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Sorry, I don't get it. whats with the terydactl substance

by Physkal 11mo ago

stickfigure 11mo ago
Pretty sure it's bird shit.
- iancmceachern 11mo ago
  This exact chain of interactions is what I come to HN for. When Meat Loaf died, I commented "His name was Robert Paulsen" (you know, because in death membersbof project mayhem do have names, his name was Robert Paulsen". Someone commented something to the effect of no it wasn't, meat loaf wasn't his real name it was Marvin Aday, and then someone else commented to their comment "It's literally a fucking line from the movie". I dont know why these layers of weirdness delight me so, but they do. Thanks for the pterodactyl shit commentary folks.
  - bitwize 11mo ago
    Was gonna say, I thought Robert Paulsen was the guy who did Yakko's voice?
    - bsimpson 11mo ago
      His name was also Robert Paulsen.
  - MrDrMcCoy 11mo ago
    I posted the same thing on Reddit and got downvoted to hell.
    - cwillu 11mo ago
      Reddit is turning more into hn everyday.
      - Forgeties79 11mo ago
        Better hope it’s not the other way around!
      - firesteelrain 11mo ago
        This is sort of the inverse “Don’t say HN is becoming Reddit” Reddit has been declining for a long time and even more so the way the algorithm works with the Front Page. Politics and activism there is super amplified
        bsimpson 11mo ago
        AskReddit has turned into Progressive Anxiety News, with every headline followed by "What do you think?"
        astrange 11mo ago
        That's better than what it usually is, teenagers asking "women, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed?" once a week.
      - layer8 11mo ago
        Lol
      - deleted 11mo ago
        [deleted]
- latchkey 11mo ago
  winged reptile shit
  - jcynix 11mo ago
    Let's call it "early bird" shit …
    - card_zero 11mo ago
      Well actually pterosaurs were way different from birds, and don't even count as dinosaurs. Though they had a downy covering similar to feathers. But they're not bird ancestors.
somat 11mo ago
The caption is what really sells it for me. It is the classical farside experience. Looks at comic, (shrugs) it's weird but not funny in any way. Reads caption "Art assignment: Paint a house on a hillside overlooking a bay or valley. Stay loose; play with color. Try to capture a mood. Think of something to add." Literal spit take and laugh. Yep he still has the touch.
- jjkaczor 11mo ago
  Hmmm - my interpretation is that this is an example of a "prompt" for a generative AI "artist", and the result was something that "craps" over the original intention of the "house on a hillside"... (so, a bit of a commentary on generative art from someone who was professional cartoonist)
  - hobs 11mo ago
    I think you are applying the wrong decade(s) of thought. This is a man who had to clean his pen to use it - it is very likely he is using artists "prompts" to practice his digital art (as he mentions its very new to him), which is something that was normal before the current era.
    - jjkaczor 11mo ago
      Ah - true true - OTOH, many of my artist (and former) friends absolutely hate AI prompted "art" and post much commentary to that effect. Myself I find it very useful because I have no ability to create art/images on my own - never could. (And the irony of those "feelings" are that this is probably how many managers / BA's/non-technical people feel about prompted "vibe coding")
- chrisweekly 11mo ago
  Yes. The word choice is exquisite; "loose" got me, right as I was visually interpreting the scene. Larson is a genius.
iamwil 11mo ago
This is my favorite too. The caption reads like an AI prompt. The last instruction, "think of something to add" resulted in the AI adding a pterodactyl on the house, dropping bird poop on it. Probably not what the prompter meant, but technically correct.
- tristramb 11mo ago
  Same here. My first though was 'This is an AI prompt.'
hcs 11mo ago
For the benefit of me 30 minutes ago baffled by the responses to this down thread, this is perhaps a r/BirdsArentReal thing? e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/what_is_this_substance_leaking_out/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/wha...
- firesteelrain 11mo ago
  Nah, its just absurd Larson humor.
  - hcs 11mo ago
    Oh I get the Larson humor, I mean Physkal's comment and iancollmceachern's implication that a reference was missed by stickfigure

