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Pope Corky the IX posted:Astro Boy is a gently caress toy? He has a machine gun coming out of his rear end. You tell me.
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Jun 1, 2020 13:23
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How can I tell you? I'm the one asking you dolt.
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Jun 1, 2020 13:39
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Cinematic scifi has been obsessed with sexy murderous fuckbots for almost a century now: https://i.imgur.com/9CwigNU.gifv The first known novel to use the word "android" published in 1886 was all about Thomas Edison building fuckbots for his buddies. Decades before that you had fictional dudes wanting to gently caress sexy automatons. Centuries before that you had myths and legends about horny dudes like Pygmalion who were obsessed with bringing sexy statues to life so they could gently caress them. Fuckbots have been buried deep in the human psyche for over an aeon.
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Jun 1, 2020 15:07
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Alan Smithee posted:it's like a cyber word we came up with in the 90s Uhhh,  warning but we're all at home rightAIM chat but for your dick.
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Jun 1, 2020 15:14
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Cinematic scifi has been obsessed with sexy murderous fuckbots for almost a century now: can the Israelites build me a gently caress golem I just wanna smash rock
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Jun 1, 2020 15:32
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 Oooh yeah look at that hot little slut...
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Jun 1, 2020 15:41
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Alan Smithee posted:can the Israelites build me a gently caress golem It's clobberin' time!
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Jun 1, 2020 15:43
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Reminds me of the "Literary" author (whose name escapes me at the moment) who wrote a book in the last year or two about an android that was indistinguishable from humans and the allegory it represented, and then said in interviews that's the kind of subject science fiction that should tackle, not stuff like warp drives and transporters. It was like, dude, every sci-fi author has written your story. You didn't come up with anything new.
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Jun 1, 2020 16:23
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See also: David Cage
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Jun 1, 2020 16:26
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Davros1 posted:Reminds me of the "Literary" author (whose name escapes me at the moment) who wrote a book in the last year or two about an android that was indistinguishable from humans and the allegory it represented, and then said in interviews that's the kind of subject science fiction that should tackle, not stuff like warp drives and transporters. who is this guy I want to give them a wedgie
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Jun 1, 2020 16:27
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Alan Smithee posted:who is this guy Found him. Ian McEwan
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Jun 1, 2020 16:34
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Is that the same guy who wrote "Enduring Love"? That was a good book, it's a shame he's such a weenie now if that's the case.
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Jun 1, 2020 18:58
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Can't believe this website is still up: http://www.easylife.org/fufme/ Davros1 posted:Found him. Ian McEwan
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Jun 1, 2020 19:42
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BioEnchanted posted:Is that the same guy who wrote "Enduring Love"? That was a good book, it's a shame he's such a weenie now if that's the case. he's a fairly prominent new atheist, hitchens dedicated a book to him, so he's always been a dickhead. that's hardly incompatible with being a good novelist
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Jun 1, 2020 19:45
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ALFbrot posted:Can't believe this website is still up: The first thing that popped in my mind (after "God, what a pompous rear end.") was Frankenstein, largely considered to be the first sci-fi novel.
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Jun 1, 2020 20:02
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Frankenstein's a really great look at post-partum depression, I think. As well as a woman taking down all the Natural Sciences men that were high on peering into the veil of the natural world and whatever bullshit else they thought. But god, what a knob. District 9 was only like 10 years ago...
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Jun 1, 2020 20:14
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McEwan arrogance is pretty much the same as guys who write stories about rape, then try to claim it's really about female empowerment because the woman gets revenge.
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Jun 1, 2020 20:25
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ALFbrot posted:Can't believe this website is still up: "I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than they've read."
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Jun 1, 2020 20:31
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ALFbrot posted:Can't believe this website is still up: do not see a purchase button please assist
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Jun 1, 2020 21:34
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he wrote Atonement which I bought as a kid bc the NYT told me to and never read it that's my story
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Jun 1, 2020 22:23
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Davros1 posted:Found him. Ian McEwan spoken like a writer of realistic fiction Alan Smithee posted:he wrote Atonement which I bought as a kid bc the NYT told me to and never read it here's my story: I've been meaning to watch the film adaptation for a while, but now... I don't think I will. ~Fin~
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Jun 2, 2020 02:11
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I swear there was another literary fiction writer that said/did something very similar when it came to sci-fi.
