yakko

@yakko@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck yes, perfect

  (⁠ﾉ⁠≧⁠∇⁠≦⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠ 

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the kind of dude I’d invite to a threesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have so many people stopped posting on social media?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It is largely unpleasant, deliberately unrewarding yet addictive, occasionally punished, politically slanted towards billionaires, and a privacy nightmare. If anything it’s a testament to the human desire for connection that we’ve used it this long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Swing low, sweet chariot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FACTS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just fuck a dude already, stop making it our problem!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  A million puns instantly spring to mind, but I won’t use a single one. They’re all low hanging fruit anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You choose your quality by the company you keep. Stay away from suits!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in alien zoo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re a nightmare for hominids and most species in general. Living on a knifes edge since primeval times. Now we’re cooking our planet and the worst people ever have nukes, so yeah.

  We’re closer to a self inflicted doom than ever, but it’s hardly a new direction. Always on the brink of self destruction, but the only thing we can’t kill so far is ourselves. We’re everything Gwar laughed about being, but less honest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in alien zoo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You might enjoy Dan Carlin’s book The End Is Always Near. It puts everything in perspective for me - we are not experiencing a weird amount of disaster and failure, this is basically what we’re like. Get used to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know.

  Gosh, have to say there are more aphantasics around than I would have guessed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The medium of books are qualitatively different from movies. With movies it’s all about the context, the action, the dynamism, the mood. With books, it’s more of a mind meld with the author, and you get richer subtext, connotations, shadings of meaning, and inner monologue.

  If you’ve ever seen a movie that tries to hew exactly to a novelistic source (e.g. he Discworld movies), it’s an extremely plodding thing. If you’ve ever read a book that tries to carry a story onwards from a cinematic source (e.g. Star Wars EU), the pacing and treatment feels very different. It’s unavoidable.

  It’s unfortunate about aphantasia limiting your enjoyment of books. I wonder if my “1” referring to the chart above limits my involvement with nonfiction and purely conceptual writing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Repetitive character dialogue.

  It’s less of an issue these days, but still incredibly grating when I see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might not be efficient, but at least it... Uhhh, wait, what good does it provide again?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same stupid, more fun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's happened to me many times⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s when I really felt like family

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samus Aran drawing I made⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Such clean lines and effective shading. I’m in grey scale mode on my phone so at first I thought this was a photo of a metallic miniature. Really impressive work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radon⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I verb nouns

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In the immortal words of Boston, it’s more than a feeling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Alert 2 in web browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dope as fuuuuuuuuck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do not imagine corporate America is meritocratic. Scum also rises to the top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deadly US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Targets Deep Inside Russia in Precedent-Setting Attack⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never get used to how dopey we have been about Russian sabre rattling. Let the paper tiger fold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A depreciating asset, for some. At least you got them for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake, slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The word is regulatory capture, and the game is upwards wealth transfer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that’s the miscue. Haha, that’s too true though. There’s a lot about humanity I just refuse to understand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well thanks, and apologies. It sounded like you were saying that the entire idea of presenting yourself to an audience for social approval is alien to you. Looking back I’m not sure what the takeaway should have been. I’ll go make coffee and try to wake up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t list on me, I was just agreeing from my own perspective. I wish I could be above it all like you, and that’s not sarcastic. I’m more individualistic and self-contained than almost anyone I know - to the point that it does alienate me somewhat - but I still get a frisson from public speaking, and I still seek approval from the masses online. In Trek terms I think I’d be happier if I was purely Spock, but I’ve got just enough Kirk in me to know what I’m missing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He words me.” — Hamlet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I will cop to loving it when hundreds or thousands of strangers laugh at my jokes or agree with me, so I’m not gonna highroad anyone for seeking that.

  The real reasons I have left all microblogging untouched is two things. McLuhan said “the medium is the message”. A medium that rewards brevity to a maximum is not one that thinks people should be talking a lot. It’s not a medium for communication so much as it is a medium for displays. All you get to do is strike a verbal pose on an infinite stage of other attention seekers.

  The other reason is that I’m kinda verbose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Wylin'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The universe, powered by irony, might not cause anything funny to happen for the next three days, if this is true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Straight from the CDC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my god, do I pray

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Palantir infiltrated the state⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I know. I hate how well the right’s playbook with Christianity adapts to their use of Tolkien - all of the surface, none of the message.