[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago

Neoreaction: A Basilisk really is great, you definitely should tackle it soon!

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

Has anyone checked for kernels of corn growing behind their ears?

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago

Me, about to suggest some actually really good, thought provoking Marvel comics that somehow got made alongside the relentless superhero soap opera: oh wait now isn't the time, we're dunking on the AI bro

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago

RIP digital drug trip, you were actually pretty cool

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 11 points 7 months ago

It's like the classic comic "we should improve society somewhat!" "And yet you participate in society!"

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 20 points 8 months ago

Ayuuuuuuuup. Movable feast is a great term for it. Even once formerly ostracized groups get permitted into the in-group, their membership is strictly conditional on serving the interests of those closer into the center of the Whiteness construct. Stop being useful, watch how fast the old hate rears its ugly head again.

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago

I haven't seen any numbers on how much Sora cost to train, nor how much it costs to run- I can't help but believe it's painfully high.

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

How delightfully ineffective

(Seriously, what has Effective Altruism ever accomplished beyond buying castles?)

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 7 points 9 months ago

As someone who made decent money off that site back in the day, fuck Steemit. Realizing that my earnings came from Korean folks losing their life savings turned me against crypto for life.

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

You should check out the book A Libertarian Walks into a Bear for another great example, if you haven't already!

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

[-] JohnBierce@awful.systems 14 points 1 year ago

...The vast majority of guys I know who have been in a lot of fights (me included) are quite happy never getting in a fight again? Like, there's definitely a few weirdos and dudes with anger issues who love fighting, but the shine wears off pretty damn quick for most people, and they'd rather avoid the fight in the first place? I really don't think real-life arenas and duels would work the way this guy thinks.

(I used to work as a bouncer in a bar, haven't been in a fight since then, I prefer keeping it that way. Also, fair notice, I wasn't actually a very good fighter- I was the average-sized, unintimidating bouncer, my job was to head off fights before they happened, so the bigger bouncers and bartenders didn't have to intervene, and I was good at talking drunks down. I wrestled a decent number of drunks when I had to, but that did not an impressive fighter make, I'd suck at Colosseum fights, lol.)

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