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I’m unaware of any other such studies done and I’d love to see more. This aligns with my experience of using AI developer tools though for sure

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English added by me :)

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What I need is more official art/merch of these two idiots. Like these cards.

The Zechs acrylic standee and meal from Gundam Cafe's Christmas event years ago was so Noin-coded it was criminal that it's just the guys who got featured. It's not called the "Escort" series for nothing, of course but. Ugh. A casual-attire Noin standee would have been lovely. One that would have paired nicely with the Zechs one.

Maybe this year? A girl can hope.

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humans love to categorize and then assign personality traits based on those categories, ranging from the mundane to the incredibly concerning. its orange cat behavior. everyone is either an introvert extrovert of ambivert. whats your mbti? enneagram? your classpect? hogwarts house? i'm just a typical taurus. what's your IQ? don't blame me im just a girl. boys will be boys. take this online personality test to determine which of the 9 types of human you are. everyone fits into these boxes. you know what their kind are like.

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Dear BBC

It seems that you don't have any money, probably due to the Tories or something. Luckily I have a solution to this problem.

Putting CGI in Doctor Who is expensive but you know what isn't? Asking all your staff to bring in their recycling bins and buying lots of paint.

The Welsh quarries are calling BBC. Disney betrayed you, didn't they? You don't need to worry about them when you use an old shower curtain as a costume.

We don't mind. Our eyes bled when we saw a CGI judoon. We physically retched at some of the environments you placed Doctor Who in.

But we're still watching episodes from the 1970s, aren't we?

Give us cardboard, give us plasterboard, give us foam, give us plastic, give us natural light, give us piles of rubble, give us silver paint, give us props the actors can interact with

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THOR RAGNAROK (2016) dr. Taika Waititi

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You see I too often sat in school classes and thought “when am I ever going to need this, I’m never going to be an engineer, I’m never gonna be a scientist, I’m never gonna be a linguist” and then I grew up and it turns out a lot of bigots and cults and scams and grifts hinge their entire business model on you just. Not knowing what a protein is or some shit

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heipaoshi in professor shen’s clothing (20/?)

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What really ticks me off when talking about ai is when people are like "it's unavoidable" or "you'll have to learn to use it someday" or "its going to be part of the future" like no it's plenty avoidable actually if you have a spine stronger than a dandelion. You simply say "no" and continue to use your own goddamn brain.

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Flashback to the time my friend dressed up as Poe for a Halloween party (I was The Raven) and we replicated this comic:

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reblog if you're corny and insufferable

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Visual development for Kpop Demon Hunters by Mingjue Helen Chen

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From @.the.andrey.x and @.mesarvot on Instagram: "Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv.

They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks are supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already."

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Remember that most actors/celebrities are actually relatively normal people, and they will be cool with you just speaking to them as a fellow human when you meet them. You don't have to say or do anything special unless you want to!

If there's something specific you want to tell them (e.g. "Hi, I loved your work in ____, it's my favorite movie") and you're nervous about getting that part out without stumbling over it, it can help to come up with your phrasing in advance. Practice saying it out loud a few times until you're comfortable with the whole sentence. This will make it much easier to say when you're nervous and distracted.

If all else fails and you freeze up in the moment, just smile when you approach them and say "thank you" after you get your photo/handshake/autograph, and you'll be good. No celebrity guest is ever going to judge you harshly for smiling and being polite to them. They'll probably even smile back.

Physiology hack: Remember to breathe. When humans are nervous, we tend to tense up and take shallow breaths. Slow, deep breaths from the diaphragm feed more oxygen to your system and can trick your body into dropping out of that fluttery panic state. When you're approaching the front of the line (or whatever signal means you're going to be meeting the celebrity very soon), stop and breathe in slowly for a count of five, then out slowly for a count of five. Repeat as needed until you no longer feel like you're going to throw up.

You got this. :)

Source: Am actor, have been a guest at cons. (Also grew up around "celebrities" and learned early on that they are mostly just dudes with performance-based jobs, and most of them like pizza.)

Hey does anyone have any advice for meeting actors at cons so you don’t make a fool of yourself and regret that moment for the rest of your life? Asking for me before I throw up