joaomarrom

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[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 90 points 3 hours ago (9 children)

new wave incoming, sirens going off in Tel Aviv

israeli missile alert map, starting to look like their sex offender map

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

From my understanding, the boys moved to this type of storytelling in season 4 and it made a bunch of people realize it was making fun of them.

And in order to do that, they ended up making the show absolute hot garbage for everyone. Now the people being satirized will not watch it, and the people laughing at the people being satirized don't want to watch it anymore.

I think the point is that satire is incredibly hard to pull off while telling a compelling story, and the more compelling it is, the more likely it's just going to be a cultural artifact through which a group of people can laugh at another group. Maybe the point of satire is catharsis, rather than changing minds.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

True, but then do you really have an audience, in the first place? Does satire even need to have an audience? Does a satirical product need to be a product in and of itself?

Let's imagine a piece of satire, I dunno, let's say, a fake poster for an Azov battalion documentary that's full of nazi symbols. Make it really outlandish so that nobody could take it seriously. Is that good satire?

But what if you actually make a satirical mockumentary about Azov that's outrageously nazi, to an absurd degree. Well then, you might just end up being liked by the nazis who are also fans of Azov, so did you really do satire, or did you just do a nazi film?

Like I said in the other comment, I'm just spitballing here, trying to figure this out as I go along, because I'm interested in the debate lol

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

good satire makes the thing it satirized unpalatable to the people it lampoons with shame

that's a very good point, but then I think it begs the question: shameful to whom?

I say that because I think Starship Troopers (the discourse, I know) for example is great satire, but a fascist wouldn't be ashamed of liking it unironically among other fascists who also don't get that they're being made fun of

in the case of this album cover, is it successful satire if horny guys who sexualize women look at it and share it with other horny guys who do the same thing? she's an attractive woman in a very sexual scenario, so it would absolutely be very palatable to this audience

I'm not really arguing any points, just thinking out loud here because I think that's legit an interesting debate and I don't really have a solid take on it

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 7 points 9 hours ago (13 children)

the way I see it, the problem with satire is that good satire straddles a very very thin line: if you're too subtle, the satirical aspect is lost on the target audience that you're making fun of, but if you're not subtle enough, it's no longer identifiable as a plausible representation of the thing in question, and then it becomes pointless

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago

lmao thanks for sharing that, what a great video

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Make Fragging Great Again

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

we're all kinda busy right now zoe

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)
[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's because the LLM is incapable of understanding symbols, so it couldn't even understand the chessboard and the images that represented the pieces. This capability for abstract thinking is the thing that human brains do incredibly well (sometimes too well, then you get pareidolia), but is completely outside the bounds of what an LLM is or ever will be able to do.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 74 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Of course it did. LLMs are terrible at any real tasks that involve actual reasoning and are not doable by a stochastic natural-sounding text extruding machine. Check out this study by a bunch of Apple engineers that pointed out this exact same thing: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

come out ye black and tans

come out and join me for a cuppa

 

One of the most fascinating videos I've seen in a long time. It's simply mind-blowing how complicated the seemingly simple task of developing a Chinese typewriter actually is, when you think about it. Typewriters are so commonplace in the West that we just kind of take them for granted, but developing a device that can produce tens of thousands of different 汉字 which can mix together elements in varying shapes and sizes is a near-impossible engineering problem.

Also, Jeremy Fielding is a must-follow if you're into engineering, the guy's a bonafide genius, and I just love listening to him speak, he seems like such a cool person.

 

I love this grumpy fat ass dummy

 

obama-medal

 

"from the first time I logged on, it was pretty much always a deviantart highlight reel of semi-naked buff humanoid animals and anime booba, which was actually good"

 

by that I mean me, an Actual Idiot

 

The question is: how do I become a streamer? lmao

I know, I know, but the thing is, I've been teaching English for about ten years now and I'm frankly getting tired of the grind, waking up early as shit, teaching for six to nine hours each day and all that. I make good money, but I get the feeling that the real big money is in doing online stuff. Selling courses, making content, that kind of stuff.

My idea for a channel or twitch stream or whatever would be me playing games and then commenting on interesting aspects of the stuff characters are saying in the games. Some of the streams would be Q&As, some straight-up lessons on specific topics, maybe some streams dedicated to other stuff like films and TV shows. You get the idea.

The thing is, I don't even know where to start. I'm familiar with OBS, I have a good camera and mic setup that I already use for my online lessons, but I don't know where to start in terms of platforms, streamers to use as references and what I should expect from the process of cultivating an audience.

What do you folks think? Where should I begin?

 

bolso-pain

Brazil's favorite Papa Nurgle daemonhost is at it again, folks.

I kindly request that you send my country your best thoughts and prayers. This time he was saved by SAMU, our free and public emergency healthcare service created by... Lula.

lol, lmao even

 

https://x.com/MannieMighty1/status/1907374084280697232

kkkkkkk se fode ae genocida do caralho

 

О черт, что же мне теперь делать?

 

I challenge you not to tap your foot as you listen to this absolute banger

Also, it caused a bit of a stir way back in the 1910s, when the first lady played it at a social event, per Wikipedia:

The song caused a minor scandal when the First Lady of Brazil, Nair de Teffé, performed it on guitar in public in 1914.[1][3] Catulo da Paixão Cearense's interpretations were successful and, in 1914, they encouraged Nair de Tefé to organize a recital to launch Corta Jaca, although Nair knew Chiquinha's songs, they never met in person. There were criticisms of the government and resounding comments about the "scandals" in the palace for promoting and disseminating songs whose origins were in lewd and vulgar dances, according to the conception of the social elite.[5]

 

I didn't get to play it in the dream, but I spent my morning thinking about what exactly the rules and gameplay would be like

 

michael-laugh michael-laugh michael-laugh

fucking legendary bit LMAO

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