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New comment by vapel in "We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970"

vapel — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:09:22 +0000

I'm just saying we're movie-brained.

There's no direct lineage.

New comment by vapel in "We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970"

vapel — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:44:00 +0000

1960s cybernetics inspires fascinating fiction like Neuromancer and Snowcrash.

Sci-fi films of the 70s and 80s recreate these stories as pastiche and trope.

Now people who grew up on those movies exclaim that life is imitating art.

We watch too many movies.

Life isn't a movie.

New comment by vapel in "Is this the new cyber normal?"

vapel — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:20:08 +0000

Walk down the street in your local neighborhood. Most modern subdivisions have a single builder, but imagine it's an older street with a variety of homes. They all stand, they all hold off the elements well enough. They are heated, they are wired, and they are certainly comfortable enough to live in.

Now imagine you are an inspector. You enter these homes one by one and discover suboptimal electrical wiring, misaligned trimming, nonsensical handle placement, lazy tile jobs, etc.

Is it a problem? Only once it becomes one. There might be 10 things in your house right now that need fixing, but you will probably not become aware of them until they reach a critical point: a leak, a fire, a collapse.

The human body is similar, no? How many ticking health time bombs are you sitting on?

Maybe this is a reminder for you to go get that exam, haha.

New comment by vapel in "Is this the new cyber normal?"

vapel — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:13:21 +0000

Gabe Newell's Valve brain chip hits market and everyone gets one because Valve consistently gets left out of the "evil big tech" stack for some reason.

New comment by vapel in "Shitter – A Nitter Fork"

vapel — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:08:06 +0000

I sure wish he did.

At least I'm living now and not in the past. I do believe in gradual progress.

Uh, shitfuck.