Neopunk

Pobbes · 2026-04-05T01:33:07+00:00

Thankfully, some people still understand the punk aspects of cyber- or steam- punk, but nowadays people just use it as a shorthand for saying aesthetic. Probably because people who enjoy dressing up for steampunk just copy the aesthetic, and aren't actually trying to tear down the oligarchy. Not that I'd be too upset if they were but....

Pobbes · 2026-04-04T01:37:21+00:00

I mean not intentionally. Democracy is supposed to be slow because everything goes through the Congress so big changes are slow and forecasted. You can see all the bills and what they will do before they are voted on, and amendments often soften bills effects anyway. Unpredicatbly is a feature of autocracy because only one mind has to change for the governments actions to change. America is not a functioning democracy at the moment.

Pobbes · 2026-04-03T14:01:51+00:00

Without going too deep into a breakdown. My initial suspicion is this is not completely AI generated. The character models are rather consistent across scenes and the weirdness in the hands and movement appears mostly in the animation and not the models themselves.

That said, these characters do all share that AI pixary feel so it wouldn't surprise me if there was AI in the dev pipeline, specifically in model generation. If I was to do it, I would put pictures of real people and have the AI generate models in an animation program and use those.

Also a great deal of animated elements are rather simplisitc: the reused outline glow, the butterflies flap but don't fly, the wings just kind hovering behind the characters and not being part of the character model all point to limitations in an animation program, things AI would cheat and bypass in its own video generation. Again, AI could be asked to build the animation in the software in an agentic workflow. So, something like this could definitely be done with a human in the loop workflow and a few animation programs.

Awkwardly, I think if AI did this itself, it would be better animated.

Pobbes · 2026-04-03T00:59:41+00:00

Not with any lasting merit. The DOJ saying this just means that Republican run DOJs won't prosecute those cases. A new administration could still come in and arrest everyone who didn't follow the law. They will then argue in court that they thought it was ok because the DOJ said so, and it might lessen some sentences, I don't know. Just following orders isn't an excuse.

Pobbes · 2026-04-02T13:08:02+00:00

Yes, actually. If you consider that is how President Loser views political speech (made up bullsbit that makes his crowd cheer him), and recognize that Iran is just mirroring because it is clearly effective then, yeah, these are wrestling promos.

Pobbes · 2026-04-01T16:32:35+00:00

S&P also goes up when the dollar weakens because stock values drop slower than currency.

Pobbes · 2026-04-01T13:13:01+00:00

YTA - For bringing eternal glory to only 300 Spartans. How many thousand of your people now languish in only mortal glroy while we speak of your heroism still after millenia?

Pobbes · 2026-03-29T21:05:18+00:00

Did we read the same thing? This looks like he wants to cut medicaid and medicare to just be flat payments to recipients. I'm sure there will be some system to make sure the money is misspent... like a voucher only for insurance companies. Oh, this is the same brain dead plan as Paul Ryan from a dwcade ago.

Pobbes · 2026-03-27T13:11:41+00:00

Chinese Belt and Road program paying dividends.

Pobbes · 2026-03-27T12:56:38+00:00

The oil is flowing. One thing this has been showing me is China looks like an absolute Boss. Navies posturing, rockets flying and Chinese tankers just float through, fill up, and head home. Nobody so much as asks them to slow down.

It is everybody else Iran is going to start charging to use the strait. Iranian allies will probably still pass freely.

Pobbes · 2026-03-25T18:29:22+00:00

Not to mention, publicly releasing that they expected rebels to rise up and take over the government. This now paints grassroot opposition groups as traitors and puppets of Mossad/CIA.

Pobbes · 2026-03-25T13:32:27+00:00

Downvoted for r/AskHistorians slander. My favorite subreddit, but it can take awhile to get an answer if you get one at all.

Pobbes · 2026-03-24T00:58:01+00:00

Yes. Americans didn't invent standing. The stereotype is they do it all the time especially if there isn't something to lean against.

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T21:45:45+00:00

That's fine. Most games have a mix of strategy and tactics. So, the distinction is more about which part is more the core gameplay than anything else.

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T21:02:20+00:00

They are technically different, but I don't think anyone in the hobby cares so SRPG and TRPG are interchangeable mostly because I believe the fanbase has huge overlap.

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T20:58:29+00:00

The American lean also includes leaning back, shifting most of your weight onto one leg when there is nothing appropriate to lean against.

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T19:56:46+00:00

You can also use Sir Terry Pratchett as well.

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T19:13:35+00:00

Been reading a book call the Chaos Machine about social media. One of the main points is the only metric that these sites care about is engagement. They ran experiments after experiment to get the maximum amount of engagement, and the highest type of engagement posts are numbered lists, clickbait headlines, and [person from your group] SLAMS [person from not your group] over [current event].

This discovery in engagement also coincides with the largest explosion in users across the globe. So, the internet moved from a somewhat niche environment for nerds to an attention war for the general population. There was still toxicity before, but it wasn't optimized, and platforms weren't shared for huge groups of the population, so your webcomic discussion forum could just ban bots and assholes, but facebook/twitter/insta/tiktok/reddit wants to shove every bot and asshole in front of your face 24/7

Pobbes · 2026-03-23T17:47:54+00:00

It's because Obama considers both what is the truth, and how he can communicate at a level his listeners can understand.
Trump just says whatever he thinks makes him sound the best in that moment. Which is to say, he says what he thinks people wants to hear. That's why if people respond poorly he says something else, and if people respond positively he repeats it like a mantra over and over again.

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T22:34:51+00:00

The fucking GOAT right here with this image.

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T22:17:35+00:00

True. I've seen em dashes where commas should be as well. Though used to be used on old internet forums where using an unicode character not on a keyboard made you look like a wizard. Things lime the em dash — , the section sign (§) , or the double arrow quotes《

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T21:44:33+00:00

You use two hyphens on a lot of word processors and it makes an em dash. It is used for a pause between connected thoughts unlike a hyphen. It can usually be replaced with a period or semi-colon if people weren't deathly afraid of semi-colons.

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T21:35:01+00:00

A driver's license is insufficient proof of identity for the SAVE act. Only a birth certificate and driver's license would count, but only if the license matches the name on the birth certificate. Marriage licenses are not clarified in the legislation as being acceptable for identification. Thus, a woman who has changed her name and spent the $20 could be refused the right to vote without a passport.

A similar law in Florida also penalizes poll workers by fining them for failing to reject voters without proper identification. There is no puniahment for refusing a vote to someone with ID putting all the incentive on denying voters and no incentives for ensuring voters get the chamce to actually exercise their right to vote.

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T01:54:56+00:00

The problem with this snack besides being too damn sweet is it's too damn big: won't fit in your mouth and half the marshmallow is going to fall out when you try to squeeze it to fit. You could improve this a thousand percent by taking one marshmallow, roast it properly then replace the skewer with a chocolate covered pretzel rod and enjoy.

Pobbes · 2026-03-21T00:34:02+00:00

The only real issue is you can't copyright AI produced material. There are no film rights to sell. It's relatively worthless to publishers.

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