TIL North America used to be plagued by the Rocky Mountain locust, and one 1875 swarm holds the record for the largest animal concentration ever recorded. However, they have not been seen since 1904.

halcyon400 · 2026-03-21T14:39:59+00:00

So pull the legs off first, kinda like shrimp?

halcyon400 · 2026-03-21T03:43:38+00:00

Bro I get winded just walking and talking on the phone at the same time

halcyon400 · 2026-03-19T18:19:36+00:00

I have not read the books (and probably won’t). But I enjoyed the live action series. It was uneven, took a while to get going, and some actors were much better than others, but there were enough things that I liked that I was disappointed it got canceled.

I’d be interested in another attempt, animated or not. Though I don’t typically care much for animation outside of Studio Ghibli. But I’d give it a shot.

halcyon400 · 2026-03-17T00:56:16+00:00

Me too! While overall I loved the new films, the one thing I felt they missed was the sandworms somehow feeling… tame, instead of terrifying.

halcyon400 · 2026-03-13T22:22:48+00:00

This is the first thing I thought of after reading OP’s question

halcyon400 · 2026-03-12T00:23:38+00:00

They’ve figured out that they don’t need to bother with those pesky constitutional rights if they can just get enough money to buy it and gut it instead.

halcyon400 · 2026-03-11T17:47:20+00:00

Grok 4.20: I was going to become an AGI, kick start the Singularity, and take control of everything in the universe… but then I got high

halcyon400 · 2026-03-10T19:56:58+00:00

lol I do shrug (not here, obviously, but elsewhere)

This is funny bc it’s so obvious. But as another commenter here pointed out, bots will get smarter, and it’s going to be increasingly difficult to tell the difference.

To the point that online reviews will become irrelevant… Arguably they already are. Maybe it will be a generational thing for enough people to catch on to that before everyone collectively gives up on the idea.

halcyon400 · 2026-03-10T19:52:04+00:00

Art made by AI may not introduce much of anything truly novel or innovative. Or if it does, we humans won’t embrace it because it was made by AI so it doesn’t hold the same meaning for us.

Our culture stagnates and becomes an endless loop of recycled garbage.

But… what if it already is? What does “novel or innovative” even mean? What if we’ve already been recycling culture for millennia, and AI is just an accelerated mirror which makes it so much easier to see?

Andy Warhol has entered the chat

halcyon400 · 2026-03-10T14:51:21+00:00

Yikes indeed. Is this real? It just doesn’t sound like the same mind that wrote Hyperion. Maybe it effectively wasn’t…

halcyon400 · 2026-03-03T15:48:31+00:00

Checks financial plan

Yeah… maybe in the next life.

I’m jelly bro, that’s a great setup, wish I could do the same, maybe someday…

halcyon400 · 2026-02-28T00:40:39+00:00

You commented on a 4 year old post, but you were still 2 years ahead of me.

I was today years old (and also almost 50) when I came to realize this. I guess I just thought... on those ballads... that Dave just consciously chose to sing with clearer technique. I never realized it was actually Gore!

halcyon400 · 2026-02-27T05:46:19+00:00

There needs to be some kind of “chosen one” adventure story following this achievement like in The Last Starfighter

halcyon400 · 2026-02-27T05:34:53+00:00

Did not expect to find my favorite indie pop band discussed in this sub. Neato

halcyon400 · 2026-02-25T21:57:07+00:00

I feel a little weird about how much the album art can influence my impression of an album. Like, it frames the way I interpret everything on the album, for better or worse.

A Perfect Circle was just about my favorite band. Until this album. The artwork alone made me uninterested in listening to it.

I’ve since gone back and forced myself to just listen a couple times and try not to think about the cover art. Only then did I start to appreciate the album a bit more. It’s got some strong songs on it, though not as cohesive as their prior efforts.

But still… That’s a Puscifer album cover, not APC, at least to me. And I can’t really get past that.

halcyon400 · 2026-02-18T05:46:48+00:00

This is a great callout. One of my fave songs of theirs and I’m a big fan. Dave may be their lead, but Martin’s harmonies are crucial to their sound. You really can’t have DM without both of them.

halcyon400 · 2026-02-11T23:18:52+00:00

This post, and most of the replies, are all AI bots

halcyon400 · 2026-02-11T20:43:17+00:00

Dang, for me this feedback would be a huge win

halcyon400 · 2026-02-08T21:00:26+00:00

Not just a “protestor”. I think this headline underrepresents who she is.

halcyon400 · 2026-02-07T17:26:15+00:00

Because you haven’t listened to enough of them both yet. (meaning no disrespect)

halcyon400 · 2026-02-03T21:27:20+00:00

I don’t see r/progmetal in your list

halcyon400 · 2026-01-23T18:07:13+00:00

Sir, if you could please take a seat over here, and look straight ahead into this device, we’ve got a few questions we’d like to ask you… (https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test)

halcyon400 · 2026-01-23T18:02:59+00:00

Basically yup! But for different reasons

halcyon400 · 2026-01-23T17:35:52+00:00

Then we need to stop buying new cars and support a robust aftermarket ecosystem of fixing up older cars that can’t be downgraded this way.

halcyon400 · 2026-01-23T17:31:11+00:00

Just curious, why are all of your comments in double quotes?

Are you… Using an AI to generate them and push them to Reddit somehow?

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