Sorry, I don't get it. whats with the terydactl substance

by Physkal 11mo ago

Sorry, I don't get it. whats with the terydactl substance

stickfigure 11mo ago

Pretty sure it's bird shit.

iancmceachern 11mo ago
This exact chain of interactions is what I come to HN for. When Meat Loaf died, I commented "His name was Robert Paulsen" (you know, because in death membersbof project mayhem do have names, his name was Robert Paulsen". Someone commented something to the effect of no it wasn't, meat loaf wasn't his real name it was Marvin Aday, and then someone else commented to their comment "It's literally a fucking line from the movie". I dont know why these layers of weirdness delight me so, but they do. Thanks for the pterodactyl shit commentary folks.
- bitwize 11mo ago
  Was gonna say, I thought Robert Paulsen was the guy who did Yakko's voice?
  - bsimpson 11mo ago
    His name was also Robert Paulsen.
- MrDrMcCoy 11mo ago
  I posted the same thing on Reddit and got downvoted to hell.
  - cwillu 11mo ago
    Reddit is turning more into hn everyday.
    - Forgeties79 11mo ago
      Better hope it’s not the other way around!
    - firesteelrain 11mo ago
      This is sort of the inverse “Don’t say HN is becoming Reddit” Reddit has been declining for a long time and even more so the way the algorithm works with the Front Page. Politics and activism there is super amplified
      - bsimpson 11mo ago
        AskReddit has turned into Progressive Anxiety News, with every headline followed by "What do you think?"
        astrange 11mo ago
        That's better than what it usually is, teenagers asking "women, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed?" once a week.
    - layer8 11mo ago
      Lol
    - deleted 11mo ago
      [deleted]
latchkey 11mo ago
winged reptile shit
- jcynix 11mo ago
  Let's call it "early bird" shit …
  - card_zero 11mo ago
    Well actually pterosaurs were way different from birds, and don't even count as dinosaurs. Though they had a downy covering similar to feathers. But they're not bird ancestors.

somat 11mo ago

The caption is what really sells it for me. It is the classical farside experience. Looks at comic, (shrugs) it's weird but not funny in any way. Reads caption "Art assignment: Paint a house on a hillside overlooking a bay or valley. Stay loose; play with color. Try to capture a mood. Think of something to add." Literal spit take and laugh. Yep he still has the touch.

jjkaczor 11mo ago
Hmmm - my interpretation is that this is an example of a "prompt" for a generative AI "artist", and the result was something that "craps" over the original intention of the "house on a hillside"... (so, a bit of a commentary on generative art from someone who was professional cartoonist)
- hobs 11mo ago
  I think you are applying the wrong decade(s) of thought. This is a man who had to clean his pen to use it - it is very likely he is using artists "prompts" to practice his digital art (as he mentions its very new to him), which is something that was normal before the current era.
  - jjkaczor 11mo ago
    Ah - true true - OTOH, many of my artist (and former) friends absolutely hate AI prompted "art" and post much commentary to that effect. Myself I find it very useful because I have no ability to create art/images on my own - never could. (And the irony of those "feelings" are that this is probably how many managers / BA's/non-technical people feel about prompted "vibe coding")
chrisweekly 11mo ago
Yes. The word choice is exquisite; "loose" got me, right as I was visually interpreting the scene. Larson is a genius.

iamwil 11mo ago

This is my favorite too. The caption reads like an AI prompt. The last instruction, "think of something to add" resulted in the AI adding a pterodactyl on the house, dropping bird poop on it. Probably not what the prompter meant, but technically correct.

tristramb 11mo ago
Same here. My first though was 'This is an AI prompt.'

hcs 11mo ago

For the benefit of me 30 minutes ago baffled by the responses to this down thread, this is perhaps a r/BirdsArentReal thing? e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/what_is_this_substance_leaking_out/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/wha...

firesteelrain 11mo ago
Nah, its just absurd Larson humor.
- hcs 11mo ago
  Oh I get the Larson humor, I mean Physkal's comment and iancollmceachern's implication that a reference was missed by stickfigure