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3 hours agoLet me know when the first colony is formed, then I can get excited.
It will only be open to billionaires. Or to people there to make money for billionaires. That’s why I’m not excited.
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I don’t really like manga, but one of the best stories I’ve ever read in any format is the 7-volume Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. It’s post-apocalyptic fantasy about the nature of evil, the corruption of humanity, the extent to which individuals can fight against historical forces, and the fragility of civilization, for a start. Plus there’s a lot of action and world-building. There’s an anime movie which covers about one tenth of the story, if you want to get a feel for it.
Recently I’ve been thinking one of the best things Alan Moore has written is the original 12-issue series Top 10. It just has certain characters and events that stuck in my mind.
1·9 hours agoKind of a mix of Hunger Games, Attack on Titan, and Avatar: the Last Airbender? Not sure how to feel about it. From looking at youtube comments, looks like they couldn’t afford to buy a social media team to hype it either. Seems to be a Serbian/Croatian production, which could be interesting.
402·2 days agoSomehow I feel more “represented” by VLC than I do by any of the astronauts.
wow that’s a great job! I was searching sector-by-sector but still didn’t see it. if I was a little rodent in that yard I’d def. be dead.
1·2 days agoa problem entirely fabricated by YT
I agree with your basic point, tho to be fair, server costs are a thing, so it’s more like a problem fabricated by… capitalism? the commercialization of the internet? The centralization of resources? I guess it depends on what you think the long-term solution is.
brand recognition. IOW, when you are at the grocery store, you think of Coke in general rather than any specific ads.
Agreed. More specifically, I think brand association plays a part. Even if you never drink cola of any type, the ads make you think “Coke is the kind of drink for people who (whatever)”. Then when you see your friend drinking one you say “Oh you drink coke? I guess you’re the kind of person who (whatever the ad campaign says).” It’s really insiduous.
Some of those old books had ads for cigarettes in them! Mostly the cheaper paperbacks. For some reason it wasn’t as annoying, it was more of a historical artifact, an indication of the context in which the book was originally read.
I will sit on my floor with nothing, for hours, before i watch ads.
I notice that I don’t pay attention to videos as much any more. It’s just stuff playing in the background while I game or edit an image or browse piefed or something. So if it “hangs” for a couple seconds while ublock fights the ads, it doesn’t really bother me.
ikr whenever I visit my elderly aunt, she has cable TV on. I timed it once and there’s like 10 minutes of ads for every 20 minutes of content.
6·3 days agoFar fewer empty calories available for inexpensive snacking.
idk if this is a Dukha person in the photo, but it seems that reindeer can indeed be ridden:
The Dukha begin training reindeer for riding when the reindeer (called dongor at this age) are two years old. Adults are too heavy for dongor, so it is usually the children’s job to train them. Children frequently learn to ride reindeer without saddles.[15] Adults ride on hoodai (three-year-old reindeer) or older ones. They regularly ride on zari (castrated males).
Solution is simple. Import another set of mice to set up a mouse HOA. Then mouse will become so frustrated that it will leave.
Our housecat likes to lay on its back with its feet sticking up in the air like it just dgaf. THAT is how to sit like a proper cat.
Maybe they will take us along as servants? Oh, no, they will build robots for that…