Sergio

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[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Maybe it's bc I've been doing a lot of proofreading recently, but the first thing I noticed was reference to "the Battle of Dover Straight" instead of Strait.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

The cops raid the place with a similar device and find absolutely nothing.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago

When I was in high school one lunchtime I was sitting there reading sci fi by myself like a total nerd and some other kids were sitting nearby and they started smoking cigarettes, which was against the rules. Anyway a teacher saw them just as the lunch period ended and the teacher said: "all right You, You, You, and You stay behind!" And the teacher pointed at me, because I was nearby. I was like: wow, I haven't been in trouble before! I was writing a lot of short fiction and poetry at the time so I thought it'd be a good experience. So I sat there and listened for a while as the teacher berated the kids. But eventually I realized I'd gotten all I was gonna get from this teacher's unimaginative lecture, so I stood up and was like: I gotta go to class. The teacher glared at me and was gonna go off, but the other kids were cool, they were like nah he wasn't a part of this. The teacher looked at me, looked at my sci fi book, looked at me again, then realized yeah these kids would never have anything to do with this dork. So they let me run off to class.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“word shitting”. Lots and lots of words that say fuck all.

This is a great way to describe LLM-based AIs. I'ma use it.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If you read the page, you'll discover a way to remedy that.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

More (bowel) moving than War-n-Peace. More slimy than Middlemarch. After this gets removed for not being a photograph, make sure you post it in a community that will better appreciate it.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Check out youth hostels / Hostelling International. Basically they're inexpensive dorm-like hotels mostly targetted at younger backpackers. The ones in LA and Boston are in great locations. About 12% of Americans are of German descent (cite) so ask around, you or a family friend probably have a distant relative who immigrated here at some point.

So: get a cheap plane ticket. Fly into a city with a youth hostel. Wander around for a while. Catch a Greyhound Bus to visit your distant relative in Iowa. Hang out with them for a while. Catch another Greyhound to another city with a youth hostel. Fly back. You will meet a lot of people in the hostels. You'll meet a lot of people on the Greyhound. Look up stuff ahead of time, not just tourist stuff but concerts or clubs or sports events wherever you go to. Sure it costs money but it's a hell of a lot more fun than a resort or a cruise or whatever. Wait, isn't "wanderjahr" a German word? Anyway after you spend a month or two here you'll know whether you still like us or not.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I think the really wealthy old-money people would never say such a thing. Because such a thing just wouldn't occur to them. And if someone said that to them, they'd just kind of smile and nod the same way they would to a toddler. Maybe say "Ah, yes, very good." So that's probably the best response.

But if I were writing a screenplay and had to come up with a one-liner I'd probably go with, "Just goes to show you can't buy class."

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Wait til ya hear about Juggalos. (slightly nsfw)

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A lot of people are saying ADHD, but I think in some cases it could also be anxiety or depression.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hey fam, I saw your note to me in the other discussion thread, but then slrpnk.net (my main account's instance) crashed and that item got locked.

Sorry to hear about your worsening health issues. I hope everything works out as best it can.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Wow, the first intentionally bad movie I saw was probably lost in time, as a kid late at night watching cable TV and seeing a bunch of movies listed and knowing they were going to be terrible and sure enough they were.

The only ones that stick out are a set of fantasy movies, two of which were produced by Roger Corman:

 

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