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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Oh no the neural implant project backfired, I must now spread the logs throughout the building an leave a distress message in Latin (feddit.de)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

A lot of these types read sci-fi dystopia books and think, "yeah that would be really cool actually."

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"I've created the Torment Nexus, from the sci-fi classic 'Don't Create the Torment Nexus'"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

"Based on a fictional story"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Elon has gone on record saying he's a huge sci-fi fan, and has mentioned Iain M Banks in particular who writes a lot of posthuman and transhuman characters. He's literally pulling his ideas directly from fiction.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nothing wrong with that, being visionary was the domain of writers and artists through all ages, Jules Verne springs to mind as someone who inspired a lot of inventors of modern things. Missing the point completely and finding ways to abuse those visions was the domain of the bourgeoisie, through all the same ages, up to and including today.