Zerk Dungbit
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Stuck-up Twitter expat on a journey of learning and personal growth
The system that lead to the death of George Floyd is, in a very real way, the same system now threatening to invade Greenland, and the same system inspiring and propping up regional tyrants like Orban.
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The system that lead to the death of George Floyd is, in a very real way, the same system now threatening to invade Greenland, and the same system inspiring and propping up regional tyrants like Orban.
Yes, this. It is not surprising that people in Europe care about US issues when those issues (+ linked/downstream issues and rhetoric surrounding those issues) exist in a causal chain which affects them.
By now especially it should be obvious why they'd care about stability and justice in the US.
By now especially it should be obvious why they'd care about stability and justice in the US.
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Yes, this. It is not surprising that people in Europe care about US issues when those issues (+ linked/downstream issues and rhetoric surrounding those issues) exist in a causal chain which affects them.
By now especially it should be obvious why they'd care about stability and justice in the US.
By now especially it should be obvious why they'd care about stability and justice in the US.
Unless... there really is a "Whiskey Fridays" production coming, and this was just a lead-up sleight-of-hand in marketing?
Now that might really be dastardly and masterful.
Now that might really be dastardly and masterful.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Unless... there really is a "Whiskey Fridays" production coming, and this was just a lead-up sleight-of-hand in marketing?
Now that might really be dastardly and masterful.
Now that might really be dastardly and masterful.
Right, but a critical piece of context is that the next attempt does not exist in a vacuum. The medium is now tainted by association.
Call it the "one goat" effect - The next attempt is going to also make the audience think of "Whiskey Fridays" instead of whatever the target is.
Call it the "one goat" effect - The next attempt is going to also make the audience think of "Whiskey Fridays" instead of whatever the target is.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Right, but a critical piece of context is that the next attempt does not exist in a vacuum. The medium is now tainted by association.
Call it the "one goat" effect - The next attempt is going to also make the audience think of "Whiskey Fridays" instead of whatever the target is.
Call it the "one goat" effect - The next attempt is going to also make the audience think of "Whiskey Fridays" instead of whatever the target is.
The world design of 2 is worse, but it handles way better in mechanical "playable video game" terms.
DS1 looks iconic and I remember those levels by heart even now, but I'm always very disillusioned when I actually replay it. Movesets are basic, and everything feels delayed, like moving underwater.
DS1 looks iconic and I remember those levels by heart even now, but I'm always very disillusioned when I actually replay it. Movesets are basic, and everything feels delayed, like moving underwater.
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The world design of 2 is worse, but it handles way better in mechanical "playable video game" terms.
DS1 looks iconic and I remember those levels by heart even now, but I'm always very disillusioned when I actually replay it. Movesets are basic, and everything feels delayed, like moving underwater.
DS1 looks iconic and I remember those levels by heart even now, but I'm always very disillusioned when I actually replay it. Movesets are basic, and everything feels delayed, like moving underwater.
Hey, maybe it was all a planned rehearsal.
A "penetration zest", if you will.
A "penetration zest", if you will.
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Hey, maybe it was all a planned rehearsal.
A "penetration zest", if you will.
A "penetration zest", if you will.
But I guess this is also a matter of this dynamic being different for video games vs shows.
January 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
But I guess this is also a matter of this dynamic being different for video games vs shows.
Same. The only thing about that fandom that I think is kind of backwards from this image is that #2 (composed mostly of consistent players) actually does interact with the work more than 1# (mostly people who just play when new content drops and who don't really care beyond that).
January 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Same. The only thing about that fandom that I think is kind of backwards from this image is that #2 (composed mostly of consistent players) actually does interact with the work more than 1# (mostly people who just play when new content drops and who don't really care beyond that).
I hope it works out, you could use some pizza-mind.
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I hope it works out, you could use some pizza-mind.
Yeah word.
There was a time when I could not have imagined a dereliction of duty (or perhaps more correctly - outright corruption) as fundamental and systematic as what has happened to the entire field of professional journalism.
There was a time when I could not have imagined a dereliction of duty (or perhaps more correctly - outright corruption) as fundamental and systematic as what has happened to the entire field of professional journalism.
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Yeah word.
There was a time when I could not have imagined a dereliction of duty (or perhaps more correctly - outright corruption) as fundamental and systematic as what has happened to the entire field of professional journalism.
There was a time when I could not have imagined a dereliction of duty (or perhaps more correctly - outright corruption) as fundamental and systematic as what has happened to the entire field of professional journalism.
Actually applying the law is the real issue, because the AI companies:
1) Can't really reliably stop it because of how these systems work
2) Have no innate interest in trying
3) Have a stranglehold on government and business to an extent where it's hard to find the leverage mechanism to force them
1) Can't really reliably stop it because of how these systems work
2) Have no innate interest in trying
3) Have a stranglehold on government and business to an extent where it's hard to find the leverage mechanism to force them
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Actually applying the law is the real issue, because the AI companies:
1) Can't really reliably stop it because of how these systems work
2) Have no innate interest in trying
3) Have a stranglehold on government and business to an extent where it's hard to find the leverage mechanism to force them
1) Can't really reliably stop it because of how these systems work
2) Have no innate interest in trying
3) Have a stranglehold on government and business to an extent where it's hard to find the leverage mechanism to force them
Yeah, it makes sense to codify it at a level above AI, since creating pornography of real, non-consenting people wouldn't be any less harmful if you did it all-manually with photoshop.
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Yeah, it makes sense to codify it at a level above AI, since creating pornography of real, non-consenting people wouldn't be any less harmful if you did it all-manually with photoshop.
Baller.
