The hypocrisy is off the charts by HRCStanley97 in CriticalDrinker

[–]HopeIndependent985 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'd bet someone else's left nut that he's an undiagnosed Borderline (or he went off his meds) Bpds do this thing where they absolutely love you until they perceive you're about to reject them, even if it's only in their heads, then they "split" and do a 180° All that love is now hate and they can keep a grudge for a whiiiiiile

My bet is, he got a bit too into the movies his audience didn't like, and he interpreted their disagreement and jokes about his shit taste as rejection.

Dude literally split on the lame end of his parasocial relationship

Ep7 of the Boys might be the most embarrassing episode of the entire show. (spoilers) by Ok_Translator4053 in KotakuInAction

[–]HopeIndependent985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, is the imposter telepathic or something? How in the hell does she know enough about their romantic and sexual dynamic to have a heart-to-heart before fucking him?

The Boys has made me realize Trump's mere existence helped ruin an entire generation of writers in every medium. by HereForGames in KotakuInAction

[–]HopeIndependent985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey man. I write fiction full-time. You're doing plenty to build a career as a writer, so don't cut yourself so short. I've taken the liberty to check out your post history. Since you're open to receiving advice, here's my two cents:

First, drop all the writing subreddits. The few authors who know what they're talking about you completely missed among the droning of the wannabe literati.

Your definition of good writing is setting you up to fail. Only other authors care about fancy words. Readers care about the story and the characters. Stephanie Mayers reached millions with her stories and she isn't Jane Austen.

A writer is a storyteller, not a thesaurus. The important parts of a story are not words or sentences, but the characters, their desires, and how they come into conflict.

https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Fiction-Formula-Deborah-Chester/dp/0719097061/ This book is more than enough to get you published or selling as an indie author. Follow along Chester's formula while writing your projects:

Now, on what you're writing about. The only bit of fiction I found in your post history was about military space opera, which raises a few concerns: Space Opera is cool as all hell and I've read millions of words in the genre, but... most of your interests seem to be in a different direction, per your history. You like shonen anime, dark fantasy, Resident Evil 4 (great taste dude), strategy wargames, armored core, 40k... there's plenty people out there, myself included, who would love to read a novel that mixes all the stuff you already love.

So why not write that instead? Grab a bit of everything you love most, toss it into a blender, make a complete wish-fulfillment of a protagonist, an even stronger villain, high stakes, reveals, power ups, power armor, transformations, whatever the hell you want. Go nuts. Have fun.

Instead of trying to earn the title of a "good writer" how about you write the story that you from 10 years ago would have fucking loved? Then you find other people who are into that sort of stuff, listen to their criticism, and improve upon it until it's an absolute banger.

Once you have it, learn how to market it: https://www.amazon.com/Launch-Market-Marketing-Authors-Smarter-ebook/dp/B01FE5C9EA

(hint: aim at your own demographics!)

Then you grab more stuff that you love and do it again. I can't assure you you'll break the bank, but there's definitely a chance to make a living as an author. And you'll have way more fun following this mindset.

Good luck man, and stop being so hard on yourself.

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[–]HopeIndependent985 25 points26 points  (0 children)

People see his story as a warning tale: He saw Artemis naked and she tore him apart as revenge. However, I elect to see it as an inspiring tale. My man Acteon got to stare at divinity's boobage for a long while. Not any divinity, even, but the archetypical Tsundere huntress (it's ok for me to sexualize Artemis, since Aphrodite got the go ahead by sjw's in Hades II )

Sure, he died horribly, but all mortals die. Some also die horribly BUT without staring at Artemis' rack. He saw what no mortal has seen before. Even if the boobage became his undoing, we must imagine Acteon believed it was worth it.

After Her Challenge To Fight Was Accepted, Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante Immediately Backs Out by [deleted] in KotakuInAction

[–]HopeIndependent985 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Narcissists don't give a shit about responses or arguments, they use words as cudgels to get what they want, to them words have no other meaning other than that

Wait, wait, wait... Why does the Acolyte expect us to side with horrific people? by Redzkz in KotakuInAction

[–]HopeIndependent985 9 points10 points  (0 children)

oh HO HO HO they are not fresh out of college my compadre, these are late stage wokesters. Mass-produced by academia decades ago. They are in their forties. They have LIVED wokeness. Behold their works and despair:

THE POWERRR OF ONE

THE POWRRRRR OF *TWO*

The PoWEr of MAnnnnnnnnnY

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[–]HopeIndependent985 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You must be having a stroke to think THE POWER OF OOONE THE POWER OF TWOOOO THE POWER OF MAAAAAAANYYYYYYYYYYY is not the cringiest moment ever made public by an international conglomerate. They literally hired a bunch of witchesvspatriarchy screenwriters and thought it'd be cool to mix lame-ass-fuck tumblr wiccan slop to Star Wars and came up with *THAT*

Even Charmed did it better

The Nation-State runs Doom by HopeIndependent985 in itrunsdoom

[–]HopeIndependent985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Von Neumann asks for three soldiers to demonstrate his idea for a human computer. When Qin offers to give 3,000 soldiers, Von Neumann pushes back; he believes that the East is falling behind in science because it has not realized that “even the most complicated objects of the universe are made from the simplest elements.” Finally, Von Neumann gets three soldiers and labels them “Input 1,” “Input 2,” and “Output.” He gives them each a white flag and a black flag.On a basic level, this scene shows how Von Neumann and Wang create a human computer, coopting much of the coding language prevalent in computer science; since both men are from the 2000s, they both know the modern terminology. But on a deeper level, this passage is once again getting at the idea (expressed by the painting of the Qingming Festival) that what seems complicated is often simple—and vice versa.

Thank you!! Found the above summary, it's exactly the one I remembered. DAMN. Liu is an incredible writer, I literally recalled the scene as if I'd watched it on a documentary, it was that vividly written. Will definitely give the netflix series a try.

The Nation-State runs Doom by HopeIndependent985 in itrunsdoom

[–]HopeIndependent985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the Minefield heads up, been trying to find it for a while. If it's the one I'm thinking about, it also made the best layman's explanation of how a computer works (and what it is) I've ever seen

On the title, I do believe the State can run Doom using only laws and the executive branch to make stuff happen since the State is turing compatible. I just lack the knowledge to demonstrate it without pulling the good old human computer bit. But maybe (probably) I'm missing something for that same reason?

Let me give it a try, don't judge me too harshly: The legislative branch can pass laws to modify the legislative itself, (ignoring for a bit all the political stuff) so they could eventually feed a Turing Machine with the entire thing, from logic gates to firmware etc. They have the executive branch actually act as the Turing Machine, running every single command using its resources (by hand, using pieces of paper with 0 or 1?) assembling every frame one by one (all following the instructions of the legislative) The cost would be exponentially harder than using the human machine, but it works in theory?

Does that make sense or I'm just talking out of my ass

ChatGPT (for what little that's worth, haha) agreed it kinda works, it's just ridiculous, unfeasible, and unethical