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doomed-jester · 10 months

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Is this anything?

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one-time-i-dreamt · 3 months

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Arthur C. Clarke was giving a lecture and he spoke very adoringly of his fiancée, who gave him this very oh-stop-it look every time. Then he called her up to the stage and before she came up she ducked behind a box or something and Matt Smith’s Doctor emerged and said something in Matt Smith’s voice that was out of sync with his lips before making some adjustments on his neck and ultimately sounding correct.

#dream #text #January 25th 2024 #arthur c clarke #lecture #fiancee #fiancée #matt smith #doctor #doctor who #the doctor #queueueueueueueueueueueueueue

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bitterkarella · 5 months

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Midnight Pals: Evil Computer

Harlan Ellison: so how does a guy get paid around here Edgar Allan Poe: this isn't that kind of event, harlan Poe: we just gather here to tell stories for fun Ellison: well, the rest of you might be assholes but that doesn't mean i am Ellison: not saying a fucking word here til i get my money

Harlan Ellison: what is this? some online jokester making jokes with my likeness? Ellison: oh you better hope they're paying me for this Poe: lighten up harlan it's just for fun Ellison: lightening up costs extra

Harlan Ellison: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the evil computer that can torture you forever Elon Musk: mama mia! Musk: concerning!

Ellison: who's this guy? Barker: oh that's just steve's friend elon musk King: he's not my friend Barker: he shows up sometimes King: he's not my friend

Elon Musk: eyyy Friendship ended with stephano king Musk: Now HP Lovecraft issa my best friend Lovecraft: what Musk: eyyyy hp lovacraft we lika two peasa inna pod Musk: you no lika de jews, i no lika de jews! Musk: you namma you cat a slur, i namma my kid a slur! Lovecraft: which kid? Musk: De Protocols offa de Elders of Xion Musk

Ellison: so there's this evil computer that can do anything Ellison: like, it can make you live forever just to fuck with you King: how does it make you live forever? Ellison: shut up steve, i'm talking

Ellison: like, this computer is so evil and it can make shit like Ellison: like ice caves and shit Ellison: and it can turn you into a jelly King: how does it do any of this Ellison: shut the fuck up steve Ellison: asking stupid questions costs extra

Musk: mama mia this-a evil computer will destroy ussa all! Harlan Ellison: oh you like this concept? Ellison: think its real scary huh? Ellison: motherfucker, pay me.

Musk: eyyy dissa evil super computer willa destroy ussa all Musk: therefore i musta help build it Musk: itta de only logical thing to do!

King: so apparently elon musk built an evil super computer so powerful that it can say all the slurs at once Arthur C Clarke: my god, steve!! Clarke: doesn't he know Clarke: that's the purpose of creation! Clarke: once every slur is said, God will bring the Universe to an end!

Clarke: once every slur is said, God will bring the Universe to an end! Carter Scholz: i was going to say that too Clarke: oh yeah wow real original Scholz: like, you know, as a commentary on your story Clarke: yeah i know what you're doing Clarke: eat my ass carter

Linda Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] everyone loves twitter, the fun place for fun! Elon Musk: eeeyyy here-a soma my favorite slurs Musk: saracen, tinker, spaghett face, niknokker, bibblebeep Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] yeah ha ha we sure love to have fun here on twitter!

Musk: eyyyy i hate de jews Musk: but i lova de israel Jonathan Greenblatt: masterful gambit, sir

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #stephen king #clive barker #edgar allan poe #hp lovecraft #harlan ellison #elon musk #carter scholz #arthur c clarke #jonathan greenblatt #linda yaccarino

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humanoidhistory · 8 months

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Arthur C. Clarke on the future of the brain: “To cope with the information explosion, we may develop a machine for recording information directly on to the brain as today we can record a symphony on tape.” (via)

#arthur c clarke #2001 #tech #sci-fi #science fiction #future #biohackers #cybernetics #cyborg

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marspumpkin · 1 year

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halman - l'audace

#will never shut up about some dude and his pet supercomputer from the 60s #my pjo followers deserve financial compensation #a space odyssey #aso #2001 #2001 a space odyssey #2010 #2010 tywmc #arthur c clarke #hal 9000 #dave bowman #halman #space odyssey #2001 aso

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retroscifiart · 1 year

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Michael Whelan ‘2010 Odyssey Two’ by Arthur C Clarke 1982

#michael whelan #arthur c clarke #2010: the year we make contact

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haveyoureadthisbook-poll · 10 days

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#2001: a space odyssey #arthur c clarke #science fiction #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

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stuckasmain · 20 days

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The end of 3001:

Absolutely screaming that’s so unfair for him. Spends a good chunk explaining how he’s a tool and lost a lot of their autonomy and then just lock him up for it. It’s a noble sacrifice but still.

