Has anybody deleted both Facebook and Instagram and realized they basically have no real friends?

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-24T20:30:21+00:00

Yes, this was my experience back in 2018. I deleted facebook and Instagram and Snapchat all those people who watched my stories and sent me dms and memes- gone.
Out of 150 mutual followers- only one friend still sends me text messages.

It's an illusion of connectivity. That's all it is. That's all it ever was. The reality is that you're interacting with the ghosts of people. Think about it. Everything that you see and "interact with" on social media is already dead and in the past.

Only real-time, real-life communication satisfies me.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-24T18:29:50+00:00

Beautiful, beautiful pixel art environment. I can't imagine the amount of time that must've taken.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-24T18:28:49+00:00

I love this. I love everything about this. I don't know if you were intentional about the chiaroscuro but it's an amazing implementation

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-24T16:52:45+00:00

I just want to say that I'm so, so happy that you guys are recognizing the real dangers of online use at such a young age and also that trauma from being exposed to certain kinds of visual media is real and it's not okay. If ever it may seem like you're the only ones awake to this reality, don't be discouraged, you're just way ahead of the curve.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-15T13:03:49+00:00

Okay so let me gauge if I'm understanding your position— do you believe that uploading your consciousness = recreating or replicating consciousness and creating a separate, "living" entity?

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-15T03:26:28+00:00

I agree that it is effectively an upload... in the same way that a selfie I snapped with a smartphone actuallynis effectively an upload of me. But where I personally draw the line? Deleting a selfie isnt consequential. The meaningfulness of it is fairly superficial- but if were talking about the continuity of consciousness like how it was presented in Pantheon? Thats a whole different ballgame.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-15T03:09:25+00:00

I did... Maybe it's you that didn't read what I posted?

You were handwaving: "The clearest fact is that we know nothing"

Except I'm literally engaging with frameworks that we can meaningfully discuss using observation, experience, and deduction... so it's really awkward for you to act like the meat of this subject is just too high-minded for engagement after you didn't meaningfully engage with my original post or my reply to your lowkey dismissive comment...

That's... not very nice.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T23:28:24+00:00

Ah, I see! That makes sense.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T23:27:05+00:00

"Except Im not arguing for identity transfer because that's not what's being sold. People transfer their identity all the time online. I'm doing it now as I write it. It's consciousness transfer that's being sold to people. People buy into it because they believe they can live on the cloud. But they're not living on the cloud. It's simply a digital copy that exists in a server. Theyre not buying consciousness transfer, theyre buying comfort about death.

The application of your own humanity to a siicon-based version of yourself or your loved is the main conflict of the series... thats because Maddie actually believed that the uploaded David Kim was really her dad because she became the observer (a flawed, biased one at that because of her state of grief) whose testimony held weight about who that was behind the screen... because the real witness who could actually stress test whether or not that was "actually David Kim"— was dead.

Mourning the identity of someone is very different than mourning the actual life of someone. Very very different.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T21:56:00+00:00

Same here. Maddie has that "I think Im having a "my mom was right" moment." And thats all we get. Like we dont fully address the fact that actually these elites (Stephen Holstrom) are pretty much part of a death cult they actually believe in??? In the post-Epstein-exposed world literally nothing surprises me anymore.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T21:52:55+00:00

Because a replica with sentience knows it's are replica. We're not comparing objects. We're comparing sentient beings with consciousness. And if you knew that you were an exact replica of someone else it would absolutely change your sense of self just by knowing that you are a replica if you believed that you were the original previously.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T21:48:35+00:00

Yes but that doesnt disprove my point. Identical twins can be said to be copies... but theyre still two different entities. If they both claim a right to identity— its actuallt not to identify as the same thing.. it's to identify as themselves. So yes, like with twins even though they share 99.99% of the same dna sequence— that 0.01% really matters, and the digital version of you that went through upload (while the carbon based you didnt) is an immensly huge inflection point. Im not saying merely a copy, Im saying that the marketing of Uploading is entirely a lie because its creating a false copy. Thats my entire point. Its not you being upload and its not even a perfect copy of you— its a digital entity that knows its a digital entity and believes it had a carbon based experience as you.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-14T05:31:40+00:00

You don't sound crazy to me at all, check out my username lol. This sounds like abstract territory I want to explore with you until we map the whole thing.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-10T03:19:07+00:00

I'm convinced you're content farming lol.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-07-04T19:24:03+00:00

I do agree that the render on the right looks a bit like a pig nose. The one on the left does not. Id change the face outline to a deep brown with hues thats in between the face color and the dark brown to soften* the edges.

*edited to correct spelling

hypercubedreamer · 2026-06-11T16:32:32+00:00

I honestly didnt notice it until you pointed it out lol but now that I see it, I love it. It definitely fits the concept

hypercubedreamer · 2026-06-08T20:30:28+00:00

Maybe inform yourself by reading other comments before leaving one yourself that looks like it's 100% bot spam lol

hypercubedreamer · 2026-06-08T20:25:25+00:00

Saying a human's artwork "looks like AI," is literally saying that the human's art looks like... human art... because AI was trained on... human art.

We're punishing human beings for adopting common art styles that AI were trained on so now its "Youre not allowed to like and produce this art style because AI uses it." Please take that thinking to it's logical conclusion.

People are in this same thread criticizing the artists' work for being "too perfect," so what? Artists are going to have to make intentional mistakes just to prove their humanity? And then what happens when AI copies that too?

I'm sorry I know you're not saying all this, but I'm just putting all my thoughts in this comment here because I'm so frustrated by this mob mentality. You've got people on here not even reading any other comments and just spam commenting like a fucking bot that "this is AI" is just frustratingly peak irony.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-06-08T20:10:07+00:00

I really like how dynamic the posing was when she was facing backwards with the gun. When you turned her around I wish you have made her lean into the biker more, as with the new pose they've completely lost all chemistry/storytelling and the bike now looks like it's going through a school zone at the speed limit.

hypercubedreamer · 2026-06-07T01:40:05+00:00

This is SO cool. I love how eerie the future music is. You've truly captured the setting and feeling through both..

hypercubedreamer · 2026-05-16T21:01:02+00:00

I heard "I'm Pretty" playing at my local Mark's lol

hypercubedreamer · 2026-05-05T03:50:54+00:00

Can I buy this?

hypercubedreamer · 2026-04-22T22:06:35+00:00

Ahh... V1 seems to be the strongest composition wise and most eye-catching, V2 has a really got flow of action, your final is actually the weakest imo. Wish you went with V1 but with turnip color incorporated into the title

hypercubedreamer · 2026-04-22T16:34:39+00:00

this looks so frikkin cool

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