The Barry Nailgun

barely a metaphor lmao

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry has a $1.1 billion bet against AI stocks, and markets are plunging | Fortune Wall Street expects tech stocks to take a hammering this morning—again.

L O fuckin LLLLLLLLLL

this debate drives me nuts. Y’ALL NEED TO BE *CLOSING THE LID* PRE-FLUSH. every flush sends tiny shit water particles into the air that will be UNIMPEDED if you don’t shut the lid. that’s doo doo on your toothbrush. frictionless brain take.

“Following the jewel heist at The Louvre, [Bari] Weiss suggested they interview author Dan Brown…Brown is well known as the bestselling author of the 2003 mystery novel, The Da Vinci Code…”

YouTube video by grimscribe126 Original Takes for Orson Welles Wine Commercial

this Orson Welles classic always cheers me up.

YouTube video by JP Philosophers described by Peep Show

some serious laugh-out-loud moments in this one

*to the tune of american woman* osama bin laden

the world is hell but Heat 2 is coming.

It's telling that Hakeem Jeffries' endorsement of Zohran Mamdani sounds more like a concession speech

YouTube video by Second Thought The Secret Plan To Tank Zohran

"USA really calling Zohran a communist for stuff our right wing govt gives us in Australia lol"

A sweaty ICE agent looking into the camera as a woman next to him gleefully flips him off with both hands.

Yesterday on Canal St. in Chinatown.

(Photo by the superb www.instagram.com/nigrotime?ig...)

with 0% interest for 15 months, a $200 signup bonus and 6% back on internet purchases for a year it makes a lot of sense, but in general this system is set up for the financially illiterate to get played and then pay for it even more the moment they need to take out a loan.

rewarded myself for a 70 point credit score increase by opening a fourth credit card and buying a new PC.

the wild thing about credit scores is this behavior is ultimately going to increase my score.

it's been shameful living in a country that does not have a Quality Ballroom

"is the Cuomo Won the Debate in the room with us right now?"

have hit that moment of the semester where I'm running tea through a coffee filter at 11 PM because I decided I ought to just squeeze the diffuser open in the mug in the middle of the steep for no reason.

individuals and corporations are both defaulting to this idea that AI is the beginning and end of the process creative. this translates into slop culture- mass layoffs in creative posts and students outsourcing entire college assignments, when AI really better serves us when paired with human Q&A.

in a different timeline, we'd be mainly discussing AI as an assistive technology. that seems to be its best use- something that can stimulate avenues of new thought, spark creativity, reduce the amount of time spent on tedium, democratize otherwise paywalled skill sets, etc.

do the first 290,000 years' worth of homo sapiens also get into heaven?

like, I understand that "looking forward to the Messiah" pre-the birth of Jesus applies, but like... what about before the idea of a Messiah?

YouTube video by Facundo Verdun Donnie Darko (2001) - Movie Theater scene

"why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"

I have a 5/5/2000 album in my collection that I really like, but beyond that I'm pretty in the dark. I'll check this out!

don’t remember making this

"barry, what the fuck are you even talking about"
this:

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if your movie/tv show promo poster randomly alters the eye color of a character on it to look jarringly bright even though no such effect is present in the movie/tv show, I'm judging tf outta you and not watching it.

Mindhunter fans are gonna HATE the last episode of Ryan Murphy's Ed Gein atrocity, I tell you what...

honest question:

is Ryan Murphy out of his fucking mind?

The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis" AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.

misleading terminology aside, this needs to be discussed at greater length, but focus also needs to be on the psychological impact that constant bombardment with incoherent/bizarre/braindead AI video imagery/audio has on the human mind

CHINA A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT DEI

I mean, they’re concerned about DEI insofar that they’ve worked quite hard at liquidating Uyghur Muslims. not to mention the change in policy that was required to address the sex ratio gap that existed for… reasons… 🥴