The Proud Lone Wolf
@theproudlonewolf.bsky.social
Lover of 90s music, movies and culture. Frequent patron of New England orchards and gift shops. Fiercely individual.
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Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
They discontinued this...WHY???
Find the ingredients, fire up the grill and give me one!
Find the ingredients, fire up the grill and give me one!
Dunkin Donuts Tailgater Sandwich (2015-2015): Released for the Fall menu and marketed towards football fans to "evoke the flavors of tailgating," this breakfast sandwich featured an egg, a split smoked sausage, American cheese, peppers and onions, and ancho chipotle sauce on a French bread roll
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They discontinued this...WHY???
Find the ingredients, fire up the grill and give me one!
Find the ingredients, fire up the grill and give me one!
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A reminder:
This is the future we could have had.
But nooooooo.
Industries had to latch on to the "everyone wants to live in a minimalist iStore" aesthetic...
This is the future we could have had.
But nooooooo.
Industries had to latch on to the "everyone wants to live in a minimalist iStore" aesthetic...
All I want for Christmas is a $32K spaceship recliner pod from Neiman Marcus, 1982.
December 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A reminder:
This is the future we could have had.
But nooooooo.
Industries had to latch on to the "everyone wants to live in a minimalist iStore" aesthetic...
This is the future we could have had.
But nooooooo.
Industries had to latch on to the "everyone wants to live in a minimalist iStore" aesthetic...
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I don't think they have many pubs in the desert, Steve? Be careful.
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I don't think they have many pubs in the desert, Steve? Be careful.
Still stewing over a bad social interaction.
Something I said was misunderstood and seen as inappropriate when I don't see how it could possibly be misunderstood. But it was, and it had to be my fault, not theirs, and yadda yadda yadda...
I am beyond tired of this happening all throughout my life.
Something I said was misunderstood and seen as inappropriate when I don't see how it could possibly be misunderstood. But it was, and it had to be my fault, not theirs, and yadda yadda yadda...
I am beyond tired of this happening all throughout my life.
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Still stewing over a bad social interaction.
Something I said was misunderstood and seen as inappropriate when I don't see how it could possibly be misunderstood. But it was, and it had to be my fault, not theirs, and yadda yadda yadda...
I am beyond tired of this happening all throughout my life.
Something I said was misunderstood and seen as inappropriate when I don't see how it could possibly be misunderstood. But it was, and it had to be my fault, not theirs, and yadda yadda yadda...
I am beyond tired of this happening all throughout my life.
Hey guys, the AI has a special Kool-Aid recipe for you!
December 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hey guys, the AI has a special Kool-Aid recipe for you!
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We're living in an age where if someone fucks up, and people let them know, their default response is to double, triple, and quadruple down. Learning and correcting is out of the question.
It's happened so often for so long I feel like there needs to be a well-funded global investigation.
It's happened so often for so long I feel like there needs to be a well-funded global investigation.
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We're living in an age where if someone fucks up, and people let them know, their default response is to double, triple, and quadruple down. Learning and correcting is out of the question.
It's happened so often for so long I feel like there needs to be a well-funded global investigation.
It's happened so often for so long I feel like there needs to be a well-funded global investigation.
If I'm shitposting, sorry, I'm having an emotional episode and drinking in the AM.
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If I'm shitposting, sorry, I'm having an emotional episode and drinking in the AM.
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"Doors should have handles that work without electricity" is for some reason a hot take
Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns
From 2027, cars sold in China must have manual door releases after electronic handles failing during crashes. Tesla and other brands will need design changes.
www.autoblog.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Doors should have handles that work without electricity" is for some reason a hot take
The relatively good news is, the gaming industry is losing money like crazy. So maybe they'll learn from the below and go back to what worked.
Or, they won't, and they'll be replaced by newcomers that do.
Or, they won't, and they'll be replaced by newcomers that do.
And now I miss my DS that was small to carry, clever, fun, didn’t need to connect to any service to turn on, and had no micro transactions.
December 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The relatively good news is, the gaming industry is losing money like crazy. So maybe they'll learn from the below and go back to what worked.
Or, they won't, and they'll be replaced by newcomers that do.
Or, they won't, and they'll be replaced by newcomers that do.
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And now I miss my DS that was small to carry, clever, fun, didn’t need to connect to any service to turn on, and had no micro transactions.
December 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
And now I miss my DS that was small to carry, clever, fun, didn’t need to connect to any service to turn on, and had no micro transactions.
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More 2D hand-drawn movies
Less 3D CGI movies
Less 3D CGI movies
More 100% animated movies!
Fewer “live action yet 90% animated” movies!
Fewer “live action yet 90% animated” movies!
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
More 2D hand-drawn movies
Less 3D CGI movies
Less 3D CGI movies
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Ah, found the quote:
Paris: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional.
Tuvok: And completely superfluous.
Paris: Maybe to you. I am tired of tapping panels. For once, I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I'm piloting.
--ST: Voyager, "Extreme Risk" (1998)
Paris: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional.
Tuvok: And completely superfluous.
Paris: Maybe to you. I am tired of tapping panels. For once, I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I'm piloting.
--ST: Voyager, "Extreme Risk" (1998)
Omg like a touchscreen for basic car controls: WHY
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Ah, found the quote:
Paris: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional.
Tuvok: And completely superfluous.
Paris: Maybe to you. I am tired of tapping panels. For once, I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I'm piloting.
--ST: Voyager, "Extreme Risk" (1998)
Paris: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional.
Tuvok: And completely superfluous.
Paris: Maybe to you. I am tired of tapping panels. For once, I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I'm piloting.
--ST: Voyager, "Extreme Risk" (1998)
I'll see your 2009 and raise you 1999.
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'll see your 2009 and raise you 1999.
"AI is the future!" is becoming one of those weird self-destructive cults. And like those weird self-destructive cults, it should have culled itself long ago, but somehow it just keeps going and getting ever weirder.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"AI is the future!" is becoming one of those weird self-destructive cults. And like those weird self-destructive cults, it should have culled itself long ago, but somehow it just keeps going and getting ever weirder.
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Pictured: pro-AI workers making processes to automate their work, then being laid off.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Pictured: pro-AI workers making processes to automate their work, then being laid off.
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1957, Tom Sims and Bela Zaboly
December 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
1957, Tom Sims and Bela Zaboly
Something I still struggle with as an adult. I don't want this now, but I might want it later...
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Something I still struggle with as an adult. I don't want this now, but I might want it later...
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Homestar keeps messin with all my Decemberween gadgets!! He left this jaunty, janky pixel prance on my Astro-Lite 5700!
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Homestar keeps messin with all my Decemberween gadgets!! He left this jaunty, janky pixel prance on my Astro-Lite 5700!
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Steve claims the roll was looking at him funny?
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Steve claims the roll was looking at him funny?
That will be an odd tale for my niece and nephew, how Redbox took off and killed video stores, and then streaming took off and killed Redbox.
It wasn't that long ago that you could head to McDonald's for dinner and rent a DVD to watch at home.
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That will be an odd tale for my niece and nephew, how Redbox took off and killed video stores, and then streaming took off and killed Redbox.
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makin his way down town
September 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
makin his way down town