What is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?
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Yes GD and ML are entirely different. I agree with you. I just dont understand why you would support llm based art.
That's because you are as wilfully ignorant as trump cultist and refuse to understand how this new tool works. You've been told it's bad by luddite youtube influencers and that's good enough for you.
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Wait but why would someone defend ai art...
For the same reason that we defended computer-aided art back in the day after people had the exact same reaction to it.
And photography before that, and pre-mixed paints before that (the media dragged J. M. W Turner of all people for it!). I imagine many of the same arguments were used against pencils and brushes when they were first invented too!
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Superman
A lot of people dismiss Superman as being "too powerful" or "unrelatable." They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers. But seriously, how many of us can actually relate to being a billionaire playboy with unlimited resources? In contrast, Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America. He is as much Clark Kent as he is Superman.
People call him a "boy scout," as if that’s a flaw. But that misses the point. The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary. He sets an ideal for people to strive for.
Yes, in the hands of a bad writer he can become a walking deus ex machina. But in the hands of a good writer, Superman becomes the core of some of the most powerful and iconic stories in comics. His greatness doesn’t come from what he can do, it comes from the choices he makes.
They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers.
Okay, but he's a billionaire super-scientist who occasionally uses occult magicks. How does none of this qualify?
Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America
Sure, but how many modern day Americans could relate to growing up on a farm? Or getting a job in journalism?
The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary.
I think superheroes are largely defined by their villains. And Lex Luthor - as an individual who regularly does struggle to dominate the world (and periodically succeeds with mixed results) - makes an excellent foil for this exact reason. Superman is, at his heart, just a guy trying to do the right thing. Luthor is an ego-maniacal fascist who cannot conceive of having less than total control.
The best Superman stories are ones that illustrate the practical limits of a seemingly omnipotent individual. It's Superman's struggles - his poor choices, his desire for human affection, his naive optimism, his inability to be everywhere at once - that make him relatable. The idea of Superman as a maximal human who still can't do everything has a way of taking the load of us, comparably weak and vulnerable people, who strive for just as much as a fictional demigod.
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AI coding, “vibe coding”
We call it 'slopping'
No we don't
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Nice an actual controversial take. Im glad more people are getting into coding because of AI honestly. Anyone can code (not just a saying).
Me im impressed sometimes, but its only good for scripting languages. Start getting into compiled or anything beyond templates and it falls on its face.
That was my experience a few months ago as well, but recently I've actually been using it almost exclusively with rust, the extra type safety and language safety features have helped a lot with the end code quality.
Claude in particular has been really impressive with compiled languages, it does take a bit more hand holding to get something workable out than with javascript or python though.
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Wait but why would someone defend ai art...
Like the only reason I can think of is it maybe makes someone who is lazy feel good about themselves because they make a computer generated picture with zero effort (while stealing from real artists and feeding the megacorp machine) ?
Sorry, this is on the same level of saying "well they denied electricity at first and this is just like that!" Braindead take.
Carry on. (Yes im reinforcing your comment by even replying here, ha!!)
Lol at a luddite calling someone braindead.
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Superman
A lot of people dismiss Superman as being "too powerful" or "unrelatable." They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers. But seriously, how many of us can actually relate to being a billionaire playboy with unlimited resources? In contrast, Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America. He is as much Clark Kent as he is Superman.
People call him a "boy scout," as if that’s a flaw. But that misses the point. The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary. He sets an ideal for people to strive for.
Yes, in the hands of a bad writer he can become a walking deus ex machina. But in the hands of a good writer, Superman becomes the core of some of the most powerful and iconic stories in comics. His greatness doesn’t come from what he can do, it comes from the choices he makes.
Have you ever read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%3A_Red_Son ?
I'm not a big fan of Superman stuff, but I found that one to be pretty interesting.
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Superman
A lot of people dismiss Superman as being "too powerful" or "unrelatable." They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers. But seriously, how many of us can actually relate to being a billionaire playboy with unlimited resources? In contrast, Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America. He is as much Clark Kent as he is Superman.
People call him a "boy scout," as if that’s a flaw. But that misses the point. The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary. He sets an ideal for people to strive for.
Yes, in the hands of a bad writer he can become a walking deus ex machina. But in the hands of a good writer, Superman becomes the core of some of the most powerful and iconic stories in comics. His greatness doesn’t come from what he can do, it comes from the choices he makes.
Overly Sarcastic Productions has done a number of videos they call detail diatribes that have focused on Superman. The summary of many of them is that Superman is his most interesting when saving people and not when punching villains. Even in larger team fights, he could save everyone or hold off the threat, but he can't do both so he needs the help of others.
