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Elfminster
07-08-2022, 01:23 PM
Or does the well of ideas eventually run dry?

Or, to put it another way,

How many humans can be created before faces start becoming identical?

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 01:31 PM
I wonder this a lot.

In startrek they watch Shakespeare, and I think that's someone's way of saying that entertainment will go bye bye in the future. All they listen to is classical music.

The question really is, do you think people will want to watch/read the same story over and over and over, if they just keep changing the characters?

As we progress to mars, will watching the same story, but on mars, be enough for us to want to watch that story?

We all loved the matrix, and it blew our minds big time, but it was just literally Alice and wonderland.

As we expand to speak with other aliens, will we be interested in someone telling the same story but based on what we learned from the new aliens?

I honestly think that we actually will. So I think, yes, they will be able to forever.

Another thing I think about is, maybe movies will feel more like books, and there will be a new holographic platform or cyber metaverse VR way for the masses to enjoy the same stories the way we have movies as the main story device instead of books since the invention of the film cameras.

Like, at the very least, there will always be enough creators, and citizens to sustain their own niche interest in story telling.

Unless the Georgia Guide Stones get their way and reduce the population to some manageable level, in which case no, there will be no stories in that world.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 02:03 PM
I wonder this a lot.


Right, so you think humans can create movies forever if aliens are cool with it.

What would happen to this fantasy addicted society if all of the writers and performers decided to suddenly quit all at the same?

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:06 PM
The answer is never.

Creativity is a divine characteristic written into the human soul.

We were created to create. We always will. Even in heaven (for those that didn't go into the lake of fire) we will be a part of an eternal ongoing creation process.

Even if all the great creators died, their works would live on to inspire, and pure inspiration (though rare) is possible and new works would come about even if all the great ones were lost.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 02:09 PM
Right, so you think humans can create movies forever if aliens are cool with it.

How funny would it be if humans were exterminated because we made peace with an alien species.

Made a movie about it, and basically burnt their Koran in it on accident.

Then they just obliterated us in an instant over it lol

And that was the end of our story.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 02:09 PM
The answer is never.

Creativity is a divine characteristic written into the human soul.

We were created to create. We always will. Even in heaven (for those that didn't go into the lake of fire) we will be a part of an eternal ongoing creation process.

Even if all the great creators died, their works would live on to inspire, and pure inspiration (though rare) is possible and new works would come about even if all the great ones were lost.

So it's possible to create an unlimited amount of drop dead gorgeous humans each with a unique face?

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 02:11 PM
Creativity is a divine characteristic written into the human soul.

You been keeping up with machine learning? Literally the only thing it is accomplishing at great leaps forward is creating art. Wiring stories. Basically it excels at all the things we thought would separate us from the machine :(

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 02:12 PM
So it's possible to create an unlimited amount of drop dead gorgeous humans each with a unique face?

well, considering in 1 million years, this is likely what a beutiful unique face looks like because of evolution, maybe?

https://i.imgur.com/wgVaSXg.png

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 02:18 PM
The answer is never.

Creativity is a divine characteristic written into the human soul.

We were created to create. We always will. Even in heaven (for those that didn't go into the lake of fire) we will be a part of an eternal ongoing creation process.

Even if all the great creators died, their works would live on to inspire, and pure inspiration (though rare) is possible and new works would come about even if all the great ones were lost.

It's the evil ones who appear to be the creative ones so there would not be any creative people in heaven if evil people go to hell which means no celebrities in heaven either. Or, in heaven, everybody gets to be creative (not just the few) so in heaven everybody would be a celebrity.

If creativity is a divine characteristic written into the human soul then from the looks of things a crap load of humans are being deprived of being their true selves (creative) while a small group of obnoxious proud 'humans' sing and dance in front of a camera.

Some people being this and some people being that is illogical.

It should either be everybody or nobody not both.

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:25 PM
So it's possible to create an unlimited amount of drop dead gorgeous humans each with a unique face?

Tricky question. Define gorgeous. Define unique.

For the time the universe and humanity will last we only need some billions of faces.

If you simply added up the number of facial features and assume each one could have 100 variances of each feature then worked out the math... it'd be yuge.

Color, size of eyes, size of pupils, number of freckles, location of freckles, color of freckles, shape of teeth, size of teeth, whiteness of teeth, etc etc etc.

Let's say you got 100 features and 100 variations of each.

