the post-covid revolt of the bosses is the biggest factor in the absolute collapse of public support for tech
we had a brief window of genuine worker power and they hated it and their primary goal with AI has been to break the workforce so they never have to deal with it again
8) SV has really screwed up a number of marketing-related things lately, AI chief among them. They don’t appear to have even been correct about it slashing headcount, but what a world-historic idiot thing to lead with anyway.
the spiritually fried are true nihilists. handwaving your direct involvement in pain and death in the real world by imagining peace in a fantasy realm. reducing life to the subplot of a fuzzy cosmic dream, zonked out under a blanket, partying with c listers, bad music, bad comedy. disgusting freak
wow lotta dorks upset about being called “spreadsheet people” - i’m over here with the hotties at the “email people” table where we all pretend to do work
The modern era is full of the bizarre argumentative phenomenon of aggressive fragility. Instead of puffing oneself up as strong, one posits oneself as glass-doll weak, such that any opposition (any talk one dislikes existing) is to be seen as unethical attack. Literally pathetic.
We asked our legal department a question the other day about specific document retention and their answer was, "I asked our internal AI and it has no idea what you're talking about. Good luck and please remember to follow our policies." Zero follow up. Lol.
Honestly 😭 if U celebrating 4th of July today fuck your ignorant dumbas[piece of black mold from my ceiling falls in my mouth and my pupils get all small] Fucked ET last night. Came in 5 strokes. I was shook. Whole thing felt like a pussy
Please bear witness to my humanity and take some small portion of it for yourself. Return the favor to someone else later when you can.
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I can't take this anymore! *raises hand to snap fingers that activates sKill 3 which drops a meteor on your dumb ass that lands one stun and two burn debuffs that does devastating damage on your next turn, killing you violently on your turn*
everyday i wake up and i-WhaATWHATWHATWHATWUHWHATWUHATWUAWOAHwutWuwuwuwuwaoiwwuawauw8aw98a9w8eeuw47y5e45ureyuerhy4yghyhwyawyegsyuwytqgeyuryufdaerygryguhjertuhiukjewrjrk33juiu3i3ui*ahem*LIKE WUHWHWHAUYUUUU***@*@*@@*@*@*@*@@*@*@*@*@@*@*@***@**@@*@*@*
I went to have cocktails to celebrate the giant meat grinder but then someone turned on the giant meat grinder and it was really loud and scary. and you're laughing
Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.
Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.
videogames are crumbling under the weight of billionaire psychos, TCGs have been entirely overrun by collectors driving up prices to infeasibility, TTRPGs are the refuge of former theater kids (derogatory)
there's only one safe space left: spending too much money on warhammer
I asked Mewgenics' creator, Edmund McMillen, about all the touchy topics bubbling up in the game's discourse.
Why that title?
How has he changed since his early days of making provocative browser games like Dead Baby Dressup?
Why does he use real birth defects and disorders in his games?
GANDALF: (throws Vibram FiveFingers shoes into fireplace)
FRODO: What are you doing?!
GANDALF: (pulls them out unharmed) Put them on. Don't worry, they're quite cool.
I've known @nachristakis.bsky.social, a scientist and humanist, virtually my entire professional career in the context of being a strong educator, devoted spouse and parent. He’s always struck me as a kind, thoughtful, curious, and humane person. (2/8)