The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: words we dislike

[SamanthaBehgs]

That sounds like a much more interesting game than Hades II. I couldn't find it on Steam. Where can I get it?

For a second I thought you were saying you couldn't find Hades II on steam. If you're looking to murder bugs, though, I might actually have a steam code for Kill Them With Fire (spider murdering game) that I could try to dig up and PM you?

 

[Erozetta]

For a second I thought you were saying you couldn't find Hades II on steam. If you're looking to murder bugs, though, I might actually have a steam code for Kill Them With Fire (spider murdering game) that I could try to dig up and PM you?

And if you're feeling a little interested in being on the animal side, I suggest "Squirrel with a Gun"

 

[StillStunned]

Can we go back to talking about corsets and boobs please?

 

[Erozetta]

Can we go back to talking about corsets and boobs please?

I've made two corsets so far but they were under the guidance of my mother-in-law, who was a skilled seamstress and worked in theaters. I'm nervous about trying to make one on my own, but I have this idea for a corset made out of some suede she left me. I just need to work out how to line it for added durability without destroying my sewing machine.

 

[StillStunned]

I've made two corsets so far but they were under the guidance of my mother-in-law, who was a skilled seamstress and worked in theaters. I'm nervous about trying to make one on my own, but I have this idea for a corset made out of some suede she left me. I just need to work out how to line it for added durability without destroying my sewing machine.

I honestly don't want to detract from such a lovely interaction, but wasn't there ever any awkwardness? Like, "And if you put in a little extra reinforcement here it will present your puppies on a tray for your lover, and he-- wait, that's my son. Never mind."

On a related subject, here's a true story: when I was 19, my girlfriend's parents had a party and I was invited. I drank far too much wine, and when I woke up the next morning the realisation hit me that I'd flirted hard with my GF's mother.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have two Monarch chrysalises in my back yard and four big caterpillars . Is this what being a parent is like?

One of our chrysalises hatched *squee*

 

[Erozetta]

I honestly don't want to detract from such a lovely interaction, but wasn't there ever any awkwardness? Like, "And if you put in a little extra reinforcement here it will present your puppies on a tray for your lover, and he-- wait, that's my son. Never mind."

On a related subject, here's a true story: when I was 19, my girlfriend's parents had a party and I was invited. I drank far too much wine, and when I woke up the next morning the realisation hit me that I'd flirted hard with my GF's mother.

Lmao. Nah, she was infinitely cool. She showed me where the boning would best be suited to achieve different looks. We opted to keep the boning under the bust on one and the other was shaped around the bust like an underwire, but no stabbing.

 

[StillStunned]

And discussing boning wasn't awkward at all?

"So now the boning, which is perhaps the most important part of your corset."
"Tell me about it! I mean, that's the whole point of wearing one, isn't it?"
"..."
"..."
"So anyway, the boning..."

 

[EmilyMiller]

One of our chrysalises hatched *squee*

 

[StillStunned]

@EmilyMiller She has your eyes!

 

[MillieDynamite]

And if you're feeling a little interested in being on the animal side, I suggest "Squirrel with a Gun"

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Never summon it.

Never.

 

[Erozetta]

And discussing boning wasn't awkward at all?

"So now the boning, which is perhaps the most important part of your corset."
"Tell me about it! I mean, that's the whole point of wearing one, isn't it?"
"..."
"..."
"So anyway, the boning..."

Nope. I somehow managed to not giggle, and she was professional all the way through.

 

[StillStunned]

Nope. I somehow managed to not giggle, and she was professional all the way through.

She was probably thinking the same thing. "Thank God I managed to keep a straight face! Luckily Erozetta is such a sweet, innocent girl that she doesn't know that boning has another meaning."

 

[Erozetta]

She was probably thinking the same thing. "Thank God I managed to keep a straight face! Luckily Erozetta is such a sweet, innocent girl that she doesn't know that boning has another meaning."

I mean, one of the first conversations I had with her was her asking me to verify how old I was, lol.

But we did often talk about things like drugs and sex. She was my friend and more of a mother to me than my own was, so, yeah, we talked about a lot of stuff.

 

[onehitwanda]

Because we don't want to talk about AI, now we're going to get movies with it in it.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/30/tilly-norwood-ai-actor-hollywood

 

[AwkwardMD]

Because we don't want to talk about AI, now we're going to get movies with it in it.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/30/tilly-norwood-ai-actor-hollywood

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I don't watch new movies.

 

[iwatchus]

I don't watch new movies.

I know you watched Westward and that had AI in it.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Westworld?


I watched the original, all shot on film with real actors including Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin.

 

[iwatchus]

Westworld?


I watched the original, all shot on film with real actors including Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin.

It wasn't made by AI, but Yul Bryner was an AI robot in it. So it had AI in it.

You had mentioned liking it previously.

 

[EmilyMiller]

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Monarch update:

 

[StillStunned]

If you get a few more, you should start referring to your garden as "the monarchy".

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Westworld?


I watched the original, all shot on film with real actors including Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin.

Excellent movie. I thought season one of the HBO series was excellent as well.

 

[EmilyMiller]

If you get a few more, you should start referring to your garden as "the monarchy".

We lost count of the caterpillars. They can travel up to 30 feet to pupate, so we only know where two of them are. The one that hatched at the weekend was in some location we didn’t know about. There is another pupa which is like four days behind the one in the photo.