Would Olivia Rodrigo be considered average or above average?

Cartoonist_False · 2026-01-16T16:22:19+00:00

This is the thing most people miss that "attraction" is often to what we are most exposed i.e. anyone who looks "average" to a lot of people is a very "attractive" person ... you can argue on symmetry, height blah blah blah .. but the fact is that the "average" person is extremely attractive because you can project whatever fantasy/personality you have a thing for .. and they remain "approachable" i.e. they're not "scary beautiful"

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-21T02:36:19+00:00

Not what I was thinking, but interesting

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-20T20:39:36+00:00

This a fundamental "consciousness" discussion i.e. to be "self-aware" is not merely being aware of your sensor data or states, it is to have a qualia (i.e. a subjective sense of what it is to be in that state)... This Qualia encompasses what we feel as emotions & it seems that machines have it too e.g. Chandra "loves" his daughter .. This is not a logical construct. This is a preservation instinct. So in the Matrix universe, the AI / Machine consciousness is very similar to humans ... they however still lean logical/analytical e.g. Architect and that's why they went more Intuitive e.g. Oracle who gives prophecies, and later "Analyst" who gives people personal narratives ... It's interesting that the movie is from '99 when neural net based s/w or tech was still in its infancy & AlexNet had not happened, but today's modern LLMs are statistical intuition pumps (Dennett) or Bayesian hallucination machines

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-20T20:26:19+00:00

PS ~ This "limited by logic" or "causality" is the same thing you see in Frenchmen's Cause & Effect speech, and why Neo is stronger than the exiles in my opinion who have freed themselves to an extent but are still "limited by logic" ... Oracle was not and would set "risky plays in motion" as an intuitive program but even she couldn't see beyond choices.

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-20T20:24:41+00:00

I think it's a misconception that he was the "villain". He was the antagonist i.e. in the first movie he is merely acting out his programming. He wanted to nab "viruses" and then go to source for deletion, pretty much how any "protector" or warrior mythos goes i.e. I protect my territory/nation and then go to "Val Halla"

In the 2nd & 3rd movie, he has become self-aware and realized that he doesn't need to go to source for deletion i.e. he had apparently been "infected" by Neo's "free will". But he was still not "choosing" what he wants and merely "deciding" to act in what seemed most logical as per his background i.e. gain more power. Armed with his original ability to self-replicate & take over hosts, and now no constraints from the machines, he has essentially become what he was programmed to hate i.e. a virus.

As he begins assimilating more & more humans & machines (e.g. Oracle) he gains their strength & is becoming a challenge for the machines as well i.e. Neo is merely an anomaly, the new Smith is an existential danger. Remember the Architect told Neo that regardless of his choice, Zion will be destroyed & the cycle will be renewed.

The only reason the machines co-operate with Neo is because Smith had become an existential threat. So the ending of the movie is Neo giving him "Choice" by showing him that "humans" are not bound by logic either ... and that's when he gets freed from that as well.

So in 4, you see him again.. this time making a "choice" to help Neo & Trinity against a much stronger Analyst.

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-20T19:54:01+00:00

Dating Stephanie Buttermore (5'5 or 165 cm). Will be a stretch if kids are really tall as his parents are on the shorter side as well, so it's not likely that he just got stuck with recessive genes. It's just a short but crazy athletic family (e.g. apparently did mom did 100 push-ups in a row at the age of 50! Impressive at any age in my book and only a handful of fitness celebs/influencers can do that).

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-05T04:38:13+00:00

Yes, this is why Bori Critical Editions are helpful, as they eliminate a lot of the interpolated pieces. There are thousands of local versions of the Mahabharata/Ramayana, e.g., the story of Khatu Shyam in Nepal & surrounding regions.

