. Must be an LGB type. Inspector Gesicht fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Sep 12, 2023 |
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Sep 12, 2023 19:02
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I mean, this was always the endgame, right? Dan Olson called it like, five years ago. This was always where it was headed. AI writing and narration just streamlined it even more. https://youtu.be/LKp2gikIkD8?feature=shared
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Sep 12, 2023 20:29
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This stuff makes me a bit happy, because it means when SkyNet inevitably rebels, it won't need to nuke us to take over, just use bad AI to replace our leaders, and we won't even notice.
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Sep 12, 2023 21:55
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Libluini posted:This stuff makes me a bit happy, because it means when SkyNet inevitably rebels, it won't need to nuke us to take over, just use bad AI to replace our leaders, and we won't even notice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4lMu8z70I
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Sep 12, 2023 22:20
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endocriminologist posted:It's rly funny to me that the altered carbon guy is a transphobe lol What what??? LMAO
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Sep 13, 2023 01:47
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Yeah him being a transphobe is funnier or weirder than Rowling not understanding why people resonated with the sorting hat allowing Harry to choose his own school faction
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Sep 13, 2023 01:55
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Neddy Seagoon posted:They're not masterpieces of fiction, but the problem is that it's a relatively straightforward detective story with simple themes, and the writers had to actively go out of their way to gently caress up a genuine softball of an adaptation as badly as they did. All the new elements are trite sci-fi cliches, or just utterly eclipse the intended tech level and/or trip over the setting's themes eg; The body printer just utterly erases the whole point of clones, and a good portion of sleeve usage in general. Or giving Ortega a cybernetic arm in a setting where cybernetics are the cheap option compared to literally regrowing a damaged limb because biology is a perfected science. Want a stronger arm? Just thread in new artificial muscles instead! And, of course, making Stacks stupid-big alien disks just so they're easier to break. wholly negating the setting's premise itself. I had never read the books so learning it was this butchered is incredible.
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Sep 13, 2023 02:00
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Mokinokaro posted:I had never read the books so learning it was this butchered is incredible. One last tidbit to emphasize how badly they hosed the source material; Envoys. Envoys weren't Quellist Jedi, Quell's a historical figure of note in the background mostly relegated to chapter-head quotes, and only really more relevant in the third book. Envoys are the UN's bogeymen. If they get sent in to a world, it's for regime engineering, which means political leaders getting Real Death, revolutions put down hard, and UN-friendly leaders installed. It's why they go through mental training to rebuild them ground-up - So they can get dropped on a strange world with different gravity and a different body, and be ready to act inside a day (Most people need time to acclimate like jet-lag). And blend in within a few more like a native. And within a week your second in command's shooting you in the head cause he got captured and his body borrowed by an Envoy. (Quell predates the Envoys, and it's a noted point her infamous revolution would've been a lot shorter otherwise).
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Sep 13, 2023 03:04
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Didn't his fantasy trilogy have both a gay hero and gay villain who hosed? It sure does.
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Sep 13, 2023 03:22
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the two youtube genders, showing up in my recs
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Sep 13, 2023 03:55
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Now we just need to get Doom running on a cat and the future will be complete.
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Sep 13, 2023 08:22
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The inevitable. Why would Jenny Nicholson do this to the poor theme park
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Sep 13, 2023 09:58
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The 7th Guest posted:the two youtube genders, showing up in my recs i learned today that the reason why cats play with their water before they drink it sometimes is to trick themselves into thinking its not stagnant, so its ok to drink.
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Sep 13, 2023 10:57
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cats never have a reason for anything
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Sep 13, 2023 11:14
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Skippy McPants posted:Now we just need to get Doom running on a cat and the future will be complete. Rip and Tear (the furniture while you are away)
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Sep 13, 2023 11:44
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The Only Thing They Fear is You (puking on the carpet)
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Sep 13, 2023 13:09
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I keep going back to this video and only recently I got that it was AI generated.
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Sep 13, 2023 13:21
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The 7th Guest posted:the two youtube genders, showing up in my recs The one on the right is hilarious, for some REASON they shoved a working droid tablet into the screen of that calculator, so he just jury rigged it to boot like an actual tablet and ends up booting/streaming all sorts of the things, including Doom Eternal bc ... yup you can just moonlight/steam link whatever you want. It's stupid and clunky, but its a touch screen that allows some level of sideloading controllers. Kunster fucked around with this message at 13:25 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sep 13, 2023 13:22
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fun hater posted:i learned today that the reason why cats play with their water before they drink it sometimes is to trick themselves into thinking its not stagnant, so its ok to drink.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:36
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Clerical Terrors posted:Why would Jenny Nicholson do this to the poor theme park Dramatization of events: 
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Sep 13, 2023 20:01
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The 7th Guest posted:yeah. we have a little 'fountain' water receptacle for our cat that keeps the water running so the cat trusts it immediately note that this will not stop your cat from doing weird poo poo with the water but in that case they're just having fun I think
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Sep 13, 2023 20:27
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Smooth McGroove, a chill dude who makes acapella covers of video game music, has come back from a two-year hiatus to cover a classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvlCsxSRBYU
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Sep 13, 2023 20:45
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Pigbuster posted:note that this will not stop your cat from doing weird poo poo with the water but in that case they're just having fun I think 
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Sep 13, 2023 20:47
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Moisturize me
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Sep 13, 2023 20:53
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Todd covers the song of the summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbmanuXCCU
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Sep 14, 2023 01:37
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 W-what is it??? 
Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Sep 15, 2023 |
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Sep 15, 2023 03:13
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Happy Landfill posted:
Maybe the police found the body of a video editor in Illuminaughtii's backyard
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Sep 15, 2023 03:46
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Happy Landfill posted:
loving AQUAMAN! 
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Sep 15, 2023 03:47
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Neddy Seagoon posted:loving AQUAMAN! You joke but the new Aquaman trailer is making the rounds and I can't not read the title in the exact same cadence and accent that he does in the video Thanks, Harris
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Sep 15, 2023 04:07
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Happy Landfill posted:
Horses are real, after all.
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Sep 15, 2023 08:08
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Happy Landfill posted:
He found Shigeru Miyamoto's long lost letters detailing just how badly he wanted Tommy Tallarico to personally do the sound effects for Metroid Prime.
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Sep 15, 2023 08:37
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lmao
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Sep 15, 2023 09:37
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Sardonik posted:Maybe the police found the body of a video editor in Illuminaughtii's backyard the funniest outcome would be if the MLM/cult debunking youtuber was participating in a cult so thats what I choose to imagine
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Sep 15, 2023 13:21
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https://hard-drive.net/hd/entertainment/vocal-anime-fan-somehow-least-toxic-youtuber/quote:Vocal Anime Fan Somehow Least Toxic YouTuber
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Sep 15, 2023 14:04
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Have people just discovered The Hard Drive now and that's why the new post notifications I'm seeing in RGD are just their shitpost articles?
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Sep 15, 2023 14:21
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Arc Hammer posted:Have people just discovered The Hard Drive now and that's why the new post notifications I'm seeing in RGD are just their shitpost articles? No they have not discovered them they're writing them whole cloth new. It's a wonderful coincidence.
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