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Jun 2, 2020 02:25
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Harlan Ellison famously raged when he wasn't called a writer of speculative fiction. There was also some hack in an old Penny Arcade post that was like (paraphrased) "that word, elf... you insult me with such a narrowminded description of my work. Frankly you aren't equipped to understand my writing. It is not merely "fantasy" it is worldbuilding"
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Jun 2, 2020 03:35
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I feel like I haven't heard the words Penny Arcade in a century.
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Jun 2, 2020 03:39
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The whole genre fiction ghetto seems to be something of a generation gap; I don't think it meaningfully exists for most people under 30.
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Jun 2, 2020 04:52
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The whole genre fiction ghetto seems to be something of a generation gap; I don't think it meaningfully exists for most people under 30. The "high arts" are much less of a thing in general.
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Jun 2, 2020 05:05
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FilthyImp posted:Harlan Ellison famously raged when he wasn't called a writer of speculative fiction. 
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Jun 2, 2020 08:39
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Schwarzwald posted:The "high arts" are much less of a thing in general. Even all the rich failsons and faildaughters are trying to make woke hot takes on cartoon movies and video games instead. And making things like rap musicals about the Founding Fathers. Trying to be a culture snob just doesn't work anymore.
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Jun 2, 2020 09:31
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https://twitter.com/MilesKlee/status/1267166833070583808?s=20 https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebr...iage/ar-AAHu2S9 quote:Crazily enough, he added, the lifestyle has now bled over to their careers. "This is actually the premise for a comedy series we're writing together," Thomas told Playboy. who will greenlight it now 
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Jun 2, 2020 10:33
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quote:Their relationship made headlines when Middleditch told Playboy in a 2019 interview that they decided to open their marriage shortly after exchanging vows. Lmao
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Jun 2, 2020 14:08
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I remember when that story first hit and wondering if he'd ever looked in a mirror before.
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Jun 2, 2020 16:45
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I'm mixed on Silicon Valley. At it's best it could be a sendup of techbro culture and at its worst the Big Bang Theory without a laughtrack. I haven't watched his improv show but I'm sure there's a ukulele involved and watching HBO Bazinga man doesn't appeal to me
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Jun 2, 2020 17:01
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Safety Factor posted:Was this Rothfuss or something? Ok so I can't find the PA newspost but I'm 90% sure it's from this interview and the Douche in question was Terry Goodkind Some choice bits: interview posted:Weymouth, MA: In your opinion who is the most must-read, cutting edge writer publishing today? Groovelord Neato posted:I remember when that story first hit and wondering if he'd ever looked in a mirror before. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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Jun 2, 2020 17:17
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Thomas Middleditch is an incredible improviser and a really good actor. He just sucks a bit as a person. If you think he's a ukulele kind of guy you've got a very distorted view of him as a performer.
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Jun 2, 2020 17:17
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feedmyleg posted:Thomas Middleditch is an incredible improviser and a really good actor. He just sucks a bit as a person. I must have some dog-sense about people, because I knew nothing about Thomas Middleditch as a person whatsoever, but have found him repellent in everything I’ve seen him in for no reason. Likewise TJ Miller. Silicon Valley was unwatchable to me immediately because I got such douche vibes off of the cast.
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Jun 2, 2020 18:14
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Xealot posted:Silicon Valley was unwatchable to me immediately because I got such douche vibes off of the cast. Pretty good casting for your average techbro, then.
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Jun 2, 2020 18:19
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Middleditch was bad in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but then again so was most of the cast. I have no further thoughts.
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Jun 2, 2020 18:40
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FilthyImp posted:God I don't know. I wish I could find that post again. It was from an external interview, too. "I am writing stories about important human beings." JFC
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Even if you are middling to cold on Middleditch I would highly recommend his Netflix improv special with Ben Schwartz. I never really cared for the guy either but it is hilarious.
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