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one should not chase the electric dream, but strive to became an extension to its dreamer

Automatism in the age of the children of Unix.

It's a box of antique photographs. A blade, a girl and a fish. Whatever it means, you're invested.

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Now that you're a surrealist, become a Techno-Mage:

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[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As the massive weight of what I've done thus far overcomes me, the realization of what I must do to carry on washes over me like a wave of molten salt - every atom of my body paralyzed; vibrating.

Somewhere distant, a groundhog eats a mushroom and for a fleeting moment glimpses what it is like to be a drop of dew; it is driven insane with this insight.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
 And in a hint of a spark, comes a rare moment,
 no more than once in a hacker's lifetime,
 where the machine reveals itself, before
 it quickly fades away again in a gust of perl.
[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

PowerUser Man

Comes to me in time of need.

What I need- is sleep.

[–] meowbotage@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

thank you, me ow botage.

[–] urda@lebowski.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No apprentice there is no ghost in the machine.

You are the ghost in the machine.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

We are all our own ghosts, piloting our inherited meat puppets

[–] paperd@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I see she has taken my advice and smoked the mint crystal. Very good.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This will be new background for video meetings.