At one point, I actually had an offline acquaintance who was into LessWrong messaging me on Facebook to tell me that the fact that the N-word (he didn’t use the euphemism) was taboo showed that people are irrational about race. Therefore, he said, we should suspect that maybe black people are inferior after all. When I did not respond well to this, he demanded I give him more benefit of the doubt because “you know I’m sane.”
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I got to see this in person last year, which was neat: the original artwork of the very last Calvin and Hobbes comic!
https://twitter.com/SoVerrryBritish Sometimes I think I hate where I live, but no one will ever hate anywhere as much as British Marxists hate Britain.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Posting from my shiny new Raspberry Pi 2
This thing is surprisingly usable as a desktop PC, though I haven't done much besides web browsing on it yet.
Seriously I don't get why people are so keen on judging RWBY so early.
Barely anything has happened in the story/setting/world of RWBY. Each season has the content equivalent of a few standard half-hour episodes of an anime series, at most.
If the story ended here, then yeah, have at it. But the story hasn't ended yet. You can't judge things this early.
You can judge a thing based on what currently exists. If a TV show has a bad episode, it's a bad episode, but it can also show unwanted directions and seams and circumstances.
A story isn't its ending. It's the beginning, the middle, and the end, and every part of it counts. Every single minute is a moment to give something to your audience. And if you fuck that up and they don't want to watch anymore, that's your fault, not theirs.
I agree but only if a corresponding clause is added that each audience member's judgement of the show is limited to their own personal enjoyment (or lack thereof), rather than an objective measure of quality.
Like, it just comes down to the failure of the central conceit, the premise.
A story's title shows the conceit; Bilbo Baggins is the title character of The Hobbit, and the story directly follows his viewpoint, his decisions and actions. The Great Gatsby doesn't follow Gatsby himself, but his actions are central to the story.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with introducing a side character and expanding on their character, spending time with them. But you need to earn it.
Like, I hate Jaune. I loathe his stupid face. But if they decided to spend that time trying to develop Nora instead, whom I absolutely love, then I would still not be happy, because it's not what I'm there for, because she shouldn't be the focus. The first few arcs are there to set up characters, let you know what you should expect, set the tone, show what conflicts and situations are to be expected, and establish the rhythms and beats.
The beginning of the story must be spent facilitating the story's conceit, or it is a failure. And the conceit here is that "these four young women are important, as is their bond." Early focus spent not being about that is wasted time.
EDIT: What's the story? The story is RWBY. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang. Is there a 'J' there? No? Then go be that story, and then get back to me.
This is certainly a valid criticism. However, it is also entirely possible that the story is taking a different approach than the one you are expecting, such as covering a series of relatively unimportant foci in order to give the audience time to learn about the setting and build up for more important events that will be discussed later, at more climactic times. You may or may not like this, and even if you don't, that's perfectly fine, but your dislike doesn't mean the story is bad.
The issue right now is that the story's quality is basically a "Schrödinger's" thing -- no proper determination can truly be made until it's finished. It's possible it has some signs that are commonly correlatsd with poor storytelling, but that is not proof, and the overall quality of the whole thing can't be yet properly known.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
The idea that you can't judge a story until it's finished is fucking merde, pardon my French. If it doesn't hook me, and I decide to fuck off, it's not going to get a second chance. It's not going to make me continue. If it told its story poorly, and I quit before it was finished, then it's that story's fucking fault, not mine. Also, consider the format; it's short episodes, spaced out over the course of weeks. Its making me wait, and wait a long time. I don't have time for that.
If a story's title says one thing but does another, then it lies to you, then it's a failure. It might not be a bad story but it's a failed story.
Also, your assertions are nonsense. Like, what part of Jaune even conveys the setting? What part of him ties into the story's themes? He's not a faunus, so he's got no part in that conflict. He has no ties to the Dust corporations who control the world, so that's fucking nothing. We know nothing about his family life, or the strain the endless war takes on him, so he adds no part of that story. He doesn't have a criminal background, which might be a chance for us to learn more about the criminals.
His main focuses thus far have been trying to date girls and not get bullied, and honestly, everyone has bigger problems. He's got a lot of Aura, but that's all we know, and frankly, it means nothing in the scheme of things. He adds no conflict, adds no depth to anything, is uninteresting and unlikable, and thus worth nothing. He can't build up to important events if he doesn't matter to those events.
