Benjamin (he/him/his)
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One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
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Yeah, Biden just wrote the Crime Bill and the Bankruptcy Bill, drafted the Patriot Act, voted for NAFTA, DOMA, and the Iraq War, eulogized Strom Thurmond, installed Clarence Thomas by smearing Anita Hill, voted to create DHS and ICE, made the Bush tax cuts permanent, and supported a literal genocide
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yeah, Biden just wrote the Crime Bill and the Bankruptcy Bill, drafted the Patriot Act, voted for NAFTA, DOMA, and the Iraq War, eulogized Strom Thurmond, installed Clarence Thomas by smearing Anita Hill, voted to create DHS and ICE, made the Bush tax cuts permanent, and supported a literal genocide
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It’s simple really, going forward, any politician that refuses to engage in any form of anti trust policy towards AI should immediately be disqualified as a potential candidate.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s simple really, going forward, any politician that refuses to engage in any form of anti trust policy towards AI should immediately be disqualified as a potential candidate.
One important issue with the application of objectivity to the assessment of any work of art is that there are two different conceptions of objectivity that I rarely see people distinguish between.
(I'm touching on the issue of objectivity for my thesis proposal)
(I'm touching on the issue of objectivity for my thesis proposal)
Embarrassing that even people on here believe in such as thing as "objectively good/bad" art. Opinions on art is based on your emotional reactions to it. Absurd to think you or anyone can assign an objective rating to it
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
One important issue with the application of objectivity to the assessment of any work of art is that there are two different conceptions of objectivity that I rarely see people distinguish between.
(I'm touching on the issue of objectivity for my thesis proposal)
(I'm touching on the issue of objectivity for my thesis proposal)
Slavery is outlawed in the Republic. This is established by Padme in Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The Jedi do not "tolerate" the slavery that goes on outside Republic borders any more than public servants in the global north "tolerate" various atrocities in developing nations here in our world.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Slavery is outlawed in the Republic. This is established by Padme in Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The Jedi do not "tolerate" the slavery that goes on outside Republic borders any more than public servants in the global north "tolerate" various atrocities in developing nations here in our world.
I like how Jake says he’d seen Rey’s proclivity toward the dark side once before, obviously referring to Kyle, and that it didn’t scare him enough then but does now, and his reaction is just to run from her, and then half an hour later he explains how his reaction to Kyle was to almost murder him.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I like how Jake says he’d seen Rey’s proclivity toward the dark side once before, obviously referring to Kyle, and that it didn’t scare him enough then but does now, and his reaction is just to run from her, and then half an hour later he explains how his reaction to Kyle was to almost murder him.
*sticks marshmallows in cheeks*
“I want you to tell me who the main character of Psycho was. You might think it’s Norman Bates. But we don’t even meet him until forty-five minutes into the movie.”
“I want you to tell me who the main character of Psycho was. You might think it’s Norman Bates. But we don’t even meet him until forty-five minutes into the movie.”
Always funny when you can pinpoint the exact moment a YouTuber articulated a specific criticism because all of a sudden every discussion has it come up with identical phrasing when no one has mentioned it before.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
*sticks marshmallows in cheeks*
“I want you to tell me who the main character of Psycho was. You might think it’s Norman Bates. But we don’t even meet him until forty-five minutes into the movie.”
“I want you to tell me who the main character of Psycho was. You might think it’s Norman Bates. But we don’t even meet him until forty-five minutes into the movie.”
There were also legit scientific studies that shows how much of the displeasure over Last Jedi was from actual human beings.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There were also legit scientific studies that shows how much of the displeasure over Last Jedi was from actual human beings.
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Lucasfilm vice president and creative director Doug Chiang says “only George [Lucas] truly knows what Star Wars design is.”
“I do my best, but I don’t always get it 100 per cent right.”
(Source: www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-...)
“I do my best, but I don’t always get it 100 per cent right.”
(Source: www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-...)
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Lucasfilm vice president and creative director Doug Chiang says “only George [Lucas] truly knows what Star Wars design is.”
“I do my best, but I don’t always get it 100 per cent right.”
(Source: www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-...)
“I do my best, but I don’t always get it 100 per cent right.”
(Source: www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-...)
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going to be a bluesky killjoy but i don't like this prompt. i don't like how normalized this concept has been in the blink of an eye. it's bad.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
going to be a bluesky killjoy but i don't like this prompt. i don't like how normalized this concept has been in the blink of an eye. it's bad.
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"Angel" - Massive Attack
"So What" - Miles Davis
"Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen
"Walk On By" - Isaac Hayes
"Xtal" - Aphex Twin
"So What" - Miles Davis
"Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen
"Walk On By" - Isaac Hayes
"Xtal" - Aphex Twin
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Angel" - Massive Attack
"So What" - Miles Davis
"Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen
"Walk On By" - Isaac Hayes
"Xtal" - Aphex Twin
"So What" - Miles Davis
"Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen
"Walk On By" - Isaac Hayes
"Xtal" - Aphex Twin
Here’s my ranking
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Here’s my ranking
How did you read through the entirety of J.W. Rinzler’s “Making of Empire Strikes Back” and conclude that George Lucas had no involvement in the writing of the film?