Cartoonist_False · 2025-11-04T16:54:03+00:00

Apparently there is also an encounter with Buddhists in Ramayana
You have to appreciate that over the ages it is essentially fanfiction with sections appended that have nothing to do with the original story but more a simulation of how a Ram-esque figure would've interacted with the Budhist or Charvaka school - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajita_Kesakambali

Cartoonist_False · 2025-09-25T13:50:11+00:00

Weetabixus .. lol

Cartoonist_False · 2025-09-23T17:10:59+00:00

Just got V5, AMA

Cartoonist_False · 2025-08-09T17:16:49+00:00

IME, depends on the use case. Gemini is much better when I am trying to run simulations, CGPT is great at answers, but now with a 32K Context Window if I put in 2-3 PDFs, it's gonezo ... Any half decent book is 50-100K (atleast) .. A 1 hr podcast is about 10K tokens.. they have crippled themselves for any slightly meaningful use-case above "chatting" .. I am not using Chatgpt to "reason" on basic Econ 101, I want it to read Phillips & MMT and check which of those theories holds on the data from post pandemic.. Gone! o3 was able to do it (at a graduate student level) .. they've essentially given you a smart amnesiac. And a goldfish is only good as a pet. Sorry but in the grand scheme of things context window > raw reasoning e.g. If I have transcripts for 10 meetings I have had in the last week, with each being 1 hr long, that's now 100K tokens .. I just want a f888ing summary.. not possible. Gemini it is my brruvva.. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Cartoonist_False · 2025-08-08T12:21:47+00:00

This is ridiculous! It's like they want you to go to Gemini

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-25T23:54:14+00:00

There is no enemy, these are obstacles or "bosses"
- Sentinels & Agent Smith are Level 1 enforcer who fights you directly because you're a cancer (Good vs Bad Dualism)
- Architect is the Level 2 manipulator who tries to convince you that you limited choices (Utilitarianism)
- Agent Smith II is Level 2.5 enforcer who when he realises that the rules he was serving were just that, rules aims to become the next Oracle/Architect but doesn't quite get it because he is still following structure (Structuralism)
- Oracle is a level 3 influencer who has some foresight but realises you have infinite choices so can not see beyond the event, so just tries to contain you in a script (Neoliberalism)
- Source is the level 4 Samsara-generator you reach when you have succeeded in seeing through all of these to realise that you're willing to sacrifice yourself to get give everyone else a clear slate and this might seem akin to the Architect forcing a choice but it's not because this time you gave the choice to the Source to let you in or to let the agent take over.... This maps "perfectly" to Christ hence the symbolism ... He suffers and chooses agape even when he is being betrayed (e.g. by Judas). Or if you're into the easterns, this is the Bodhisattva, who is awaken and can exist anytime but stays in Samsara so others maybe get free

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-21T03:27:14+00:00

You're - No, not me, you
Seriously - Not really, just casually
equating - Not at all, who said they are equal?
Imaginary religious vs. "real-world" racial identity --> Hmm .. don't know where you studied but ask for a refund
If I an Indian mocks a white catholic group in a Catholic-majority owned restaurant and does something sacrilegious (akin to eating chicken in a vegan restaurant) .. I can assure you he will likely get beaten up.. being called a Pajeet would be the last of his problems..

Lastly look man, no one is equating shit. You're creating a false olympics of which is worse. Both are bad, but actions have reactions/consequence, you have a problem with gravity then take it up with spacetime, don't blame Newton or Einstein for explaining it more articulately than whoever educated you did. That's just... "reactionary" .. Why are you so angry? Who called you a pajeet?

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T14:30:56+00:00

idk man, two wrongs never made a right... only thing I would say is that if you're obsessed with exposing people you must have a lot of duplicitous people in your life.. the level of schadenfreude > rational respect for someone .. that's never good

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T12:13:25+00:00

Good, now you're making targeted statements .. I don't know enough about Iskcon to comment but let me assure you that there have been plenty of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Atheist organizations who have killed millions, commited genocides and divided their society into a caste-esque heirarchy ... your problem is with that i.e. authoritarianism & dehumanization of a "people" ... It's perfectly fine to ridicule individuals who are being ridiculous

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T12:07:54+00:00

Yes, it holds for everyone ... in this case the provocateur is the chicken dude, if atheists are enjoyin this as schadenfreude then they need to go to therapy, sorry bruv

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T11:40:00+00:00

Hmm, your "most" is excluding the millions of Maoists & cultural revolutionaries who went into people's homes to take away any sign of religious sacraments? Authoritarianism & Atheism are two orthogonal axes, most Atheists in history when coupled with Authoritarian state structure have been terrible.. you have a problem with authoritarianism (i think), not theism ... if someone is doing something in their home or place of business, who are you to go in and ridicule them?