He's the secondary, unimportant character who got the protagonist seat while the actual protagonists waited in the wings.
You might argue that RWBY the show wanted me to be chill and slowly learn about the world. That's fine, I watch shows like that all the time. But that's also fucking nonsense because if it wanted me to be chill, it has to be chill. It needs to show me things that it considers more important.
It's the Dead body lootin', mutant shootin' Venus youthin', Rootin' tootin', Luger totin' Ruger loadin', Bullet throwin', way too long grenade holdin', Triangle, I might mangle your weapon to rap, Flash color coded clips and an RPG hat, Baby baby blue ammo, turn red when it clap, Shoot your face in the fat, give your cadaver a slap, Where the level boss at? I wanna click-click-clack k'pow, click-click-click-clack that.
I see him, shoot him, skin him, wear him, mount him on the wall, If completely armor plated, I'ma shoot it in the Baaaalllin', like a black hole, a vulture flock, You violently challenge, your thangs don't cock, Your things get shot, your party stop, When I roll up Teen Wolfin' on the ambulance top, This ain't no game, ain't never been no show, And I'll gladly gun down the oldest lady you know.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
In my dream I heard a song that sounded exactly like my mobile phone ringtone
So when I woke up I naturally thought "oh, someone must have called while I was asleep and I heard it in my dream"
But I checked my phone and there were 0 missed calls
So basically my subconscious likes to fuck with me >_<
There's really, really not much to HuniePop...you talk to pretty women, then play Bejeweled to scr00 them. I've been watching Lucahjin's LP of it, and her commentary makes it a lot more entertaining.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I am the cutest chubby teen princess you guys will ever see and I won't hear otherwise
Fossilmaiden said: SpruceZeus said: Calica said: MachSpeed said:I know Hunie Pop is horrible cartoon porn but I just really want to play dumb Match 3 games.
I read an article going deep into the match-3 part and it was apparently really dull too
Bejeweled is also on Steam. Just buy good ol regular bejeweled if you want to match things with two other similar looking things.
Or just play Puzzle Quest. :P
or Ten Million, or its pseudosequel You Have To Build A Boat.
there are a fair few good match-3's on Steam actually.
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Just what I needed at six in the morning.
So much fun.
You was holding the handgun, she was giving birth
To a baby boy to be just like you, I wonder what's that worth
I [I] wonder if you ever knew that you was a role model to me first
The next day I [I] woke up in the morning, seen you on the news
Looked in the mirror, then realized I [I-I] had something to prove
You told me; "Don't be like me, just finish watching cartoons"
Which is funny now cause all I see is Wile E. Coyote's in the room
The issue right now is that the story's quality is basically a "Schrödinger's" thing -- no proper determination can truly be made until it's finished. It's possible it has some signs that are commonly correlatsd with poor storytelling, but that is not proof, and the overall quality of the whole thing can't be yet properly known.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Dead body lootin', mutant shootin' Venus youthin',
Rootin' tootin', Luger totin' Ruger loadin',
Bullet throwin', way too long grenade holdin',
Triangle, I might mangle your weapon to rap,
Flash color coded clips and an RPG hat,
Baby baby blue ammo, turn red when it clap,
Shoot your face in the fat, give your cadaver a slap,
Where the level boss at?
I wanna click-click-clack k'pow, click-click-click-clack that.
If completely armor plated, I'ma shoot it in the
Baaaalllin', like a black hole, a vulture flock,
You violently challenge, your thangs don't cock,
Your things get shot, your party stop,
When I roll up Teen Wolfin' on the ambulance top,
This ain't no game, ain't never been no show,
And I'll gladly gun down the oldest lady you know.
So when I woke up I naturally thought "oh, someone must have called while I was asleep and I heard it in my dream"
But I checked my phone and there were 0 missed calls
So basically my subconscious likes to fuck with me >_<
I read an article going deep into the match-3 part and it was apparently really dull too
Bejeweled is also on Steam. Just buy good ol regular bejeweled if you want to match things with two other similar looking things.
Or just play Puzzle Quest. :P
or Ten Million, or its pseudosequel You Have To Build A Boat.