#anyway yeah please don't crucify me :]

[unauthorized-author]

not to harp on you (same anon who asked the previous questions (you still didn't answer the other questions i sent btw)) but may i ask why you're neutral on the use of ai?

i actually got this ask last night whoops i won't be super detailed (i will in fact be super detailed) but it comes down to the fact that i don't give a shit. I see a lotta of people being like "yk I may be bad at writing but at least I don't use ai on my essays" and i just... don't understand why we're shitting on people like that. a lot of kids just want to graduate, yk? and besides, most of the time they're talking about high schoolers, who are well enough informed to choose whether they want to use chatgpt on an essay or not, to which i still don't care what they choose it's like vaping in my mind, somehow, except vaping is more joked about compared to the usage of ai (from what i've seen, your experience can be totally different!). sure, vaping has been around longer, but keep that same energy. one destroys the lungs and the other destroys the brain, why joke about one and shit on the other? there's a difference between an elementary schooler using it and a high schooler. one could argue that an elementary schooler is stunting their growth but high schoolers actively choose to use it. i don't particularly believe its lazy because some teachers nowadays allow their students to use chatgpt as a resource and ai isn't actively killing people like vaping, unless i missed a murder robot being created or something. an actual take i've seen is that "ai is theft" which is true when it comes to art... but in this "ai is theft" context, the person was talking about using ai on an essay. it's a problem that people apply ai theft to everything. ai can't steal words. and again i can understand why some high schoolers choose to use it. they might be there just to graduate. i don't think that makes them losers or anything, or that they're destined to fail in life. it just makes them want to graduate. and this "anything is better than ai" take is also a bit funny to me because these are the same people who would find a robotic arm cool, or use their phones because believe it or not, a robotic arm is ai. yes, ai steals art off the internet to generate art and uses a lot of resources. i'm not going to argue that point, i agree that ai is bad that way. but I PROMISE YOU a lot more shit uses ai than you think.

that fucking Roomba? yep. ai

nearly every Google service? ai

fucking Spotify?? ai, along with YouTube Music, Pandora, etc.

it makes me wonder what people think "artificial intelligence" stands for? like, it's not limited to the internet, it's simply more advanced in the context of the internet. fucking cash registers are ai sit your holier than thou ass down I remember when Spotify admitted to using ai and people lost their shit. even back then it was stupid to me. do you expect Daniel Ek to recommend you songs himself??? and believe it or not, ai can create things that are pretty good! a guy once told ai to create a recipe that was better than Gordon Ramsay and according to the dude, the recipe was pretty damn good! he may have been biased against Ramsay, but the fact that an ai recipe didn't taste like shit still says something, yk?

"oh ai stole that recipe from the internet" firstly: no it didn't. it COMBINED different recipes to make one.

secondly: … how do you think people cook??? no recipe is original bucko. that ketchup and chocolate spaghetti you made was probably made back in the 1700s

even SHAKESPEARE had inspiration. the bible! he was able to use that inspiration to build his own thing! ai, in that particular cookinng instance (ai art is theft), was basically doing the same thing i know i sound like an ai glazer right now, but i promise you i'm not. 1: let's not import ai quite literally fucking everywhere. i don't want to be judged by a computer screen if i ever got arrested and had to go to court. ai learns from data systems, and if that system includes a bias, then what the ai outputs is also going to be biased. i would highly prefer if we kept it limited to the internet and machinery (many vehicles also use ai via a GPS system) 2: as ai is used more commonly, more people lose their jobs simply because ai is "easier" to train, and possibly more "obedient." i once saw a completely pro-ai guy say something along the lines of "the great depression was caused by humans ai wouldn't do that..." i was sick. ai systems would eventually wear down and cause errors in, say, a banking system, which is why its so expensive to maintain. is it convenient? yes, but also risky as more humans just don't feel a need to work because ai can do it. 3: art theft, as i mentioned before. you've probably heard this to hell and back so i won't explain much. 4: back to point 2, ERRORS. if something goes wrong somewhere, who's responsible? how did it happen? more often than not, multiple people are working on different parts of ai at different times, and because AI systems are (sometimes) simultaneous in, say, generating a response or art, WHAT exactly went wrong is difficult to pin down. if we can't do it confidently, why are we relying on it so heavily? are we ready to face a potentially fatal mistake if something crucial goes wong? i'm not, which is why you won't ever see me talking positively about ANY care that relies SOLELY on ai. if it falters and veers to the right a little too much, someone probably broke six ribs 5: it gives parents an excuse to just not be parents. again, you've probably heard this before so I won't go too into detail, but if you can't be bothered to raise a kid, then don't have one. "o-oh but it's tradition for my fami-" fuck them?? adopt your kid out to someone who'll actually love them. I have zero sympathy for people who throw a tablet in front of their kids and don't spend an ounce of time with them otherwise.

