I, too, have done the “all communication is manipulative”, but in the same way as one would do a bar trick:

all communication is manipulative, for any words I say/write that you perceive instantly manipulate (as in the physical manner / modifying state) your thoughts, and this is done so without you requesting I do so

it’s a handy stunt with which to drive an argument about a few parts of communication, rhetoric, etc. because it gives a kinda good handle on some meta without getting too deep into things

(although there was one of my friends who really, really hated the framing)

I’d pipe up and go “uhhh hey prof, aren’t you being paid to, like, impart knowledge?”

(I should note that I have an extremely deficient fucks pool, and do not mind pissing off fuckwits. but I understand it’s not always viable to do)

the terrible tryfecta

jesus fucking christ do you even understand where you’re posting? how are you this goddamn oblivious?

you do not, under any circumstances, have to “give it to them”

there is no requirement to carry water for this awful shit

do not surprisedpikachu when someone calls out your weird posts

my my, those boots sure must be tasty

looks like the autoplag bullshit is causing a “fun” new frontier in the hellscape of youtube copyright fuckery

dunno, it’s definitely up there. maybe not a recent one, and I could understand people sub-25 perhaps not knowing the name, but across a fair bit of the foss space the name is household

unfortunately

2real

hmm so I guess mali is the next to be screwed by tld hype bullshit

goddammit now I want a taco, and there’s no great options near me

curse you, average of extremes!

is the s in esrtweets for “shitty”? because holy fuck are they shitty

I first heard Bush’s Chemicals Between Us from a neighbours soundsystem during a party one weekend in the early 00s, and then it took me well over a decade to find it (while still hearing other Bush songs over the years)

yep I know exactly what you’re describing there

broad brush strokes, yes largely that

there’s some extremely fucking interesting details in the weeds, but that’s beyond the scope of merely a comment (and also I don’t feel equipped to make a goodpost about it as yet)

to the computing side, and with the proviso that in my own estimation of my skills I am at best slightly less than “dangerously clueless”: unfortunately not as much as may be desired because the kind of chips being added are fairly specialised silicon

it’s not impossible that people may find other uses for it over time but to the best of my knowledge as it stands right now much of this shit is dead weight the moment this bubble pops

(I don’t think it will all go entirely away; there are some ML uses that are not complete trash. but that’s a long different arc)

I’m not sure I follow the skeu side of your comment?

They made this terrible thing look like a train
There's something sweet in the air what I can't say
Would I like a drink to calm the brain?
Oh, please stay in the chairs

But oh, God
I don't wanna go to Mars
What kind of brainwashed idiot does?
It's all a lab rat life in jars
They branded the dream of ages
I don't wanna go to Mars
Be with me here and return to dust

– White Lies, I Don’t Want To Go To Mars, 2022

I remember really liking it when I heard it around first release. it holds up.

you have an extremely dim worldview, find something happy

wtf kind of post is this

may my revenant embody the stuff vc nightmares are made of