100 ^ 100

I think that's roughly 99,999,999,999,999,996,973,312,221,251,036,165,947 ,450,327,545,502,362,648,241,750,950,346,848,435,5 54,075,534,196,338,404,706,251,868,027,512,415,973 ,882,408,182,135,734,368,278,484,639,385,041,047,2 39,877,871,023,591,066,789,981,811,181,813,306,167 ,128,854,888,448

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:25 PM
It's the evil ones who appear to be the creative ones so there would not be any creative people in heaven if evil people go to hell which means no celebrities in heaven either. Or, in heaven, everybody gets to be creative (not just the few) so in heaven everybody would be a celebrity.

Some people being this and some people being that is illogical. It should either be everybody or nobody.

In heaven, everyone there will be creating in some way or another, but not all the same.

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:28 PM
How many times can you click refresh on https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ ?

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:28 PM
Bonus points: https://thischemicaldoesnotexist.com/ and https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com/

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 02:30 PM
Make a "hook em" UT symbol with your hand and put your index and pinky finger on the eyes of the people as you hit F5.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 02:34 PM
Tricky question. Define gorgeous. Define unique.

For the time the universe and humanity will last we only need some billions of faces.

If you simply added up the number of facial features and assume each one could have 100 variances of each feature then worked out the math... it'd be yuge.

Color, size of eyes, size of pupils, number of freckles, location of freckles, color of freckles, shape of teeth, size of teeth, whiteness of teeth, etc etc etc.

Let's say you got 100 features and 100 variations of each.

100 ^ 100

I think that's roughly 99,999,999,999,999,996,973,312,221,251,036,165,947 ,450,327,545,502,362,648,241,750,950,346,848,435,5 54,075,534,196,338,404,706,251,868,027,512,415,973 ,882,408,182,135,734,368,278,484,639,385,041,047,2 39,877,871,023,591,066,789,981,811,181,813,306,167 ,128,854,888,448

How many unique personalities with unique faces/voices/styles can you create before you start creating clones?

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 02:35 PM
How many unique personalities with unique faces/voices/styles can you create before you start creating clones?

Unlimited until we disappear.

imNtSPM3-r4

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 02:47 PM
How many slices of cake can you make from one beautiful delicious cake?

So far the answers in this thread have been:

"define beautiful"

"define delicious"

"99,999,999,999,999,996,973,312,221,251,036,165,947 ,450,327,545,502,362,648,241,750,950,346,848,435,5 54,075,534,196,338,404,706,251,868,027,512,415,973 ,882,408,182,135,734,368,278,484,639,385,041,047,2 39,877,871,023,591,066,789,981,811,181,813,306,167 ,128,854,888,448 slices"

"an infinite of slices".

I guess it's up to the cake maker to decide how many slices of his cake there should be. Every slice created means less cake for somebody else and if you're just gonna throw the slice of cake at others it's a wasted gift especially when cakes don't grow on trees. If the cake maker can create one cake then he can create two cakes but unless the cake maker puts effort into making the cake it's not a cake worth eating and who wants to make a cake just for you to waste it by throwing it to the fucking ground?

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 03:04 PM
How many unique personalities with unique faces/voices/styles can you create before you start creating clones?

Define clone. If you could provide a numerical range for each trait and a total number of traits, I could do the math for you =P

Castle2.0
07-08-2022, 03:07 PM
Yes, the big number I gave was based on an arbitrary but reasonably conservative set of parameters. If you define the parameters more clearly, we could get a more accurate answer.

I think we can create unique art and humans up until the universe ends, then we won't be able to.

Rethalis
07-08-2022, 03:18 PM
Pretty sure it's unlimited. I wonder what music would be like if there were more frequencies we could hear.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 03:37 PM
Define clone. If you could provide a numerical range for each trait and a total number of traits, I could do the math for you =P

Well imagine there's a world with just 1 person in it.

Just 1.

And this person is you.

And you want some best friends to play with because you're bored and lonely.

There's two options available to you...

a) clone yourself so everybody looks, dresses, and acts identical to you.

or

b) subdivide yourself and give every subdivision of yourself a unique look and name to go with their unique piece of you. The closer you are to your subdivions the happier you all are and the further away you are the sadder you all are. When you're subdivions are happy you're happy when you're subdivions are sad you're sad and vice versa. This option also has technology that allows everybody to change the way they look and in this world you're the king and everybody knows it and is happy it's you.

Which would you choose out of the two optioons and how many of each clones/subdivisions could/would you make?

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 03:47 PM
Pretty sure it's unlimited. I wonder what music would be like if there were more frequencies we could hear.

As long as the one doing it keeps on doing it, right?

They didn't make Friends last forever though. They stopped it on purpose. They've done that with a lot of television series and the number 1 reason is to preserve quality. ie they ran out of quality ideas for the show so if they continued making episodes it would destroy their legacy because the new episodes would be crap in comparison.

