so has anyone done this yet or
it's good that we're saying "i don't feel guilty about pleasure im not Catholic" but we also need to start saying "i don't feel self-righteous about being overworked I'm not Puritan"
Who is your favourite companion?
ALTpropaganda under the cut
vote steven. the poor guy deserves some love
The thing that keeps getting me about the original Master (Delgado) is how his downfall keeps being his trust. He holds the Doctor and his friends captive and forces him to help out with scientific work… and it never once occurs to him that maybe, just maybe, the Doctor could be sabotaging the work. He collaborates with alien forces to destroy humanity… and is shocked, every time, when his allies eventually turn on him.
It’s just such an incredibly fascinating fatal flaw for a supervillain who himself lies at every turn. He’s so naive. He seems to think himself superior enough that surely no one except himself would ever be capable of deception or betrayal.
when you think about it it's really funny that the entire premise of extremis relies on the idea that the ultra-advanced alien species forgot to seed their random number generator
also what do you mean 'even the most insignificant program knows how to email'. do you know how many steps go into email. staring down my calculator asking it who taught it IMAP
anyway if you're an alien species looking to make a perfect digital twin of humanity here are some tips:
- seed your random number generator. for goodness sake. it's not hard. every time it's accessed, if need be. or use one of those lava lamp wall things. literally anything so you're not reeling the same set of numbers off every time. it's not hard. i know it's more work but it's worth it
- keep backups. i'm serious. i know it's a lot of data but at LEAST every internal second come on guys
- similarly: keep track of who has realised it's a simulation. literally just a boolean for each sentient creature. true for true and false for false. and if one of them switches to true take note of it if you want but do NOT kill them off. killing them off results in an inaccurate simulation . simply roll back to the last backup (KEEP BACKUPS) and stop them thinking that. if you have the code to make them 'think' that in the first place then you have the code to make them unthink it. and if you don't have that then MAKE THAT.
- do not give the simulation internet access?? yes i understand you need some data exchange but here is my recommendation for you. notice how the simulation is not allowed to send information off-planet. DO NOT LET THE SIMULATION SEND INFORMATION OFF-PLANET. ACCESS RIGHTS. PLEASE.
ALTessentially, you have to realise that you are conducting an Evil Plan and people will inevitably want to stop you. therefore, some basic cyber security is required. please and thank you. go forth and please don't conquer actually i quite like living here without alien overlords
the thing you have to understand about doctor who is: yes it's all canon and no you, fans, writers, producers, and the doctor are not necessarily required to pay attention to or remember all of it
for example the tv show adapting Human Nature doesn't mean Human Nature didn't happen with Seven and Bernice anymore.
"was it retconned?" no
"but wouldn't the doctor remem-" he doesn't
"isn't it weird very similar events happened twice" no
"but how-" literally don't even worry about it
it's gonna be okay (/threat)
the thing that I can't stop noticing about commercials for chatgpt and other ai shit is that they can't even seem to come up with creative or interesting shit to do with it. like everything that they show people using it for is stuff that you could already do if you had, like, any friends or the ability to use any search engine
When I was younger I thought the black market was a physical place in the middle of a desert canyon somewhere, and the reason it was called that was because all the stalls used black fabric. I thought that human bones and brains in jars were sold there. I thought you could buy smuggled artifacts and stolen artwork from painters long dead. I thought that you could buy elephant ivory and endangered bird eggs. I thought that you could buy rhinoceros meat and wild chinchilla coats. I thought you could buy pirated copies of movies and hard drives full of government secrets. I kind of wanted to go, but I knew it was a terrible thing to ask. I wouldn’t have bought anything, I would have just liked to look.
When I was 10 I really wanted a baby tiger bc I was a stupid kid and I straight up typed blackmaket.com into Internet explorer.
As a kid I always thought it was a physical market in a dilapidated warehouse, where the sun shone through the gaps in the boarded up windows, and it was just filled with stalls, where people were selling weapons, drugs, and nuclear bombs lmao. I thought you could go in there and hire a hitman, then buy an endangered animal, and a few plutonium rods lol
the true elation and dopamine hit I get when I have a friendly random conversation with a stranger in public needs to be studied
no this is exactly it
While we're talking about misogyny in media, this is something that always annoys me
Spotted at Goodwill: guys buying a lifesize plush tiger
why do they all look like tears for fears
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants a lifesize plush tiger
What if when it was having a chronic pain flareup the body just told me it was in pain instead of giving me weird vague cues like "agitated" and "tired" and "can't focus" until I examine and realize there's pain
ITS NOT HOPELESS ITS JUST JANUARY.
Some things you can only ask your mentally ill friends about later in life.😅