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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI was trying to focus on the "over the shoulder" presidential stand-in where they're not matching the face/etc but use hair/clothing/build to imply the "real" person rather than a generic...I was trying to focus on the "over the shoulder" presidential stand-in where they're not matching the face/etc but use hair/clothing/build to imply the "real" person rather than a generic knock-off president. So I haven't been focusing on faces at all.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentOh yeah I didn't think but I could absolutely recognize a stereotypical Lincoln body double over the shoulder. But I'm also from IL and we're big on Lincoln, even pre-stovepipe hat.Oh yeah I didn't think but I could absolutely recognize a stereotypical Lincoln body double over the shoulder. But I'm also from IL and we're big on Lincoln, even pre-stovepipe hat.
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Comment on Reuters reveals Banksy's identity in a long investigation in ~arts
DefinitelyNotAFae Link Parent𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼
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Comment on Reuters reveals Banksy's identity in a long investigation in ~arts
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentNo I understand why you find it a piece of whimsy, it just doesn't feel that way to me. It's not even a "I don't agree" it's that I didn't feel that way about Banksy, so I dont have any sense of a...No I understand why you find it a piece of whimsy, it just doesn't feel that way to me. It's not even a "I don't agree" it's that I didn't feel that way about Banksy, so I dont have any sense of a loss of whimsy now. And since I didn't find him whimsical, I had the blasé reaction and not one more similar to yours.
And I think it's because his work itself wasn't whimsical (or at least my perception of it). I also think it's because he's not new anymore. He isn't just a mysterious guy, he's been around for 20+ years and isn't dodging arrest but seems to be making quite a bit of money now. And good for him, to be clear. But I just don't have that emotional attachment.
So I get why a piece of whimsy being ripped away is heart wrenching. After all, I'm here occasionally roleplaying as someone desperately trying to convince everyone they're not one of the Fair Folk, because I think the world is a bit more fun with magic. And obviously I'm just a human like everyone else.
My last line was just regarding the span of different responses, that this article has destroyed whimsy and made you feel ill, and to another person is a fascist threat of persecution because art is too threatening. It is quite a spectrum. But it's just an observation with no intended subtext or snark or anything.
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Comment on How a white nationalist club thought it found safe haven in a Montreal gym in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkOof, this gives me similar feelings to the way that some people prepping for violence rehearse by engaging in violent acts against animals. Even if rhetoric like this lands in the ears of people...“If hearing people talk in a very aggressive and offensive way is too much for you, are you really gonna be able to stomach like men, women and children being loaded onto fucking boats at gunpoint so they can be sent back to India?” he asked, according to a Canadian Anti-Hate Network report. The Tyee has independently verified the quote.
Oof, this gives me similar feelings to the way that some people prepping for violence rehearse by engaging in violent acts against animals. Even if rhetoric like this lands in the ears of people skeptical about the above actions, they may still be more comfortable with the "aggressive and offensive language" because it's been reframed as the bare minimum.
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Comment on Reuters reveals Banksy's identity in a long investigation in ~arts
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThat's interesting, I never found Banksy whimsical so perhaps that's why I don't have strong feelings about it? I suspect most folks will go on like nothing has changed because he can still do his...That's interesting, I never found Banksy whimsical so perhaps that's why I don't have strong feelings about it? I suspect most folks will go on like nothing has changed because he can still do his thing.
But I think it's really interesting to see this article framed both as killing whimsy and fascist threats in this thread.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThe books are wonderful and quick reads/listens as they're mostly novellas. The changes are ok, they make the Preservation colonists a bit less serious and drop at least one character but I think...The books are wonderful and quick reads/listens as they're mostly novellas.
The changes are ok, they make the Preservation colonists a bit less serious and drop at least one character but I think they caught the spirit of the characters.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThere's a wikipedia list of people who have played real presidents in TV and movies but it doesn't include this depiction of Obama so I don't think it'll be useful. I feel like I've seen something...There's a wikipedia list of people who have played real presidents in TV and movies but it doesn't include this depiction of Obama so I don't think it'll be useful. I feel like I've seen something similar of Clinton or Reagan, but it would have been long enough ago that I have no idea what show it was in. I think that they and W Bush would both be recognizable to me in that sort of shot, but that's also because they're the presidents I have been alive for. Kennedy possibly, and I feel like I've seen something like that too.
I suspect it's mostly that they dont bother unless they're specifically hinting at a particular president, and that if they were, say, hinting at Ford or Johnson, I wouldnt get it unless it was an SNL bit. (I would recognize a fake President Bartlett though)
I figured you were thinking of TV shows but it was the only example I could think of that was so specific.
But it does make me think about Sister Act's portrayal of Pope John Paul II with an over-the-shoulder cropped shot of him in the choir loft at the church.
