I just love how fun it would be to believe that yes, god is the Creator of the Cosmos and he lives in the sky, I have a rich cosmogony that tries to explain the Universe and Everything…But also, if you cross that mountain to the west and traverse the river beyond, them you’ll be in another part of our empire where the universe was created by the boogers of a Titan or something like that I was too busy picking up my arrows to listen. Bless them.

It’s actually a cool belief system from what I’ve read, known as Tengriism; they had their own beliefs but (and I hope I have this right) that whatever religious worldview prevailed locally was considered not just valid as a personal or cultural expression, but actually metaphysically true as well. That seems fantastic, doesn’t it? Patchwork metaphysics.

It was mixed. Their subjects were more free to travel, practise religions, and generally exist within the empire than without it. It was just that transition. The Mongols liked to do things the easy way, or the really easy way.

I’ve begun assuming any culture war rage bait bullshit is just Russian troll farms or their copycats. They poisoned the well on purpose, so I’ve decided to let them drink it instead. It isn’t always going to be accurate, but it’s great for my mental health.

So that’s what’s the matter with me

Get yourself one too

An “avalanche” of… Videos with 6 second segments of weird B roll. Okay scary headline, I see you.

In fairness, movies these days aren’t as good as they were in the eighties, and video games in the eighties… mostly weren’t amazing, and people still play the ones that were good. You can only watch a good movie every so often, but you can play a great game for ages. It’d be weird if we didn’t see this trend.

Yep. Cool chart

Omw to add too much butter and sugar and a little cornstarch to recreate the levain style cookie

M-DISC, at a guess. The media would last long enough at least for grandkids, who will have bigger things to worry about.

Hey, it’s an update!

I feel profoundly incomplete, and always will, until I’ve put my life’s work and entire reputation on the line over an obscure academic point, on which I have violently disagreed with others in the field. Step one, find something I care about that much.

Oh… God damn it, my entire worldview of who sucks and who is cool has big red arrows pointing at where I ended up.

I admit I was only thinking about the output of our largest firms. There’s room for that, and I could easily be persuaded that the strength and duration of IP law should be inversely proportional to the size of the IP holder itself. And especially whether it is held by the sole creator, or collectively by private interests. People should own what they personally made, as much as possible under the circumstances.

SFX cue: Wilhelm scream as I am slain by my bad opinion

Yeah nah, bad e.g. but I’m not convinced 5 years is too short.

Ergotamine set of puns there, amanita minute to catch up.

Honestly with the current pace of cultural output we’re at, even 5 years feels generous. What was made in 2019 that still seems terribly relevant… Is there still a brisk trade in Frozen II merch I’m not aware of?

They should give the robot suction cup feet so it can walk on my-ceiling-um. Myceli- er, nevermind.

What do young idiots use?