jepyang

Natasha_Jay , 4 days ago to random

A full breakdown of UK voting intention by alcohol preferences (it's real and was by 'More In Common' polling under Luke Tryl) 🍷🍻🍹🍸

#UK #UKPolitics #UKPol #GE2024 #generalelection #Polling

jepyang , 3 days ago

@Natasha_Jay lmao get fucked sherry-drinkers

epidiah , 7 days ago to random

I have now read the original works for 5 of the 50 aliens in Barlow's Guide!

jepyang , 7 days ago

@epidiah ah nice, i think i only have maybe 1-2 from the aliens and 2-3 from the fantasy guide

babe , 28 days ago to random

Goddamn, what a shot

Someone buy this woman a pint. Or 20.

jepyang , 28 days ago

@jumbanho @babe we are all this guy

epidiah , 1 month ago to random

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jepyang , 1 month ago

@epidiah i have a feeling you’re already aware of Iain Banks’ The Culture series but it always strikes me as a deeply thought-out deconstruction of Star Trek

Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep also gives me similar vibes. where Banks’ deconstruction of Trek is kinda political/philosophical, Vinge’s is more high-concept: what if Star Trek had to maintain a minimum level of science fiction “hardness” without discarding stuff like warp drive or intelligent computers?

loren , 1 month ago to random

My fediverse tip: do not tag the person who boosted the post in your comment. Please.

jepyang , 1 month ago

@loren my app doesn’t have a way to turn it off 😭

i try to remember to untag people if i don’t think they’ll appreciate it but i still forget

that said i kinda like when people tag me on replies to boosts if it’s a good reply, it’s nice to know people see what i boost, otherwise im just kinda firing the boosts off into the void

jepyang , 1 month ago

@loren Mona

weirdly it is the most customizable app i tried by far, but it weirdly doesn’t seem to have a toggle for this.

jepyang , 2 months ago to random

Started and finished season one of #Silo over the last week or so.

DAMN that’s some good shit.

jepyang OP , 2 months ago

I mean, it checks several of my personal boxes—

• ontological mystery
• post-apocalyptic lost technology
• crisis in a closed ecosystem
• interesting world-building
• intrigue coming out the wazoo

—but I think it’s pretty compelling TV independent of those factors. High production value…which has not been the case for a lot of recent SFF prestige TV, IMHO.

jepyang , 3 months ago to random

Dune 2 is a movie that happened

jepyang OP , 3 months ago

It’s still weird to me that it didn’t premiere on streaming like the first one

I don’t even really know how to get excited about movies in theatres any more tbh

jepyang OP , 3 months ago

I saw Barbie in a theatre. Was not excited about going to a theatre, but there was enough hype and personal interest that I wanted to see it sooner rather than later.

I also saw Godzilla Minus One in a theatre, which I was actually excited about doing I suppose. But there it was like…if I don’t go see it during opening week in a theatre, who knows when I’ll get another chance. So it was more like, ok, I gotta see it on a big screen and it is Godzilla, so I may as well be excited about it.

jepyang OP , 3 months ago

Oh I also saw a documentary about beavers in a museum imax theatre, which was cool but uh not quite the same as trying to get excited about seeing a Dune movie without Jason Momoa

jepyang OP , 3 months ago

Beavers are really fkn cool

loren , 3 months ago to random

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jepyang , 3 months ago

@loren beaglejuice