tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post5470441389355897847..comments2024-03-22T10:52:36.273-07:00Comments on snarkolepsy: Home Depot is the only place to be.she said:http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-62048664996634130022018-09-02T23:52:12.890-07:002018-09-02T23:52:12.890-07:00"Cap of T Refugee, I want to go to Dragon Con...<i>"Cap of T Refugee, I want to go to Dragon Con this year ..."</i><br /><br />Ugh, no, just no.<br /><br />Some of the stuff I actually like, it's the typical fans that I can't abide.<br /><br />Besides, it's in Atlanta, and the airport is just the first thing on the tip of the pen dipped in battery acid and anteater blood that I'll be using to scribe my long list of hate about that particular place.<br /><br />Also: "[Atlanta] ain't been right since Sherman burned it."<br /><br />I think that was Uncle Jesse on "The Dukes of Hazzard". :-)<br /><br /><i>"But you could dress up as anyone and hide from many of the people you don't like who will be there ..."</i><br /><br />Fine ... I'm going as <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk" rel="nofollow">Roko's Basilisk</a> then, and I'll get a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LessWrong#Roko%27s_basilisk" rel="nofollow">"MoreWrong"</a> jacket and Agent Smith-grade sunglasses made up just for the occasion.<br /><br /><i>"ARE YOU CRAZY? THAT'LL TRIGGER ALL OF THE AI FUTURISTS! YOU'LL SEND PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL! AND BESIDES, EVERYONE WILL NOTICE YOU THAT WAY!"</i><br /><br />So we didn't go.<br /><br />Awesome, I didn't want to drive the distance anyway, let alone deal with over-booked hotels, crap parking, and so on for an entire weekend.<br /><br />But who needs Halloween when you can go to a freak show over Labor Day? :-)Capital of Texas Refugeenoreply@blogger.com