Zillenial Crushed Optimism

bunny-boyler:

Maybe if we Ran away with Carly Rae Jepsen in 2015 none of this would have happened

datadegroove:

dreg-heap:

“Great man theory of history” deniers when you point out the 5% increase in horse euthanasia in the state of Pennsylvania coincides exactly with Taylor Swift’s 13th birthday

pangur-and-grim:

pangur-and-grim:

I only like robots in media if they’re a blatant on the nose metaphor for neurodivergence or class/labour discrimination. but lately a lot of their stories seem to just be “huh maybe chatgpt does have feelings after all! makes you think!”

wait, I thought of another category I like. when the actuality of having a giant nonhuman mind is explored in terms of how weird and horrible must that be, like in I Have No Mouth But Still Need To Scream or whatever it’s called

oh thank you!

ospreyonthemoon:

reggiemess:

reggiemess:

reggiemess:

reggiemess:

reggiemess:

Sometimes people think they’re dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something’s a Jumanji but oops it’s a Torment Nexus.

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you’ll have yourself a Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can’t help you there.

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn’t about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn’t a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn’t need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a “Would this be fucked up or what?” situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like “children shouldn’t chew gum.” There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it’s not a trap, it’s not a Chocolate Factory.

A Torment Nexus is also explicitly created and maintained by people. It might be aided by technology/magic, but it’s still something that someone made on purpose. What brings a Jumanji into the world can vary and is often less clear. A Jumanji can just as easily be man-made as it can be a force of nature.

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So what you’re saying is saw trap is willy wonkas chocolte factory

lelielile:

guerrillatech:

tedcruzisthezodiackiller:

theprofessional-amateur:

theprofessional-amateur:

Well played Merriam-Webster.

“There is artificial intelligence, and there is actual intelligence” 🎤🫳

creepingirrelevance:

m0thmancore:

m0thmancore:

suck, and i cannot stress this enough, my cock to the fucking base

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(Actually works.)

byjove:

byjove:

me: I wonder how some of these bog bodies got created, like, how do you just fall into a bog and die?

drunk guy in the late Iron Age:

There are! There are several where the pathological report is like “The burial does not seem to be intentional and there are no signs of illness or trauma to the body. It is theorized the decedent was a traveler who died of exposure or drowned.” aka wandered into the bog drunk, tripped, ate shit and inhaled peat.