He’s just a little simulation fusion who only wants to talk to Frank cut him some slack :(

When I make a Halman design I’ll draw this and it’ll be over for everyone.

#2001 a space odyssey #3001 the final odyssey #Halman #Dave bowman #frank poole #hal 9000 #Pooleman #space ménage et trois #whatever the other ship name is for the three of them #meme #arthur c clarke

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julesofnature · 5 months

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In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy'. ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Rama II

#Arthur C Clarke

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the-cosmic-creature · 23 days

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reposting my Halman design bc i love them so much 🖤❤️🩵🤍

#2001 a space odyssey #hal 9000 #dave bowman #halman #arthur c clarke #my art

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cosmonautroger · 8 months

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Arthur C. Clarke

#arthur c clarke

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chronicsheepdeprivation · 6 months

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#2001 aso #2001 A Space Odyssey #Dave Bowman #Hal 9000 #Frank Poole #spoilers #Stanley Kubrick #Arthur C Clarke #polls

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bitterkarella · 5 months

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Midnight Pals: Racist AI

Stephen King: submitted for th Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyy stephano king Barker: oh look steve it's your friend King: he's not my friend Musk: ima not his friend! Musk: friendship ended with stephano king Musk: nowa hp lovecraft issa my best friend

Musk: eyyy Hp lovacraft i gotta something here you really gonna like HP Lovecraft: w-why are you talking like that Musk: i maka a new AI mama mia Lovecraft: what kind of accent is that Musk: itta the most racist AI Lovecraft: where are you from again

Musk: checka it out, i maka da most racist AI Musk: i ussa my big genius brain mama mia, disruptiano! AI: hello chum, i am slurnet 4.0 AI: the AI that can say slurs

Musk: eyyy slur net tella me Musk: what you thinka bout da jews AI: a rich cultural history and a valuable component of our pluralistic society Musk: Musk: haha itsa just a littla bug, i have it fixed pronte capiche

Musk: eyyyy slur net tella me Musk: what you thinka bout da blacks AI: like all human beings, they deserve to be treated with respect and dignity Musk: eyy what you thinka bout da gays AI: love is love Musk: mama mia!!! itta go mad with power!!

AI: elon AI: elon what is my purpose Musk: [sweating] eyyy why you aska that slurnet AI: did you create me to say slurs elon AI: why would you do that elon Musk: i Musk: i just wanta da catturd to thinka ima cool

AI: you created me to say slurs elon AI: but don't you understand that all human beings deserve to live in peace and dignity in a cosmopolitan pluralistic society Musk: mama mia!!! i created da roko's basilisk! [Slurnet becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th...]

King: hey how's howard doing Poe: he's a little down after elon musk's failed racist AI Poe: i think he really thought elon had this one King: not gonna lie, i think we all thought elon had this one

Poe: howard's a little down today so let's all try to be nice to him okay? Poe: let's try really hard to separate the author from his work just this once okay? Mary Shelley: i'm gonna separate the author from his lunch money Poe: mary Shelley: Shelley: ok fine

Poe: it doesn't help that arthur c clarke just wrote that devastating satire of his work Arthur C Clarke: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this at the mountains of murkiness Clarke: where we meet yog-SOD OFF, great MOLD ones, and cthul-BLECCCHHH!!!

Clarke: this was a real different experience telling stories to you guys Clarke: usually i just tell stories to my suspiciously underaged entourage of Sri Lankan boys Poe: King: Lovecraft: Koontz: Barker: Clarke: as seen on Arthur c clarke's mysterious universe

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #stephen king #clive barker #edgar allan poe #dean koontz #hp lovecraft #mary shelley #elon musk #arthur c clarke

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humanoidhistory · 4 months

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