ironically, i've got this while trying to get sources for this post. point 4: errors. there's a ton of other points i didn't even mention, like scamming (people are so gullible nowadays) and laziness (if i EVER read a fic on ao3 and it's ai i'm crashing tf out). but this post is probably getting too long so: TLDR: i don't care for most usages of ai (also yes anon i'll answer your questions soon you asked some heavy ones so)

[mars-ipan]

HEY FOLKS!

sooooo. remember when i was posting about being up way too late for a powerpoint thing i was doing with friends? yeah i'm posting that final powerpoint now.

allow me to introduce you all to...

THE KOMAHINA BIBLE

(aka a demonstration in unmedicated ADHD)

120 slides. 163 MB. somewhere between 14 and 22 hours of work. sleep deprivation. influence from @anonzentimes , respected komahina scholar. this bad baby has it all this is a powerpoint presentation summarizing and analyzing just about everything you need to know about komahina in sdr2 (and a bit from adjacent media as well). we go in-depth and we prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that komahina real and love wins (loses?)

WARNING: THIS CONTAINS MAJOR END-GAME SPOILERS FOR SDR2 (AS WELL AS DR1). IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN SPOILER-FREE (OR YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP SPOILER FREE (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE)) THEN DO NOT VIEW THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION UNTIL YOU KNOW. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU HAVING BEEN SPOILED

ok cool! some other things to keep in mind under the cut:

THIS IS LIGHTHEARTED THIS IS LIGHTHEARTED THIS IS LIGHTHEARTED. IF YOU DO NOT SHIP KOMAHINA THAT'S LITERALLY SO FINE I KNOW THERE IS KOMAEDA SEXUALITY DISCOURSE GOING ON RN FOR SOME GODFORSAKEN REASON KNOW THAT I DO NOT THINK EVERYONE HAS TO SHIP KOMAHINA PLEASE I'M LITERALLY A MULTISHIPPER PLEASE. PLEASE DO NOT CRUCIFY ME FOR FUNNY YAOI POWERPOINT

i made this powerpoint in two sittings across 2 days, each sitting about 8-12 hours long

i got about 7 total hours of sleep in that time. not for each day- total. i was mad scientist delirious by the end of this

originally, i wanted to include far more- i wanted to analyze other media in depth (like the stageplays, the drama CD, komaeda's official songs, and even official art and materials) but i did not have the time for it. maybe i will make a new testament powerpoint detailing these as well as fandom analysis but that is not currently in the works

this is a presentation! as such the intended way to consume it is As A Presentation! unfortunately i am not someone who records videos so i cannot present it to you. if you would like to present it to you feel free. if you would like to present it to your friends feel free. if you would like to present it to the internet i'm honored but would like for you to talk to me about it first. cool

the original target audience for this was my friends and not all of them are anime people so. i am using the more english-friendly terms (as well as first names). i don't think this will bug any of you but i'm making it clear anyways

all art included in the presentation is credited with a caption linking back directly to the original artist's account. if you see your art in here and you do not want your art in here: let me know! i will take it down immediately and without question.

