“suicide drones”

… Hey guys I think they just unlocked… “missiles”. 😬

To everyone down voting and assuming this is ragebait, I would ask we take a step back. I think this is a genuine question and I can’t help but feel a bit heard that someone is asking it.

In the midst of all this ridiculous culture-warring, creators have a ton of anxiety now. It’s one thing to be afraid your creation will get you laughed at for being cringey, (as if that’s not a huge barrier already).

But it’s another entirely when it feels like in this era of “all art is political”, writing anyone who has recognizable human qualities will forcibly put you, the creator, into some ideological category where you’ll be scrutinized and judged personally based on your work’s perceived “agenda.”

The right with their relentless “woke-hunting”, the left with their “purity tests” to blame you for not championing their particular social cause. Showing your art seems to inevitably involve chumming the waters to the terminally online. This can also produce anxieties of being doxxed or something if it’s high profile enough.

That being said: My heart is warmed by all the overwhelmingly level headed responses in this thread. Seriously. It gives me hope.

Please notice I said FEELS a lot up there…Our perception is definitely muddied by how social media tends to megaphone the worst of society, and it tends to discourage us from being seen or interacting with others.

I’m glad threads like this demonstrate how genuine people can be. It provides quite a contrast.

While we’re at it…

Don’t make life choices based on the opinion of white supremacists.

Now your great life advice is even more universally applicable! :D

Ah the old bad guy cliché. You know they feel threatened when they bust out the “We’re the same, you and I!” Lol

I like that idea, although I think we need some simpler guides as to what exactly one might he getting into if they’re setting up an instance that’s not just a domain name. (Costs, potential usage blowing up, legal issues with content, etc…)

Also, I really think there needs to be a smoother way to navigate between instances. I guess, so you’re still aware of “jumping nodes”, but also don’t feel locked in there. (Although maybe I’m just a newb still haha)

Truuue!

I probably engage here a little much too, but I’m glad there’s not a ton of “You also might like based on where your mouse hovered 0.4 seconds longer” panels on every single page!

The way he wields that stupid flamethrower around employees and such is SO Zorg!

Let’s be honest, corporate was just mad they didn’t think of it sooner! :p

This gesture is meant to convey threat and to harass religious and racial minorities.

I’d even take it a step further and say it’s a gesture made by a very dangerous minority that threatens the vast majority.

Nothing says “I’m willing to forgo my humanity to wage pointless violence on literally the rest of the world.” like the cringiest dipshit salute ever devised.

Yeah, no.

Or as they’d say down there:

“Yeeh, nooar.”

(I make this joke with love, Australia 🫶 lol)

Yeah you make a really good point there! I was perhaps thinking too simplistically and scaling from my personal experience with playing around on my home machine.

Although realistically, it seems the situation is pretty bad because freaky-giant-mega-computers are both training models AND answering countless silly queries per second. So at scale it sucks all around.

Minus the terrible fad-device-cycle manufacturing aspect, if they’re really sticking to their guns on pushing this LLM madness, do you think this wave of onboard “Ai chips” will make any impact on lessening natural resource usage at scale?

(Also offtopic but I wonder how much a sweet juicy exploit target these “ai modules” will turn out to be.)

It seemed really obvious, like, I had this thought before the election was called that I should start grabbing some stonks because the uncertainty dipped everything for a minute.

But I don’t have money for stocks right now, I’m simply not in the position. (Okay I own like one, for my favorite (not starbucks) coffee chain lol)

And then everything jumps massively after his “win”, because all the corpos are probably anticipating massive deregulation.

I probably would’ve been gutted on short term gains fees anyway lol.

That’s how it works though isn’t it? The secret is to already have a bunch of money and stock and general capital…then when it dips, it’s not so bad, and when it surges, you win such a payout!

How ingeniously simple! /s

Maybe we ought to just step aside and let these voters suffer the full consequences of their actions.

If we could do this without also suffering the full consequences of their actions I’d be all for it.

But at this point, in a hypothetical dystopian future, those voters would be reduced to scavenging in the slums, every public station owned by the GOP, not a Democrat in sight… and they’d still be able to get away with “blaming the liberals” for everything they directly caused right before everyone’s eyes.

I’ve been aghast reading all these comments on like, Nextdoor, of people shaking their heads saying “The left is always the party of divisiveness and violence.”

They’ll believe anything at this point. They literally can’t seem to comprehend the consequences of their votes.

Maybe we ought to just step aside and let these voters suffer the full consequences of their actions.

If we could do this without also suffering the full consequences of their actions I’d be all for it.

But at this point, in a hypothetical dystopian future, those voters would be reduced to scavenging in the slums, every public station owned by the GOP, not a Democrat in sight… and they’d still be able to get away with “blaming the liberals” for everything they directly caused right before everyone’s eyes.

I’ve been aghast reading all these comments on like, Nextdoor, of people shaking their heads saying “The left is always the party of divisiveness and violence.”

They’ll believe anything at this point. They literally can’t seem to comprehend the consequences of their votes.

Surely, now everyone will be hiring for all kinds of jobs and competing fiercely for who pays the best and offers the sweetest benefits, across all industries… Right? :D

/s

:(

massive recession. What smart thing do you think were going to do about it?

I remember 2008 like yesterday. “Nobody hiring. Mass layoffs. No jobs.”, and then it seems like that same cycle has just been on regular repeat the rest of our lives up to this point. (Meanwhile, record profits because of course!)

This is what I really worry about. I’m still trying but still on the same treadmill. I’m not a super genius or a heartless grifter, so I don’t really know if I can be clever enough for us to get through this… And that scares the crap out of me.

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie. LOL

I really appreciate this. I’m stuck awake and exhausted too. My house all voted and did what we could, here in NV, but I hate that nagging feeling that it wasn’t enough.

I’m praying to maintain that fervor, that raging fire to believe in good and fortify against coming evil… But it’s one crisis out of our hands to the next, and I’m just so tired. :(

I find myself returning more and more often to the ever and increasingly relevant:

Sending hopeful feelings for you to wherever else in the country you are.

You too, friend. We’re still here. We’ll get through this one day at a time.

American here. I would totally take you up on that hug there, mein bruder. This feels pretty damn awful. :(

I’m still holding out some kinda vague hope for the “final numbers” but…right now I’m not alone in feeling a little lost and confused at what we’re about to go through and what the heck life will look like in the near future.

A lot of previous elections felt like empty hype and doomsaying but this one feels like we’re gonna feel it immediately.

God help us all.

Also I don’t want more Americans moving here.

I have a sad feeling the rest of the world feels the same way.

I’m at the point where I want to leave these borders. I want to go somewhere relatively quiet and developed that has worker’s rights and isn’t some major turbulent player in the game of global domination.

I’d respect my new home and integrate and do my best to get along with my new neighbors.

But I’m pretty sure we’re stuck here to endure this madness.

The rich have already departed though. So you’ll probably end up with less humble American refugees and more pompous real-estate moguls. And for that, I’m sorry.