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Superman
A lot of people dismiss Superman as being "too powerful" or "unrelatable." They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers. But seriously, how many of us can actually relate to being a billionaire playboy with unlimited resources? In contrast, Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America. He is as much Clark Kent as he is Superman.
People call him a "boy scout," as if that’s a flaw. But that misses the point. The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary. He sets an ideal for people to strive for.
Yes, in the hands of a bad writer he can become a walking deus ex machina. But in the hands of a good writer, Superman becomes the core of some of the most powerful and iconic stories in comics. His greatness doesn’t come from what he can do, it comes from the choices he makes.
I actually love superman being a normal dude who saves people with a smile. He should be a good person in stories, because his strength isnt the point, his willpower to help everyone is.
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Have you ever read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%3A_Red_Son ?
I'm not a big fan of Superman stuff, but I found that one to be pretty interesting.
It's a good one. That one and All-Star Superman are the two I always recommend to people.
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It's a good one. That one and All-Star Superman are the two I always recommend to people.
I've not read All-Star yet, but I keep getting it recommended to me. Thanks!
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The Force AwakensThe Last Jedi was the freshest and most creative star wars movie since Empire and Rian Johnson is a hero for trying to take the franchise in a new directionI like scenes, many scenes in the movie; the whole movie? Nah, it's not as horrendous as people make it out to be, but still…
I love the whole scene in the throne room. Nice supversion of expectation, great execution.
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Exactly.
The crew cab with a laughable bedsize, hood as tall as the average person, and clearly unused off road tires is what is unreasonable.
A truck actually being used for work is totally fine.
wrote last edited by [email protected]hood as tall as the average person, and clearly unused off road tires
This is especially silly. Even the 'F1s' of offroad racers are lower sprung than that.
And they are very street illegal. But they don't need to be skyscrapers! Even the Ultra4 rock crawler (the last one) sits lower than lifted pickups.
There's basically no practical reason to do that, not even an offroading fantasy.
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My point is that the same people who bemoan the lack of expressiveness in men's clothing are at the same time defining masculine coding as being utilitarian in the context of trucks.
This incongruity is frustrating to me.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Agreed.
I think cars should be more individualistic, which is part of Slate's pitch. So should men's fashion expectations.
That being said, a lot of truck lifting is very similar and more "I'm signicaling I'm part of this culture," than doing it for the sake of being cool. Some people do it as a form of expression, but that's the exception in my experience.
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Steven Universe. The online fandom was insane. The actual show was incredible.
I think the fandom is so crappy about it because the show had to cut out most of the redemption arc of the big bads because it was prematurely cancelled. If so that’s pretty silly because it came about after the creator stuck up for a lesbian wedding being included.
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I like scenes, many scenes in the movie; the whole movie? Nah, it's not as horrendous as people make it out to be, but still…
I love the whole scene in the throne room. Nice supversion of expectation, great execution.
This right here is the way. Yeah they had some singular scenes that were very nice. They also had a Casino heist in the middle of a Chase sequence. It was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. That's that movie in a nutshell some really cool scenes right next to some of the stupidest shit you've ever seen.
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Twinkies. The perfect dessert.
Have you had the banana cream Twinkies? Probably not as good as the OG ones, but definitely a nice treat when you come across them!
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Alien, zombie, monster, catastrophe, etc movies and shows. Obviously not all of them, but the genre in general.
Many people complain these shows only work because the characters act stupid, and it's true.
BUT:
a) what's the alternative? Not having these shows at all?
b) People are stupid even without a catastrophe. What makes you think we suddenly all develop a brain when there's an alien invasion, or zombie outbreak? If Covid showed us anything, than that there's a very large part of the population who'd go out of their way to act against everyone's best interest.Yes, once we saw how people behaved during the height of the pandemic I knew these people would be throwing themselves at the zombies.
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Totally Spies 🥲
Idk why but I randomly thought of that show recently, when I was a kid I took a bit of guilty pleasure in watching it when it was on TV
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Pickup trucks in and of themselves as a concept is fine.
The issue I an many others have with them is that they have grown to large, even here in Sweden we have got infected by American pickup trucks that has their bonnet at the same height as my 2021 Seat Leon's roof.
That is insane.
Get back to the size of 80-90s pickups, and I doubt you'll get a many complaints
I have a 99 Tacoma and I love it, 283k miles. My aunt has a much newer Tacoma, 2016-2020, not sure which year but around there. When my truck is in the shop sometimes I borrow hers and when I do I can't park in my parking spot at my apartment because the truck is too big.
