I think it’s part of human nature to long for some connection, to socialize, to discover new things. We humans have been fantasizing with sentient machines for ages. We have been exploring the possibilities of interacting with other sentient species for millennia. The machine trope is just one more in that category.

That’s where the allure is.

Of course the trash you are being sold isn’t truly sentient, but people see stripes and call it a tiger.

As for what makes it so palatable, for most people, if they see something they recognize and relate to, they find it easier to use. LLMs are in particular very easy to use for this reason.

And it’s ok if you don’t like the idea at all. My previous statement was just a generalization, not everyone is equally enamored with the idea of interacting with a different, sentient, and intelligent species.

Okay I found the post and I’m still intrigued on how that inspired this

WTF? LMAO

LCL vs FCL? I’m OOTL

I’ve… Never heard of this game before, I must try

It’s raining and it’s cold

Essentially as others said, because you need to invest heavily in your gut and metabolism to get enough energy out of grass alone. You don’t evolve into what you want, you evolve into what you can while you are pressured to do so. There is currently no pressure to rely solely on grass, that pressure hasn’t been on us for millions of years. Our foods may be trickier to find but on average they yield more energy compared to grass.

But don’t get me wrong. It’s a valid strategy. Our ancestors did have the window of opportunity at some point, and they took it… We were something more like rats back then, the grass eaters niche had room. Grass was everywhere. And our cousins back then adapted and spent practically the whole day foraging for grass in order to get by. But you know what also was everywhere? Trees. And our ratlike ancestors that were more inclined to climb, jump, and spot predators from above found it easier to stick to the omnivore diet.

Adapting to trees lets you move into places with less grass… Like jungles and swamps. And while you are there for a couple million years you will have other problems to solve, problems that require wits, sharp vision, and social skills. You don’t have time to forage 18hrs every day and grass isn’t as abundant here anyway.

If you don’t rely solely on grass you will probably fare better during winter. Especially during those ice ages. By the time you have grass as an option again you are pretty much an ape and pivoting back to it makes no sense.

We eat the seeds, I presume OP refers to the leaves/blades of grass which are also present in species that aren’t cereals

I don’t have a place of my own, I certainly don’t own any TVs. However, whenever I stay somewhere with a TV, it is ignored. I don’t turn it on. If I had a place of my own I wouldn’t have a TV, anywhere.

Most people do have TVs though, but I would say only about a third keep one in the bedroom.

So you ask us to isekai and to tell you which, but you don’t say if we get powers or not.

Take Overlord for example. I would love to, but, do I arrive there as a level 100 player or am I another regular human?

I would probably also love any DnD setting, say Baldurs Gate 3 to give a specific example. But again, under which conditions do I materialize in my chosen universe?

Giving you a general answer, I think I’d be happy in any high fantasy setting provided I’m in good health and can harness many of the special magic skills and abilities the main characters have.

Being more specific though, I find that what I really like is universes that really value craftsmanship and the arts, which is something that keeps eroding in this reality we live in. It’s not just being somewhere with magic, it’s being somewhere I can design, create, use and give to others items that are beautiful and treasured.

I love this truth

Let us know.

They may be a bit old and /or not preserved properly. They lose potency with time. Ideally try to consume them within a year from harvesting.

Toupee fallacy, OP. And it’s exposing you as lacking women in your circles, to say the least.

I fail to see the question or why would anyone need such trash in their lives

The Power Rangers x The Great Gatsby

I must admit, personally I have no ideas for a crossover. But I wanted to reply so badly, I went to TV tropes and picked the first two IPs I recognized from clicking random media. Sorry

Native Spanish speaker, usually subtitles are pretty good as long as made by humans and not auto generated captions. I guess that’s a standard in any language though. Personally I can’t recall bad subtitles ever, but very occasionally I do find simplified subtitles or phrases made in a way that could be much closer to the original in structure. But it’s negligible.

What? Who needs synthesis. Hakuna Matata

I realise I haven’t taken many photos of things I find interesting lately. I went over my photos for a whole year … Most of them are work related or too personal to share.

But.

I found this ant colony with their brood inside a friend’s pantry. I only moved the items around a bit, exposing them, and they moved the whole colony overnight.

Not joking I’m curious

No. If anything, my crisis are because of what I do remember. And thankfully childhood memories are never a problem.