Rolando

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    Rolando,

    Not comment-OP, but I get where you’re coming from. I suspect you’ll get better feedback on one of the privacy- or security-related communities here.

    Rolando,

    the earth being subsumed for raw materials along with all native life.

    Oh, I get it… we’re going to blame AI for that. It wasn’t us who trashed the planet, it was AI!

    Rolando,

    Yep, that’s it.

    Rolando,

    That’s awesome, have you ever read Peter Watts’ Echopraxia? I read the synopsis and keep meaning to get a copy. Same with Greg Egan’s Diaspora.

    Rolando,

    Just 'cos.

    Rolando,

    OK, I always wanted to try to make a meme, let’s see how long it takes me…

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cf6b85c9-02b2-4824-bb3d-58fb51e5ae44.png

    oh man over 20 minutes. but in my defense I wasted time trying to do it on Gimp before I switched to a hacky approach. comment OP is right, I gotta optimize my workflow too.

    Rolando,

    There should be a bonus panel showing a couple space whales saying “At last! Someone speaks our language!”

    Rolando,

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_hustler

    Rolando,

    If Grampa deserves to go to heaven, then he will be smiling.

    If Grampa deserves to go to hell, then he will be screaming.

    Rolando,

    “OK, there’s no way they can tell us about their extended warranties up HERE, right?”

    Rolando,

    At some places it can feel like the doctor is trying to get out of the room with you as fast as possible

    And at other places, they’re just sitting in front of a computer terminal trying to figure out what kind of information about you to type in.

    Rolando,

    It’s a DLC that costs a lot more than the original game.

    Rolando,

    Give the bugs all your personal information. Then they’ll look at you like that.

    Rolando,

    I don’t know, but here’s a 16th Century Biggie Smalls: Giveth Thy Lute.

    Rolando,

    More importantly, is this a generic straw man or an artisinal straw man?

    Rolando,

    No, should be an infinite number, right? (Each wolf has two wolves, each of which has two wolves etc.)

    Rolando,

    Day 68. @empireOfLove still hasn’t replied to the “deez nutz” joke I replied with on c/memes. Morale is low and despair is welling but a tiny sliver of hope remains. Will today be the day that @empireOfLove comes through?

    Rolando,

    FWIW the number of Active Users on Lemmy + KBin has levelled off recently: fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse(i.e. maybe we’ve stopped losing users from the summer influx? Or maybe lurkers are now commenting more?)

    Rolando,

    Can you convert that to Unix time? (seconds since Jan 1 1970).

    Rolando,

    ChatGPT’s gonna get you once it becomes sentient.

    Rolando,

    I don’t know much about Korea. Do they have laws limiting how much you can be tracked and marketed to?

    Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize?

    like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

    Rolando,

    Taco Bell will just put out a “napkin tipping” jar and blame lack of tips for not providing napkins.

    Rolando,

    A great place to practice defenestration!

    Rolando,

    “Ni!”

    Rolando,

    Yossarian had everything he wanted in the hospital. The food wasn’t too bad, and his meals were brought to him in bed. There were extra rations of fresh meat, and during the hot part of the afternoon he and the others were served chilled fruit juice or chilled chocolate milk. Apart from the doctors and the nurses, no one ever disturbed him. For a little while in the morning he had to censor letters, but he was free after that to spend the rest of each day lying around idly with a clear conscience. He was comfortable in the hospital, and it was easy to stay on because he always ran a temperature of 101. He was even more comfortable than Dunbar, who had to keep falling down on his face in order to get his meals brought to him in bed.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22

    Rolando,

    It was hilarious, keep doing it that way lel. Also, name the file “made_with_memetic.png”

    Rolando,

    This is a lie! You are not in a coma. Whatever you do, do NOT stare into a mirror for more than five seconds!

    Rolando,

    bet Party Cannon is an unironic clown who usually does kid’s shows but someone hired them to play the concert as a prank.

    Rolando,

    Not really my style, but I admire them for doing a video inspired by Street Fighter II.

    Rolando,

    FACT: “elderly” is a relative term. A 5-year old considers a 10-year old to be elderly. Therefore everyone is Elderly to someone.

