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  1. Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics

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    I think you’re on to something with art vs. content. Content and Imagery seem interchangeable in the top level post.

    I think you’re on to something with art vs. content. Content and Imagery seem interchangeable in the top level post.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on How I escaped MAGA. Critical thinking woke me up. in ~society

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    Hey, sounds like we’re in a similar boat! Pray for us - the Christian University I work at is finally going to bend to student (and some loud external) pressure to add a TurningPointUSA chapter....

    Hey, sounds like we’re in a similar boat!

    Pray for us - the Christian University I work at is finally going to bend to student (and some loud external) pressure to add a TurningPointUSA chapter. Most of the faculty and a good chunk of the staff are less than thrilled.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Tildes Book Club Discussion - September 2025 - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang in ~books

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    I also thought his end note there was really interesting. I, too, interpret Job differently, but I can see how Chiang was reflecting on it lead to this story. I think his view of God is...

    I also thought his end note there was really interesting. I, too, interpret Job differently, but I can see how Chiang was reflecting on it lead to this story. I think his view of God is fundamentally wrong, but it made for a great read!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Tildes Book Club Discussion - September 2025 - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang in ~books

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    I’m with you on the feel of a theme. I think I was about halfway through Understand when I realized I’d need to make room in my top 5 books for this collection. The way Chiang wove through...

    I’m with you on the feel of a theme. I think I was about halfway through Understand when I realized I’d need to make room in my top 5 books for this collection. The way Chiang wove through philosophy and religion and played with perception and the limit of humanity from so many angles was engrossing. Just a master class in clever and concise storytelling.

    I read this on his Wikipedia page: Writer Peter Watts has praised Chiang's work, writing: "We share a secret prayer, we writers of short SF. We utter it whenever one of our stories is about to appear in public, and it goes like this: Please, Lord. Please, if it be Thy will, don’t let Ted Chiang publish a story this year."

    2 votes

  5. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Babu Frick all of you and your Sith hearts! I hope this movie has Ewoks, Yoda’s force ghost, and more of those muppets from Return of the Jedi on rotisseries! Lolol. I couldn’t resist, but I...

    Babu Frick all of you and your Sith hearts! I hope this movie has Ewoks, Yoda’s force ghost, and more of those muppets from Return of the Jedi on rotisseries! Lolol. I couldn’t resist, but I actually would be fine with all of that. Disney should just do a Muppets version of Star Wars while they’re at it.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    You fine folks have clearly not seen the glory that is this year’s Lego Gingerbread AT-AT Walker!

    You fine folks have clearly not seen the glory that is this year’s Lego Gingerbread AT-AT Walker!

    2 votes

  7. Comment on How Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre in ~food

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    I used to see them at Sprouts in Oklahoma during Apple-anch (avalanche) in October. Not sure that I ever tried one.

    I used to see them at Sprouts in Oklahoma during Apple-anch (avalanche) in October. Not sure that I ever tried one.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on How Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre in ~food

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    Pink Lady is the way to go! After trying one for the first time, I easily prefer them to every other type of apple. Buy them at Aldi pre-bagged, and they seem better there versus buying them other...

    Pink Lady is the way to go! After trying one for the first time, I easily prefer them to every other type of apple. Buy them at Aldi pre-bagged, and they seem better there versus buying them other places. Not sure why.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    The Pokemon Animal Crossing Minecraft is probably the game that will push me to get a Switch 2.

    The Pokemon Animal Crossing Minecraft is probably the game that will push me to get a Switch 2.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Paramount Skydance prepares Ellison-backed bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in ~movies

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    On the other hand, I'd definitely watch a Looney Tunes Star Trek show.

    On the other hand, I'd definitely watch a Looney Tunes Star Trek show.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes Book Club - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang - How is it going? in ~books

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    Will borrow the audio book after 2(?) more books.

    Will borrow the audio book after 2(?) more books.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Wikipedia is resilient because it’s boring in ~tech

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    As someone very much in conservative bastion church spaces, this reads essentially accurate. I know both major parties have plenty of dirty laundry, but on the rare occasions that I confront...

    As someone very much in conservative bastion church spaces, this reads essentially accurate. I know both major parties have plenty of dirty laundry, but on the rare occasions that I confront political statements individuals are making, those tend to be conservative talking points as they’re often trying to invoke Christian principles at the same time. Seems like 90+% of the time, those statements are butchering Jesus and the Bible.

    13 votes

  13. Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games

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    Lode Runner (5) Mr. Defaxxonobbleoid (5) May or may not come back with my other 10 votes. I just don’t want stuff to drop off forever!

    Lode Runner (5)
    Mr. Defaxxonobbleoid (5)

    May or may not come back with my other 10 votes. I just don’t want stuff to drop off forever!

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games

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    Make sure to change Load to Lode so it gets counted!

    Make sure to change Load to Lode so it gets counted!

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games

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    I’m good with the og Lode Runner, but figured I’d reply here as I came to nominate the mid 90s Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monk’s Revenge. Was one of my all time favorites, and some wonderful...

    I’m good with the og Lode Runner, but figured I’d reply here as I came to nominate the mid 90s Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monk’s Revenge. Was one of my all time favorites, and some wonderful folks rewrote it from scratch to run on modern computers. I am suggesting that version, linked above.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - August 2025 - Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut in ~books

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    Yeah, the interview was unexpected. I don’t think it added anything to the book, per se, though it was a major change of tone after the ending!

    Yeah, the interview was unexpected. I don’t think it added anything to the book, per se, though it was a major change of tone after the ending!

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - August 2025 - Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut in ~books

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    One of my increasingly favorite parts of the Hebrew Bible is the trio of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job, which are part of the Wisdom Literature. Proverbs presents how things ought to work...

    One of my increasingly favorite parts of the Hebrew Bible is the trio of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job, which are part of the Wisdom Literature. Proverbs presents how things ought to work (almost in a way that people who identify with karma would recognize), Ecclesiastes reflects that we’re all going to die and everything essentially leads to the same (frustrating?) end, and Job recognizes that the most critical parts of life are entirely out of our hands. Bokononism frequently felt like wisdom literature from the Hebrew Bible, and I often felt it captured absurdist truth (but still Truth) despite stating that it was all a lie.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Famous cognitive psychology experiments that failed to replicate in ~science

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    As my wife, who is a licensed psychologist and a behaviorist says, the reason cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works is entirely the B part.

    As my wife, who is a licensed psychologist and a behaviorist says, the reason cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works is entirely the B part.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Paramount’s movie priorities under new Skydance owners include ‘Top Gun 3’, ‘Star Trek’ and more in ~movies

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    If you're in the US and have Hoopla through the library, you can also read all the current IDW Star Trek comics! Some of them (like the Lower Decks one yesterday) get posted the same day they come...

    If you're in the US and have Hoopla through the library, you can also read all the current IDW Star Trek comics! Some of them (like the Lower Decks one yesterday) get posted the same day they come out!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Paramount’s movie priorities under new Skydance owners include ‘Top Gun 3’, ‘Star Trek’ and more in ~movies

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    Same here! I pretty much enjoy anything Star Trek, so I’m down for whatever they put out.

    Same here! I pretty much enjoy anything Star Trek, so I’m down for whatever they put out.

    2 votes