A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5hAnd I assume he's just monologuing about how Mutants are the Next Stage of Human Evolution or whatever? 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5hDarkseid: "Survival of the fittest? Heck no. I want them to die too." 010
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5hApocalypse is.... an evil ancient mutant or something? That's all I remember. 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5hI once made a joke like "Some people, when given a choice between filet mignon and beef jerky, would eat a bowl full of gravel for the sole purpose of pissing you off." 030
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5h"Don't build thought experiments" is a lesson More People should learn. 100
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 5hSay what you like about Ozymandias, but at least he actually *managed* to get two vast and trunkless legs of stone standing in the desert. 100
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hThe name "Project Moon" is incredibly funny for reasons that are hard to explain. (Project Moon is a South Korean videogame developer that has set all of their games in The City, an ultracapitalist dystopian nightmare hellhole) 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hPresumably the foreign backers were a lot more willing to ask questions such as "How", "Why", and "You want *how much*?" 182
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hSome guy with more cocaine than blood in his system tells MBS that they can just genetically modify the humans living in The Great Line to draw sustenance from Green Algae. 010
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hI asked this question as a joke, obviously, but it turns out the answer is "Oh my word, no." 130
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hIt turns out the middle of A Giant Wall of Steel And Glass isn't going to receive a lot of natural light. Whoever could've guessed? 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hThis entire thing is giving me "What if the Tower of Babel were sideways? Would we still be struck down by an outraged god?" energy. (The answer, it seems, is yes) 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hYeah, the Cannon Octopus is a much bigger problem, anyway. 030
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hI feel like calling it a "bold experiment" is technically true but also overly generous. Like yes, it would be Very Bold if I jumped off a building with a helicopter blade umbrella and tried to fly. It would also be many other things that are not Bold. 120
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6h"They can just go to the marina for water. You can drink that, right?" 130
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hIt's clear they didn't consult an expert. The sand squids would just use their long range vulcan cannons instead. Or pry the shielding off first with their bladed arms. 180
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hWhy is the structure a giant mirror? Why on earth would anyone want a giant mirror?? What purpose does that serve??? 290
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6h(Reads the first paragraph) Oh that's it. That's the pure uncut hubris right there. 1161
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 6hSomewhat less charitably, when the narrative itself tries to make Scrimblos out of Deeply Messed Up People, it's a recipe for disaster. 000
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 7hI feel like if you're making a story in which a character Does A Bad Thing, but then you impose a bunch of arbitrary nonsense trying to limit or deny their culpability, that doesn't make your character more sympathetic, it makes your story more annoying. 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 14h(The one with the hat at a rakish angle isn't wearing a tie, unfortunately) 000
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"You will desire nothing, and hope for nothing. Your only thought will be a dull throb in your hypothalamus. You will transcend the chaos of humanity to become Pure Consumer." 071
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The hollow dream of the Idea Guy: you don't have to possess any skill, imagination, or creative vision. You just tell the machine what to make, and it'll make it. 130
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Is that why his neck is so puffy? Because his neck looks *really* puffy. 000
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The fact the People Complaining About Woke did not stop Complaining About Woke after Trump won just proves that they will never be satisfied, and they will always find something new to hate for stupid reasons. 000
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Because the current administration is a clown show run by antisocial freaks who regard basic human decency with not just indifference but active hostility, and they've psyched themselves into believing they have the eternal mandate of heaven? 110
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Besides, what if the swordswoman is a Doppelsoldner? What if she carries a Zweihander? 020
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026That is part of the reason it's such a tricky problem, at least as I understand it. 020
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There are those who enjoy fish, and there are those who Enjoy Fish. 081
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love the contrast between the horror strings on the soundtrack and the adorable little cat. 130
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Brundle can't believe good things can happen to him, while the actual tech visionaries can't accept bad things happening to them. That's a big difference, I think. 010
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As I've said elsewhere, the Vague Promise of Future Abundance is used to justify Doing Nothing Now. "Who needs social welfare once we get the Infinite Money Printer rolling?" 1151
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'll try, but unfortunately I've always been a bit of a chatterbox. 020
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026......there are people who think Babe Ruth wasn't real? Beg pardon? 000
A Frogs Gent @frogsgent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Especially when, like Robert, they're Super Depressed and no longer living an active lifestyle that would necessitate the Big Food they consume. 120
