Colin McComb

as usual, our thoughts appear to be synchronized. Acclaim shouldn't be what drives us - satisfaction and joy in the work should take its place.

I can think of nothing more comforting than knowing a tech-bro programmed LLM is running probabilities of nuclear war. Someone should break in and give it a flowers and puppies prompt.

I mean, it's a terrible joke. I can't believe they thought it was a good idea.

Prompt: You are a legacy journalist struggling to stay relevant in an age of rapid technological advancement. Come up a list of of the five worst ideas to destroy your credibility and then post the first one.

A parody of a jeans ad showing the mutated guy from "The Fly" and the text: "American Eagle Seth Brundle has fly jeans"

Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse

I'm sorry, I can't press Like on this. You know how I feel about the series.
But fuck, man, I am eagerly awaiting the next thing you do, whatever it is.

so many possible ways to answer this:
-ultimately no one cares about anything because we're all going to be dead
-pointing out the fallacy of appeal to popularity
-noting the irony of claiming superiority while hunting posts on social media to disagree with
-this is how you have fun? huh

Drop a bad guy you actually love

My high school had a lip sync contest. My friends and I chose Crazy Train, and I was Ozzy. I filled a rubber bat with hamburger meat, and during the solo I bit its head off and spat it into the lap of the head cheerleader.

Huge respect to #ozzy and thanks for showing us another way.

YouTube video by Will Wood Will Wood - Laplace's Angel (Official Video)

Will Wood, everyone!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4UG...

You have my guarantee!

also I posted this before I went and followed him here, which means I didn't tag him properly. you should follow him too: @mytholder.bsky.social

Definitely looking forward to reading more of his work.

where you from?

The Sword Defiant by Gareth Hanrahan is exactly what I was looking for right now. Well written high fantasy in a vivid world, with political squabbles and factions threatening to tear apart an alliance against a clear evil. Plus an excellent exploration of the elven perspective on immortality.

DEFINITELY.

I regret to say I will not see you at Gen Con, but would have loved to buy you a drink there!

I don't think it's an either/or. I think they're both malicious AND ignorant.

1. get hired
2. toss Melania into their swamp prison
3. resign

Speaking of bourbon, Your Excellency, what's your favorite everyday bourbon? My local shop turned me on to Four Roses Small Batch, and I've found 1792 on sale at Costco to be an excellent choice as well. Both cheap enough you don't feel bad about mixing, but 100% solid enough to stand on their own.

"And it only cost $50!"

alternately, just answer right away off the top of your head and then pray they don't respond asking for clarification.

The whole series is so good, and I wish we could get more. @stephenblackmoore.com has a vivid imagination and writes with style.

ah yes. The stages:
- "This email is important and I want to give it the attention it deserves. I'll get to it a bit later."
- "This email is too old for a half-assed answer and I need to address it in depth. Let me think..."
- "This email has now entered the too-embarrassing-to-answer zone."

Admin stuff is The Worst. Its only reward is that it's done.

it's so much better to choke the air and pollute the water and poison communities. And did you ever notice you never heard Big Solar advocates talking about SUNBURN??? Gotcha, climate alarmists!

(I'm so tired of these people)

These guys aren't in the games industry - they're in the strip-everything-of-value industry. The only thing that matters is whether the line goes up next quarter.

it's more of a couple of strands of old yarn tied loosely between rusted-out bridge pylons.

just in time for the safety net to get yanked away!

whoever his guildmates are, I'll bet they're really awesome and funny.

"what americans want more of is completely co-opted establishment types!"