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Pandora's (ro)box?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 25, 2023:

That one with the robot dobermans in that episode of Black Mirror will be a nightmare theme I will have forever. I don't scare easily. I laughed at Amityville Horror so hard I was nearly kicked out of the theater. And I was 14. Those robot relentless dogs got to me.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Yup, just watched the warehouse scene. Very bad tech, and totally within the realm of possibilities. 😳

Pandora's (ro)box?

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2023:

Some pretty serious problems with AI chatbots: 1. Bots have no actual interest in honesty or integrity. 2. They lie, misinform and confabulate with no inhibition. 3. They become hostile and abusive almost instantly. They are ill-mannered. 4. They are loaded with biased information and will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

You just described Donald J. Trump to a tee 🏌️......... ⛳

Pandora's (ro)box?

Fernapple comments on May 25, 2023:

Forget. "I will be back." All you need to know is. "I am here, and I am not going anytime soon."

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch The only way to kill it was to put it in a vat of molten metal. But AI will be far too distributed for that.

Don't say gay? Okay. Don't say stay!

Barnie2years comments on May 25, 2023:

DeSatan doesn’t care. He is looking to turn Florida into a third world country where the rich are always welcome and very rich. And the rest of the population is there only to serve them as pseudo slaves, for whatever pitance the rich are willing to pay. Only the wealthy will have education ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

Well, on the bright side, sea level is rising....😂

This morning I felt like I had been inserted into a production of Sartre's "No Exit.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 24, 2023:

You just described 70 million Republicans 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@ADKSparky Yeah, they're everywhere. Just turn over any rock...

Pandora's (ro)box?

Fernapple comments on May 25, 2023:

Forget. "I will be back." All you need to know is. "I am here, and I am not going anytime soon."

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@Fernapple Sounds ominous.

Pandora's (ro)box?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 25, 2023:

That one with the robot dobermans in that episode of Black Mirror will be a nightmare theme I will have forever. I don't scare easily. I laughed at Amityville Horror so hard I was nearly kicked out of the theater. And I was 14. Those robot relentless dogs got to me.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

I didn't see it. I'll keep my eyes open for it. 🙈

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2023:

If money seems to be coming out of Trump's mouth it is because media follows his every move and he gets free publicity. I do not see anything about him as being "the story" and I see on You Tube that many are starting to leave his ill attended rallies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch If the judgment debtor doesn't pay the judgment as ordered by the court, you can collect your money through proceedings to seize property or to garnish income. If little Donny keeps running his mouth, Trump Tower may become Carroll Tower! 😂

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

BufftonBeotch comments on May 25, 2023:

He could pull a coward stunt of actually using a baby for a human shield like Greg Stilson in Dead Zone and his blank-eyed cult would still cheer and drool for him. And as an aside. Is Martin Sheen the only actor to portray a President twice? Quite polar opposite Presidents.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Merryl Streep can convincingly play any role. 😂

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

BufftonBeotch comments on May 25, 2023:

He could pull a coward stunt of actually using a baby for a human shield like Greg Stilson in Dead Zone and his blank-eyed cult would still cheer and drool for him. And as an aside. Is Martin Sheen the only actor to portray a President twice? Quite polar opposite Presidents.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@St-Sinner You forgot All The President's Men 😂

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

BufftonBeotch comments on May 25, 2023:

He could pull a coward stunt of actually using a baby for a human shield like Greg Stilson in Dead Zone and his blank-eyed cult would still cheer and drool for him. And as an aside. Is Martin Sheen the only actor to portray a President twice? Quite polar opposite Presidents.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

I remember The West Wing. What was the other?

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2023:

If money seems to be coming out of Trump's mouth it is because media follows his every move and he gets free publicity. I do not see anything about him as being "the story" and I see on You Tube that many are starting to leave his ill attended rallies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch He will appeal, and try every trick in the book to delay, but in the end he will pay.