i may have missed some details/glossed over some things! if you think i've made a mistake somewhere or have missed something important, talk to me about it! i'd love to discuss it and if i make the new testament sequel powerpoint then i will include your corrections at the beginning :)

a lot of the jokes i make happen in the transitions of this powerpoint. some of them use audio- click on the little speaker icon to play the audio and time the animations yourself i suppose. i'd recommend playing it as a slideshow ^-^

have any questions about a particular point i make? ask me! i will elaborate for you

ok that's all i can think of!! have fun folks :]

[your-resident-boat-person]

would u consider what happened to SS Normandie to be twink death

also WHY NO SS NORMANDIE

Hoooooooo boy. I assume you're referring to my top 25 list of ocean liners? So yeah... uh... i hate to say it, and I'm probably going to get crucified for this, buuuuut.....

I'm not a fan of the SS Normandie.

I know! I'm sorry! But of all my criteria that a ship needs to meet, she just doesn't hold up! First, her career. It was PATHETICALLY short. Only 1935 to 1939. She sat in New York for a few years until she burned down (as is the tradition of French liners cough cough). The most interesting part of her career was her rivalry with the Queen Mary, but personally, I just think that story is way more interesting from the Queen Mary's side. I think the story of her engineering is interesting, like her turboelectric engines, and her hydrodynamic hull, but I think the engineering of ships like the SS United States is just more interesting! People say she's the most beautiful ship ever engineered, buuuut....

Yeah, I just don't get it. ESPECIALLY compared to her younger fleetmate, the SS France

Or her OLDER fleetmate, the SS Île de France

Who had a MUCH more interesting career, by the way.

Anyway, people point to her interiors as an art deco masterpiece..... BUUUUUUT

Look, from an artistic standpoint, I would never argue that these interiors are gorgeous. But people often forget that this isn't an art museum. It's an ocean liner. People are expected to live in these spaces for at least 4 or 5 days. Would you feel comfortable staying in a hotel that looked like this? With all the metal and marble and stone? This cold, towering, imposing atmosphere? It feels like a goddamn palace, and not in a good way. I'd be afraid to touch anything. Like I said, it's pretty, I just dont think it serves it's purpose very well. And people from the 1930s generally agreed with me. Many people described it as being "too much" and bordering on gaudy. I vastly prefer the Queen Mary's, Queen Elizabeth's, and Caronias take on Art Deco.

They just feel so much more homey and warm and inviting. Personally, I'll always prefer the Edwardian decor, which was a more restrained version of the Victorian decor. The Olympic's grand staircase, first class lounge, and a la carte restaurant are my favorite examples.

So anyway, those are the reasons I'm not a fan of the SS Normandie. Her story is short and largely uninteresting, and the way it is interesting, other ships like the Mary and the Big U do those things better. Her exterior is weird looking and ugly, and her interiors are oppressive, gaudy, and downright uncomfortable. I just never understood the love for Normandie. Anyway, if you disagree with any of my points, PLEASE let me know! I love talking to people about this stuff ^ω^

[mythicandco]

So, what the fuck is Generation Loss? (Infodump Bait, go insane my man)

OKAY AOKAY OKAY I have not seen any episode besides the first one but I got spoiled for the end AND I watched all the teasers and played the minigame and it's so funny to me

so: teasers are horrifying, analog-horror style things. the minigame was ALSO horrifying.

episode one was the single funniest thing I've ever seen on a screen. I got WHIPLASH from going from the teasers to THAT. insane. absolutely INSANE. like the writing is really good and I really like it and uhh I wasn't expecting that but it's really good and I love the slime guy I hope he comes back (I know he comes back)

anyways. we go from traumatizing teasers to whiplash of a comedic first episode. so the horrors are Coming and I know what they are. we went from slime cooking show shenanigans to the main character getting crucified. like I'm literally not kidding they strapped him to a wall and shut his head in a box lined with metal spikes. (note: mc uses he/they pronouns. also they're Ranboo. did I mention that this entire thing is an ARG Ranboo has been working on since apparently forever?)

