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He/himbo software engineer in SoCal. “Generations” are an obsessively over-fetishized cohort type, but I’m Gen X if that fact brings you peace. Some things that are good: 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽✊🏿🗽💉📘🧠☕️☮️❤️🐈

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QVC@quarvex· Mar 22

A panel from the comic strip Peanuts, in which Lucy is saying “Christ, what an asshole”

QVC@quarvex· Jul 3

Screenshot of someone (me) asking ChatGPT “How many times do I have to call for a Butlerian Revolution?” The answer is as follows:
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Just once—if you’re lucky and have the Bene Gesserit on your side.

But seriously, in the Dune universe, the Butlerian Jihad (often conflated with a “Butlerian Revolution”) was a singular, cataclysmic conflict—a crusade against “thinking machines,” AI, and any technology that sought to replace human minds. It happened only once, roughly 10,000 years before the events of Dune, and its cultural impact was so profound that it permanently altered the course of human civilization.

So in-universe:
🔁 One revolution. Eternal consequences.
👤 “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.”

But if you’re asking metaphorically—like calling for your own personal revolution against over-automation, algorithmic control, or too much screen time—then maybe it takes a few loud calls… or just the right moment.

Are you channeling your inner Luddite, Fremen, or just trying to shut down some rogue AI?
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The little “thumbs up” feedback button has been clicked, perhaps ironically.

QVC@quarvex· Jul 2

Yeah, it’s in Russia, nearly 2000km behind the border.

QVC@quarvex· Jun 5

Ah yes, we must harken back to the selflessness of Darth Plagueis the Wise, not this current crop of partisan Sith Lords who’ve gone astray from his noble vision!