A gift of gab that keeps on giving. Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2023:

If money seems to be coming out of Trump's mouth it is because media follows his every move and he gets free publicity. I do not see anything about him as being "the story" and I see on You Tube that many are starting to leave his ill attended rallies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

You're right, Done Cheato's star is fading. But he's still the frontrunner in the Republican primary, and he does have a shot at becoming president again. As such, he is a menace to American democracy. That in itself makes him an object of interest. But that is only deep background to this cartoon. Up front is the fact that he was just hit with a $5 million judgement for sexual battery and defamation, and within 3 dozen hours he repeated the defamation on national TV. And now his victim has filed another action with the court. This time she's asking for $10 million. Mind you, in the first lawsuit, E. Jean Carroll did not ask for a specific dollar amount. The jury came up with the $5 million figure on their own. On seeing how little efféct having to cough up $5 million had on Cheato's behavior, the next jury is likely to dial up the cost of running his mouth. Don't you think?

Rushdie reveals he is writing again after attack

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 24, 2023:

I have read and enjoyed a few of Rushdie's books, including The Satanic Verses. I didn't see anything that warranted a fatwah or any kind of negative sanction. All that the outraged Islamists have achieved is to show how incredibly thin-skinned they are. They really can't take a joke. Pathetic.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser The JWs are way out there alright....an apocalyptic cult.

Rushdie reveals he is writing again after attack

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 24, 2023:

I have read and enjoyed a few of Rushdie's books, including The Satanic Verses. I didn't see anything that warranted a fatwah or any kind of negative sanction. All that the outraged Islamists have achieved is to show how incredibly thin-skinned they are. They really can't take a joke. Pathetic.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser Technically it's the Christian nationalists who are in the thrall of the Done Cheato. Islamists consider him enemy infidel. But I know what you mean. 😉

The damning revelations about sex abuse in the Catholic Church of Illinois

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 24, 2023:

Why does this Church still exist?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 25, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser Pathetic!

This morning I felt like I had been inserted into a production of Sartre's "No Exit.

Beowulfsfriend comments on May 24, 2023:

Once while at a McDonald's where I would go a couple times a week to sit around and chat with the old timers, I had some big dude wearing an NRA hat approach me. Apparently he heard I was a veteran and wanted to thank me for my service. Ugh. I didn't want a conversation nor any trouble so I, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

A masterful stroke! 😂

As House Republicans hold the American economy hostage with threats of default, Kevin McCarthy ...

HippieChick58 comments on May 24, 2023:

We may need to eat the rich very soon.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

I'm whetting my knives 🗡️🔪

Proverb in a bottle:

abyers1970 comments on May 24, 2023:

No. I think it’s perfectly ok to read a book in school. where the main character(god) commands that another group of people that doesn’t believe in him is utterly destroyed including women, children and infants. Also , Jephthah is a great story for kids where he’s seen as a great man of faith ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@Castlepaloma 😂😂😂 No.

Proverb in a bottle:

abyers1970 comments on May 24, 2023:

No. I think it’s perfectly ok to read a book in school. where the main character(god) commands that another group of people that doesn’t believe in him is utterly destroyed including women, children and infants. Also , Jephthah is a great story for kids where he’s seen as a great man of faith ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@abyers1970 You must be joking 😂

Proverb in a bottle:

Castlepaloma comments on May 24, 2023:

Don't want to ban the Bible, it's got the odd nice fairy tales in it, could block the bad bits. If the sex teacher are the parents, when the kids are ready, that's OK. Drag gueen dancers, pedophile and child castration is to stay out of my taxes payer pants and my child pants. .

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@Castlepaloma When you have people in great numbers, as we do today, you have to have laws, and the means to enforce them. Otherwise you'll have nothing but anarchy, chaos, and rule of the gun (i.e. criminal gangs, war lords, cartels, mafias, etc.). If you want laws that are fair to everyone, then you need a representative body, a legislature, to write them. And then you will need another body, a judiciary,to interpret the laws. And you will need an executive to administer and implement the laws. Before you know it, you have a government. If the people who lead the various governmental branches are chosen by the people at large, there's a chance that the government will be fair and work for everyone's benefit. But the people who elect the government officials must be well-informed, and actively participate in the electoral process. They must be constantly vigilant, lest malign forces (like the afore-mentioned criminal gangs) take over the government and attempt to use it for their own selfish ends. Trump/MAGA is a prime example of such malign force. I find it very satisfactory that the system is holding Trump and his minions accountable. It's very encouraging. We may save this civilization yet. And I don't whine about having to pay taxes to keep the wheels of justice (and other government functions) rolling, because I know that [A] it's a hell of a lot better than the alternative, [B] I don't have a childish expectation that it will be perfect, and [C] I am reasonably confident that it's working, even though there is always room for improvement. 🙂