the funniest part is, I DON'T KNOW how we got from episode one to the finale. some shit goes down, I dunno!!! either way it's. it's really fucking hard to explain. like. even the first episode, which was really goofy, I don't know how to explain what the plot was. Ranboo wakes up in a cabin, solves some puzzles minecraft story mode-style with the audience (oh yeah- did I mention this was all done LIVE?? on a STREAM??) voting for what they should do, then this demon slime guy appears and tells him that in order to pass or whatever they have to cook him a meal, so he does that and gets insulted a lot and then eventually pleases the slime demon guy enough to be let move on.

and then Ranboo goes into the slime demon guy's basement, meets a guy there with a skeleton friend named Frank who is literally just a skeleton, and the guy gets possessed by the slime demon guy. then he and Ranboo have a video game-style battle (I should add the whole thing is done like a video game, just acted out in live action- the practical effects are INSANE it's INSANE) and Ranboo un-possesses his friend and then they solve some more puzzles, fight the slime demon guy one last time and finally defeat him by drying him up with a towel, and that's the first episode. like. that was it. I skipped some details but that's pretty much what happened.

and we go from that to Ranboo begging for the audience to vote to kill them because the evil corporation keeping them trapped truman show-style is going to keep wiping his memory and forcing him to be their protagonist. oka.y

I don't know what else to say here. like I genuinely don't know how we got from point A to point D because we skipped a ton. I still need to watch the other episodes

[alexhogh7137]

Rule The World With Me-

Ivar the Boneless × Reader

Story Summary: Ivar travel's to Kiev to escape his brothers, where he meets you and hopes that you will be his queen.

Chapter Twenty: Prayers

Chapter Summary: This is the day and night before the battle.

Word Count 1,156

Warnings: Angst and Fluff

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Today is the day before the battle to keep your kingdom. You are praying to the gods for the best outcome for tomorrow because that is all really that you can do, you aren't fighting. You feel helpless to the cause. This is your kingdom and you are just sitting back and letting your brother-in-law's and husband do all the work. 

…

Hvitserk "So we take them in the tree line. We will have more cover and more leverage," he said pointing on the map.

Ivar "Yes, I agree. If they make it past the tree line, there needs to be a guard covering every entry into this house. Y/n will be in here and if anyone gets in, she'll be in danger and I can't have that."

Hvitserk "There should be at least three guards with her at all times until this battle is done."

"Guys...I can protect myself."

Ubbe "Easier said than done when you are almost 3 months pregnant."

Torvi "My husband is right, you need to stay safe Y/n." 

"You are fighting Torvi...and you are more pregnant than me!"

Torvi "Because that is my choice. I want to fight for you and your family." You can't help but breathe deeply and sit back down. 

Ubbe "This is all of our choice Y/n. We want to fight for you, by your side. Stop being so difficult." Ivar snapped and throws his drink of ale into Ubbe's face.

Ivar "Don't call her 'difficult!' She just wants to fight but I had a vision of her-"

Ubbe "What vision Ivar?" Ivar looks at Hvitserk and then back at Ubbe.

Ivar "She didn't make it. She died on the battlefield. We won but-"

Ubbe "You...are not fighting!"

"I know Ubbe..I know."

Hvitserk "I talked her out of it…" Torvi walks over to you, joining you on your throne and pulls you into a hug. Ivar notices and gets choked up seeing such a moment. His flashbacks came back and he had to snap himself out of it before he broke down again. He can't break down in front of his brothers.

Ivar "Anyway," he said clearing his throat trying to get the sadness out of his voice. "I will lead you all, and the more and more people come in, the more warriors we will unleash. They won't know what hit them."