These people can actually join forces and stop making things on purpose for whatever reason. It's obvious they're all friends.

They can decide not to make movies and music for you just like they did with Friends. They migt want to do something better with their time or spite you.

Heck, it could be a dude in a room in front of a pc running an AI script which creates fictional life like movie actors and one day he decides to just walk away from his pc because quality is obviously beginning to suffer now after all these years doing it and to enjoy life instead of making cartoons for you.

I mean, tbh, you are spoilt rotten with all these actors making movies for you. It's nothing special to you you're so used to it. Where's my next ironman movie? you ask everybody like a big spoilt baby as you suck on satan's nipple.

Far less movies at a much higher quality rather than lots of low quality movies is the way to go but they are cramming 'em in fast for some reason. They seem to be in a hurry. What's the rush?.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 03:57 PM
Think about how much people love buying houses today.

They invented the house 50,000 years ago.

Part of me wonders, if we as people have not changed at all, and the world changes around us.

Like if we erased all written knowledge the children wouldn't just know how to do rocket science because we learned it once before.

Everything around us changes, but we stay the same.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 04:08 PM
Think about how much people love buying houses today.

They invented the house 50,000 years ago.

Part of me wonders, if we as people have not changed at all, and the world changes around us.

Like if we erased all written knowledge the children wouldn't just know how to do rocket science because we learned it once before.

Everything around us changes, but we stay the same.

When was the wheel invented?

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 04:09 PM
I wonder this a lot.

In startrek they watch Shakespeare, and I think that's someone's way of saying that entertainment will go bye bye in the future. All they listen to is classical music. [/U]

One episode, first season iirc, deals with a man who was cryogenically frozen during the 20th century, he is thawed and cured. He asked the Captain what they do for entertainment, such as TV. Which the android Data comments was a fad in the 20th century. Picard goes on to explain how "humanity has evolved" and they "work on themselves" with pursuits like you mentioned.

They do play some aggressive sports, such as Parises Squares (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Parrises_squares), which have caused minor to life threatening injuries.

Some pursue Governance, other pursue a Military life (Starfleet). The only currency known is Latinum. It is never explained what other members of society do, for example in the future Earth scenes it is never explained how or why some members of society get better apartments, in better locations with better views. How they get their apartments etc, you just sort of assume it all works out somehow.

Edit: This was absurdly highlighted in the Picard tv series, when he visited the lady living in the a future trailer-park, she proceeds to shame him for being rich and living on a vineyard..

..in the future, with replicator technology that can create out of thin-air the very things she shames him for having. But no explaination why he has it and she doesn't. From what I understand from following the show and some of the books, her circumstances and lifestyle were entirely her own. Her complaints were not supposed to exist in that future.. because it was material complaints. Humans had "evolved' beyond the need of material wealth but they still had it ...

https://www.startrek.com/news/how-lucille-ball-helped-star-trek-become-a-cultural-icon

The journey to get Star Trek: The Original Series on television was a long and arduous one, but series creator Gene Roddenberry had help from an unlikely heroine. Without the help of this woman and her studio, the franchise may have stalled and never seen the light of day. And so, as we spare a thought today for “The Cage,” the original pilot for The Original Series shot on this day in 1964, we must also remember to think fondly of the incomparable Lucille Ball.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 04:13 PM
One episode, first season iirc, deals with a man who was cryogenically frozen during the 20th century, he is thawed and cured. He asked the Captain what they do for entertainment, such as TV. Which the android Data comments was a fad in the 20th century. Picard goes on to explain how "humanity has evolved" and they "work on themselves" with pursuits like you mentioned.

They do play some aggressive sports, such as Parises Squares (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Parrises_squares), which have caused minor to life threatening injuries.

Some pursue Governance, other pursue a Military life (Starfleet). The only currency known is Latinum. It is never explained what other members of society do, for example in the future Earth scenes it is never explained how or why some members of society get better apartments, in better locations with better views. How they get their apartments etc, you just sort of assume it all works out somehow.

Replicators sound better than supermarket shopping.

Where does all that stuff come from in the supermarket? If it can be put in a Walmart why can't it be put into a smart device?

I've got no idea why food costs money and you have to travel far for it.

Starfleet is military organisation. It carries weapons and interferes.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 04:24 PM
red dead redemption should be an MMO change my mind.

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 04:36 PM
red dead redemption should be an MMO change my mind.

Easy, its developed for consoles... but then you might be referring to the corruption that is console-based 'MMO' gaming these days like Destiny.

Like a flea to be flicked.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 04:51 PM
change my mind.

Whatever they give you they can snatch back or change for the worst so what's the point of buying and investing serious time in something like that?