Proverb in a bottle:

abyers1970 comments on May 24, 2023:

No. I think it’s perfectly ok to read a book in school. where the main character(god) commands that another group of people that doesn’t believe in him is utterly destroyed including women, children and infants. Also , Jephthah is a great story for kids where he’s seen as a great man of faith ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@Castlepaloma When you have people in great numbers, as we do today, you have to have laws, and the means to enforce them. Otherwise you'll have nothing but anarchy and chaos. If you want laws that are fair to everyone, then you need a representative body, a legislature, to write them. And then you will need another body, a judiciary,to interpret the laws. And you will need an executive to administer and implement the law. Before you know it, you have a government. If the people who lead the various branches are chosen by the people at large, there's a chance that the government will be fair and work for everyone's benefit. But the people who elect the government officials must be well-informed, and actively participate in the electoral process. They must be constantly vigilant, lest malign forces (bad people) take over the government and attempt to use it for their own selfish ends. Trump/MAGA is a prime example of such malign force. I find it very satisfactory that the system is holding Trump and his minions accountable. It's very encouraging. We may save this civilization yet.🙂

Proverb in a bottle:

Castlepaloma comments on May 24, 2023:

Don't want to ban the Bible, it's got the odd nice fairy tales in it, could block the bad bits. If the sex teacher are the parents, when the kids are ready, that's OK. Drag gueen dancers, pedophile and child castration is to stay out of my taxes payer pants and my child pants. .

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

Now that's what I call hot-button hyperbole! 😂

Elephant gun

CourtJester comments on May 23, 2023:

If you liberals understood that 100% of school shootings over the past ten years have been committed by folks on anti depressants, maybe the real problem would be addressed.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@CourtJester Any excuse to avoid reasonable gun control, huh CJ?

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

Michael Crichton has told a couple of entertaining stories and movies and ER. He was also very anti choice and I do not think he is necessarily a touch point for deep thought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch You're right. CH was not in Andromeda Strain. I must have been thinking of Soilent Green. 😂

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

Michael Crichton has told a couple of entertaining stories and movies and ER. He was also very anti choice and I do not think he is necessarily a touch point for deep thought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 24, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Oh! I remember now: they figured out why the baby didn't get sick; low blood pH due to constant crying. And so the world was saved. 😂

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

Michael Crichton has told a couple of entertaining stories and movies and ER. He was also very anti choice and I do not think he is necessarily a touch point for deep thought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Was that a Charleton Heston film?

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

How do we know that the smallest gnat we swat was not sentient and happy in its two day existence?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 How would your alien see all humanity lumped together? Probably not as favorably as we see ourselves. Elephants recognize themselves in a mirror. That's a sign of self awareness, which indicates higher level consciousness or sentience. I would say that crows are sentient beings.

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

273kelvin comments on May 23, 2023:

Well, in an attempt to answer the bleeding obvious, the fact that we are discussing sentience requires a certain degree of sentience. Of course, our concept of sentience can only be for the most part viewed through the lens of human existence but just as Ohms theorem can only be proven using ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

In other words, Crichton paints with too broad a brush.

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on May 23, 2023:

I think: therefore, I am.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

Cogito ergo sum 😂

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

How do we know that the smallest gnat we swat was not sentient and happy in its two day existence?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch I think those lifespans a a bit longer than one day. Prolly measured in weeks

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

How do we know that the smallest gnat we swat was not sentient and happy in its two day existence?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Depends on what you mean by "enjoy."

