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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 23m

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 25m

for better or worse Swift is pretty much the popular representative for millennial womanhood and to hear her go hard on "my job is so silly, my boyfriend's is serious and important" sucks! it sucks. especially since they have essentially the same job: entertainment

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 26m

this bums me out so bad, man

david alexander @davidalexander.bsky.social · 2d

but i can and will say stuff like holy shit way to diminish your accomplishments here and for what?

Taylor Swift says she's not playing the #SuperBowl
Halftime Show because "I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field."
"Like, [professional football] is violent chess. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. I am, [for] the whole season, locked in on what that man is doing on the field. Can you imagine if he's out there every single week, putting his life on the line, doing this very dangerous, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport, and I'm like [she puts on a ditzy voice and face], 'I wonder what my choreo should be? I think we should do two verses of "Shake It Up," into "Blank Space," into "Cruel Summer," that would be great!' This has nothing to do with Travis — he would love for me to do it. But I'm just too locked in."
Read more here: https://variety.com/2025/music/news/ taylor-swift-explains-why-shes-not-playing-super-bowl-halftime-fallon-1236541829/

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 48m

or at least, in her prime demo

skelly @iid.bsky.social · 48m

Yeah I suspect the same, though I think---as with the rest of the social elite---she's badly misjudged the level of broad social support for Trumpism

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 59m

it is a really weird situation though. The Sims is one of if not the most successful video game series of all time, makes EA gobs of cash every year, and yet has practically zero competitors not just currently, but historically.

skelly @iid.bsky.social · 1h

I just don't consider it a life sim if you only get one character to control and the career path is pre-determined. like you said, it's a farming sim with a romance mechanic, not a life sim

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 1h

the unfortunate reality is that life sim basically means The Sims right now, other than some mostly text-based obscure games from the last century

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 1h

hyperfocusing on the bread crumbs of life sim components tucked inisde an RPG does not a life sim make

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 1h

the life sim genre is so destitute that people will say with a straight face that Project Zomboid, Stardew Valley, and Rimworld are life sims

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 2h

LMAOOOOOO

skelly @iid.bsky.social · 3h

Oh yeah I mean I do understand, I just think it's very telling that their logic did not extend to the also very real danger of false information being spread through textbooks and the like, because they don't get their information from those sources

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 3h

and then with LLMs, it's like a low pass filter for language. Lately it feels impossible to communicate complex ideas in written English and be understood because the standards for meaning have been degraded, and that does genuinely disturb me. I'm not saying we need Académie française but, hmm

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 3h

I've always been a linguistic descriptivist but I gotta be honest the combination of LLMs and youtubers like Mr. Beast are challenging this belief. Mr Beast--a native speaker--speaks English in such a strange and meaning-resistant way and he's so popular and I don't know guys, I don't know

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 3h

I'm fascinated by how people are very easily able to see the social dangers with Sora where they totally dismissed them with LLMs. Tech boosters not beating the "functionally illiterate" accusations

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tante @tante.cc · 5h

There is a special place in hell for AI boosters who claimed stochastic parrots to be the best thing ever and who now pivot to talking (usually in the form of criti-hype) about the societal dangers of Sora2.

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 4h

I mean is “tee hee what should my choreo be” how SHE understands her work? Surely not right? I mean girl is running like a global music empire at this point, surely this is not her self perception

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 4h

Taylor Swift babbling on about how important and dangerous her finances job is while invalidating the value of her own career is….its dark. We are in the bad times

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

fascinating subheader choices on the dismemberment article wiki editors

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not a lawyer so I don't know how we accomplish this but for my money everything past the stolen appointment is easily illegitimate and all writings of the court since then should be burned on the capitol steps and the entire court disrobed. sorry libs you're going too we're cleaning house

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

it's funny how con law guys will log on like once a month and go "if things don't turn around, the American public might begin to see SCOTUS as illegitimate" and then get buried in the quotes by middle aged libs who want Roberts drawn and quartered

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

quick q what's the alternative to a liberal pope

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

sorry did Stephen Miller actually claim that they're battling antifa in hand to hand combat in the streets. he really is living in 1933

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

fantastic work portland

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

I do think it's pretty crazy that zoomers are very convinced that millennials are peak cringe when the zoomer generational accent is basically streamer/youtuber voice. Like that's going to age so much worse than doggo you guys

skelly @iid.bsky.social · 12h

having spent the last week first reading Taylor Swift fan forums and then The Sims fan forums (got nostalgic) I think I might just hate zoomers

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