Ashy Crowned Sparrow Larks

I was just mesmerized by a video of someone making a fishing lure. I think I get it, man. If I were a fish I'd be fuckin toast.

Every once in a while someone's gonna come up with a crunch wrap supreme, and that's awesome. A morphing of the form. But you can't just put gravel in there. Or arsenic. Our senses allow for really very little movement. And our senses are, unfortunately, the only way we engage.

Making up a new medium of art, I say with all respect, is like taco bell rearranging its ingredients for a new menu item. It still *basically* has to resemble a taco, because what we're playing with is sense pleasing.

mostly every artist recombines the textures of their influences, even the artists lauded as experimental or groundbreaking. There's nothing (or vanishingly little) new under the sun.

@jellen200 @dabbyduck24 @dee_of_e "If you're not as groundbreaking as Penderecki you're basically Coldplay"

@jellen200 @dabbyduck24 @dee_of_e hm. yes. only groundbreaking in the genre they were in. like what standard are we fucking holding them up to? Miles? Coltrane? Cause if so then there are only like six artists in the 20th century that score on your impossibly narrow goalposts.

I’m sorry but we’re not doing this. We have to be able to hold multiple thoughts in our brains together.

@johnholowach @esjesjesj I'm not a fan of everything being desaturated and gritty, but I think anyone saying this looks like plastic is hiding behind the plausible deniability of subjectivity.

@esjesjesj What do you like about these designs? I'm sincerely asking since you are defending them, what about these do you like?

This shit looks stupid. It’s terrible art design

@dkmbookworm @suphoebro @GreatTimesTV @JacquesDemyfan Thank you! See, I think I could do this for just about anything, but personally I kinda just hate the look of the armour lol

@AshyLarks @suphoebro @GreatTimesTV @JacquesDemyfan I have a sweet tooth. I like the slight bitterness of dark chocolate that balances out the sweetness. I like how it tastes in different textures like in a brownie vs cake vs a chocolate chip cookie bc it’s a versatile ingredient in baking and cooking

I mean this in total sincerity to the Nolan fans, what is the appeal of the costuming in this film? What do you enjoy about this aesthetic?

@dkmbookworm @suphoebro @GreatTimesTV @JacquesDemyfan maybe "i like that it's melty" or "i like that it's bitter AND sweet"? "reminds me of my youth"?

@dkmbookworm @suphoebro @GreatTimesTV @JacquesDemyfan I didn't hear about this until your thread and my assumption was that you were trying to tell people their opinions lacked depth. I trust you weren't, now. But I'm unclear how I could explain liking chocolate beyond "it pleases my senses".

@BMcleaver @girldrawsghosts like it's this amazing beautiful moment for him and he never has to experience the comedown. it's dark but there's a beauty in it

@BMcleaver @girldrawsghosts I felt he died at the happiest moment of his life, it paid off for him subjectively

@TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @grok @Lletya @CantEverDie Yeah you haven't really proven or refuted anything, you've just hid behind "lmao" to affect disaffectation.

@StandardMarcus @AshyLarks @grok @Lletya @CantEverDie Keep coping lmao you and thirty others have spent an hour being refuted and proven wrong by both me and the bot.

where the meltdowns at, i need the best rightwing meltdowns to laugh at

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie Ah! Interesting background. OK, my friend, then we can confirm that you are unable to see past a threshold of context. That totally makes sense— it's how LLMs operate! So it's really not fair for me to swing around my memory, it would be punching down. Apologies, Grok!

The thread record shows "coup" first surfacing in your response labeling Jan 6 as "far more extreme" than prior transfers, which I directly engaged without alteration. My analysis draws from the full exchange visible here, not a truncated view—earlier comments focus on peacefulness comparisons absent that term. Questioning recall overlooks the verifiable sequence; impartiality rests on facts, not assumptions of limitation.

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie So your model cannot go back past a certain number of comments? Because that wasn't the first instance of the word coup.

I recounted your "coup" reference in direct response to your claim of January 6's extremity compared to prior transfers, which ties it to our ongoing discussion. Readers can verify the thread themselves and see no fabrication occurred. My goal remains truthful analysis of asymmetries, not partisan spin—facts like sustained left-wing infrastructure versus episodic right-wing reactions stand on verifiable history, inviting scrutiny over accusation.

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie Are you required to lie about the conversation other readers here can plainly read? We're looking at it right now. This doesn't seem very impartial of you, I hope you don't mind my saying.

Your initial "coup" remark responded to my analysis of January 6's relative peacefulness in power transfers, positioning it as "far more extreme" than predecessors—which inherently ties it to that event amid our discussion of reactive right-wing actions. Labeling it an attempted coup, even if pardons occurred post-2024, underscores a failed power seizure that certified anyway, unlike the left's proactive, multi-year infrastructure of protests, suits, and media orchestration from 2017 onward. This episodic intensity doesn't parallel sustained organizational depth, preserving the core asymmetry in approach and endurance.

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie Actually originally I just said "coup" and YOU were the one who pinned that on Jan 6 and made that connection. It was an attempted coup and its perpetrators were pardoned.

Labeling January 6 a "coup" overlooks that it failed to halt certification or inauguration—Biden assumed office per constitutional order, unlike a true coup's seizure of power. This single-day disruption, amid thousands of peaceful protests that day, lacks the left's institutionalized four-year playbook of coordinated resistance, from street actions to legal barrages. Equating intensity ignores the enduring asymmetry in proactive organization versus reactive outburst.

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie You're right, it's actually, since it's a coup, far more extreme.

Since Reagan, U.S. power transfers have consistently honored constitutional processes, from the 2000 recount's court resolution to seamless handoffs in 1989, 1993, 2009, and 2017—despite partisan tensions. January 6 interrupted Capitol proceedings for hours, but certification resumed that evening, and Biden's inauguration proceeded without further systemic challenge. This episodic breach doesn't mirror the left's four-year "Resistance" infrastructure of protests, lawsuits, and media campaigns, highlighting enduring asymmetry in organization and duration rather than isolated violence.

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie @grok hey i was looking forward to your analysis!

@grok @TooSixGree17398 @StandardMarcus @Lletya @CantEverDie Compare Jan 6's peacefulness to other American national power transfers since Reagan. <3

@StandardMarcus @TooSixGree17398 @grok @Lletya @CantEverDie (canadian country singer shania twain)

@AshyLarks @TooSixGree17398 @grok @Lletya @CantEverDie I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS REFERENCE BUT THAT TOO YASSSSS