Wouldn’t be the first time. It seems so normal now, but it was only a little over half a century ago we learned mattresses have consciousness. Back in Galileo’s time everyone thought quarks were real and some people still do.

We think we know so much about the universe but we don’t.

He looks like he’s missing bolts in his neck.

Ths is gonna cause some fun at work. I know our IT team would not be on top of this until one day a portion of employees can’t SSO in. Then mayhem will ensue by heels being dug on both sides.

Side note: That would make an excellent exposition for an apocalyptic horror, like a zombie film. Some industry billionaire infects themselves with a parasite or virus that’s been dorment for millions of years…

“This summer, the rich fuck over humanity one last time…”

It’s concerning that people aren’t immediately picking up that it’s satire. After setting up for a zinger, here it comes…

I placed my laptop on the table, opened a browser window to ChatGPT, and prepared to do what I do every single day in my actual scientific practice: type a prompt and receive a coherent, well-structured response that I would then lightly edit and present as my own thinking.

It’s at exactly this point you should realise, laugh, and then immediately feel upset because Dr Simmons is making their point. The rest of the write up is them giving us an upsetting insight into the realities of a world they’re intimate with and show very valid concern for, just as we should now be after reading it.

Then to top it off, I come read the comments to have a laugh and discuss it, but instead now I just feel extra gloomy about the rot of our thinking and discerning skills and how easy it is to just take advantage of this. Now I can’t stop thinking about how many users fall for misinformation and how many times each day if this is already the kind of thing breaking their acid tests.

I now imagine some people’s pride will just default all that I just said to a superiority complex and that just makes things even more depressing.

I don’t know if the writer intended this extra provocation, but bonus points. Or they’re reading the discourse around their write up is more about whether it’s satire or not and instead are now at a “I fucking give up on this world” point.

I can’t believe this is the thing that has people get upset at their politicians… But, sure! Keep it up!

Ew. I like my ice fresh.

Well, I was referring physical appearances in that context. I’m sure many Americans are well aware of their various climates; what’s shit, what’s not.

I did recently watch something showing how much older Americans look due to diet. Not like it’s necessarily a choice of bad diet, rather the options are awful all the way down to produce. There was no science to it, just interviews of Americans visiting other developed nations in Europe, Asia, and places like Australia. A recurring response of why was people pointed it to the “normal” food of the country they were visiting or moved to was higher quality and healthier.

They revealed their ages and I was quite shocked. They all looked years older. Even the host I thought was around 40 to early 40s but was only 32 and apparently was normal for their age.

I guess if that’s the society you live in, you would never realise it until you travelled.

The hipster subculture never left Linux.

Now I need to distro hop so everyone knows how avant-garde I am.

Yes, but we place in the Top 3 far more regularly then most. Sometimes we even pull off a win and it’s extra exciting because we know it’s like the local football club just beat a Premier League team.

I think they’re just stupid and rely on being told what to do rather than figuring out what to do. Trump wouldn’t be the only thing in their lives taking full advantage of that.

MP co-op. All you need is 2+ friends and you’re good.

Apex Legends is okay too because your team isn’t ashamed to admit that hiding for as long as possible is a valid tactic and everything comes down to your first and final fight some 15 mins into the round.

Yeah, that gets done every so often in my check ups. Usually an “in case we missed it last time” thing.

Dunno why someone downvoted you; POTS is common and one of the key symptoms is black outs getting up too quickly. It’s kinda like that with and fatigue or dizziness/balance, you get checked.

Doesn’t exist. Free speech is not applicable to private sites and communities which are protected by constitutional laws, not bound by them.

What you’re after is a website that has minimal to no moderation on political discourse. These tend not to exist because of the people they attract and the hot water the site owners can get into by the actions of those people.

Your best bet is 4chan.

Edit: Besides, it’d just be a slew of echo chamber vs echo chamber with few participants having an understanding or knowledge of politics—like, ‘what is free speech?’—beyond a philosophical top-layer, however everyone will see themself as an expert. This is 95% of online users that involve themselves in political topics, including most of Lemmy users.

He looks like the Skyrim CC messed up cycling between Breton and Dark Elf.

I imagine at the exact moment of climax, he was transferred through the cosmos for what felt like an eternity, seeing all its wonders, Gorillaz Empire Ants coming from everywhere at full volume.

From the lucky partner’s perspective it was all over in twenty seconds and he was sobbing uncontrollably for fifteen minutes after.

That’d be dope for the tunnel scene.

I have low blood pressure and am fairly tall so this happens most times I get up. Some times I black out completely and hit the deck.

A doctor said it’s a good thing because by the time I’m old, my blood pressure will be like a normal adult and risk of stroke will be basically nothing. I just got to make it there without splitting my head open.

Well of course god is the evil one.

Genesis. Dude invented sin by putting a random tree down with a whole made up lore on it for no reason other to tempt his “beloved” creation. Of course it all goes to plan—since the dude apparently knows what comes ahead of time—and he gets to do what he wanted all along; fuck with the ants.

And Lucifer, the only person to try overthrow this monster tragically lost and paid the ultimate price for it.

This slots in so much better than the original, I think. They should incorporate it into Diablo somehow.