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RickiTarr, to random
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Alright, lots of heavy discussions today, so let's talk about something silly!

What is a movie that always makes you laugh?

Personal pick:

Anything Mel Brooks, but Robin Hood: Men in Tights, it's just funny every time I watch it.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr

  • The Heat
  • Monty Python And The Holy Grail
  • Dr Strangelove

Once I fell and hit my head almost concussion-level while watching The Heat, so literally ROTFL. Both Melissa McCarthy and Bostonians completely kill me.

argonaut, to random
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Steve Jobs (at the helm of the most recognisably design-driven company in the world, and just after launching the iPod, a product that would revolutionise user experience and service design): “[Design is] not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

Designers today: “No, design is definitely how it looks.”

argonaut, to random
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I’m not sure I understand what the point of social media is. Happily, that is only a problem the few days my mind is clear and free of anxiety…

RickiTarr, to random
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I used to babysit a lot, and I was kind of famous for getting kids to try foods they normally wouldn't. I was never pushy about it, just included them in the shopping/harvesting/cooking process, and asked them to try a little bite of everything, and to remember that your tastebuds change as you age, so keep on trying stuff.

This backfired on me occasionally though. Once as an adventure, we went to a Japanese restaurant, and I ordered the kiddos some Katsu (who doesn't love something fried with dippy sauce), and got myself a plate of sushi rolls and sashimi. Well, since I always asked them to try one bite of something new, they looked at me expectantly, so I let them try a bit of each. Turns out they were all in for sushi, and those little nerds ate most of my plate, and then they always wanted to go. Kids, I don't have sushi money every day!

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr my new life goal is to have “sushi money every day”.

RickiTarr, to random
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If the gods exist, it's mighty presumptuous to think they have our best interests at heart, or even think about us at all.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr that’s why I love mythology, and how the gods played with us like we were ants…

RickiTarr, to random
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Avatar really did rip off Dune, and don't get me started on Star Wars.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr please get started on Star Wars, I wanna know.

GossiTheDog, to random
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For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

video/mp4

argonaut,
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@GossiTheDog easy: make a Hollywood movie of all your passwords.

RickiTarr, to random
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You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr Honey Loops ;)

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr not a doubt, if we see what every single other species (including many small-brained dinosaurs) figured out eons ago.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr the big thing is the world being broken by misdirected incentives and the destructive myth of individuality, and the cope is making myself into a little ball and sighing myself to sleep.

RickiTarr, to random
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That Novelty Cup you had to have on vacation, you'll never use it again.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr mugs do count in my cupboard. Mugs count a lot, cause they’re lovely and useful. Mugs count so much there’s no space for anything else. Open the cupboard and it’s all mugs. All mugs! All. Mugs…

RickiTarr, to random
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Have you ever met someone who lies all the time, but doesn't seem to realize they are lying?

argonaut,
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Yes, their name is ChatGPT.

Also, me, because I have small children.

Also, we all, because almost all that what was true a century ago no longer is, and so today’s truths will be lies in a century’s time.

RickiTarr, to random
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They say If a writer falls in love with you, you'll live forever, but what if you break their heart?

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr then you’ll live forever in perfidy

argonaut, to random
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"We're all one thing, Lieutenant. That's what I've come to realize. Like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell."
— Cassie from THE THREE

RickiTarr, to random
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Does anyone else have trouble doing one thing at a time? Like if I'm doing chores it helps to have a podcast or talk to someone, or watching TV, I need to do something with my hands, like a little handy craft, or a simple game. I love movies, but the movie has to be absolutely fascinating for me to want to go to a theater where I just need to sit there and watch. I have a large amount of tabs open on my phone all the time and I flit back and forth through a bunch of different things. Weed helps calm this down a bit.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr it’s accustoming to overstimulation due to densification of stimuli (information) by digital technology. Translated: your brain wants a “newsfeed” life.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr yeah, blaming digital is my oversimplification of our brain wanting different information densities that our culture and society may or may not be able to offer naturally.

It’s like we have brains that each is at a different educational level, but our systems and society are stuck on 6th grade, so some of us get bored all the time

(It also happened to me since elementary school, and was almost expelled from school for being “distracted all the time”).

RickiTarr, to random
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There are no rules, when there's thunder in your heart!

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.

RickiTarr, to random
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The real conspiracy that no one talks about is that Grasshoppers are around 200 million years older than grass.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr probably before grass was created they were called “grasshopers”

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr that’s a really massive hop. chapeau.

Alice, to random
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I think it's funny that a test for autism lists a lot of questions that are virtually impossible for autistic people to answer due to the binary nature of the options.

https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr @Alice I’m completely stuck on question 14. There are some people I know I would prefer not to have a meal out with, but without my closest ones I’d probably feel quite lonely.

It’s the “only” and “never” words that really trigger me. There’s no such thing as “only” or “never”. These are invented words that have no meaning in the real world.

RickiTarr, to random
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Without looking it up, tell me anything you know about Lithuania or Lithuanians.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr they have a very old language.

RickiTarr, to random
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If you could pause body aging, what age would you have paused at, and why?

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr 72. Because the knowledge, the can’tbebotheredness, and the infinite reading hours.

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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Is All That She Wants by Ace Of Base about:

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argonaut, to random
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My personal view is that technology is not the problem, but only an amplifier of the human condition, which is multifaceted to say the least.

So in order for tech to enrich humans we would need to work on the incentives of human interaction. And in order to do so we would probably have to look into how humans learn to interact. And that will take us directly into education.

Education.

I definitely think that is the answer to many of our despaired questions.

argonaut, to random
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Best selling car in Europe vs best selling car in the U.S., 2021.

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