The emperor isn't a simpleton who was tricked into going out nude. He's an exhibitionist who self pleasures while perving the poor public on presumptive penalty of permanent puncturing.
This is why I've thrown Hanlon's Razor clear outta my toolbox when it comes to politics. When it coms to destructive potential, there is no difference between saboteurs and simpletons. Save for one. For some reason, we give simpletons pity. Pity and multiple chances to ruin everything. Little wonder there's a race to the bottom.
I'm done giving the benefit of the doubt. Stupidity is the perfect mask for malice, and even when it isn't, people NEED to be held responsible, at the very least so that they LEARN!
I recently read a story that described a vampire as having eyes with red whites. I didn't expect to see a perfect visual representation of such a thing.
That's all wa and good, until you're reduced to a replaceable cog in a soulless, corrupted machine that cares nothing for your well being or sanity. Not that we don't need more community building in the Western world, but I've seen where Japan's collectivist ideology goes, and I want no part of that either.
Were they admitting to it? I know Doctor-Patient confidentiality is a thing, but that seems like a bridge too far.
"You can't touch me!"
Just hearing that boils my blood. Our society is so pathetically, pathologically opposed to confrontation and conflict, these parasites think that they're literally untouchable.
Seriously, how many problems would be solved if people had to seriously worry about getting socked in the jaw for being an asshat? From lawyers to hoodlums, the power of passive-aggression and counting on "Nobody can touch me because society!" has to stop! If the polite means of stopping evil are going to be abused and ruined, we're going to end up in a world where things are going to be a lot less polite in a hurry.
Talk about your black-and-white morality.
I find it very telling, that they used to include new stuff to make re-releases worth getting. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe having all the original 8's DLC, the New Funky Mode in Tropical Freeze, Bowser's Fury, etc. And now they're expecting you to pay full price+ just for the original content. It's absurd!
Hey, I've seen this one before, it's a classic!
Oh joy. Like the current "headcanon" fandoms haven't atomized the concept of a shared experience enough already....
I wonder how fast you'd get obliterated for calling Muslims Ramadan Worshippers.
This is refreshing to see, to say the least. There's a part of me that's glad that this is going to tick off so many people, but most of me is depressed that this is going to tick off so many people. This shouldn't be a contentious thing to say in the United States of America!
Telling, ain't it?
There's a time for plowshares and there's a time for swords. And my watch says it's sadly sword o'clock.
I remember watching The Incredibles 2 in theater and being struck by how diverse all the crowd shots were. Honestly, it was the least of that movie's myriad issues, but it stands out to me that it... stood out to me.
Really, its telling to look at older media and compare it to its contemporaries to see the obvious shift. The Wallace and Gromit movie, with the Were-Rabbit, had a monoethnic cast. Then the Telltale Games had a single Indian shopkeeper, not too out of place. Then you look at trailers for the new movie that came out last year, and BAM, diversity everywhere! No, YOU'RE the bigot for noticing!
One of my art teachers once told me that the way you develop a style is to find things you like that other people have made, steal them for yourself, and make them your own. Things that we consider "Original" tend to rely more on the unique perspective of the storyteller than the components of the story itself.
I think of Tolkien. He set out to create a mythology, and he succeeded with flying colors. But he built it off of other mythologies and languages that he studied and learned from. Look at hobbits. The idea of little people who live in caves and burrows wasn't exactly new. But making them civilized and having well-maintained, comfortable homes puts a clever new spin on the concept, making them both familiar and alien at the same time.
I think of games. Nobody would say that the New Super Mario Bros games feel bad to play, but people got sick of them around NSMBU, because they were becoming stale and repetitive. Then Super Mario Bros Wonder comes out, and played almost the same way. But the new presentation and mixing in new (and forgotten) concepts and mechanics breathed new life into the series! Sometimes, all it takes is a new perspective on the same, solid foundation to make it feel original and fresh.
Making something "original" usually boils down to taking something and presenting it from a new angle that isn't often considered. So don't worry about being "unoriginal." If the bar for originality was truly "Has never been seen before in the history of the world!" than nonsensical modern "art" would truly be the peak of culture.
It's the sort of thing where a human director to push the AI where it needs to go would make it pop off even better.
Genuinely depressing to see. I miss the days when you could look at these things and have fun, instead of seeing a bunch of broken, sad individuals.
I mean, they were probably broken, sad individuals from the word go. But at least we were actually having fun instead of reveling in brokenness!
The visual effects are just... gross looking. Like, in some shots, I can kinda, sorta see the appeal of up-rezzing Minecraft characters and seeing them do wacky things, even if the designs are ugly as sin to me. And then the humans come into play and everything looks like a horrible green-screen. It looks like the humans, the mobs, and the environments were all generated completely independently and then poorly compiled
But it's making a billion dollars. So what do I know?
Chemotherapy.
The reason they're upset is because they realize they're the cancer.
On the one hand, it's impressive to see how far it's come.
On the other hand, it's still lightyears away from being acceptable on its own merits.
On the third hand, there was nothing innovative or new added that wasn't already in classic Tom and Jerry shorts. Everything about it looked recycled in the worst way.
If someone ever actually makes a full show using AI, it might be an interesting novelty, but it'll also clearly be operating above its grasp.
I've personally always thought the real problem with Jurrasic Park was less "We recreated dinosaurs." and more "We were flippant about recreating dinosaurs."
They lie because they know that they get off easy if they're mistaken for a fool instead of the monster that they are.