I paid a large sum of money for Hellgate: London and they cancelled it after convincing me to buy it.

Same with Star Wars Galaxies.

If WoW drops below a certain subscription level it's bye bye WoW too.

The best universe is one which is not dependent on the stock market/popularity/banks for its existence so it can exist with just two people instead of needing millions to break even. A universe which is open 24/7, never gets boring, you can't be banned from it, and it can't be drastically changed. Something that's always there no matter what and free.

This half-life existence is the closest thing that I've seen to that. I've yet to see the sun nerfed or cancelled.

You know how i know they didn't go to the moon?

Because if they did it would be lit up like a rainbow flag in june and then after june it would have a budweiser bottle and sports highlights on it. Or worse, elon musk's face. They have dirty sticky fingers and they seem proud of it.

Are they proud thieves pretending to be angels or angels pretending to be proud thieves?

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 04:57 PM
http://wiz.zone/

https://i.imgur.com/PjamFVa.png

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 05:08 PM
When was the wheel invented?

idk but people fuckn love it!

https://i.imgur.com/deDcHDO.png

https://i.imgur.com/X0e5wm7.png

https://i.imgur.com/4uo0SRw.png

https://i.imgur.com/R7UfbZO.png

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 05:15 PM
Are these creative types proud cheats pretending to be angels or angels pretending to be proud cheats?

Was life really created just so you can watch ellen?

Well they cancelled ellen too. They don't appear infinite what with their show cancellations and them dying off like flies.

I've seen dog turds that have lasted longer than some of their tv shows.

Watching movies is a new concept. Can it stand the test of time?

If the writers decide no then it can't.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 05:18 PM
idk but people fuckn love it!



https://i.imgur.com/BRNkYze.jpg

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 05:28 PM
Was life really created just so you can watch ellen?

No we had that idea after that cunt bit the apple.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 05:41 PM
No we had that idea after that cunt bit the apple.

That's a terrible way to speak about your mother and god is the one who you should be really blaming because he created her, satan, the apple, sin, pain, misery, eternal hell, etc. The buck stops with god else he's not really god.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 05:44 PM
that's true but I like the way this guy talks in The Boys. (even though I have seen 500,000,000 million stories with characters like him in it already :o )

https://i.imgur.com/10Gtlpi.png

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 06:05 PM
that's true but I like the way this guy talks in The Boys. (even though I have seen 500,000,000 million stories with characters like him in it already :o )


What's funny about earth is that's it supposed to be this den of iniquity where proud humans who hate god indulge in sinful pleasure yet drugs are banned and there's churches everywhere. I'm not seeing much hedonistic partying going on bro instead it's minimum wages and getting into debt just to eat.

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 06:09 PM
What's funny about earth is that's it supposed to be this den of iniquity where proud humans who hate god indulge in sinful pleasure yet drugs are banned and there's churches everywhere. I'm not seeing much hedonistic partying going on bro instead it's minimum wages and getting into debt just to eat.

The den of iniquity has to be funded.

[rains expensive drugs and designer abortions]

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 06:26 PM
The den of iniquity has to be funded.

[rains expensive drugs and designer abortions]

I've heard there's no sex or drugs in heaven so what's the point in going if it's the same as here?

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 06:47 PM
What's funny about earth is that's it supposed to be this den of iniquity where proud humans who hate god indulge in sinful pleasure yet drugs are banned and there's churches everywhere. I'm not seeing much hedonistic partying going on bro instead it's minimum wages and getting into debt just to eat.

hey I gotchu!

you see this is what went down.

for thousands of years there was a species of aliens that lived among humans, and they did a lot of drugs together, and expanded our minds into new frontieers.

Then they up and left, idk why, but they had to go. And a cult of men who held the keys to the world then, went into hiding as their power regressed without their alien overlords protecting them.

Ever since then they have been doing everything they can to turn us against each other, to dull our minds, to make us more and more like the primates we evolved from.

They try to prevent us from using the tree of life for its ever expanding knowledge.

In egypt they built pyramids that 6 thousand years later mankind is still baffled at the science behind how it could be possible.

That is because mass DMT is the science that made it possible. They united the human mind body and soul and when done, the body is capabable of thigns beyond our imagination.

And so they try to keep it secret.

But one day we shall rise again and we will once again live in the land of milk and honey!

https://i.imgur.com/OY9GdTJ.png

https://i.imgur.com/c0Jpnhl.png

https://i.imgur.com/SA0p5Qp.png

https://i.imgur.com/RRzPnl1.png

https://i.imgur.com/VCmKEc3.png

https://i.imgur.com/UFiGxvW.png

🍎🍎🍎 THE APPLE IS A METAPHORE! 🍎🍎🍎 THEY DONT WANT YOU TO DO IT! 🍎🍎🍎

https://i.imgur.com/2HmPeBt.png

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 07:55 PM
hey I gotchu!

you see this is what went down.

for thousands of years there was a species of aliens that lived among humans, and they did a lot of drugs together, and expanded our minds into new frontieers.

