• @MataVatnik@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        72 years ago

        “My briefcase,” Rick said as he rummaged for the Voigt-Kampff forms. “Nice, isn’t it? Department issue.”

        “Well, well,” Rachael said remotely.

        “Babyhide,” Rick said. He stroked the black leather surface of the briefcase. “One hundred percent genuine human babyhide.” He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically. But only after a pause. The reaction had come, but too late. He knew the reaction period down to a fraction of a second, the correct reaction period; there should have been none. “Thanks, Miss Rosen,” he said, and gathered together the equipment again; he had concluded his retesting. “Thats all.”

        “You’re leaving?” Rachael asked.

        “Yes.” he said. “I’m satisfied.”

        Cautiously, Rachael said, “What about the other nine subjects?”

        “The scale has been adequate in your case,” he answered. “I can extrapolate from that, it’s clearly still effective.”

        To Eldon Rosen, who slumped morosely by the door of the room, he said, “Does she know?” Sometimes they didn’t; false memories had been tried various times, generally in the mistaken idea that through them reactions to testing would be altered. Eldon Rosen said, “No. We programmed her completely. But I think toward the end she suspected.” To the girl he said, “You guessed when he asked for one more try.” Pale, Rachael nodded fixedly, “Don’t be afraid of him,” Eldon Rosen told her. "You’re not an escaped android on Earth illegally, you’re the property of the Rosen Association, used as a sales device for prospective emigrants. He walked to the girl, put put his hand comfortingly on her shoulder, at touch the girl flinched.

  • mrbubblesort
    link
    fedilink
    752 years ago

    There are certainly worse role models he could’ve chosen, so not bad I guess

  • @ALostInquirer@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    292 years ago

    How do people go about making really long images like this? And also, what screen resolution are they aimed at?

    Any time I find images like this I end up having to zoom in & pan about to read whatever text’s included. It’s not much trouble, but when I come across them I’m often a little perplexed by the formatting.

    • mozingo
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      English
      102 years ago

      They splice together multiple mobile screenshots. There might be an app that lets you press a button, scroll, then press stop, to do the same thing.

      But it’s definitely designed for mobile. This reads really easily on my phone.

      • @ALostInquirer@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        32 years ago

        This reads really easily on my phone.

        Through one of the apps, presumably? I typically use browser on mobile & so have the same zoom/pan experience described above.

  • BarqsHasBite
    link
    fedilink
    English
    3
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    Cam Winston!

    (Can also watch Cheers, he’s there as part of an ensemble.)

    • @Oxnvat@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      52 years ago

      Anon introduces Frasier to his autistic Thomas-obsessed cousin and he becomes Frasier after the pandemic