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[โ€“] kleeon@hexbear.net 92 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I asked my computer to make up a guy. Find him

[โ€“] Wheaties@hexbear.net 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

nearly the sequel to Three Body Problem

[โ€“] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Luo Ji is a hero and I will not tolerate slander

[โ€“] Krem@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The enemy considers me the greatest threat. I have unlimited resources at my disposal. BRING ME MY DREAMED UP WAIFU. THEN BRING ME WINE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

"yeah this guy is very important" -the UN

[โ€“] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Tbf doing unpredictable things was what the Wallfacers were meant for. Still doesn't excuse the dream girl thing because what the fuck.

[โ€“] Wheaties@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Liu Cixin clearly has some hangups about women. Twice in the Three Body series, the planet gets doomed by a woman acting too emotional. UN mandated dream wife is just the cringe icing on the cake.

[โ€“] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Her name Cheng Xin is literally a homophone for 'sincerity' and has the character ๅฟƒ meaning heart. Contrasted to Luo Ji whose name ็ฝ—่พ‘ is a homophone for 'logic'. It's ๐Ÿคฎ Rowling level nominative determisism

[โ€“] Wheaties@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh damn the linguistic divide may have done that novel some favors. I probably wouldn't have been so enamored with the high-concept scifi if I knew it was being presented by Mr. Rational and his doe-eyed assistant.

[โ€“] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I thought the translator's notes included the explanation of some of the names? Also Sophon is ๆ™บๅญ zhizi meaning 'knowledgeable child' (knowledge particle) can also be read as Tomoko or Satoko, a standard Japanese name.

The names do sound okay because the common surnames ็ฝ— luo and ็จ‹ cheng replace ้€ป luo and ่ฏš cheng from the nouns

[โ€“] Wheaties@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i may not have been the most attentive when it came to the notes

[โ€“] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Neither am I so I'm not confident if I picked this up from t/n or from elsewhere, all g!

[โ€“] Krem@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

the whole third book is episode after episode of the MC having emotions and making the wrong decision, and then it's contrasted with the american action dude that would have made the tough but correct decision

[โ€“] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 70 points 3 weeks ago

"Grok, make the evidence fit my desired result"

Damn what a detective

[โ€“] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 49 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry hexbear, I'm going to have to write you up for dress code violations for failing to wear your standard liberal attire

[โ€“] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

meow-cactus I HATE TIE DYE YOU CAN'T MAKE ME

Oh my god the shooter was a narc

[โ€“] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

should've been a "RAP BAND" tshirt

[โ€“] Sickos@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

*สŸแด€แด›แด‡๊œฑแด› ๊œฐแด€แด…

[โ€“] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn thatโ€™s every milquetoast white guy in america

[โ€“] Rom@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Seriously I could go to my local gas station and find three of these guys

[โ€“] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Well then clearly one of them is the shooter, or this is some sort of 3 cup shuffle assassination!

[โ€“] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

Undercover Mormon FBI agent

[โ€“] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago

And this is how you poison pill search engines.

[โ€“] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like it just slapped the head of the protagonist of They Live onto him lmao.

Wait, they asked it to take his sunglasses off, didn't they? It must have drawn on the fucking sunglasses meme to make "guy who takes sunglasses off" lmao.

[โ€“] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

you think that looks like rowdy roddy piper? i don't see it but i'm bad at faces

[โ€“] Des@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

satire right? dude has engels in his user name

[โ€“] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, he's making fun of a chud who unironically posted โ€AI suggests this is what he looks likeโ€.

He also made these two tweets: https://xcancel.com/arch_engels/status/1966188530025324969

[โ€“] Keld@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Here's what the shooter would look like if he was black or chinese

[โ€“] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't ask Grokkk to show you what the shooter would look like if they were Israeli...

Now itโ€™s just a groyper being ironic.

[โ€“] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

He looks like Jerma

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[โ€“] zipper@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

what kind of crack are they feeding the bots bro waltuh

[โ€“] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's my sim

[โ€“] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like it's gonna be Donny Van De Beek