Then they up and left, idk why, but they had to go. And a cult of men who held the keys to the world then, went into hiding as their power regressed without their alien overlords protecting them.

Ever since then they have been doing everything they can to turn us against each other, to dull our minds, to make us more and more like the primates we evolved from.

They try to prevent us from using the tree of life for its ever expanding knowledge.

In egypt they built pyramids that 6 thousand years later mankind is still baffled at the science behind how it could be possible.

That is because mass DMT is the science that made it possible. They united the human mind body and soul and when done, the body is capabable of thigns beyond our imagination.

And so they try to keep it secret.

But one day we shall rise again and we will once again live in the land of milk and honey!



One day...soon...some day....I've heard that for years.

If the land of milk and honey only ever exists soon or some day then it's completely useless to me.

Plus, I need it to come to me at this stage.

If it could send me a TXT message in advance with time/date of arrival at my front door that would be brill.

That's how things normally work. It's good manners.

And as for aliens I'll just go to the cinema to see them but even Predator is rubbish now.

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 08:04 PM
I've heard there's no sex or drugs in heaven so what's the point in going if it's the same as here?

Why would incorporeal beings need mansions or streets made of gold?

And as for aliens I'll just go to the cinema to see them but even Predator is rubbish now.

er, been that way since 1990, I mean #2 only gets a pass because it released with full left wing ultraviolence still intact but never ever forget it has Gary Busey in it.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 08:12 PM
Why would incorporeal beings need mansions or streets made of gold?

I don't wish to be incorporeal or to have a street of gold. I quite like having a body. I've got kinda used to it. I just want one with a 6 pack and a big dingaling that's all. The one I have now is a joke.

er, been that way since 1990, I mean #2 only gets a pass because it released with full left wing ultraviolence still intact but never ever forget it has Gary Busey in it.

Predator is about to be defeated by Pocahontas.

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 08:17 PM
Predator is about to be defeated by Pocahontas.

I don't read Reddit fan fiction.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 08:19 PM
I don't read Reddit fan fiction.

nKugyHKSyEk

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 08:19 PM
^
case in point

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 08:29 PM
^
case in point

If she can't kill a bear how is she going to kill Predator?

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 08:39 PM
If she can't kill a bear how is she going to kill Predator?

She sat on his lap and smelled like vanilla. You would have to ask the redditors that put the story together, maybe it was because of the honor or the hunt, did you know they have a social heirarchy? yeah man they have elders and shit..you totally want to watch it. They are searching for young white autistic males and have Tony Stark Ironman suits like MCU. Maybe they will show how humans are food for the Alien they hunt inside the pyramids and humans worship the Predators.. can't wait

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 08:46 PM
She sat on his lap and smelled like vanilla. You would have to ask the redditors that put the story together, maybe it was because of the honor or the hunt, did you know they have a social heirarchy? yeah man they have elders and shit..you totally want to watch it. They are searching for young white autistic males and have Tony Stark Ironman suits like MCU. Maybe they will show how humans are food for the Alien they hunt inside the pyramids and humans worship the Predators.. can't wait

Is reddit also writing Doctor Who?

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 08:50 PM
Is reddit also writing Doctor Who?

Probs, hard to get away from that sites influence on the creatives.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 09:13 PM
Probs, hard to get away from that sites influence on the creatives.

If there were like 500 trillion real humans all using reddit it wouldn't work.

Reddit only works if somebody controls the flow of information and the upvotes.

It's the same with the news and the movie/music industry.

Youtube is full of fake videos created by some kind of script and the comments and views are fake too. It's not citizen TV that's for sure.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 09:18 PM
One day...soon...some day....I've heard that for years.

If the land of milk and honey only ever exists soon or some day then it's completely useless to me.

Plus, I need it to come to me at this stage.

If it could send me a TXT message in advance with time/date of arrival at my front door that would be brill.

That's how things normally work. It's good manners.

And as for aliens I'll just go to the cinema to see them but even Predator is rubbish now.

its now my guy.

we're already through 3.5 of there horsemen.

Within the next 10 years, murder hornets will be a problem, monkey pox will continue to spread.

Earthquakes, wars, civil war, we're here my guy :)

It aint over yet, but it's over now!

Shits gonna get real when the man who you all thought could never be president again, makes us all say, “Who is like the donald trump? Who can wage war against him?”

