The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: ranking the scary things

[StillStunned]

EDIT: Especially, strange white men wanting to change my mind about black men, eeewwwweee

I don't even know where to begin...

I think there should be an Internetting licence, like a driving licence. Take a test to show you understand how to conduct yourself in digital traffic - and a proper test, like in Europe: spend an hour driving through the centre of Rome - and if you accumulate too many demerits it gets confiscated.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I don't even know where to begin...

I think there should be an Internetting licence, like a driving licence. Take a test to show you understand how to conduct yourself in digital traffic - and a proper test, like in Europe: spend an hour driving through the centre of Rome - and if you accumulate too many demerits it gets confiscated.

Oh, my dear @StillStellar, where'd the fun be in that? It isn't like they can actually change me or force me to respond. The crux of it is, I just get annoyed, so I fear it will happen and I'll get unwanted attention. My number one fear is racists and Antisemites.

 

[Bamagan]

We seem to be entering a new "my story hasn't been approved!" wave.

Oh, and the thread title hasn't changed for a while.

Perhaps these waves are linked to neap tides or something.

 

[StillStunned]

Perhaps these waves are linked to neap tides or something.

And the "my story isn't AI-generated, I swear!" waves have something to do with solar flares. Or the migratory patterns of the common crow.

 

[TheLobster]

And the "my story isn't AI-generated, I swear!" waves have something to do with solar flares. Or the migratory patterns of the common crow.

Like many modern phenomena, over the span of decades and centuries it can ultimately be attributed to the decline in piracy.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I haven't seen any post of, "Why can't I write about a 12-year-old having sex," for ages and ages.

 

[StillStunned]

I haven't seen any post of, "Why can't I write about a 12-year-old having sex," for ages and ages.

12-yo is even too young for a decent whiskey.

 

[anthrodisiac]

12-yo is even too young for a decent whiskey.

I don't think a 12-year-old would even be able to appreciate a decent whiskey. Probably not even a crappy one, to be honest.

 

[StillStunned]

I don't think a 12-year-old would even be able to appreciate a decent whiskey. Probably not even a crappy one, to be honest.

I suppose. When I was 12 I'd developed a decent taste for wine, but when my Granddad gave me some of his Glenfiddich I didn't like. I think I was probably 18 before I discovered that I enjoyed Irish whiskey.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Like many modern phenomena, over the span of decades and centuries it can ultimately be attributed to the decline in piracy.

The pirates haven't lessened their efforts at raping and pillaging, they just traded in their ships for seats in the US Congress and British Parliament...

 

[TheLobster]

I suppose. When I was 12 I'd developed a decent taste for wine, but when my Granddad gave me some of his Glenfiddich I didn't like. I think I was probably 18 before I discovered that I enjoyed Irish whiskey.

Whoa! Twelve?! Sir, this is Lit: if you're not eighteen, you not only cannot have alcohol; you cannot even think about alcohol, know about the mere existence of alcohol, or occur within less than 500 words of any instance of alcohol happening anywhere!

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

AS for scary things, I still cringe when I hear Tubular Bells...

 

[anthrodisiac]

I don't even know where to begin...

I think there should be an Internetting licence, like a driving licence. Take a test to show you understand how to conduct yourself in digital traffic - and a proper test, like in Europe: spend an hour driving through the centre of Rome - and if you accumulate too many demerits it gets confiscated.

But then nobody would be on the internet.

 

[StillStunned]

But then nobody would be on the internet.

Get everyone off the internet, and off the roads. I'd smash a few windows to support that cause.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Get everyone off the internet, and off the roads. I'd smash a few windows to support that cause.

Would you rather have a cane or a walker to shake at people? =P

 

[old_prof]

Would you rather have a cane or a walker to shake at people? =P

I can say from personal experience the cane is much more effective. And much easier to threaten people with.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I can say from personal experience the cane is much more effective. And much easier to threaten people with.

Agreed. I've had both, and while a walker does provide a lot more oomph to your statement when you shake it at those damn kids, a cane is logistically easier to shake and more recognizable a symbol of displeasure.

 

[Statius]

The pirates haven't lessened their efforts at raping and pillaging, they just traded in their ships for seats in the US Congress and British Parliament...

A shot of whiskey to that, cheers

 

[TheLobster]

Agreed. I've had both, and while a walker does provide a lot more oomph to your statement when you shake it at those damn kids, a cane is logistically easier to shake and more recognizable a symbol of displeasure.

You can also just use your fist.

 

[anthrodisiac]

You can also just use your fist.

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Where's the gravitas in that, though?

There's something incredibly satisfying about shaking your cane at someone. It's that extra flair that really tells them, "Ah, it's an old asshole who REALLY doesn't like my music, maybe there's something to that," instead of "Annoying old fart who doesn't know anything about music."

I might give kids these days too much credit, I don't know if they know how to speak full sentences anymore.

*Shakes cane* Damn kids, ruining English!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Before I ran away from home, and shortly before her death, my grandmother told me that abuse runs in our family, and the only way to break it is not pass it down. After her funeral, I packed up everything I wanted to keep in a small gym bag and left in the middle of the night. I feared nothing but my birth father at that time. The next 11 months, I learned to fear a lot more than him. Thank God, fortune, or chance that my adoptive parents found me and changed my life.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Before I ran away from home, and shortly before her death, my grandmother told me that abuse runs in our family, and the only way to break it is not pass it down. After her funeral, I packed up everything I wanted to keep in a small gym bag and left in the middle of the night. I feared nothing but my birth father at that time. The next 11 months, I learned to fear a lot more than him. Thank God, fortune, or chance that my adoptive parents found me and changed my life.

I'm glad they found you too.

 

[Bamagan]

Excellent oglaf today. Cunnilingus-inspired rampages are a sadly underserved niche here at Lit.