Rioting on the Inside

that's a million million btw. that's ending world hunger and poverty forever. multiple times over.

The anti-AI backlash isn't just about LLM technology, but about a persistent frustration with tech industry hype cycles. The same people pushed crypto and NFTs and the metaverse and web3 and iot and something else every year. We don't just need this cycle to end, we need these capitalists to explore past the ominous monolith to see if it's a place of honor perhaps.

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

The first attested cat in Japan was given to a young 9th century emperor and his diary about it includes such gems as 'I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.", "The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink.", "When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk." and "I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.” Basically posting about how his void is the best little void and so good at getting really round

I just think that Rocky is the most feral possessive bitch to ever exist when it comes to Grace. Sorry, if you don’t fix my space horse I’m NOT giving you any of the bacteria we almost died to get- oh hello mate Adrian, yes yes, Rocky DOES think this is perfectly rational, why do you ask? No, Rocky ran out of his Eridian Lexapro like four years ago this is now a hostage negotiation-

Cats being mimics.

I remember being a little surprised when I learned that domestic cats have some of the widest vocal range of any small carnivore, WAY more so than dogs. But the thing is that most cat owners are only ever going to hear the relatively small range/vocal repertoire that their specific cat has developed to specifically communicate with them. The more you observe other cats -- especially, when those cats don't think they're being observed or are not trying to communicate with humans at all -- you realize that yeah, they really are the voiceboxes of the small mammalian world.

Level 4: Asylum's are scary because they're dehumanizing cages that deny people any autonomy even over their own mind and their potential for neglect and other abuses is limitless.

Level 5: Asylums are scary because they exist as a symptom of hostile socio-economic systems. Our current social structures not only allow, but actively demand that such violent and dehumanising institutions exist. Even if you don't end up in an asylum, there will be an alternative government supported instance that exists solely to suppress outliers to the norm. Independent voluntary organisations doing real humanitarian work are policed out of existence as well, because organising is an active threat to the status quo.

past-tense slogans

we were farmers

nationwide was on your side

You were in good hands

because you were worth it

only you couldve stopped forest fires

arby’s: we had the meats

Just did it

Enjoyed Coca-Cola

Was All That You Could’ve Been

Wasn’t Evil

The best a man could get

@copperbadge this seems up your alley