WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
This Just In! God Develops Ultra-Realistic Metaverse Where People Can Talk, Learn, And Work With Other People, Calling It ‘Universe’
byVanderleunonFebruary 4, 2022
“This is more realistic than any virtual reality I’ve experienced before,” said reality enthusiast Miles Kann while walking through one of the Universe’s city parks in real-time. “I can literally smell the fresh air, touch the cool grass, and interact with other players in incredible ways.”
Another early adopter of God’s Universe demonstrated how detailed and immersive the player-to-player interaction was as she showed off her humble home, complete with husband, children, and dog. She thanked God for providing her with a sense of purpose and fulfillment unmatched by any competing product.
Critics were quick to point out possible bugs in the Universe, listing wars, injustices, violence, and disease, and suggested God either label it “Early Access” or reboot altogether. These criticisms, however, were countered by God’s supporters who were well-versed in the instruction manual, stating a truly realistic Universe must come with the full experience of joy and pain, choice and accountability, life and death, but that the end game was worth it. — — Babylon Bee
A world of made is not a world of born — pity poor flesh
and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this fine specimen of hypermagical
ultraomnipotence. We doctors know
a hopeless case if — listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go
If Mark Zuckerberg really wanted to improve the universe—real or imagined—he would hang himself. In both places.
John A. FlemingFebruary 4, 2022, 3:44 PM
It’s going to be a long time and a Matrix away before any VR/AR can even come close to the real world. I’ve been doing some skiing this winter, trying to get my skillz and confidence back. I’ve got some solo backcountry ski trips planned. No AR/VR can fully immerse me in the moment like skiing in the backcountry. There is a real and non-zero chance that I might die: avalanche, snow-bridge collapse, broken limbs far from rescue. When Reinhold Messner was asked if he was afraid he might die while solo climbing in the mountains, he replied: “No, it makes me hold on tight.” No VR/AR can bring the immersive experience of commitment, because there are no lasting consequences for failure.
So what’s the value of MMORPG with AR/VR? To simulate alternate social systems. Yay. We can now watch all those damn fools simulate the thousand flowers blooming, and watch them every single time fall into chaos and tears and tyranny as the psychopaths that claw their way to the top of the heap feed everyone else into the virtual meat grinders of their imaginations. All we’re going to learn is that there are a lot of psychos out there, and not having any success in the real world they will flood into the virtuals, find their niche, and begin destroying the souls of all the other fragile trusting participants.
I can safely say that all these VR platforms will end in terror, because the psychos will not have sufficient constraints on their behavior, not like the real world. The VR curators/administrators/designers will always be playing catch up, and will eventually be captured by the psychos.
Some a-hole will come in, wreak havoc, everybody else will pull the plug and say, “What a waste, five years of my real life and my real money gone because of that jerk. It’s because of a-holes like that that we can’t have nice things.”
Heck, even skiing the groomed slopes is better than any of that VR crap. It’s a fully immersive whole-body experience that knocks all that rat-race noise* right out of your head. And the beer and burgers apres ain’t bad either.
Classical reference? Damnedifiknow but a cultishical reference might by Bob Marley’s Rat Race.
Mike SeyleFebruary 4, 2022, 4:22 PM
Your first four or five sentences sent me to a question I asked my mother many years ago: “Are you afraid of death?” She answered: “I’m not afraid of death; I’m afraid of dying.”
ZaphodFebruary 4, 2022, 5:13 PM
Once went on a company hike with a bunch of HK Chinese IT Nerds who had to be dragged from their big screens and dragged out of the concrete flatland canyons and into the un-built-upon high places. You could really see that this vast blue scary thing looming over their heads was seriously oppressing them. Much fingering of various electronic devices ensued.
Picture a world of avatars that look like Playboy centerfolds.
All run by fat ugly gamer dudes with Adderall and VR headsets.
JWM
LPFebruary 4, 2022, 8:09 PM
The meta verse creeps me out even more than the idea of TV watching which is nothing more than sitting in a room alone staring unmoving at a wall for hours and not realizing that your life is ticking away. The meta verse creeps me out because you’re wasting the valuable moments of your life on something not real- there’s no fresh air no smell of flowers no physical exercise or body movement. No interaction with the world or other human beings. What’s the point?
