everyone's saying "i'm so glad that NFT stuff is over" but honestly it was a way funnier techbro grift than AI.

Like, I don't wanna hear George Miller say AI is the future, I wanna see Seth Green try to buy back his ape jpeg from a random guy on twitter.

i profoundly apologize for this lapse in judgement

I totally get you not being sad - obviously you can feel however you want. I’m more asking about refusing to take others’ sadness seriously. I can only speak for myself: it’s not about the product. It’s the loss of my hobby. I mean, I’m moving on to others, as is the healthy response IMO, but still.

i laughed for the entire Virtual Boy reveal

... please, can that dialogue happen amongst yourselves and somewhere far, far away from us, because watching "have interests and consider treating her like a human being with agency" wash over dudes as revelatory is exhausting and honestly pretty alarming to witness.

importante, si es verdad

I go back and forth on whether the internet is good or not, but today it is good because there is a playthrough of the game on Youtube!

possibly Helen Levitt, 1939? sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/new-...

I've seen this in chess, too: "what is the name of this opening: <arbitrary sequence of legal moves>"

Although now that I think of it, there's probably a lot in common here with anime, "haha, you didn't anticipate my Accelerated Dragon!"