This post is the second time today I've seen an Animorphs reference. Before those, I hadn't thought about the franchise in years and wouldn't have remembered that controllers were a thing. Strange, since the book series was a huge part of my childhood.
In case you're curious, the other one was a JonTron video. I think he was caught in some kind of scandal, so I'm not sure whether to still like him, but I did enjoy the video. I was also somewhat astounded to realize Shawn Ashmore was Jake.
I remember the JonTron scandal from 2020, it was social rather than criminal. I like a lot of what he creates and has created, so I really don't care if it reflects who he is as a person.
Stress, the rapid and sudden shift to everyone being part of an always-online culture, and the ongoing social disruptions. In all honesty, I believe that most of the online social / wrongthink scandals that happened in 2020 & 2021 would still have happened, but they'd be delayed and hit smaller niches.
The lockdowns were accelerators, not always direct causes. But we did all go insane.
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kinsnik@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 1y
so, you are supposed to have a human and an animal here, not just 2 birds
ug02x@programming.dev · 19 pts · 1y
Isn't there supposed to be some sort of transition on the front of these books?
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 13 pts · 1y
Um, why do you have the Temu version of Rachel morphing out of an emu, when that's supposed to be Jake into the gecko?
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Shut up science bitch
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 1y
Sounds like a Controller talking to me.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
This post is the second time today I've seen an Animorphs reference. Before those, I hadn't thought about the franchise in years and wouldn't have remembered that controllers were a thing. Strange, since the book series was a huge part of my childhood.
In case you're curious, the other one was a JonTron video. I think he was caught in some kind of scandal, so I'm not sure whether to still like him, but I did enjoy the video. I was also somewhat astounded to realize Shawn Ashmore was Jake.
https://youtu.be/BmA2QVEEpQ8
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 1y
I remember the JonTron scandal from 2020, it was social rather than criminal. I like a lot of what he creates and has created, so I really don't care if it reflects who he is as a person.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Thank you for the information! Boy, seems like a lot happened in 2020 for some reason.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 1y
Stress, the rapid and sudden shift to everyone being part of an always-online culture, and the ongoing social disruptions. In all honesty, I believe that most of the online social / wrongthink scandals that happened in 2020 & 2021 would still have happened, but they'd be delayed and hit smaller niches.
The lockdowns were accelerators, not always direct causes. But we did all go insane.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
... Short trip.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
go?
slackassassin@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
I don't get it. Why is it just the same image over and over again?
gregor@gregtech.eu · 3 pts · 1y
!hmmm@lemmy.world
bitcrafter@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
I suppose that makes it a but more plausible as to why Zuckerberg is sleeping with an ostrich...
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The bird is the word.