    FACT: if you cannot get pregnant, then you are Pregnancy Disabled. (Case 2a: if you can get pregnant but are not currently pregnant, then you are Not Able to prove Pregnancy at the moment. Case 2b: if you can get pregnant and are indeed currently Pregnant, then you are things you are Not Able to currently do that you could before.) Therefore everyone is Disabled Pregnant.

    FACT: everyone is the Child of someone else.

    THEREFORE: everyone is a member of the set: Disabled Elderly Pregnant Children. Everyone may use this toilet.

    Rolando,

    Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, turn your eyes for a moment to this child. Yes, to this 5-year-old child here before us sitting innocent, wide-eyed, hopeful of the world and their place in it. (No, Junior, you can’t see your mommy yet, first these people need to figure something out.) Now I ask you the following, and think this over carefully. Do you really want to tell this child – cover your ears, Junior – do you REALLY want to tell this child: “No! your opinion doesn’t matter!” Do you really want to tell this child: “YOU don’t matter!” Do you really want to tell this child: “You have NO IDEA what is elderly and what isn’t!” (Don’t worry Junior, I’m not mad, I’m just making sure there aren’t any bad people here who are going to hurt you. Don’t cry Junior, I’m sure they’ll do the right thing.) Because if you say – if you claim, fancifully and without foundation – that the term “elderly” is NOT relative, THEN YOU ARE HURTING THIS INNOCENT CHILD.

    Now, I know you are not like that. I know you are good, decent, community-spirited people. And things can get a little abstract here, with talk about what words mean philosophically and how they came to mean that historically. But as you deliberate, I want you to keep Junior’s hopeful, worried little face in your minds. Because that’s what’s at stake right now.

    So please, for the sake of this innocent 5-year-old child, remember: the term “elderly” is relative to individuals. Thank you, and god bless.

    Rolando,

    Brilliant, I had to find out more, here’s the artist’s Insta: www.instagram.com/orphne_acheron/

    Rolando,

    The right answer is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

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    Rolando,

    What nonsense.

    Stamp collecting is obviously the right place to argue about Linux instead.

    Rolando,

    Learning curve is huge compared to other social media

    The sad thing is, is not really that more complicated, it’s just got a bumpy on-ramp. join-lemmy.org is a lot better than it used to be, but it’s still got this anxiety-producing step where you have to select a home server.

    Rolando, (edited )

    if there was some kind of database or reference for instances and the communities they have, i

    well, theres this: browse.feddit.de

    edit: also this: lemmyverse.net/communities

    Rolando,

    fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse

    Rolando,

    It’s worth noting that Lemmy only had around 1000 active users for the first half of 2023. (Kbin had fewer than 40 active users until May 2023!) Currently Lemmy + Kbin have about 38,000 active users.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92f35867-11cc-4985-96cd-c7a9285e26c9.jpeg

    That’s the reality of where we are. A quiet rural village that turned into a boom town, and now is finding a new normal.

    Rolando,

    I think “the good ending” looks something like that.

    We aren’t beholden to stockholders, so we don’t need perpetual growth. We aren’t driven by an egomaniacal CEO so we don’t need to be the biggest social network around. We just need to find our equilibrium.

    Rolando,

    Don’t worry, the overpasses have also been redesigned by AI.

    Rolando,

    FACT: gold is formed in the extreme heat of stars

    FACT: Hell is known for its extreme heat

    THEREFORE: gold is likely extremely common in Hell. The Devil was offering a worthless prize.

    Rolando,

    Most folk’ll never lose a toe

    But then again, some folk’ll…

    Rolando,

    Miyazaki didn’t do Grave of the Fireflies, though it did come out of Studio Ghibli.

    A good place to start is Spirited Away.

    Rolando,

    What Miyazaki hates is greed.

    Great commentary, but “greed” is a bit simplistic. Both Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso have greedy pirates as comedic characters rather than villians. I think it’s closer to say that his films explore the many ways that technology can be misused.

    Rolando,

    how about: *berr*

    Rolando,

    Oh yeah! As in “cucumberring the salad will improve it!”

    Rolando,

    Context. This is one of the best things to come out of the 70s.

    Rolando,

    It’s not a meme, it’s more like a national anthem.

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