My unified theory is the internet allowed marginalized groups to challenge institutions that were previously able to ignore them, but many of these institutions just got better at talking the talk rather than making the changes sought by those groups, allowing them to easily be pulled to the right.
He keeps eating my shoes
You do not know the power of the Dark Side
Based on that description, it sounds like you're in Seattle.
Will I lose my clearance if I get picked?
To be clear: Chat GPT is really good at reflecting out institutional biases in its output. It’s so good at this that DEI groups should use the fucking thing to audit those values through training the algorithm on the institution.
Unlike human agents, ChatGPT won’t lie about it’s values.
I don’t have student debt but I believe in student debt forgiveness.
I can’t get pregnant but I believe abortion should be legal.
I’m straight and cis but I am pro same-sex marriage and trans rights.
Welcome to It’s Not Always About You 101.
"Logorrhea" is my new favorite word.
one milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them
A peaceful picture of a beautifuk sunset behind a mountain range, with the reflection of the sunset on the still waters of a lake... "You are exactly where you're supposed to be. Because you make terrible decisions." I advise you to make your peace with it, as I have. Life becomes SO much easier once you ACCEPT that you're a fucking idiot whose every move in life has been moronic & wrong & has led directly to this shitshow of a life you have now. Truly, THIS is the Zen way. Buddha would tell you the same thing, I'm convinced of it. Just take a deep, calming breath, look in the mirror, and repeat this affirmation: "I DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING TO ME. NOBODY ELSE DID THIS. I AM THE IMBECILE WHOSE STUPID DECISIONS LED TO THIS CATASTROPHIC SITUATION, AND THE SOONER I ACCEPT THAT I AM DOOMED, THE SOONER I CAN LIE DOWN AND DIE." You're welcome.
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Be at peace with it.
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I needed to hear this. Thanks.
I have very little patience for doomerism in general, which I tend to think is an embarrassment to every ape that ever threw a rock at a bear to protect the tribe. We are social creatures and the work never ends. Doomerism is a selfish concept that aims to destroy solidarity, and thus it is my enemy
This is basically the experience of scrolling Bluesky
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Not enough SF captures the mundanity of The Future. Like Sunday, the day when you remember to recharge your watch, bicycle, books, smoking pipe, headphones, work headphones, keyboard, and car.
"But not your phone?"
"Phones you have to recharge every night."
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Have you seen Alternative 3? 1970s mockumentary in a similar vein.
I dunno if the artist had @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com in mind when he made it, but I think this synthwave remix of Metallica's "Sandman" ought to be Dream's new theme song.
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Most awesomest cover ever! Sandman as synthwave!
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"I understood that reference."
Remember.
That's the other side of it, right? Why noy have some ghost hunters do a seance at Roswell or Area 51 or Hangar 18 and ask the alien ghosts where Elvis went?
I always wonder why people who believe in ghosts and people who believe in aliens don't get into more fights.
pervocracy Me in history class: Wow, humanity has been through some fascinating times! I wonder if I'll ever live through major historical events! Me now: NO NO NO NO NO I WANT TO GET OFF THIS RIDE it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space tr
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPACE TRAVEL!
I want my money back.
"We know things are bad – worse than bad. They’re crazy. It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don’t go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller, and all we say is: ‘Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.'"
I thought you were summoning Gizmoduck.