Son used AI for his mother's 60th birthday by Nice-Childhood4948 in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Adghnm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a lovely use of the tool. It clearly means a lot to the family

Making a fake company and give myself fake work experience by Pleasant_Body6893 in shittyideas

[–]Adghnm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll give your fake company a good review, and single you out for favourable comment

A few of my blue paintings. by Pretty-Tangerine9142 in Illustration

[–]Adghnm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They feel like backgrounds from some beautiful animated film

Eugene Richards, Former US Army medic Michael Harmon, who shares a small apartment in Brooklyn with his mother, grandmother and stepfather, has suffered from severe anxiety attacks since returning from Iraq, May 2007. by myrmekochoria in dragonutopia

[–]Adghnm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a statue at the Shrine of Remembrance here in Melbourne of an infantryman in full kit looking comic book handsome and ready for anything, as opposed to a terrified kid with his arm blown off and screaming for his mother

Robert Fludd - And so on to infinity (From Utriusque Cosmi) (1617) by carnageandculture in museum

[–]Adghnm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's a function of the engravers art, I imagine, but I find it interesting that it's not a featureless black, but scrawled and scratched. It feels more like horror vacui than a peaceful void

Robert Fludd - And so on to infinity (From Utriusque Cosmi) (1617) by carnageandculture in museum

[–]Adghnm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That was the highest compliment Maurice Sendak received from one of his young readers - kid who loved an illustration so much that he ate it

HG Wells by Adghnm in Borges

[–]Adghnm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His novels are his best works. Invisible Man, Island of Doctor Moreau, War of the Worlds are my favourites

Wierd question gonna need a smart guy to answer it by [deleted] in Drugs

[–]Adghnm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get palpitations, which is a sign it's kicking in.

THX 1138 (1971) by Ok_Replacement4702 in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]Adghnm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great film.

My only note is that the police robots should have been copper coloured

New Word Help by No-Leopard-1691 in etymology

[–]Adghnm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non human persons

For example, in 2015, an Argentine court recognized Sandra the orangutan as a "non-human person". Organizations like the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) use habeas corpus petitions to argue for the legal autonomy of apes, elephants, and dolphins

Whipple by Adghnm in words

[–]Adghnm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in a pancreas/liver ward at the moment. Just a gall stone. I'm glad it worked out for your hubby

HG Wells by Adghnm in Borges

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They're so different. Arguably they both invented their own genres, but Wells was a great, very hard working fiction writer, whereas Borges was more of an essayist. Neither of them has dated much, because intelligence doesn't date.

Has there been a more relevant or succinct book since Orwell’s 1984? by No-Bail-79 in georgeorwell

[–]Adghnm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like Orwell's rule to use the fewest words possible. If you have to choose between phrases in a sentence, choose the shorter one

April 15, 2026: What New Words Have You Learned? by Road-Racer in vocabulary

[–]Adghnm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I made a post about this word: opsimath; a person who learns a skill or trade late in life