ApocalypseSpokesman

ApocalypseSpokesman t1_jegp1t1 wrote

Reply to [ Removed by Reddit ] by ho_D_or7

Sometimes they'll come up to you saying "te cogí," (I've got you!)

But it sounds like tekogi 手漕ぎ meaning "spankin' it" in Japanese.

Which is also frightening

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ApocalypseSpokesman t1_jdfwe5x wrote

Reply to TIFU by submitting furry porn instead of my lab report by Purple_Possibility20

There is a feeling that you ought to catch hell for this. The rule seemingly being "pay close attention to assignments and submit them properly."

But on reflection, if you sent him, say, an assignment for another class, the same feeling would not be there, even though it would seem that the same rule had been infracted in the same way.

So a big part of that reaction must be a psychological opprobrium toward porn generally. But why would that be, really? Would anyone seriously entertain the notion that the professor doesn't consume porn, or that he would think that of you? Or do we think that porn is somehow dangerous or destructive?

On a final reflection though, it was furry porn, so it would only be justice for you to end up in some sort of gulag/salt mine type of situation.

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ApocalypseSpokesman t1_j9wrcro wrote

Reply to William Gibson's latest book Agency - weirdly worse than his others?? by Obscura_Games

I just finished it and it's awful.

>!Why on Earth would Eunice go to all that trouble, pulling a dozen things out of her ass at a time, to ensure the safety of Verity, who never did anything or amounted to anything? She had no real personality, and half of her lines were repeating what the previous person said to her as a question.!<

>!I sincerely doubt that the Server, whatever it is, can ensure a steady enough bandwidth between two stubs that Connor, who apparently has nothing but time on his hands, can pilot drones inside of buildings with no latency.!<

>!Nothing at all happens in the book. What's the whole Qamishli thing? Don't ask me, I only read the thing. Don't ask Gibson, because he doesn't know either.!<

>!They mention that the future is kinda barely holding on, thanks to the improbable shards and the unobtainium assemblers which can do just anything instantly. That is belied by the fact that the future is positively filled with whimsical, extravagant nonsense. A cosplay part of town? Why not? Hey, I'm gonna cloak my car that moves in any direction soundlessly, all day, for the fuck of it, because energy is apparently free and limitless. Hey I'm gonna go meet this guy I need to talk to. Should I meet him at a cafe, or should I go to a repurposed, neolithic-themed sex club that serves breakfast all day? And Ainsley is apparently omniscient, because she knows everything that gets spoken aloud in at least the city of London, if not the world.!<

>!Every fucking thing is simultaneously overwrought and vacuous. None of the characters have much of a personality. The good guys are 100% good as gumdrops, and the bad guys, well I'm sure they're bad for entirely unspecified reasons.!<

>!And the whole Hillary Clinton <wink, wink> angle was an eye-roller.!<

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ApocalypseSpokesman t1_j9fmxaf wrote

Reply to comment by CaregiverNo421 in World to face wars over food and water without climate action, EU green deal chief says by YoanB

Something like that, yes. It's a mathematical impossibility to keep billions of people alive without adding to the CO2 problem, so this is the kind of thing it would take to achieve negative emissions:

"Food is your own concern, but we're going to impound and destroy every automobile and gas-powered device so you don't get any ideas. Also, say goodbye to electricity, and water may be spotty. Don't complain or we will execute you. If we catch anyone burning wood, the whole household's going in the ground."

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ApocalypseSpokesman t1_j9dtcqi wrote

Reply to World to face wars over food and water without climate action, EU green deal chief says by YoanB

The problem is that you don't only need to convince people of the reality of climate change. You have to persuade them then to act against their own immediate interest and change the way they live. You have to convince the majority of humans to willingly decrease their quality of life, and not for a short period, but forever.

It is, in other words impossible.

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ApocalypseSpokesman t1_j8z8raz wrote

Reply to Mate, by me, Blender, 2023 by cobrat1ger

It appears to be a queen. It moves like a bishop, but there is already a white square bishop behind it.

It does appear to be checkmate, because the king can't move left or right, and it can't take the queen because of the bishop.

However, pawns don't usually break into little pieces like that. Normally they'd fall over screaming. Seems like the artist should know that.

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