I guess that’s one way to avoid all those allegations.

The hoops you had to jump through to make that make sense to you have left you loopy my dude. Please take a moment to orient yourself in time and space before commenting again, thanks.

Maybe they can eventually connect the devices to their own FaceTime or call system, and folks could choose to interact with each other. I think that would be an awesome addition to it and a bit of a compromise to have both worlds.

Nice, it looks just like I remember it as a kid. Can’t wait to hop back in and do some customisation.

meh

Writing for the new majority, Justice John Kittredge acknowledged that the 2023 law also infringes on “a woman’s right of privacy and bodily autonomy,” but said the state Legislature reasonably determined this time around that those interests don’t outweigh “the interest of the unborn child to live.”

Bro wut

Somebody missed Reading Rainblow growing up.

I mean, that dude has been anything but sleepy. Considering the epic shit-show he inherited, I think he’s doing quite well.

I mean it’s just common sense not to do these things in your mother’s living room my guy.

But why male models?

Just gonna deny our boys on VeggieTales.

The vast majority of people in the general public would give happily to both, so I’m not sure what your point is here.

It’s only places like this that fear these things.

They can both exist.

I personally enjoyed the new Final Fantasy.

Linus?

Oh no a cis white male feels offended.

Anyways.

Wtf has Mr beast done again?

And his explanation here:

My comments on BasedCon

It is unfortunate that Rob has made BasedCon so intentionally provocative. I told him as much after the event last year – I felt a little uncomfortable. There is a demographic that welcomes the in-your-face posturing, but it drives away sympathetic people that would otherwise be happy to talk about craft, stories, and technology.

Even when someone gives you a clear signal, it is a mistake to extrapolate it to an entire constellation of beliefs and behaviors, and then to assume they are contagious by association. That shortchanges a lot of people.

I’m not a culture warrior, and I don’t want to strike blows against anyone. I don’t follow activists on either side, including Rob, because I tend to think that all the negativity and resentment is detrimental to both the author and target.

The back story:

I like hard science fiction stories with a bit of competent libertarian vibe. I have ever since Heinlein, but it isn’t a mainstream genre. People here on twitter introduced me to a few contemporary authors that scratch that itch, and I have happily read a half dozen new books in the last few years from authors I would have otherwise been unaware of. It is great to be able to get a recommendation, read a book, then drop the author a DM and say “Hey, I liked your book!”

One of those authors was Rob Kroese, who had started organizing a small gathering of authors and fans that fell a bit outside the mainstream of SF/fantasy. This is a tiny niche of a niche, but I had had Twitter conversations with three of the authors attending, and I was interested in the contrast with the big commercial SF/fantasy conventions I had attended.

I was initially going to just show up as a fan, but I wound up giving a talk about AI and sitting on panels about aerospace and fact checking novels. I met several more authors, and came back with a backpack full of new books to read. Politics didn’t come up once in my conversations.

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1659173689986883584

Meh, still annoying to me personally, his excuse that he likes libertarian sci-fi books so he went to see what it’s like vs “mainstream” cons, is pretty sus.

Among his injuries were nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, broken hand and a collapsed lung.

Jesus. 13 year old survives 100 foot fall, meanwhile I stretched too far to reach some chips in the highest parts of the cupboard and now I can’t look right.

Why is this so upvoted?

It accomplishes nothing and would do nothing to “ban child influencers”.

The entire point of the thought experiment was to point out how ridiculous the idea of somehow banning people off social media completely is.

Any and all terms or conditions would be wholly unenforceable.

I’m sorry, I’m confused. I asked how someone who wanted to ban child influencers would accomplish that, and you gave a small list of things you would do to do it, and then when it didn’t work you said that was the whole point?

Is your point that you can’t do it? And if so, why did you offer up something if you figured it wouldn’t even work?