Not even. It went from sheer "hey, wouldn't that be neat?" concept to full-on "EVERYTHING must be AI! EVERYTHING!!!" in like a year. They not only didn't give it time to ferment and change into something good, they didn't even TRY.
Not just for "various reasons"; their leaders and members were EXPLICITLY targeted, harassed, and even assassinated by the FBI and CIA for DARING to speak out and act against social injustice. Was it illegal? You fucking betcha. Did they know that? Definitely! Did that stop them?ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT.
I think he meant that, even though the most notable supporters of Fascism, the Nazis, had been beaten, tried, and executed, the IDEOLOGY won big in worldwide exposure, which allowed it to fester everywhere.
We can definitely see that in the rise of modern populist Authoritarianism movements.
Holy shit dude, this is just... profoundly depressing. We've truly failed as a society if THIS is how people are trying to cope with things, huh. I'd wish this guy the best with his grief and mourning, but I get the feeling he'd ask ChatGPT what I meant instead of actually accepting it.
Ok, but it isn't just startups burning money here like there's no tomorrow - it's also major industry leaders (Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Google, Nvidia, etc.) dumping hundreds of billions into infrastructure and development of a tech that has, so far, shown 0 positive returns for anyone and everyone. Everyone involved is pouring in money like it's going out of style, largely because they see this as a potential pathway to infinite profits down the line, just as long as THEY are the ones to get there first; consequences be damned. WHEN this bubble pops, not IF, it'll be messy. Extremely messy.
I mean, sure, that's their plan, but you can only do that so many times before you run out of money, materials, water, or places to build. If ever there was proof that there's no forward thinking in this tech bubble, this would be it.
Complete delusion. There's nowhere for them to build this kind of thing, no municipality with the infrastructure to support it, and the cost would be in the hundreds of billions of dollars just to APPROXIMATE building it. This is just more billionaire propaganda to normalize the technology and the data centers when they """tone it down"" to an actually realistically achievable scale.
Uh huh, sure, a """coding error""" deleted 3 sections of the founding piece of legislation of this country. Yup. Definitely a """coding error""", and not something more sinister, like an overly enthusiastic and explicitly cruel administration hellbent on crushing the citizens. DEFINITELY.
All of it. And when it all goes tit's up, and he's holding the bag, he will look around shocked, SHOCKED that this could possibly happen, since it's supposed to be """The Future™️""".
Absolutely correct. Modern Paper Mario is more about the spectacle of the story, rather than the way it's mechanically explored. They peaked with TTYD, had a weird one with Super, and the rest have been "use this gimmick in VERY SPECIFIC WAYS to explore OUR story how WE want you to."
This isn't to say modern Paper Mario games are bad, just that it's blatantly obvious they threw out mechanical complexity and deeper narrative tones in favor of "watch this big thing explode, ooh pretty colors :DDD!!!" Sticker Star is definitely the worst of them though.
I really hope we get another Paper Mario game that FEELS like a true Paper Mario RPG. TTYD Remastered is incredible, and I think that by making it, Nintendo acknowledged that fans just... really don't care for modern Paper Mario as it is.
Yeah... then the governor can roll out the NG and counter them. It'll be a huge fucked up mess.