You know how techbros have this thought terminating cliche about how “they don’t need to be perfect, just better than you?” Well,

This particular deathmobile was stuck behind a truck parked on the side. You know, like what happens in every city. Decides to wait there for 10 minutes. Then it has a change of heart and tries to maneuver out from behind. How does it do this? By doing a 500-point turn resulting in it being lined up perpendicular to the road, blocking all traffic. Another 10 minutes or so. Now it’s decided to make its move. How? Doing a left 270 and running a red light through a busy intersection.

“Through” is the wrong word though, it just stopped in the middle of the intersection and died.

So happy to see this bazingamobile being tested on the civilian population. Place your bets on when it kills its first child!

  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    IIRC the less wrong thing comes from an Asimov essay (EDIT link removed) Asimov essay called "The relativity of wrong", originally. Of course, the blue curtain enjoyers took in none of the humility and appreciation for those who came before. Shocker.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      Big Yud didn't credit Asimov as far as I know. He's a hack in a staggering number of ways so it'd surprise me if he ever actually did.

      • nohaybanda [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The less wrong thing was big in the skeptic/atheism community early on. Before the reactionary/Bazinga shit really coalesced I belive, though I could be wrong.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I wasn't yet there to really take it all in, though I think the time you mention may have overlap with the "extropians" of the 90s.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      link is broken due to slur filter

      EDIT: found it via web search. unfortunately I learned a new slur

      • nohaybanda [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Shit sucks, the cishets are not okay

        yea

        For anyone looking, the Asimov Essay is called "The relativity of wrong". I'm gonna remove the broken link in my previous post.