On 9/26/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:
do you remember that desire to have access to a webcomic page before it is published?
what if a webcomic was intercepted for political misinformation, and the author put their creation process on a blockchain video feed to add strength to their publication being the real one?
where would people's desire for the next webcomic iteration go? the button clicks for refreshing the page?
especially in an environment with hypnotic behavior influence driven by overtrained marketing AIs?
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a fleet of tanks drive up to the home of a webcomic artist
a nerd gets out of the tank closest to the front and approaches the artist, who is mid-drawing
nerd [brandishing missile launcher, to artist]: "tell me a joke."
four more nerds pile out of other tanks and approach the artist.
four nerds: "tell me a joke."
a fifth nerd gets out
fifth nerd: "I'll pay you 5 thousand cryptocreds to hear a joke in the next hour."
third nerd: "I'll pay you 10 thousand cryptocreds to hear a joke in the next minute!"