Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

'Out Of Gas'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:58:28 am PST #4093 of 10001
What is even happening?

Animals come with a built in telos. They eat, they fuck, they perpetuate the species.
So do Cylons.
Machines are what we make of them. If we play god make them too thinky, then you wind up with Marvin, the Eeyore of Robots. It's only ethical to make them happy machines. Why should they suffer?
Why shouldn't they?


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 10:59:28 am PST #4094 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They want that much precision? Most have just asked me the year.

I've done two so far, and one wanted MM/YYYY and the other MM/DD/YYYY.

Well, fine. I went and submitted a claim for the windshield. I hope it turns out for the not worst. Now to fill out that UI form.


DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:00:09 am PST #4095 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Because it's funny?

The implication being that God thinks its funny to watch you suffer, tommy.

[insert apt King Lear quote here]


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 11:00:21 am PST #4096 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Machines should suffer because I do.


tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 11:01:57 am PST #4097 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The implication being that God thinks its funny to watch you suffer, tommy.

You mean He doesn't? Aww... and to think of all those nights alone in my apartment when I intentionally slipped on a banana peel to increase my chances of getting into heaven....


DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:02:46 am PST #4098 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Machines should suffer because I do.

I wouldn't treat a coffee machine the way your body treats you, ita.

You remember that scene where Homer was trying to stab his brain with a cue-tip? "Stupid brain!"


Lee - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:19 am PST #4099 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

My phone just half died-- it will ring, but I can't hear anyone who calls.

Annoying, and yet, not.


juliana - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:24 am PST #4100 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I don't want start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God has a sick sense of humour


DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:36 am PST #4101 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Aww... and to think of all those nights alone in my apartment when I intentionally slipped on a banana peel to increase my chances of getting into heaven....

If this is the standard then Ginger and Hil and Erin are saintly.


DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:04:37 am PST #4102 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But I think that God has a sick sense of humour

Also the key line in Mailer's The Naked and the Dead: "If there is a God, he's a sonofabitch."

Also, one of the premises of the Gnostic Heresy.