Is there an "arms crossed" pose, for when you land the killing blow in a battle of wits? :P
Is there an "arms crossed" pose, for when you land the killing blow in a battle of wits? :P
January 6, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Baller.
Is there an "arms crossed" pose, for when you land the killing blow in a battle of wits? :P
Is there an "arms crossed" pose, for when you land the killing blow in a battle of wits? :P
...I mean, that could also describe Trump if you tilt your head slightly.
January 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM
...I mean, that could also describe Trump if you tilt your head slightly.
How much you choose to sexualize your furries (and, honestly, literally any other subject) is completely up to choice, so I would consider this a possibly terminal case of skill issue on the part of those who see fit to spend effort caring about it.
January 6, 2026 at 7:20 AM
How much you choose to sexualize your furries (and, honestly, literally any other subject) is completely up to choice, so I would consider this a possibly terminal case of skill issue on the part of those who see fit to spend effort caring about it.
I guess we could also ascribe this to the death of sincerity in general.
Used to be you became a journalist to unearth the truth, and the business side was a survival mechanism to help you do that. Now, having ideals like that is cringe, and all that matters is generating engagement and making bank.
Used to be you became a journalist to unearth the truth, and the business side was a survival mechanism to help you do that. Now, having ideals like that is cringe, and all that matters is generating engagement and making bank.
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I guess we could also ascribe this to the death of sincerity in general.
Used to be you became a journalist to unearth the truth, and the business side was a survival mechanism to help you do that. Now, having ideals like that is cringe, and all that matters is generating engagement and making bank.
Used to be you became a journalist to unearth the truth, and the business side was a survival mechanism to help you do that. Now, having ideals like that is cringe, and all that matters is generating engagement and making bank.
Remember when this trend got so annoying that they hid the final two digits of posts behind X-s?
Good times.
Good times.
January 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Remember when this trend got so annoying that they hid the final two digits of posts behind X-s?
Good times.
Good times.
I guess, ultimately, the hinging question is, what _actually_ happens after there's a civilian dictatorship and the polity is irreparably broken?
Is there any hope that we can come to terms with our collective shortcomings, or is hallucination indisposable to the existence of civilization?
Is there any hope that we can come to terms with our collective shortcomings, or is hallucination indisposable to the existence of civilization?
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I guess, ultimately, the hinging question is, what _actually_ happens after there's a civilian dictatorship and the polity is irreparably broken?
Is there any hope that we can come to terms with our collective shortcomings, or is hallucination indisposable to the existence of civilization?
Is there any hope that we can come to terms with our collective shortcomings, or is hallucination indisposable to the existence of civilization?
That fascist are, ultimately, predictable creatures of habit who can't help themselves.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
That fascist are, ultimately, predictable creatures of habit who can't help themselves.
Why would they be incompatible? Electricity is nothing without the medium through which it flows, after all.
I think "waterbending thin threads of highly-conductive liquid to act as instant wires" has potential, to give one example.
I think "waterbending thin threads of highly-conductive liquid to act as instant wires" has potential, to give one example.
January 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Why would they be incompatible? Electricity is nothing without the medium through which it flows, after all.
I think "waterbending thin threads of highly-conductive liquid to act as instant wires" has potential, to give one example.
I think "waterbending thin threads of highly-conductive liquid to act as instant wires" has potential, to give one example.
The russians love making threats and they know well that the drunk driver has the right of way, but they love the world order that enables their self-interested existence even more. They were never ending it all over an expansionist vanity project (assuming they even could).
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The russians love making threats and they know well that the drunk driver has the right of way, but they love the world order that enables their self-interested existence even more. They were never ending it all over an expansionist vanity project (assuming they even could).
I'm actually completely convinced that we could have done exactly that and gotten away with it (In the sense that Desert Storm, specifically, involved the expulsion of the invading Iraqi army from a third country), especially if done early enough.
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm actually completely convinced that we could have done exactly that and gotten away with it (In the sense that Desert Storm, specifically, involved the expulsion of the invading Iraqi army from a third country), especially if done early enough.
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"Become the worst possible version of yourself and you will finally become a big shot" is the central promise of the Trump Era, and resisting that temptation is the central political struggle. I don't care what nominal politics someone holds if they're constantly falling to the call of The Beast
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"Become the worst possible version of yourself and you will finally become a big shot" is the central promise of the Trump Era, and resisting that temptation is the central political struggle. I don't care what nominal politics someone holds if they're constantly falling to the call of The Beast
No they don't.
Language is just one tool created and used by humans (for the purpose of transcribing/sharing thoughts which exist separately from it), whereas an LLM exists solely within the confines of language (and even then only a static snapshot of one, which diminishes it further).
Language is just one tool created and used by humans (for the purpose of transcribing/sharing thoughts which exist separately from it), whereas an LLM exists solely within the confines of language (and even then only a static snapshot of one, which diminishes it further).
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
No they don't.
Language is just one tool created and used by humans (for the purpose of transcribing/sharing thoughts which exist separately from it), whereas an LLM exists solely within the confines of language (and even then only a static snapshot of one, which diminishes it further).
Language is just one tool created and used by humans (for the purpose of transcribing/sharing thoughts which exist separately from it), whereas an LLM exists solely within the confines of language (and even then only a static snapshot of one, which diminishes it further).
Yeah, if anything was front and center about the whole affair, it was the unrepentant cynical grift of it all. Not even the briefest moment was wasted on genuine shock or grief, the ecosystem around him was devouring and repurposing him within literal seconds of that gunshot going off.
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Yeah, if anything was front and center about the whole affair, it was the unrepentant cynical grift of it all. Not even the briefest moment was wasted on genuine shock or grief, the ecosystem around him was devouring and repurposing him within literal seconds of that gunshot going off.