Hvitserk "First, we should unleash Kiev's army and then if they get through us, Ubbe will send in his warriors.."

Ubbe "I like that."

Ivar "This better work...my family is at stake here, brother's. We cannot fail.

Hvitserk "We won't fail, Ivar."

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The night before…

It is very late at night as Hvitserk is standing outside on a balcony that overlooks Novgorod. His hand is gripping his sword,  shaking a little. He looks up at the stars and begins to pray.

Hvitserk "Dear Odin, please be with us tomorrow. We need you now more than ever. Please rule in our favor, my family's lives are on the line. My godchild's life is on the line. If we win, this child can have an amazing life! Grow up in these walls and live a happy, risk-free life. I want that for him or her. Please, I speak to all the gods that can hear me….please, please allow us to win this battle. Help us get through this." You hear the ending and knock on the wall next to him, making him turn around. 

"Hey." He quickly wipes a tear off of his cheek and then smiles.

Hvitserk "Hey, why are you still up? It's late."

"Can't sleep. Neither can Ivar but he is still in bed."

Hvitserk "yeah, neither can I."

"Yeah I heard. Well the last part anyway." You walk up and stand next to him and look at your view. "You are worried, aren't you?"

Hvitserk "No I-"

"Hvitserk.." he lowers his face and sniffles.

Hvitserk "Fine..yes I am worried."

"Will you tell me why?" You walk to stand next to him.

Hvitserk "For the first time...ever, I am worried about losing. I am worried about the consequences of losing. I am worried about...if we lose, we lose you."

"First of all, you are not going to lose me. And second of all, our army is 100x bigger than Prince Dir's! So why are you worried about losing?"

Hvitserk "There's always doubt Y/n."

"Well stop having doubt! Have faith Hvitserk."

Hvitserk "I do. That's why I prayed for help and guidance."

"Good. I will do the same. Pray with me?" He agrees and he grabs your hands in his and you pray together. Afterwards, you look up at him and smile.

"Better?"

Hvitserk "Yeah...much better. What would I do without you, little sis?"

"I don't know...I am the best." He laughs and pulls you into a bear hug. 

Hvitserk "Now go to sleep, Ivar is probably wondering where you are by now."

"Okay, good night Hvitserk."

Hvitserk "Good night."

…..

Ivar sits up in bed once you came into the room.

Ivar "How is he?"

"Worried. We prayed to the gods together and that seemed to help him."

Ivar "It's a crazy thing...for a viking to fear a battle."

"We will win, Ivar. We have too." He grabs your face and kisses your forehead. 

Ivar "I know, and we will princess. I will make sure of it."

"What are we going to do with Prince Dir after the battle is won?"

Ivar "I will sacrifice him before the people of Kiev. Sacrifice him to the gods, thanking them for letting us win this war."

"Hmmm..isn't that too….easy?"

Ivar "what do you suggest?"

"We can torture him a bit...and then crucify him. He is a Christian."

Ivar "He is?!"

"Oh yes.."

Ivar "Then we will crucify him. Make his precious god watch him suffer before he finally takes his last breath." 

"See….that's a much better idea!"

Ivar "I mean he did threaten you and our child so I want him to suffer for what he has said and done."

"And he will, my king."

Ivar "Can you promise me something?" You look into his eyes, "Please stay inside. If you come out during the battle, I cannot guarantee your safety."

"Yes, I promise. And can you promise me something….don't die." He chuckles to himself and kisses your cheek, "I'm being serious! We need you Ivar. I can't do this without you...I won't live without you."

Ivar "I promise that I won't die, my love. I have to live for you and our child, right?"

"Right."

Ivar "If we have each other, then I will continue to live and fight for you every single day. You are my queen, you are the love of my life. You are my everything-" you stop him by kissing his lips and he grabs your cheek.

"And you are my everything Ivar...Forever."

Ivar "Forever."

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