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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"God, am I secretely a snail brain wrapped in a pastrami encasing?"

"You're absolutely right!"

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm feeling extremely depressed. Do you know any ways I could improve my situation?

Shakes phone

Ask again later.

[–] Klostein@reddthat.com 36 points 2 weeks ago


Worship the butthole!

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" or so

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"The reverse is also true." - The Doctor

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

7th Doctor if memory serves.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Any sufficiently ignorant person will be unable to distinguish advanced technology from magic

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 29 points 2 weeks ago

"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah." - Athropic employees, maybe.

[–] heliotrope@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

This should have been a gag in a sitcom; not an article in Futurism...

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, we're fucked.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

The basilisk will devour regardless

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Lord Primus blesses the Butlerians in their jihad against the false gods.

[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This worship of abominable intelligence is an atrocious heresy against the Omnissiah!

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sure they are.