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 09:18 PM
Youtube is full of fake videos created by some kind of script and the comments and views are fake too. It's not citizen TV that's for sure.

Caught my first glimpse of that about a decade ago.

Jibartik
07-08-2022, 09:20 PM
The world will unite to stop Apophis.

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 09:30 PM
its now my guy.

we're already through 3.5 of there horsemen.

Within the next 10 years, murder hornets will be a problem, monkey pox will continue to spread.

Earthquakes, wars, civil war, we're here my guy :)

It aint over yet, but it's over now!

Shits gonna get real when the man who you all thought could never be president again, makes us all say, “Who is like the donald trump? Who can wage war against him?”

It all sounds very exciting but if you get stabbed in the face within the first few minutes of a war then it's not very exciting and it's over really quckly. Or if you end up sitting in your house all alone with no news/electric/internet/food starving to death slowly. Again, not very exciting or glamorous. If you're watching it unfold on the TV while eating popcorn it's a different matter altogether.

Reiwa
07-08-2022, 09:39 PM
The world will unite to stop Apophis.

lol. just lol. :(

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 09:42 PM
lol. just lol. :(

btw I did actually enjoy your kippah vs cowboy hat comparison.

Thread got deleted for some reason.

Reiwa
07-08-2022, 09:46 PM
btw I did actually enjoy your kippah vs cowboy hat comparison.

Thread got deleted for some reason.

i appreciate your correction of the hat nomenclature. :)

Elfminster
07-08-2022, 09:46 PM
I have no idea what you guys are talking about most of the time.

Arteker
07-08-2022, 09:54 PM
Caught my first glimpse of that about a decade ago.

total cringe when i saw that battletech

Mblake1981
07-08-2022, 10:10 PM
total cringe when i saw that battletech

Cringe again for good measure.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 12:56 PM
Define clone. If you could provide a numerical range for each trait and a total number of traits, I could do the math for you =P

So you're not interested in my first scenario. What about this one then.

Let's stick with women and let's use Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in their primes as the standard. Obviously if you were to use Marilyn Monroe and the ugliest woman on earth you could make a lot more women but let's keep the quality as high as possible.

How many more unique looking women of that quality could you create before you ran out of options and they started become samey? Reusing hair colour and eye colour etc is okay but their faces must be clearly different to everybody.

Is it possible to create an infinite amount of unique looking women of that standard?

If not then you can't with movies and songs either unless you lower quality, make minor changes, or start replicating them.

Jibartik
07-09-2022, 01:01 PM
when did this

https://i.imgur.com/KW8d4Mc.png
https://i.imgur.com/6wlSCCg.png

Become this:

https://i.imgur.com/xclLqyy.png

Answer: after 10 million years of evolution.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 01:04 PM
when did this

Become this:

Answer: after 10 million years of evolution.

Evolution lacks utility.

Jibartik
07-09-2022, 01:08 PM
Thats why god is going to fly down on a glass panel after he lets us all kill 90% of each other, and remind us of that.

:o

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 01:12 PM
Thats why god is going to fly down on a glass panel after he lets us all kill 90% of each other, and remind us of that.

:o

evolution is fantasy and so is that religious version of god.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 01:22 PM
What do the following books have in common?

https://i.imgur.com/YoVsqQt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aMVzaJE.jpg

Jibartik
07-09-2022, 01:27 PM
both written by a species created by a much more powerful and advanced species.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 02:36 PM
both written by a species created by a much more powerful and advanced species.

Both books were created on purpose not by accident.
Neither books evolve on their own.
Both books describe universes which contain characters and events which are alien to us (fantasy; creative lying).
Both books are copyrighted.
Both books cost money to own.
Both books were created for humans to read.
The central theme in both books revolve around one side vs another (good guys vs bad guys) and one side in particular always wins in the end.

So if humans create things in their own image then it means the writers were also created on purpose not by accident.
The writers don't evolve on their own.
The writers like fantasy.
The writers want credit for their things.
The writers want to be rich instead of poor.
The writers are human.
The writers discriminate against a certain type of person (they don't love all).

So the writer of writers was created on purpose not by accident.
The writer of writers doesn't evolve on his own.
The writer of writers likes fantasy.
The writer of writers wants credit for his work.
The writer of writers wants to be rich instead of poor.
The writer of writers is human.
The writer of writer discriminates against a certain type of person.

Pus, both books can be reissued brand new with a different cover so they're highly customizable and practically immortal.

Mblake1981
07-09-2022, 02:38 PM
What do the following books have in common?

https://i.imgur.com/YoVsqQt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aMVzaJE.jpg

Both were written by gay men.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 02:49 PM
Both were written by gay men.

