#the end is nigh is fucked...

[thedeadtravelfast]

Everyone else in Middle-Earth:

Isildur:

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

All I have to say about the Ninjago movie.

[verishii]

I like to think the Watchers stopped the curse with the intention that Lizzie and Mumbo would be considered for the 2nd ones killed after Jimmy in their respective series.

Except no one wants Jimmy dead first - it's unfair, it's cruel, it's wrong. Well then, what happens without a canary? No warning, no hesitation, just sudden unexpected death.

And it's their own damned faults for not using the canary.

[bastardcatthings]

*Lando is pushed off track* + WHO TF DID THAT TO MY DRIVER ISTG I WILL KI- *sees it was Max* + oh lol marital spat nvm

[telesodalite]

I love the idea that, whenever a Cybertronian space-faring vessel lands or docks within a predominantly non-Cybertronian space station or port, that it's required that they either confirm or deny whether their vessel is sentient or not before being permitted to land.

1. For proper accommodation and clarification, along with the chance for communication between the vessel and crews working the station/port.

2. Because there has been... incidents... incidents that have led to the requirement of the above reasons.

[centralnavigation]

google's ad for its ai (gemini..?) includes people asking questions like they would their friends. "Can I swap mayonnaise for greek yogurt?" "What kind of spider is this?" "How do I wash this thing?"

google’s ad for it's new smartphone includes this photo-taking system that allows you to take a photo of your friend, pass the phone to them and then include yourself in the photo, effectively discouraging human interaction. What is so wrong about asking a stranger to take a photo?And miss me with that social anxiety shit because you know what i’m trying to talking about here.

there are so many reasons why we should not be involving ai so heavily in our day-to-day lives, and this is another one. Google, the Big Tech corp. Google, is literally trying to get us to stop talking to others. To stop asking our friends for advice, to stop asking our parents or older family members an alternative binding agent in a recipe, to stop us from have our independence to figure out through trial and error or just looking it up. It’s very easy to get sucked into the convenience, therefore unproductive to beat yourself up about it. What’s important is you try and reduce what you can, and where you can. This can be said about so many things, even though we’re talking about tech right now.

Start with screentime limits. Delete any accounts that are ai-centered (chatgpt etc.). While Meta and others get increasingly ai dependent, delete what makes sense. I deleted Facebook because I never use it, and I’ve set a 1 hour limit on Instagram. I won’t be deleting it because I get a lot of news about protests and rallies in my area, so connection-wise it makes sense (and it takes less than an hour to get that info anyway lol). I don’t have Twitter, no Tiktok. I still watch a lot of Youtube, and here I am on Tumblr.

Wanna get craycray? Buy a mp3 player and learn how to put your music on that, and stop paying for a music service. Super easy to find a good product with a good return policy on Ebay.

This convenience only feels so good and necessary because of the terrors they created.

We used to be able to pause any video player, and if it buffered long enough, it would always play.

Burning CD’s was once super common knowledge.

Social Media used to be computer-only.

We used to be able to leave the house with less fear of being recorded in some nonconsesual capacity.

Do not let them rob us blind.

[a-friend-of-the-mushrooms]

what

the actual

fuck

[procrastiel]

Guys I think they finally found us what do we do

[chibishortdeath]

Great googley moogley it’s all going to shit! Every day becomes exponentially more terrifying!

And all perfectly timed to just right at the start of what’s supposed to be my adult life where I get my shit together and be useful and productive!

[catsithkelpie]

You (yes you) need to watch this video on real AI and the effects it will have in our future, I'm dead serious.

I'm not talking about the "ai" that's used for ChatGBT or "ai" art, I'm talking about real artificial intelligence capable of creating original thoughts and making decisions.

You think images made from stolen atwork of millions is bad? You think fanfic written by a scrapbook of every common plotline and pasted together is bad? THIS is so. Much. Worse.

THIS is genuine impending danger. THIS is the AI that more people need to pay attention to and protest, because it is developing at a horrifying rate right under our noses, and being drowned out by all this fake "ai" that we're concerning ourselves with and thinking it's the real deal. You're worried about stolen ideas? You should be worried about a true logical machine dedicated only to completing their task with utmust efficiency no matter the cost having an original idea we didn't give it.

You need to write to your government and tell them to not only stop producing AI with no failsafe, but shut down any without, because if we wait too long, the AI won't let us.

[lemedstudent2021]

YALL.

israel is starting to collapse on itself lol

exhibit a: asshat #1 is quitting and is dragging asshat #2:

"heavy heart" my left shoe. all the depravity has done has made your pockets heavier. none of you have hearts or consciences (consci?)

[superstar-ethereal]

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[thelegendofmrrager]

I rewatched 28 Days Later for the first time since like. Middle or high school and WHEWWWW I knew there was a reason 13-yo me was obsessed with that shit

[a-sketchy]

the arcana is the means by which all is revealed…

[twobigears]

waking up to Facebook drama over the agility judge who was attacked by a dog in the ring over the weekend, and just….fuckin yikes.

[stillknowntobequitevexxing]

The last word of a friend. Know that I always salute you Anderson. Always. RIP.