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Of Dough Pops and Dichromatic Panes ♔
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For archival purposes. Everything else is an extra passing cloud of obsession.

No follow-for-follow games. May in fact never check out follow notifications, well, at least after all the unpacking is finally done.
The brain-computer meshing provides an explanatory basis for the usual soul transmigration tropes. Still, it would been great if they could brainstorm non-tropey ways to achieve the same desired outcomes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The full unsolicited literary reference for #SquidGame.
July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Disagreeing most with #3. The nature of repetition should tie in with the mechanism of violence perpetuation in late-stage capitalism and societal degeneration, and repeated simple lines has nothing to do with that mechanism. Evil can take on many more guises. Obvious CGI undermines spectacle.
July 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
3.
"[The] treatment of repeated dialogue, character archetypes, and CGI as mere “flaws” evinces a superficial engagement with the medium’s formal strategies. Repetition and spectacle function narratively to underscore cyclical violence and social desensitization[...]"
So we're unfair to #SquidGame3?
July 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
2.
"[T]his post is like someone trying to write an art-house film about a reality show. You took a brutal, complex narrative and turned it into an inspirational, pastel-colored, starfish-throwing daydream. It’s like trying to turn Game of Thrones into a bedtime story about dragons and lost love."
July 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
AI roasting of the thoughts on #SquidGame

1.
"Gi-hun is not your personal activist hero. He’s a pawn in a game. The sooner we all realize that, the better. Activism is not a starfish rescue mission; it’s not about slinging metaphors around hoping someone’s going to catch on."
July 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
In related news, where's this secret, hopefully for H's sake organic heaven on Earth that has de-aged 1987-er #RyuDeokhwan so much in #HeavenlyEverAfter it looks like he's dispatched some 2007-er son to role-play a remake of High School King of Savvy set in the drama industry?
June 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Cognitive de-aging is really supported by the article as the authors also conducted studies suggesting that a stimulating environment reversed DNA methylation changes in old mice.
June 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Will the typical consumer complete their own exit someday as they follow self-rescue missions from one show to another? Ha! Book idea here, Ricken.

#Severance #LGIEF
February 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM