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ESO Board Silly Episode 36
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ESO Board Silly Episode 36
The board of the ESO Network is back. This time, Doctor Scott runs in to host this episode and talks to the crew about their experience with IA in the workplace and everyday life, including building websites and writing papers, recording music, and possibly replacing podcast hosts. But that’s not all, why not join us for all the fun, and help support the ESO Network by joining us at https://www.patreon.com/esonetwork, you won’t be sorry that you did 😉
#ai#All things geek#ESO Board#ESO Board Silly#ESO Board Silly Ep 36#ESO Network#ESO Network Patreon#geek podcast#Kevin Eldridge#Mary Ogle#Mike Faber#Patreon#Podcast#Scott Viguie
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⚠️DEADPOOL&WOLVERINE SPOILERS⚠️
Never have i ever wanted to bingewatch Fox's X-Men movies more than in that moment right there...
#GODDAMN#deadpool and wolverine#wolverine#deadpool#deadpool 3#marvel#x men#logan howlett#NO SERIOUSLY HOLY CRAP#IM SURE THEY USED CGI TO LIKE DEFINE THE MUSCLES BETTER BUT FOR A RETIRED 55 YEAR OLD MAN THATS AN INSANE PHYSIQUE TO STILL HAVE#THE FUNNIEST THING IS THAT I NEVER SHOWED INTEREST IN THE X MEN MOVIES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER#I ONLY WENT BECAUSE IT WAS DEADPOOL AND BECAUSW I FOUND COOL HOW THEY GOT HUGH BACK FOR THE ROLE OF WOLVERINE#I LEFT THAT THEATRE IN LOVE!!!#I WONDER HOW MY MOM FELT BECAUSE SHE'S A HUGE X-MEN GEEK AND RECOGNIZED ALMOST ALL THE CAMEOS#deadpool spoilers
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TSC 3 !!!!!! TSC 3 !!!!!!! TSC 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#THE WAY I LITERALLY STARTED FUCKING CRYING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OUT OF PURE JOY#ARE YOU KIDDINGGGGGGGGGGGG#IM SO FUCKING HAPPY RN I NEEDED THIS SO BAD I HAD SUCH A BAD DAY YESTERDAY#IM SO FUCKING GEEKED ARE YOU JOKINGGGGGGGGG#LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO#aftg#tsc#all for the game#the sunshine court#jean moreau#jeremy knox#oh my GOD WHAT ARE THREE BOOKS GOING TO ENTAIL?????#THE NATHANIEL WESNISKI TRIAL FOR SURE#BUT OMG ARE WE GONNA SEE THE FINALS#OMG WE’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR JEREJEAN BC ANDREIL TOOK UNTIL BOOK THREE#BITCH IM GONNA BE ON THE FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR FOR THIS SLOW HURN#THIS IS MY SUPERBOWL#the foxhole court#my post
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i am still not over him buying the batmobile. he’s so nerdy and proud. i love that about him so much it’s not even funny. he’s so 😫
a nerdy child trapped in a hot athletes body. oh how i love you joe burrow
#joe burrow#ready to risk it all for him#me and him would geek tf out over marvel and i just-#marry me? please?#he’s literally the cutest thing and he was so excited about his little Batmobile like that’s so baby 🥹
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i feel like me logging onto tumblr every day is like clocking in to this silly little website that i love very much and being very happy to see my mutuals. good morning viktor nation and co.!
^ this is me being happy to see everybody
#i have fewer and fewer intelligent things to say as time goes on#all we can do is wait for nov i GUESS#and the geeked week trailer!!!#viktor arcane
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On the topic of good horror books
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is beautifully written and has plenty of things for your brain to chew on, both while you're reading, and after you've turned the last page (and yes, there is mind fuckery that progressively gets worse in a good way)
I first read it roughly three years ago and I still think about it to this day and want to re-read it
i actually read the haunting of hill house this year!!! it's legit one of the best haunted house and unreliable narrative narratives i've come across, and there's just suck a flow to the writing and a charm to the characters (between all the fucked up shit i mean),,, i think i binged the audio book in one or two days and just. immediately restarted it because i was simply Still Reeling and not ready for it to be over.
i would also highly recommend 'we have always lived in the castle' (also by shirley jackson), which is more murder mystery than haunted house but still has that kind of uncanny, 'something is clearly wrong here but we simply must get to brunch' tone that makes hill house so compelling. i think shirley jackson just slaps in general, would love to know what her deal with fucked up houses is but i'm willing to continue on in ambiguity.
#there's just such a /tone/ to her writing#like it's so causal and personal without really dipping into that#obnoxiously unstructured type of stream of consciousness#geek love by katherine dunn does a similar thing (albeit with VERY different subject matter)#okay so maybe some books are good after all#personal#anon ask
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Geek Girl just hits different when you grew up undiagnosed autistic and got bullied for it
Like oooh I see parts of myself in such a kind and caring light and it feels cathartic it feels healing
#like here is an undiagnosed autistic teenager who is bullied for it and just oh the way it is shown#she’s not punished for the bullying#and never once is she forced into masking#she doesn’t understand why she’s different the way she is bc she doesn’t know she’s autistic#but she still identifies someone else who is ‘like her’ in that way#and gets to have a supportive connection and a healing conversation with him#jaxy babbles#geek girl#geek girl show#Harriet Manners#she gets to infodump all the time!#and the show doesn’t show it in like a negative way!#yes it shows that’s she’s awkward but it’s not like an ‘ew’ thing it’s not rejecting#it’s going ‘actually what she’s saying is interesting’ and ‘taking the time to understand her and care for her is worthwhile’#anyways I’m a lil obsessed
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I'm seeing a lot of people with neurodivergency, specially under the autism spectrum say that "Laios is annoying, never shuts up, is insensitive, and I can't stand him"; and the irony is not lost on me lmao.
#like im sorry dude did you think all autism is “anime obsessed dude”?#how did you think neurodivergent people behaved on old times?#also like#being unintentionally insensitive is almost a telltale sign of autism cause you struggle with social cues#if anything i think a lot of you are finally habing to face your own internalized predjudices#“he is annoying” yes that's how ableist neurotypical people talk about us all the time tell me something i haven't heard already#like how do i explain to you that a lot of neurotypical people tal the exact same eay youre talkbing about laios#and is annoying when they go “but im neurodivergent! i can be biased agaisnt neurodivergent people”#yes you can because being neurodivergent is not a monolith and you are mistifying being neurodivergent#by implying theres some sort of virtue in being under the spectrum when youre as capable of being a dick just as everyone else#like you think you have autism but suddenly wanting to taste things youre not supposed to eat and not remembering peoples names is too much?#some of yall never experienced beinf a “weird kid” at a young age and it shows#and im not talking the “geek bullied” weird kid kinda way#im talking ��the adults think I'm weird amd don't know how to deal with me”#WHICH FITS LAIOS PERFECTLY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SCENE OF HIS DAD SHOWING HIM FALLIN AS A BABY#AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IS THERE NO EXPECTED REACTION FROM LAIOS#anyways im making this rant because is unreal how many posts of this exist#you think Laios is annoying cause he wont shut up?#congratulations thats how most people see us#now get over it or watch other series if you hate it that much#dunmeshi hell thoughts#weird rant i suppose#dungeon meshi#laios touden
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"But what are we considering a 'nerd'?" Literally whatever definition resonates with you. This is about personality vibes.
#polls#geek#nerdery#nerd#family#personal#mine is 'both mostly about different things' but more my mom than my dad#like she has an encyclopedic knowledge of celebrity life stories and squees watching british tv#my dad is a 64yo Chief Techie™ who loves planes#both quote britcoms all the time
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this is true friendship. btw.
#this is 51% a funny post and 49% me being emo#i never used to have friends like this in fact most of my memories involving my high school friends involve them excluding me from their#interests and/or not giving a shit about mine#(and my family always made fun of my interests too. one of my Greatest Therapy Moments was gathering up the courage to finally tell them to#knock that shit off)#i spent a loooongg time too ashamed to tell anyone about the things that i actually liked#so to be 23 and able to geek out about some random character who means a lot to me all of a sudden is. yeah.#anyway Mel if you ever get back on tumblr and see this ily and also thank you lmfao#op
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Okay so I watched Inside Man on Netflix. It's interesting. More importantly, it's a masterclass in crafting likeable characters and how the POV we follow in a scene affects the way we see a character. Also, this somehow relates to the Star Wars Prequels, I promise! 😆
The moral of the series is that "everyone is a murderer, all it takes is a good reason and a bad day." The main characters are:
A vicar who - through a huge misunderstanding - has now locked his son's tutor in his basement and doesn't know how to get out of this situation, played by David Tennant.
A convicted murderer and ex-criminal psychology professor who solves crimes from his cell, as he waits for his execution, played by Stanley Tucci.
So a man who locked a woman in his cellar and a guy who murdered his wife. In any other movie, these guys are the villains. Yet, both of these characters are extremely likeable!
This is achieved through how relatably they behave in their relationships (kind, humble, humorous)...
... and through the emotion and/or charisma brought by the actors playing them (it's THE DOCTOR/CROWLEY and Stanley Friggin' Tucci)... but also through the amount of screen time they get.
We're with them for most of the show. There's other characters (the journalist, the trapped tutor and the vicar's wife) and subplots, of course, but they're our two anchors.
So when I'm watching David Tennant lock his son's tutor in his cellar and consider if he should free her - only to see him and his wife make things worse - I'm not thinking "you monster" like I do when I see Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs for example.
No, I'm thinking "goddammit vicar you're making things worse, it'll come back to haunt you, there's still a chance to turn back, please!" I'm rooting for him to make the right choice because I'm seeing him struggle and despair and hesitate throughout many scenes.
When I'm watching Stanley Tucci guiltily say he deserves death, after being so darn charming, humble and in clear possession of a moral compass, my instinct as a viewer isn't to go "he's right".
It's to go "aaaw, no it's fine, everyone makes mistakes."
And these characters remain likeable and/or relatable for a huge chunk of time... until, every once in a while, the show reminds you that, "remember, these guys are criminals."
"One of them's killed his wife then decapitated her, and the other one is contemplating murder, so they did/are doing evil stuff, they're the villains and you shouldn't grow fond of them."
Then it goes back to making you empathize with them again.
It's quite the emotional roller-coaster, very intriguing yet frustrating, which I have to guess is exactly what the show is going for.
But the point is: the amount of time we spend with these characters is partially what elicits this emotional reaction out of us.
If we consider the tutor's character:
For all intents and purposes, we should feel sorry for her, or full-on fucking love her. Objectively-speaking, she's:
smart but obviously scared,
we establish early on that she has a brave heart and stands up for oppressed women,
she thinks she's trapped by a pedophile or a man defending a pedophile, figures he'll inevitably try to murder her, yet manages to stay resourceful, determined and cool-headed despite it all.
She's an absolute superhero.
But that's not how the narrative frames her.
She's framed as an antagonistic force, in the vicar's subplot.
She may be the one tied up in a basement, but she's in control and the vicar is not. She's almost framed as being in a position of power (when she's really not), which leads the audience to view Tenant's vicar as an underdog.
When the vicar is trying to look for alternatives to end this situation so that he doesn't have to kill her, she's unhelpful,
and even starts pitting the vicar and his wife against each other.
Again, in-universe, she's scared shitless and in "fight-or-flight" mode. She's putting up a front because she's just trying to get outta this alive. She's the victim, here, not the vicar who captured her.
But as a viewer, you don't feel that, despite objectively knowing that. Why and how?
Because we barely see this character, compared to Tenant's vicar. So we have more time to grow to feel for him. There's "why".
Also 90% of what we do see of the tutor is her being aggressive, manipulative, sometimes downright merciless and we're seeing her from the POV of the vicar or the vicar's wife. There's "how".
Result: the viewer feels sorry for the captor and frustrated towards the captive.
This isn't a rational reaction, it's an emotional one (the goal of any visual artform being to get an emotional reaction out of the viewer).
Which means the series and Stephen Moffat effectively did their job.
How does this relate to the Prequels?
Well, a lot of people see the Jedi in a negative light in the Prequels, and Anakin in a more sympathetic one.
Even though the Prequels are about how a good man becomes bad, and even though the Jedi embody one of the major Star Wars themes (selflesness) as opposed to Anakin who clearly displays the anti-theme (selfish)... a majority of fans feels more for the latter than the former. Why?
Because the Prequels unintentionally do what Inside Man does purposefully. You react to Anakin like you react to the vicar. You react to the Jedi like you react to the tutor.
Simply put: Anakin has more screen time than the Jedi. And we don't just see him more, we see him struggle, we see him about what he knows to be morally right vs what he really wants, we see him be overtaken by his own fear...
... and just by contrast, that makes him more relatable than the Jedi, who have already overcome their character arcs and mostly all learned to keep their flaws in check.
The narrative doesn't intend to frame them as antagonistic. We do see them talk about how worried they are, we do see them emote.
And if you think about it, it's easy to see why:
their entire way of life is going to crap,
their values are being corrupted as they're forced to fight and die, alongside their clone brothers, in a war they wanted no part of,
they sense that the Force is close to the breaking point and that the galaxy's inhabitants are suffering on the daily.
But, for example, when Mace or Ki-Adi Mundi are shown expressing concern in the Prequels... as worried as they are, in-universe... out-of-universe, their measured reactions doesn't emotionally impact a viewer as much as Anakin's intense ones do.
So a big chunk of the audience will sympathize more with him than them. But like the tutor in Inside Man, the Jedi are objectively the victims and Anakin is objectively an unstable space-nazi who betrayed and destroyed them.
Just because we're not shown these characters be worried beyond just monotonously saying "I'm worried" doesn't mean they're not actually worried as Anakin is in Revenge of the Sith (if not more).
However we don't see it.
Because these three films aren't about the Jedi Order, they're about the Republic and about Anakin and about how each of these two beautiful things were corrupted (by Palpatine and by themselves) into becoming the very thing they stood against.
The Jedi aren't a factor in either of those two themes set up by George Lucas.
They became a factor when fans - who despite not liking the Prequels, still admirably chose to engage with the material - made the Jedi be more important to the narrative of the Prequels by re-framing these films as "The Failure of the Jedi".
Now, should Lucas have recognized that most fans wouldn't give two shits about why a Republic falls or the "matinee serial" format, and would've rather he focused on the Jedi, and developed them accordingly? Probably.
But good luck telling an indie filmmaker with a bunch of money how to tell the story he wants to tell.
Could Lucas have done more with the Prequels to highlight the fact that the Jedi are the underdogs of the story, not Anakin's oppressors? Yes.
But, firstly, he probably didn't think that was a point that needed explaining. And secondly, as he explained at Cannes, in 2002, feature films are a very limiting format to tell a story, especially one of the Prequels' scale. If it doesn't directly contribute to the story you're telling... it's gotta go.
A limited show would've been better to cover every aspect of the Prequels more in detail and avoid confusing the audience re: who they should be rooting for.
Which is why it's interesting, to me, that Stephen Moffat used his limited show to INTENTIONALLY confuse the audience! 😃
#the screenwriter part of me was geeking out and I had to write this#one of my longest posts and it's about Inside Man of all things wtf#long post#discussion#star wars analysis#meta#SW Meta#Inside Man#inside man bbc#David Tenant#Hayden Christensen#harry watling#Anakin Skywalker#stephen moffat#george lucas#Jedi Order#Jedi Council#Mace Windu#star wars#revenge of the sith#star wars prequels#media#Netflix#BBC#dolly wells
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Comparing your work to other people's is a great way to kill your joy for a thing so let me be clear and say this is not that, I am just a human person with human emotions and sometimes that means needing to be the tiniest bit petty and then moving on. You know. For your health or something.
There is a very popular cosplayer who coincidentally keeps doing the same costumes as me, and I am just the tiniest bit annoyed about it, because as is the case with many (...most) very popular cosplayers, they have a very specific, airbrushed, conventionally attractive, perfect makeup, etc aesthetic to all their photos that is. Not what I personally value in cosplay, at least. Which is fine! Different people having different approaches to costumes is part of what makes cosplay such an interesting hobby!
But it does bother me a tiny bit that the work I put into my costumes is not necessarily the kind of work that gets attention, and it does make it a little glaringly obvious when it's The Same Characters.
(Also you all know the kinds of characters I cosplay. I gravitate towards them in part because they have weird energy, not super put together attractive energy. But that's only part of my point.)
Anyways. I do not follow them on Instagram because why would I do that, but nonetheless I saw that they're apparently also doing a Laois cosplay now, which I guarantee will get lots more attention than mine. And for the most part that's fine, I love cosplay and I love doing my weird little thing and I especially love that I do in fact know other people that value the same things as me & that we have fun together. I will have a great time in my fun little costume, dressing up with my friends in their fun little costumes and I am looking forward to it. And I do not actually need likes to validate that I am becoming a pretty damn good cosplayer (whose stuff is better quality than many popular cosplayers' because I care more about craftsmanship than I do getting attention). I am even thinking pretty seriously about having Laois be my first ever competition costume if the armor turns out alright, because I think I'm genuinely getting to that level.
But it would just be kind of neat if being a weird little guy with weird little ideas who is into the hobby because I like sourcing historical patterns and materials and thinking about the worldbuilding that goes into costumes and creating neat little "in-universe" ephemera to hand out to people and all the things I like didn't always mean getting overshadowed by Instagram Perfect Attractive People.
Alas. Okay glad that's out of my system I'm normal again. I'm going to make some more chain mail.
#me with my 150 whole instagram followers: what do you mean the people aren't into gremlins who make their own chainmail#i got spoiled with andreas because there are like three andreas cosplayers in the entire world and we're all feral history nerds#who have geeked out together about the character/costume#but alas. i like a popular thing again#actually okay i have one more serious thing to say and that's that i don't even have it the worst#i've seen friends who are way more self conscious about their bodies than me get really sad over this before#and i do not blame them because they are all really talented cosplayers who do not get the attention that they deserve#i wish people got as excited about passion and good craftsmanship as they do. well. you know#anyways. that's why i like my little cosplay circle so much. i'm glad i've found people with the same priorities as me
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Eddie may be a tried and true metalhead, but he’s also someone who gives off MASSIVE theatre-geek vibes, so I just know that man fucks with Queen hardcore. Turn on Don’t Stop Me Now and watch him turn into a Tony-award-winning performer right before your very eyes. The choreography? Amazing (considering most of the time he dances like someone’s drunk, caucasian uncle at a wedding). The dedication to his performance? Unmatched. The vocals? Heavenly. He was born for the stage.
#all theatre-geeks love queen… that’s just a fact#eddie munson#eddie munson headcanons#eddie munson headcanon#eddie munson hc#eddie munson hcs#eddie munson thoughts#eddie munson x reader#eddie stranger things#eddie st4#stranger things#stranger things 4#stranger things vol 4
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The parallels between Ronance and Steddie are crazy. Here’s two nerds that were on opposite ends,, one considered a priss and the other a band geek, who finally learn that you can’t know it all from a reputation. Then, with Steddie, you get a Jock and a super-senior metalhead who would've had no business hanging out with eachother.
Both hear praises of the other by mutual friends(Steve for Ronance, Dustin for Steddie)
And then, they finally meet for real and they're hesitant, but then they learn from one instance(The library and actually believing this light in the dark lead,, The drop of the oar instead of fighting) That they aren’t what they were made out to be.
And then,, of course Robin and Eddie trying to fix their relationship issues. Except,, with this Robin was trying to get Nance to open up with her problems, and Eddie was trying to push Steve to get back with Nancy.
Also theres like,, NO WAY they did those walking scenes without meaning for them to be parallels(If anything happens with Ronance next season then that basically makes Steddie canon hahah jkjk unless)
#reminder this post is all just in good fun#it’s absolutely okay if you don’t like wither of these ship or dont care for the characters and what-not#this was just a fun post#i don’t actually think either are gonna be canon i just thought the parrallels were sweet#at the very least i think this entire group is full of platonic soulmates#a nerd-nerd-nerd- and a jock#granted they’re all different types of nerds but whatever#steves an honorary nerd in the way that everything that comes out of his mouth is dorky#hes half geek on his brother-not-brother’s side#stranger things#robin buckley#nancy wheeler#eddie munson#steve harrington#ronance#steddie#nancy wheeler x robin buckley#robin buckley x nancy wheeler#eddie munson x steve harrington#steve harrington x eddie munson#rottenaero#rottenaero rots
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what have I got myself into
#we have a shark tank in school#and like the dum science geek i am#i proposed that we made bcis that can transmit real time info#to the brain#for like ppl who cant hear or see#LITTLE DID I KNOW#the only bci tech close to that is a headphone company which tracks your daily routine#and i decided to make the group with ky friends#so obviously im doing all the hard work#WHY. DID. I. GET. MYSELF. INTO. THIS.#oh and heres another great thing#its due in a day#i havent even started#and i dont have any other ideas#and everyone thought my stupid ass idea was great so now i cant even say no#cuz im letting them down then#the only good thing is that we dont have to actually develop the product#just explain how it works and why the sharks should invest#BUT HOW DO I EXPLAIN IT IF THE TECH DOESNT EVEN EXIST FOR IT#WHAT THE FUCK
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Confession #157
#rwby#philosophicalpug#shipping#I think this was called like#sunflowyr#I like this one lol#I think theyd be almost surprisingly mature pair#Ren would learn to communicate better and ask for help from Yang#Yang would learn to how to chill ig lol#Maybe Ren would be uncomfortable first about Yang enjoying going out and partying all that#like you know couple in their early 20s first moving together#Ren would be mope about things like that at first#but would eventually understand how loyal Yang is towards people she loves#Also bit of that opposites attract thing going on; Yang likes loud hobbies and Ren quiet ones#but just like a fresh couple they could learn that they dont have to be glued to each other inorder to be in love#but theyd be happy to listen each other talk about their hobbies#they would practise and spar together when it comes to close/hand to hand combat thought ♡♡#yay♡#theyd geek over discussing different techniques#okay thats all comments from me I think#for now#Yang/Ren#yang xiao long#lie ren#I think Yang would be into Rens long hair lol ?#I dont think Ren on the other hand would have many preferences when it comes to appearance (or atleast he wouldnt admit having them#(you cant get “locker room talk” out of him)#but I think he would fancy Yangs fiery approach and fighting capabilities#she doesnt let people walk over her#rare pairs
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