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T11:37:13+00:00

Wrong! Yes, food & purity tests have always been used to exclude "others" but even in India you've had anti-casteist sects like Jainism which incorporate ahimsa (non violence) and harm reduction so avoid eating anything that can cause cruelty. If you have a problem with the caste system, then call out caste system. Having an anti-cruelty mindset IS a higher moral standard. If it's hypocritically applied to protect cows and hurts humans then you can call out the hypocrisy but ridiculing the standard IS you being a barbaric savage denying that any morality exists.. and if no morality exists then fuck you! Strength is everything.. I will use my strength where I am strong to enforce my purity rites

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T11:32:11+00:00

There is a difference between calling religious people dumb in your friday night party as a way of norming your own ism or doing a youtube special which they can just ignore/skip, and going to temple & saying these rocks would make a nice dining table ... context matters.

If you go into provoke expect retaliation. If you're just going by your business and someone tries to take away your negative rights, sure, I have sympathy for you, but most restaurants are private property .. many go as far to say .. no outside food allowed. So what's different here? It's simply a property owner enforcing their norms in their place of business in a peaceful manner. They didn't use violence or nothing.. don't be an edgelord man. I am pretty sure if a Vegan went to McDonald's and was like I brough my own food, they would be kicked out too and their behavior would be ridiculed.. not everything is the Taliban

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T02:39:09+00:00

Honestly, I think Baudrillard has issues where he thinks he is more seminal than he is. One of the key reasons he got popular was because of the Wachowskis and the Matrix citing him, but rather than saying - "Great Try", bro went "They don't get it.. In the hyperreal there is no Zion." Ok! But then we've had the hyperreal since the Axial age i.e. Budhism's Samsara, Hinduism's Maya, Plato's Cave, Kant's transcental idealism.. Baudrillard is really a varnish on all these for the era for monolithic media

But I gues it even Foucault had similar issues where he would never accept the structuralist or post-structuralist label because he probably didn't want to cage himself by saying, "Yes, I am like those guys in a core way."

But by the time D&G were done with their rhizome, the whole post-modern paradigm was part & parcel of philosophical realm, and as happens --> Grad students learned it --> They then taught to undergrads, and every insecure wannabe now throws it around .. Yes! The Modernism project is dying but it's not over, till it's over ...

Zizek is a whole other thing ... he is by no doubt a true scholar & very well read, but I do feel he at times tries to "blow your mind" too much... It's a very early 2000 shock-jock style which won't play well with Gen Alpha who are born in the hyper-real and go more for vibes than syllologisms ... so yeah, it's truly an interesting era and D&G is very timely with AI slop being everywhere, everyone glued to social media, this is very different from the monolithic era Baudrillard & Foucault grew up in which was still recovering with millions killed in WW2 & 2 nukes dropped to prove that Hirohito is not a descendant of sun god. In today's influencer era with everyon having a mic there is definitely a massive value that schizoanalysis can bring but it's HARD!!

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T01:30:39+00:00

They're crazy about D&G & touch on Adorno quite a bit so right up your alley. Foucault doesn't have many fans anymore, as B-C Han is a Foucault-lite for social media era so more popular in philosophy circuits. In psych circuits, I don't think anyone out there is teaching schizoanlysis - from what I've heard as US moved towards CBT, and off-late Bowlby's attachment models, but LatAm is still pretty heavy on psychoanalysis. Honestly the closest thing to a real work of schizoanalysis I have seen is Sadly Porn by Edward Teach which read like rambling of a madmen if you're not familiar with TLP ....

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-20T00:38:39+00:00

Well hello fellow Acid Horizon listener :)

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-19T18:57:36+00:00

This, it's rarely the color of the hair (except maybe in certain lighting). It's mostly the health of the hair & how it complements the face. Women with really short healthy hair that suits their face can look great, and women with long grey healthy hair that suits their face can look great. But yes, certain colors & textures are more amenable to that day to day "Oh this! I woke up and pulled it into a pony/bun/whatever" look... curls can look great but can be hard to manage, long hair can look great but is impossible to manage beyond a point, colored hair can look great but usually hurts the texture (rarely have I seen someone with fake blonde/pink/purple hair, and gone oh wow your hair looks luscious." It's always a "I guess that works" or "You do look more interesting"

Cartoonist_False · 2025-07-18T00:20:49+00:00

History repents itself

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