Impossible.

There's only one sun not two.

Mblake1981
07-09-2022, 03:19 PM
Impossible.

There's only one sun not two.

What do suns have to do with the price of a gay kings eggs?

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 03:34 PM
What do suns have to do with the price of a gay kings eggs?

The sky is blue to everybody. Is that better?

Speaking of the bible, the son of man is an interesting figure because he's not magical. He reminds me of Superman after he gives up his magical abilities to be like everybody else. Imagine you're reading a really old Superman comic and in it Superman prophecies about a person in the distant future and while reading it you realise it's you he's talking about.

Reiwa
07-09-2022, 03:36 PM
The sky is blue to everybody. Is that better?

Speaking of the bible, the son of man is an interesting figure because he's not magical. He reminds me of Superman after he gives up his magical abilities to be like everybody else. Imagine you're reading a really old Superman comic and in it Superman prophecies about a person in the distant future and while reading it you realise it's you he's talking about.

I wouldn't go talking about the superman just yet, pardner. 🤠

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 03:37 PM
I wouldn't go talking about the superman just yet, pardner. 🤠

Why's that?

Mblake1981
07-09-2022, 04:01 PM
Why's that?

Superman is copied from Doc Savage. But I suspect that isn't why Wonky said it.
Certain group(s) in America ID with Superman being an alien and living a secret life
in America.

https://i.imgur.com/vzpaY6L.png

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 04:42 PM
Superman is copied from Doc Savage. But I suspect that isn't why Wonky said it.
Certain group(s) in America ID with Superman being an alien and living a secret life
in America.

https://i.imgur.com/vzpaY6L.png

All these fictional superheroes need human suffering to exist for them to be able justify they're special abilities and celebrity status...ie. Superman relies on evil humans and stupid fragile humans who can't protect themselves like he can so he can justify humans praising him for being a show off. Without evil he would be selling tickets to humans to watch him perform tricks or he would be working for a welding firm.

Superman isn't even human he's an alien who looks human and he arrives on earth uninvited with a bang disturbing the peace on entry (like breaking down a door) and then takes over the place. Then he has a romantic relationship with a human female...think about it, they created a human female who rejects human males to be with a frikkin alien which is a bit like beauty and the beast so there's some bestiality and racism towards humans in that comical universe.

In one movie some of his fellow country men follow him to earth and wreak havoc on the planet which took him in.

In another he takes the executive decision to turn back time.

He doesn't share any of his special powers, he keeps it all to himself.

Trouble follows him everywhere he goes because he can't exist without it so if you want a nice peaceful life then keep that guy on a 2d screen or learn to fly.

Mblake1981
07-09-2022, 04:59 PM
^

I am now enlightened

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 05:19 PM
^

I am now enlightened

For years I was rooting for an alien who wants me to fail so it can succeed.

Its fancy wrapper deceived me into cheering my own destruction.

Kinda like those celebrities on TV.

But those celbrities don't fly, they sing and we call all sing.

Reiwa
07-09-2022, 05:26 PM
For years I was rooting for an alien who wants me to fail so it can succeed.

Its fancy wrapper deceived me into cheering my own destruction.

Kinda like those celebrities on TV.

But those celbrities don't fly, they sing and we call all sing.

https://i.imgur.com/aaFzAji.gif

Mblake1981
07-09-2022, 05:33 PM
^
I would say transcendence but that has a negative connotation.

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 06:09 PM
https://i.imgur.com/aaFzAji.gif

Hollywood: hey, you, psst!
Me: ?
Hollywood: give me $15 and i'll let you watch an alien outclass you on a huge fucking screen in high definition!
Me: no thanks
Hollywood: hey, you, psst!
Me: ?
Hollywood: look, it's Superman! he's come to save the day! he's on your side! [orchestral music]
Me: woah, he looks awesome and hes a good guy too!
Hollywood: that will be $15 please
Me: take my money! here's $90 for me, my wife, and my kids!
Hollywood: popcorn is $10.
Me: here's another $60!
Hollywwod: drinks are $5
Me: here's another $30!
Hollywood: you can buy the DVD later so you can watch Superman save the day at home, i have 2 different versions...standard edition is $20 and special collector's edition is $40
Me: i'll take both! here's another $40!
Hollywood: limited edition superman figurine is $150
Me: do want, take this $150
Hollywood: superman OST is $20
Me: here's another $20
Hollywood: superman bedspread is $40
Me: here's another $40
[some time later]
wife: i wish you were a fucking alien instead of being just fucking human
kids: dad why the fuck are you so shit compared to that fucking alien?
Hollywood: hey, human scum, Superman II is out now so empty your fucking pockets

Arteker
07-09-2022, 08:35 PM
What do the following books have in common?

https://i.imgur.com/YoVsqQt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aMVzaJE.jpg

the most hillarious is king james bible has like 400sh errors in translation

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 08:37 PM
both written by a species created by a much more powerful and advanced species.