I'm not a huge Star Wars fan at all but just about everyone names 'Empire' as the best one of these movies. And I agree. I've seen all of these once and 'Empire' had the best writing(George Lucas had nothing to do with the writing, not a coincidence). I would rank 'Star Wars' #2.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
How did you read through the entirety of J.W. Rinzler’s “Making of Empire Strikes Back” and conclude that George Lucas had no involvement in the writing of the film?
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Always cracks me up when people present as being super orthodox over STAR WARS as the title of Star Wars (1977). Because, yeah, you’re all technically correct, but those of us who embrace A NEW HOPE literally have George Lucas on our side of the issue.
Also, it’s 2025. It’s okay to accept it.
Also, it’s 2025. It’s okay to accept it.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Always cracks me up when people present as being super orthodox over STAR WARS as the title of Star Wars (1977). Because, yeah, you’re all technically correct, but those of us who embrace A NEW HOPE literally have George Lucas on our side of the issue.
Also, it’s 2025. It’s okay to accept it.
Also, it’s 2025. It’s okay to accept it.
It’s fascinating how laissez-faire both Abrams and Johnson are about freely admitting that they both fully intended to just come in, tell their own “stories” without any care for the consequences their stories would have on Lucas’ art, and then just dip without a second thought.
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It’s fascinating how laissez-faire both Abrams and Johnson are about freely admitting that they both fully intended to just come in, tell their own “stories” without any care for the consequences their stories would have on Lucas’ art, and then just dip without a second thought.
I shouted him out by name in my first Star Wars viddy essay, and then I found out he’s an ardent J.K. Rowling defender. While I think his videos are strong in isolation, I’ve distanced myself from recommending him since then, as I care more about the dignity of trans people than I do about Star Wars
@benzed.bsky.social Question: What are your thoughts on Rick Worley's Star Wars videos? Asking since I noticed that you and him have similar arguments regarding the PT and the reaction to the PT by OT purists and because I noticed (or at least I think) that both of you use Ring Theory regarding
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I shouted him out by name in my first Star Wars viddy essay, and then I found out he’s an ardent J.K. Rowling defender. While I think his videos are strong in isolation, I’ve distanced myself from recommending him since then, as I care more about the dignity of trans people than I do about Star Wars
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MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN IS RESIGNING EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIFTH I REPEAT MARJORIE IS RESIGNING PLEASE THIS IS NOT A DRILL OMG
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN IS RESIGNING EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIFTH I REPEAT MARJORIE IS RESIGNING PLEASE THIS IS NOT A DRILL OMG
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People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Actually, people’s criticisms of the show aren’t reactions to their own reactions. They are reactions to the media that you made. Hope this helps!
THE ACOLYTE creator Leslye Headland says fans’ criticisms of the show “are completely valid.”
“That’s people’s reaction. It’s usually their reaction to their own reaction….the show was always a risk”
More from Headland’s insightful new interview: theholofiles.com/2025/11/20/t...
“That’s people’s reaction. It’s usually their reaction to their own reaction….the show was always a risk”
More from Headland’s insightful new interview: theholofiles.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Actually, people’s criticisms of the show aren’t reactions to their own reactions. They are reactions to the media that you made. Hope this helps!
A couple ideas I have for the James Bond reboot:
• He works for an agency called MI6, and remains in their employment for the duration of the film
• He wears suits and dinner jackets that fit him properly
• He has flings with beautiful women at exotic locales around the world
• He works for an agency called MI6, and remains in their employment for the duration of the film
• He wears suits and dinner jackets that fit him properly
• He has flings with beautiful women at exotic locales around the world
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A couple ideas I have for the James Bond reboot:
• He works for an agency called MI6, and remains in their employment for the duration of the film
• He wears suits and dinner jackets that fit him properly
• He has flings with beautiful women at exotic locales around the world
• He works for an agency called MI6, and remains in their employment for the duration of the film
• He wears suits and dinner jackets that fit him properly
• He has flings with beautiful women at exotic locales around the world
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One of the problems with bluesky is that it's so US-centric that liberals start revealing their inner sociopathy without pushback
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the problems with bluesky is that it's so US-centric that liberals start revealing their inner sociopathy without pushback
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george lucas and mellody hobson went to the "wicked: for good" nyc premiere. lucas, you may recall, facetimed director jon m. chu after seeing "wicked" last year to praise the film and his work.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
george lucas and mellody hobson went to the "wicked: for good" nyc premiere. lucas, you may recall, facetimed director jon m. chu after seeing "wicked" last year to praise the film and his work.
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lowkey one of the worst aspects of genAI being shoved into things is that I am constantly sceptical when presented with unknown art and artists. 'can I like this, or is it literally made of art theft?'
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
lowkey one of the worst aspects of genAI being shoved into things is that I am constantly sceptical when presented with unknown art and artists. 'can I like this, or is it literally made of art theft?'
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.