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

Michael Crichton has told a couple of entertaining stories and movies and ER. He was also very anti choice and I do not think he is necessarily a touch point for deep thought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

Crichton likes to play around with (and stretch) the possibilities that present themselves at the limits of scientific knowledge. And he knows how to weave together a commercially successful story. In the end, he generates more questions than answers. That's OK; questions can be useful too.

What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware?

BufftonBeotch comments on May 23, 2023:

How do we know that the smallest gnat we swat was not sentient and happy in its two day existence?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

The gnat does not have the nervous tissue to support higher level consciousness. It's just a little biological machine acting out a set of genetically programmed instincts.

Elephant gun

CourtJester comments on May 23, 2023:

If you liberals understood that 100% of school shootings over the past ten years have been committed by folks on anti depressants, maybe the real problem would be addressed.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 23, 2023:

The pen is mightier than the sword, but Republicans let kids get their heads blown off before they have a chance to write anything. 🙄

Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world, anymore. - YouTube

EdEarl comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Still has the baddest military, and that is scary

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 22, 2023:

How much of our military has been infiltrated by domestic extremists?

Some may think SCROTUS gave coaches the right to coerce their players to pray with them, wrong.

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2023:

If you read how all of this is worded it shows me that nothing is going to change. "Personal religious observations" have no right at all being in a public school of any kind. I might add again that lots of people my age pretend to remember prayer in public schools. I say "pretend" because it was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr Whether or not such issues ever get addressed depends a lot on who conducts the evaluation. What if the school has a multi-level religious cabal?

The say Sedona AZ is full of spiritual whack jobs.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 22, 2023:

MSNBC? You could do worse 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 22, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Yeah, she's great! I don't get cable, but I listen to her podcasts, and those of Alex Wagner, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ari Member, Chris Hayes, Joy Ried, and Ali Velshi who fills in whenever any of the others are away. 😎👍

MAGA misdirection

TheoryNumber3 comments on May 21, 2023:

I'm pretty sure they get a lot of use out of those suckers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

They wouldn't be nearly so effective if there wasn't a new one born every minute!

MAGA misdirection

HippieChick58 comments on May 21, 2023:

But freedom for whom? Not equally for everyone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

No, not equally for everyone. For instance, the GOP protects corporations' freedom to pollute the air, water, and land; rich people's freedom to keep, expand, and pass on dynastic wealth.

Anyone want to edit Wikipedia?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 20, 2023:

Nice comparison, except that in religion the hoped-for payback is not monetary, but spiritual (psychological). It's an important difference. Otherwise they're very similar. Better leave the Wiki page alone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Speaking of historical figures... https://youtu.be/w65aTy-XGDE

Anyone want to edit Wikipedia?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 20, 2023:

Nice comparison, except that in religion the hoped-for payback is not monetary, but spiritual (psychological). It's an important difference. Otherwise they're very similar. Better leave the Wiki page alone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch There must also be legions continuously rectifying errors.

Anyone want to edit Wikipedia?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 20, 2023:

Nice comparison, except that in religion the hoped-for payback is not monetary, but spiritual (psychological). It's an important difference. Otherwise they're very similar. Better leave the Wiki page alone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch There was an 80s band by that name 😂

Anyone want to edit Wikipedia?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 20, 2023:

Nice comparison, except that in religion the hoped-for payback is not monetary, but spiritual (psychological). It's an important difference. Otherwise they're very similar. Better leave the Wiki page alone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch I wonder, what do they think they are doing?

PROJECTILE DYSFUNCTION: The barrage of hypersonic missiles Putin launched at Kiev one night last ...

BufftonBeotch comments on May 21, 2023:

These missiles are often shot down now, and may soon be regarded by governments as not worth the millions of dollars each for something that will ultimately be a bottle rocket. I cannot see any down side in this. Did I miss something?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

No, I think you grasp the situation.

Hundreds of churches will have to close, says Kirk

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 20, 2023:

I could live in Scotland 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch You mean to say you don't like haggis? 😂

PROJECTILE DYSFUNCTION: The barrage of hypersonic missiles Putin launched at Kiev one night last ...

BufftonBeotch comments on May 20, 2023:

If dumpety, who looks at putin like a dog looks at bacon, gets back in he would OK Putin to have Poland too.