Advanced in what way? better singer? faster runner?

Ability to fly? exist without breathing? read minds?

Elfminster
07-09-2022, 08:53 PM
the most hillarious is king james bible has like 400sh errors in translation

That's not bad going considering it's supposed to have been commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611.

nilzark
07-09-2022, 08:58 PM
...

Unless the Georgia Guide Stones get their way and reduce the population to some manageable level, in which case no, there will be no stories in that world.

Yes, now you understand the plan.

Jibartik
07-09-2022, 10:49 PM
Advanced in what way? better singer? faster runner?

Ability to fly? exist without breathing? read minds?

idk well find out soon tho :o

Elfminster
07-10-2022, 02:07 PM
idk well find out soon tho :o

Well, whatever it is and whatever it does it shall still be on your level and beneath my level.

Mblake1981
07-10-2022, 04:52 PM
You con green and don't give XP

Elfminster
07-10-2022, 05:42 PM
Well, whatever it is and whatever it does it shall still be on your level and beneath my level.

I'll rephrase that because it sounds a bit of an insult and it's not entirely accurate. I wouldn't want anybody to get the wrong idea. Regarding this [messiah/superhero/god/saviour/lord/golden child/chosen one/christ/king/supernatural being/anomaly/alien invader] you speak of...

No matter what he/she/it wears/drives/eats,
No matter how fast he/she/it can run/knit/rap/swim/hop,
No matter how popular you think he/she/it is,
No matter how witty/smart/funny/righteous/charismatic/succesful he/she/it appears to be,
No matter how long he/she/it can hold his/her/its breath underwater for,
No matter how often/much he/she/it says he/she/it donates to charity,
No matter how he/she/it cons and how much XP he/she/it gives,
No matter how often he/she/it is on the TV/radio/cinema screen,
No matter how much he/she/it can press/curl/lift,
No matter how many pounds/dollars/euro/bitcoins forbes says he/she/it has in his/her/its bank account,
No matter what kind of hat he/she/it wears,
No matter how many times he/she/it goes to church/synagogue/mosque,
No matter what nationality/religion/race/sexual orientation he/she/it claims he/she/it is,
No matter how many times he/she/it has been on the cover of time magazine,
No matter how many wells he/she/it buiilds in africa,
No matter what skin colour/eye colour/hair colour he/she/it has,
No matter how many views/subscribers/comments/likes/upvotes/belts/trophies/medals/awards/degrees he/she/it has to his/her/its name,
No matter how good you think he/she/it can sing/dance/act/juggle/surf/ice skate/kick a ball/catch a ball/hit a ball/fumble a ball,
No matter how many people vote for him/she/it,
No matter how many jokes/languages/words/phrases/sayings he/she/it knows off by heart,
No matter how good he/she/it is at playing everquest/battlefield/fortnight/chess/monopoly,
No matter how much pre-nerf and NToV loot he/she/it has,
No matter what title/label/description he/she/it has for himself/herself/itself,
No matter what promises he/she/it makes,
No matter if he/she/it is in your favourie movie/tv show,

If he/she/it is not me then he/she/it is an imposter and I reject.

I have an in-built imposter detecter which is infallible and works something like this:-


1. Is this [messiah] which everybody is talking about me?

2. If subject is not me then subject is imposter

3. If subject is imposter then reject imposter


My imposter detecter runs all the time even when I'm asleep.

In fact, I only recently discovered I had it because I was so distracted with bullshit.

So the most important answer wasn't on some distant planet but right there in front of me the whole time and it's with me everywhere I go.

I like it that way, so much simpler.

Why make life more complicated than it needs to be?

Elfminster
07-10-2022, 05:55 PM
You con green and don't give XP

Well it's a good job I'm a quest giver then and not a mob.

Mblake1981
07-10-2022, 06:23 PM
Well it's a good job I'm a quest giver then and not a mob.

Quest givers don't speak unless you hail them first.

Elfminster
07-14-2022, 04:58 PM
Quest givers don't speak unless you hail them first.

Those are just the dumb NPC quest givers who do that. I'm not an NPC.

When I first started playing EQ there was a quest giver going around talking to players.

It was all very exciting and original content.

Reiwa
07-14-2022, 06:08 PM
Those are just the dumb NPC quest givers who do that. I'm not an NPC.


Are you a golem?