Comment on Vampires are from Jersey

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seriously.

  One vampire Dev pops “by clicking agree, you consent to vampires entering your home.” Into line 57842368 of the Instagram/FB TOS and suddenly it’s a feeding frenzy…

  …How does one seek a script to Black Mirror?

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dystopian technofeudalist vampire is now one of my favorite new tropes. Thank you.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Peter Thiel has never felt so appreciated…

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      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He’s why I have a crucifix-shaped wifi jammer nailed to my headboard.

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bryan Johnson makes it somewhat literal.

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      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I had completely forgotten about that. Thanks for bringing it back up. These people are literally parasites.

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  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus, there’s a (kind of) precedent. All you’d have to do is plan it for April fool’s day.

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• qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A “standard” implies it’s a societal norm they’re participating in, rather than a supernatural compulsion they’re restricted by.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s a good point. Perhaps they’re instead restricted by a social code of honor and limited empathy. Like they could come in against your will, but most won’t because it’s a shameful violation of vampire ethics, and they would feel bad about it.

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    • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, sure. But that’s some supernatural ability to compartmentalize.

      “I’ll drain the blood from your veins in a fit of bestial hunger but I won’t just…enter your house uninvited. I’m a monster, not an animal.”

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      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’ve eaten a steak before, but I won’t slaughter a cow. People are complicated and inconsistent sometimes.

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• kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m beginning to realise that even stones may have higher standards for consent than humans.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For the sake of us all, I hope you’re wrong, but history being what it has been, I’m having trouble coming up with a counterargument.

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• frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s because vampires are fictional.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re right, of course, but you should still see the comment about Bryan Johnson elsewhere in this thread, if you haven’t already.

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    • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🙁

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