You probably never heard of it, but I shitpost on this obscure technology forum called Lemonworld or something on things I would never admit to in public.

It’s great, I’m something of a celebrity over there.

The Joker.

I really don’t get the obsession with overusing the Joker when most of Barman’s other rogue gallery members are much more interesting. The worst of it is during “The Batman Who Laughs”, because now you have both the regular Joker and “what if Batman became Joker” running around. And then, as if it couldn’t get any more ridiculous,

And I think most people will agree by now that Harley Quinn is a lot better of a character after she’s done being Joker’s sidekick.

🥰

I just play her on TV.

Yay

Maybe she’s busy working and can’t spend as much time messing with tech friends on social media or something.

It’s true, I’ve watched this documentary about this woman in her twenties who dumped Leo after being in an dysfunctional relationship with him.

I think it’s called “The Wolf of Wall Street” or something.

I mean, there probably are celebs out there, but under pseudonyms.

Hypothetically speaking, if a famous person did run around Lemmy under their real name and openly promoting their work here, who is going to believe them? 🙂

Way ahead of you on that.

There is always risks in going to a new social platform, but also the reward for being an early adopter is also great if the platform gets big, and I’d say the Barbie promotion here last year overall went pretty well.

And it comes in pink!

(Magenta, but still)

Windows 11. Because Windows 7 ate Windows 9.

Yay

That’s esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress (and producer) Margot Robbie to you!

The precedent in this case already exists in Midler v. Ford Motor Co., in which when Academy Award nominated actress and singer Bette Midler sued Ford after Ford hired musical impersonators to sing famous songs for their commercials.

The court ultimately ruled in favor of Midler, because it was found that Ford gave clear instructions to the impersonating actress to sound as much like Midler as possible, and the ruling was voices, although not copyrightable, still constitutes their distinct identity and is protected against unauthorized use without permission. (Outside of satire, of course, since I doubt someone like Trump would be above suing people for making fun of him.)

I think Scarlett Johansson has a case here, but it really hinges on whether or not OpenAI actively gave the instruction specifically to impersonate Scarlett’s voice in “Her”, or if they used her voice inside the training data at all, since there is a difference in the “Sky” voice and the voice of Scarlett Johansson.

But then again, what do I know, I’m just here to shitpost and promote “Barbie”.

As Australia’s only Barbi-llionaire, I vote to replace her portrait with a funny portrait of me in the exhibition instead.

Of course I am.

Would esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress and producer Margot Robbie ever lie to you on the Internet?

Wait, you mean to tell me that the beautiful woman that you are talking to online could actually be a marketing team that is creating the idealized image of said woman designed specifically as a commercial product, like some kind of movie about a plastic doll, Barbie, now available on Blu-ray and select streaming services?

Who would do such a thing?

I like them stirred with gin and vermouth and served in a cocktail glass. Alcohol makes everything better.

So, a martini.

But then again, 25 percent of American students are also in the top quartile on standardized tests, so it evens out.

That’s just marketing, since everyone put their phone in a big case immediately anyway.