NoriFebruary 4, 2022, 8:50 PM
Insanely wealthy pedos are so bored with their existence they choose to torment US.
Epic fail.
In the real and in the virtual, far too many NPCs.
PubliusIIFebruary 10, 2022, 3:14 PM
That photo of Zuckerberg (I presume) has optics different from what he’s thinking it has. He looks like a child with a toy that’s got him captive, sort of like the creature in Alien. All he needs is an IV feed and occasional hosing down to keep the waste products to a reasonable level. If that’s the future he wants, he’s welcome to it. The only change I’d make is to make the mask unremoveable and put a mountain lion in the room with him.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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sad, idn’t it?
where my “Box of Colors” iz?
If Mark Zuckerberg really wanted to improve the universe—real or imagined—he would hang himself. In both places.
It’s going to be a long time and a Matrix away before any VR/AR can even come close to the real world. I’ve been doing some skiing this winter, trying to get my skillz and confidence back. I’ve got some solo backcountry ski trips planned. No AR/VR can fully immerse me in the moment like skiing in the backcountry. There is a real and non-zero chance that I might die: avalanche, snow-bridge collapse, broken limbs far from rescue. When Reinhold Messner was asked if he was afraid he might die while solo climbing in the mountains, he replied: “No, it makes me hold on tight.” No VR/AR can bring the immersive experience of commitment, because there are no lasting consequences for failure.
So what’s the value of MMORPG with AR/VR? To simulate alternate social systems. Yay. We can now watch all those damn fools simulate the thousand flowers blooming, and watch them every single time fall into chaos and tears and tyranny as the psychopaths that claw their way to the top of the heap feed everyone else into the virtual meat grinders of their imaginations. All we’re going to learn is that there are a lot of psychos out there, and not having any success in the real world they will flood into the virtuals, find their niche, and begin destroying the souls of all the other fragile trusting participants.
I can safely say that all these VR platforms will end in terror, because the psychos will not have sufficient constraints on their behavior, not like the real world. The VR curators/administrators/designers will always be playing catch up, and will eventually be captured by the psychos.
Some a-hole will come in, wreak havoc, everybody else will pull the plug and say, “What a waste, five years of my real life and my real money gone because of that jerk. It’s because of a-holes like that that we can’t have nice things.”
Heck, even skiing the groomed slopes is better than any of that VR crap. It’s a fully immersive whole-body experience that knocks all that rat-race noise* right out of your head. And the beer and burgers apres ain’t bad either.
*Name that Classical Reference, anyone?
Classical reference? Damnedifiknow but a cultishical reference might by Bob Marley’s Rat Race.
Your first four or five sentences sent me to a question I asked my mother many years ago: “Are you afraid of death?” She answered: “I’m not afraid of death; I’m afraid of dying.”
Once went on a company hike with a bunch of HK Chinese IT Nerds who had to be dragged from their big screens and dragged out of the concrete flatland canyons and into the un-built-upon high places. You could really see that this vast blue scary thing looming over their heads was seriously oppressing them. Much fingering of various electronic devices ensued.
Just found this article via the Orthosphere site:
https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/no-the-revolution-isnt-over
Much food for thought.
Picture a world of avatars that look like Playboy centerfolds.
All run by fat ugly gamer dudes with Adderall and VR headsets.
JWM
Picture a world of avatars that look like Playboy centerfolds.
All run by fat ugly gamer dudes with Adderall and VR headsets.
JWM
The meta verse creeps me out even more than the idea of TV watching which is nothing more than sitting in a room alone staring unmoving at a wall for hours and not realizing that your life is ticking away. The meta verse creeps me out because you’re wasting the valuable moments of your life on something not real- there’s no fresh air no smell of flowers no physical exercise or body movement. No interaction with the world or other human beings. What’s the point?
Insanely wealthy pedos are so bored with their existence they choose to torment US.
Epic fail.
In the real and in the virtual, far too many NPCs.
That photo of Zuckerberg (I presume) has optics different from what he’s thinking it has. He looks like a child with a toy that’s got him captive, sort of like the creature in Alien. All he needs is an IV feed and occasional hosing down to keep the waste products to a reasonable level. If that’s the future he wants, he’s welcome to it. The only change I’d make is to make the mask unremoveable and put a mountain lion in the room with him.