bionicjoey

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bionicjoey,

When in Rome…

bionicjoey,

I always wonder why sci-fi gets mixed in with fantasy so much? It’s always a pain to find decent movie/show or a book because these categories are treated as the same thing.

As Arthur C. Clarke famously said: “You have reached the end of your free trial subscription to ArthurCClarkeQuotes.com” “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”

A lot of Sci-Fi stuff is just fantasy with a different coat of paint. Any universe where the technology is just acting as a stand-in for magic qualifies. There are even many settings that blur the line between the two, like Warhammer 40K.

“Hard” Sci Fi is another beast entirely. That would be more like OG Star Trek or even something like The Twilight Zone. Something where the “magic” exists to explore thoughtful/philosophical “What if?” questions rather than simply as a system of magic to serve the fantasy.

bionicjoey,

I’ve long wanted Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to be made into a series. I used to think it wouldn’t be possible because of how much the humour relies on the narrator, but after seeing the (IMO successful) Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, I think it is possible.

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bionicjoey,

Yeah but the person I responded to already separated out LEO into their own category. They were saying that police and all other government jobs add nothing

bionicjoey,

Lol what? You’re saying government jobs rarely provide value to society?

bionicjoey,

I hadn’t heard of Microsoft Pluton, so I looked it up. It sounds like it’s some kind of CPU hardware module that implements security policies directly into the system. Pretty gross, but should be easy enough to avoid by just not buying computers with that processor.

IMO this post is a bit misleading because the image without context makes it seem as though the Windows OS is the thing intervening here, when that doesn’t appear to be the case.

bionicjoey,

Destin from SmarterEveryDay

(It’s a joke I swear!)

bionicjoey,

Hehe Debussy

bionicjoey,

I’m not really into classical, but the 1812 Overture with the cannons slaps

bionicjoey,

Sounds like you view the people with the tribalism gene as “them” and those who don’t carry that gene as “us”. Perhaps you are more tribalist than you think…

I’m being a bit cheeky but I honestly do think humanity would be better off if we acknowledged that certain character flaws are fundamental to human nature, rather than pretending that there are “good” people and “bad” people.

bionicjoey,

Shit, that’s true. I guess I’m a Boim too

bionicjoey,

Show them the John Oliver Ed Snowden interview where he says the government has people looking at your sexts

bionicjoey,

You wouldn’t download a boat!

bionicjoey, (edited )

This is Loss

bionicjoey,

Remember that that’s their life, not yours

bionicjoey,

I think the joke is just more normal shit being named after something fantastic from sci Fi even though it bears no resemblance to the namesake

bionicjoey,

Yeah I mean it feels less like a joke and more just like the creator ranting about something they find annoying

bionicjoey,

CBC is pretty good at covering most topics that are relevant to me.

bionicjoey,

There are only two kinds of people in this world:

  1. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
bionicjoey,

That’s not the word being used there lol

bionicjoey,

“Dicks out for Harambe Tuvix”

bionicjoey,

“Bustin’ makes me feel good”

-Dr. Beverly Crusher

bionicjoey,

While that’s all true, there are a lot of productions where I assume basically nobody involved is actually proud of the thing they are trying to create. Like all those soulless cash grab movies that Illumination pumps out. I figure basically everyone there is just trying to collect a paycheck

bionicjoey,

Why don’t you cool it with the anti-Bajoran remarks

bionicjoey,

There is an idea of a Elim Garak; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable… I simply am a tailor.

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