[-] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago

If we're casting eugenics warriors, at least Ricardo Montalban had some bodacious pecs

[-] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

Clicked on Aella content, sho' nuff, exposed to strange new forms of brainworms. What's the deal with the "ultra-wokeness" guy picking on "taurine deficiency?"

[-] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

Mr. Blott is what Mr. Bean became when all his old movies started paying streaming royalties

[-] istewart@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago

HQ sez the grift is pivoting back to puritanical virtue ethics, we need to have cleansing struggle memes ready by next week so we can hit it hard over the holidays. Did you not get the memo?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

"Nerniacular framen, dude!" - Bart Simpson

[-] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 4 months ago

But we suspect Extropic is just burning through the $14 million and will go broke within a year or two, if that. We look forward to Verdon’s “our fabulous journey” post.

This guy seems like the type to totally skip that, embezzle the last million or two, and go straight for "messianic cult in the woods." Possibly with a side order of "amateur experimental stimulant laboratory"

[-] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago

It is a peculiar sort of faith movement, where the central devotional practice is wandering around pulling made-up probability estimates out of one's ass

[-] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

Well, he was already practically an SS-Mann without the neck lapels, so why be surprised about this?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago

It could also be swapped out for nothing. The people in charge could figure out that this stuff is costing more than it's making, turn the servers off, and deactivate the user-facing features or leave them as vestigial stubs.

There's more evidence right now for that scenario, and it would generate an awful lot of e-waste. Tell me, are you up to date on process improvements for recycling or repurposing that much e-waste?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 7 months ago

what if I continually remind it to be flatulent instead? has anyone tried that?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago

Do you think they will manage to issue a coherent Incredible Journey post before their mugshot turns up in their local newspaper?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago

At the very least, the supply chain of meth is likely to be more robust than the supply chain for GMO mouth bacteria.

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