the tea party movement was astroturfed by the koch brothers. this is a real people backed movement. our opposition thinks the loses this cycle are going to discourage us. they’re lessons to build future victories.
@unCOMMONsamoan@FabrizioRomano@LFC I'll happily take it as a stopgap, but you're not the only Barca fan I've seen celebrating...
Araujo was solid at one point — has he just been inconsistent the last couple seasons??
We need to bring back intellectual elitism. Sorry, but a virologist will always know more about vaccines than a yoga mommy blogger with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
When I enjoy a piece of art, or a film, or a book, or a song, or a game, it’s extremely important to me that it is a carefully crafted, coherent design, made by a human with whom I can emotionally relate, and with whom I share the common elements of the human condition.
If any of these things are purely AI generated—yes, even if superficially you cannot immediately tell—it immediately sours the experience, because I feel manipulated, not communicated with. There is no relatable higher purpose behind a scene in a painting, there is no truth in any lyrics in a song, there is no carefully designed experience intended for me by playing a game—it becomes equivalent to a slot machine, and I become the drunk zombie boomer in Vegas repeatedly pulling the lever.
I don’t think this is an uncommon feeling at all, and because the economy is the cumulative effects downstream of human desire, I think there is far less demand for such things than—for instance—psychopaths in Silicon Valley would like investors to believe.
Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys. #Easter
@ATTlKA@USSMogger@mattparlmer making this argument while mentioning "pseudo-religious delusion" is just... perfect. no notes. hope you're never trusted with heavy machinery.
@LDSLaw@vcrqueenjen Yikes. Easy to forget not everyone is capable of introspection. Sadly, entirely unsurprising from LDS.
You're a sad, small man, buddy. Hope you find God one day.
@bofrench@stevanzetti I love how you get on here every day and confidently showcase to the whole world that you're simply... Not a very smart lil guy :)
@Morph_VGart@IsThisA3DModel "everyone I don't like is botting their likes" cool story, bro. try making something that doesn't look like dog piss next time.
@MrBandit661@SportingKC Agreed. Often the only player providing any sort of spark. Salloi hasn't looked sharp since 2021, and yet he somehow survived this culling...