The New ZBB Quote Thread

[WeepingElf]

The problem with underlying structures is that it is too easy to posit that all languages are essentially English.

[Man in Space]

This is the sort of rake science is constantly stepping on

[Man in Space]

Young people today, honestly! When I was young we had to go 24 hours each day without the Internet, and we had no choice!

[bradrn]

… like Dr. McWhorter's anecdote about a talking walrus, none of those things are in the article.

[Raphael]

I just want his [Donald Trump's] supporters to realize what fools they've been (and are)...

You're more likely to be struck by lightning after winning the lottery with a shark attached to your leg and being next in line to the German Throne. Twice.

[Man in Space]

I just want his [Donald Trump's] supporters to realize what fools they've been (and are)...

You're more likely to be struck by lightning after winning the lottery with a shark attached to your leg and being next in line to the German Throne. Twice.

This could be an xkcd. Like, have Cueball or Beret Guy saying doctor shark’s bit, and then either Beret Guy or a caption proper masako’s first sentence. “Twice.” would be the alt text.

[alice]

I mean, letting go a helium balloon is a little like the Apollo program, but not much and not in any interesting way.

[Raphael]

this big night consisting, moreover, of living outside this materialistic paradise:
having only unique objects,
personalized treatment only with human beings beings face to face,
far from the crowds where even to hunt wild animals,...

I'm glad I don't have to hunt animals - I'd've been stomped into paste long ago.

[Travis B.]

esoteric Catholic Maoism

Is that a political ideology, a religion, or both?

[salem]

esoteric Catholic Maoism

Is that a political ideology, a religion, or both?

Yes

[WeepingElf]

For those who were confused by zompist's reference to the "typewriter", it was a mechanical device somewhat like a laptop with a built-in printer but no screen.

[WeepingElf]

Oh, I disagree with malloc, but lots of people are worrying along similar lines. I've had similar debates a few times IRL.

It's time to come "out of the AI closet", as it were: the ZBB member you know as "alice" was actually replaced by an LLM several months ago, and none of you have noticed!

[Raphael]

king/kink merger would be interesting

[Raphael]

What do you think of this theory about the uncanny valley?

There's a bunch of theories there, each more unlikely than the last.

[Linguoboy]

I'm usually all right with horror movies but I have to watch The Big Bang Theory from behind the couch.

[Raphael]

Imagine having to drive hours into the backwoods of Missouri just to find a novel written by an actual human.

I have a sudden desire to read the batshit dystopian novel where this would somehow become reality. Can I commission you to write it for me?

[Linguoboy]

My toaster can make toast and I can't do that by breathing on it. Oh noes toasters are taking over the world.

[Raphael]

My toaster can make toast and I can't do that by breathing on it. Oh noes toasters are taking over the world.

But what will they do with it once they have taken it over?

[Linguoboy]

But what will they do with it once they have taken it over?

Have an existential crisis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

[zyxw59]

So the next time you read a hacky sci-fi premise where a character named Norfmo is from the planet Norfmo, before you judge the author too harshly, consider that they might simply be from the Balkans.