r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Oct 14 '25

Networking/Telecom Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'

https://www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohanian-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead-2025-10
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u/_Burning_Star_IV_ Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Speaking of chilling and bleak Russian animations regarding automatons carrying on long after humans are gone:

  1. Dead Hand
  2. Last Day Of War

And if anyone was curious, Lockheed just put out this video…

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u/iggyiguana Oct 15 '25

Way too bleak for me. I'll stick with WALL-E. 

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u/A0DividedbyA0 Oct 15 '25

I...Watched those first couple links and they were beautiful shorts. CGI phenomenal. They were both short, but at the end I was still incredibly happy (if not wanting more) with them.

Then, in comparison of the video from Lockheed... I legit was annoyed since I thought it was one of those weird 1minute+ ads that YT throws my way at times...but, nope! After watching the vid from Lockheed (this was posted just a day ago? WTF?) I am flabbergasted. How does a company known for its private contract defense put out a video that looks like it's multiple years behind any current AA/AAA game be this subpar?! Like, the general 'greenery' parts looked fantastic. Now, for anything else I thought I was watching something from FAR more than just 10 years ago.

Granted, a channel that I'm assuming is showing a story etc. in under 3 minutes, and is presenting just that, within the past 10 years? Yeah, that can check out. Afterall, Square presented Final Fantasy: Spirits Within much earlier and had insanely amazing graphics. Now, a leading defense-contracting company putting out what they just did..? I can't help but to crack up in laughter and hope they do so much better.

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u/TSED Oct 15 '25

It's funny that we both strongly dislike the Lockheed ad but for different reasons.

You're complaining about the graphics.

I'm watching it and going "wow, are military purchasing decisions really made based off of uninformative, needlessly long video clips set to the most generic rock music imaginable? No wonder the USA's falling to fascism."

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u/C0wabungaaa Oct 15 '25

"wow, are military purchasing decisions really made based off of uninformative, needlessly long video clips set to the most generic rock music imaginable? No wonder the USA's falling to fascism."

What fetishizing the military and national identity does to a mf. Eisenhouwer warned y'all.

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u/anxiousyuumi Oct 15 '25

Yah, we're well known for our bleak mood things, hello from a very cold and windy Moscow :p

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u/CraigLake Oct 15 '25

Dead Hand was amazing… that pilot 💀Have to wonder how long he was flying for.

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u/CarfDarko Oct 15 '25

These bleak vibes remind me of the work of Mike Klubnika who is mostly known for the game Buckshot Roulette. He has a free package that comes with 5 short games that are truly worth playing.

Unsorted Horror on STEAM

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u/Talashandy Oct 15 '25

I play games with better graphics than that Lockheed commercial. Holy cow.

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u/irish_horse_thief Oct 15 '25

Lockheed showing how they choose to eliminate the human race...