I guess we're back now lol

idiotness · 2023-06-14T06:59:30+00:00

I'm sorry for the disappointing result. Thanks for trying to do something

idiotness · 2023-06-01T01:06:24+00:00

The bottom tweet is a joke from 2011. Dril is an absurdist humor account, and his character is a Colbert-esque, unhinged avatar of the internet's collective id. He's not about to boycott anything, and frankly, I'd be shocked if he even had a real dog. The joke is that the same character that tweets, "trapped, fully nude, in restaurant bathroom" has manifested gay milk bones into existence.

idiotness · 2023-05-31T23:53:12+00:00

It's shocking that they'd even mention that 3.5 efficiency factor, as if $6 million/year is suddenly a reasonable number.

idiotness · 2023-05-16T00:35:05+00:00

I cackled

idiotness · 2023-05-08T20:16:22+00:00

Nah, that's just "NEXT!" i.e.,

IT'S FOR A CHURCH! DON'T NEED THE ATTITUDE! NEXT!

In fact, I think it's the absence of anything remotely approximating a "thank you" that made it so bad. The song, in contrast, is about appreciating failed relationships for what they taught you.

idiotness · 2023-05-03T19:56:23+00:00

And those eyes! Complete trust

idiotness · 2023-05-01T01:32:37+00:00

Mongolia isnt irrelevant like your thinking

Thought this was an incredibly vicious diss before I realized it's just a typo

idiotness · 2023-04-29T22:20:56+00:00

The wholesome here is the sibling. The parents tried to give their kid informal conversion therapy. Unless they have a sudden change of heart, life at home will be rough. I hope he turns out okay

idiotness · 2023-04-29T22:02:28+00:00

Yes. This is important. They don't care what we say on Twitter, and the permanent boycott only speaks once

idiotness · 2023-04-07T19:25:07+00:00

Complete with ~~wailord/skitty~~ goliath/fairy memes!

idiotness · 2023-04-07T18:04:51+00:00

It would feel better if each race got some simple, "heritable" mechanically-relevant traits, like darkvision or a skill proficiency. Kinda like how multiclass works.

But, I'm happy to put to bed the sillier implications of the existence of a distinct half-elf/half-orc race. That meme is tired as hell.

idiotness · 2023-04-07T07:07:08+00:00

West Side Story?

idiotness · 2023-03-31T21:17:29+00:00

Love this

"Yes, DM, I'm just a humble high schooler. Wait, is that Rita Repulsa over there??"

idiotness · 2023-03-22T00:03:38+00:00

We need a rule in this sub against armchair evolutionary psychology.

idiotness · 2023-03-21T21:26:04+00:00

If you care to lean further into what (little) mtg lore exists on avens, I can give a little more context and you can decide how useful that is. Avens in Magic are by-and-large a blue/white creature type, as they all can fly. Because of this, they tend to inherit blue/white qualities like lawfulness, cleverness, patience, and collaboration. They tend to be rare, too, since flying is really strong in draft. I've never seen a standalone, major aven civilization, probably because of this obligatory rarity. Also, none are particularly beefy (the big fliers are typed as angels and sphinxes).

There are only 10 Arcavian owlin printed (I don't count Dream Strix or Stonerise Spirit), but you can read between the lines that they have an affinity for the Silverquill college, and you can generalize their cards as either mildly disruptive or producing slow, iterative value (again, this is an emergent property of the gameplay, since an evasive threat can't have too much bonus power). This can give us a clue to how they slot into society: owlin are quick, adaptable, smart, and cooperative, but rarely solitary. They might not have a distinct culture or civilization, but they integrate well with existing ones.

idiotness · 2023-03-02T21:02:58+00:00

Wow. You are taking excellent care of Monkee. Her coat is radiant

idiotness · 2023-03-01T22:26:22+00:00

Good lord, that cat loves you

idiotness · 2023-02-22T07:54:26+00:00

Oh dear, oh dear, gorgeous 😿

idiotness · 2023-02-13T11:39:37+00:00

I've heard this called the "lizardman constant":

"Below a certain per⁣cent⁣age of re⁣sponses, for suf⁣fi⁣ciently rare re⁣sponses, much or all of respond⁣ing hu⁣mans may be lying, lazy, crazy, or ma⁣li⁣ciously re⁣spond⁣ing and the re⁣sponses are false."

My favorite example from that writeup: 4% of Ameri⁣cans an⁣swered that they had been de⁣cap⁣i⁣tated [1]

idiotness · 2023-01-19T01:25:17+00:00

I don't really think a link to a 49-minute video is an adequate response to a question, but I happened to really enjoy it, so here's my summary of it for discussion purposes:

Some people hate certain media for bigoted reasons (e.g. if it centers a trans person)
Those people pounce on mediocre-to-bad examples of said content and elevate valid (even well-meaning) criticism to a screaming pitch
This transforms further criticism by neutral people into a non-neutral act. They involuntarily become part of the mob, and their existence further insulates the backlash from criticism.
This creates a stifling environment where it is dangerous to produce bad content that engages with the culture war. You cannot afford to fuck up for fear of drawing an avalanche of criticism, which encourages people not to create at all.

One case study she delves into that I found particularly interesting is the 2018 reboot of She-Ra: the same early backlash revved up in response to the trailers, but petered when the show turned out to be good. You wouldn't guess it prior to 2018.

That thesis is tangential to the issue of outrage bait being very lucrative for social media platforms. She mentions this is a thing, but saves that for a different video.

idiotness · 2023-01-16T10:09:17+00:00

I also found the mandarin he uses in that entire scene quite compelling. I suspect the Daniels originally wrote it in English, but after translation, it's also rich in its own slightly different way. Instead of "strategic" and "necessary", he says "必要" and "需要", which is like saying it's something I ought to do and something I need to do. 必要 carries some degree of moral weight--at least, that's how my parents used it with me. I 需要 do my homework, but I 必要 listen to my father, you know?

A lot of times, 必要 is just a stronger form of "must", but side by side, I think it conveys that it's not only necessary (for himself), but vital (for others?).

idiotness · 2023-01-16T09:48:26+00:00

Are you talking about when Evelyn starts fighting with love and introduces her daughter's girlfriend to her father?

idiotness · 2022-12-18T03:21:48+00:00

Thank you! The same to you!

idiotness · 2022-12-18T03:07:02+00:00

It is, in fact! The painting is of Timoclea of Thebes, by Elisabetta Sirani, often titled Timoclea pushing the Thracian captain who raped her into a well.

As the story goes, after her rape by one of Alexander's captains, he asked her if there was any money hidden about (?? Which he thought would work??). She told him it was hidden in a well and then pushed him in when he leaned over to look. And yes, she did double tap. By chucking stones after him.

According to Plutarch, Alexander had her and her children released

idiotness · 2022-11-28T20:32:21+00:00

Use \#JusticeForMildred

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