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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIt is not strange for formal business press releases/statements to be very deliberately crafted (and run through legal) and thus use many of these "tropes" in the interest of specificity and...the shutdown post is riddled with "it's not X, it's Y
It is not strange for formal business press releases/statements to be very deliberately crafted (and run through legal) and thus use many of these "tropes" in the interest of specificity and clarity, less they be misinterpreted. Also some people write like that, with parenthetical phrases nestled into commas, because we're neurodivergent and particular and trying to make very sure we're understood.
That said this doesn't read AI to me. I could be wrong of course but several times I've seen this said about these sort of statements that just read "formal" rather than particularly AI generated. I think it would be very unwise not to at least pass it back through human editing, and I guarantee their legal team reviewed it, but again, maybe I'm wrong.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkBlack riders have always held the reins: What ‘High Horse’ gets right about Black cowboys and the West. I just thought this was really neat! Has anyone watched High Horse?I just thought this was really neat! Has anyone watched High Horse?
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Comment on Reuters reveals Banksy's identity in a long investigation in ~arts
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThat really is the conclusion I came to after reading this. Like oh, this was literally "exposed" in 2008 and everyone just moved on with a denial. Banksy isn't at risk of persecution, his persona...That really is the conclusion I came to after reading this. Like oh, this was literally "exposed" in 2008 and everyone just moved on with a denial. Banksy isn't at risk of persecution, his persona is just part of the performance. And that's fine!
He was really smart changing his name, frankly.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI wonder if the more specific portrayal of Obama was particularly because of him having lived there. The only media I can think of that has done a portrayal of trump post-election is an Adrian...I wonder if the more specific portrayal of Obama was particularly because of him having lived there. The only media I can think of that has done a portrayal of trump post-election is an Adrian Tchaikovsky novel that actually I had to stop reading because I could not handle the reflection of reality.
In the novel Bear Head which is second or third in a series the character Warner S. Thompson is described as a populist- fascist, narcissistic politician who strategically never ends his sentences so that he's never actually promising anything and people think he agrees with them.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 9 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentShe's also a young progressive woman, I am absolutely sure she is perceived as annoying for literally anything by certain people. Again I haven't followed her super closely.She's also a young progressive woman, I am absolutely sure she is perceived as annoying for literally anything by certain people. Again I haven't followed her super closely.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 9 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkDark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Well that's shady as fuck. Kat Abughazaleh has been present at anti-ICE protests in the Chicago...Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate
A week out from a crowded and contentious Democratic primary in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District, Amanda Informed, an online influencer in Florida received an email with an offer: one negative post about candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Instagram and TikTok, for $1,500.
It’s unclear who paid for the campaign targeting Abughazaleh. Anthes said in his email to Amanda that Democracy Unmuted was “not an official org yet,” and while he couldn’t disclose the funders, he said they were “individuals from the IL area who have served in the highest offices and been at top of their game in the media.”
Democracy Unmuted’s website, registered two weeks ago, seems to be a slapdash effort at a political advocacy website. It has no “about” section and no contact information.
Well that's shady as fuck.
Kat Abughazaleh has been present at anti-ICE protests in the Chicago area and has been a pretty loud voice on the left in IL during this campaign. She's not on my ballot and I haven't dug into her deeply for that reason but I like her positions in a general sense.
I do think it's interesting to see who gets caught out making these posts.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentYeah I know it's anecdotal and rare but the fact that it happens at all is concerning Btw you accidentally double posted!Yeah I know it's anecdotal and rare but the fact that it happens at all is concerning
Btw you accidentally double posted!
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentNo worries, it's definitely a case of the connotations of the word being different in different contexts.No worries, it's definitely a case of the connotations of the word being different in different contexts.
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Comment on Reuters reveals Banksy's identity in a long investigation in ~arts
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI mean sure, if you imagine Reuters as an arm of the British Government and invent shit they didn't say or even imply. You literally said they did this because "art irritates fascists." Are the...I mean sure, if you imagine Reuters as an arm of the British Government and invent shit they didn't say or even imply. You literally said they did this because "art irritates fascists." Are the writers the fascists?
I'm pretty ambivalent about the story, and I understand caring about privacy but this really seems just like a knee-jerk "first they came for the artists" response when literally they seem to have found a 2008 article and fact checked it, dressing it up as more investigative than it was and literally no one is coming for the artist.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
DefinitelyNotAFae Link Parent"What radicalized you" is a meme that's gone around social media for a little bit. People usually reference seeing or experiencing injustice in such a way that they're determined not to let that..."What radicalized you" is a meme that's gone around social media for a little bit. People usually reference seeing or experiencing injustice in such a way that they're determined not to let that (or any) injustice occur to others but rarely do they imply or intend violent criminal action.
It's usually less about "solidifying" because it implies that the thoughts were there previously just less certain. But it depends on the individual's interpretation.
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Comment on AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money in ~tech
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI really disagree. I don't think that that is actually how the site runs at all.I really disagree. I don't think that that is actually how the site runs at all.
And the em-dashes came from AO3 and other fanfic (among other places). Yeah it's repeating the things people say.