#muggles

phoenix @phoenix@chaos.social

Every year around Christmas, Askaban releases some prisoners and lets them go home over the holidays. That's the time when those permanent Patronus spells pop out everywhere in the country because of the Dementors.

We are #muggles, but we ain't blind!

Light statue of a deer standing between two flower beds

Jan 07, 2024, 08:14 · · 0 · 0

lobster @Lobster@qoto.org

Dear Friends of the other side,

As we may know traffic wardens/cops are human #beings. #Strange but #true. Yesterday I came across one of these lost #souls. They are employed by Wandsworth council. Yes it really is named Wands ... but that is another story. Ahem ...
back to the traffic warden who was issuing a violation ticket to a petrol death dealer (or 'Kar' as I believe #muggles call them). The offending kar was #parked on double yellow line on a busy #corner. I #congratulated the traffic warden and pointed out the vehicle also had one #wheel on the pavement/sidewalk. Also naughty. I think his work was appreciated and made him happy. On previous occasions I have suggested to traffic wardens:
- They should be issued with tasers
- One of my muggle siblings was driving a red SUV #hybrid and should be penalised if caught ...

I have other #potential #powers for traffic wardens
- The option to remove #air from tires whilst the tow truck removal for multiple offenders, arrives.
- Confiscated 'Gas guzzlers' (preferably from political car pools) given to each refugee going to Rwanda ...
- All removed vehicles #replaced with a #Street #bike to reach the fine paying depot with a #route #map

Hope this #advice is #helpful

Dec 18, 2023, 07:19 · · 0 · 0

Jeremy Mallin @JeremyMallin@autistics.life

Can we get a hashtag or a server or some other niche on here for us nontechies so we can find each other?

#Normies
#Muggles

Oct 10, 2023, 17:26 · · 0 · 0

Paul Nesbitt-Larking @DRPNL@mstdn.ca

Henry F. Potter and the Wonderful Life of Muggles

#SupervillainALoveableCharacter #HashTagGames

Jul 22, 2023, 03:08 · · 1 · 0

Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@qoto.org

@Geekymary I have spent way too long thinking about this, please bear with me, this is going to be long.

One key thing we learned from #HogwartsLegacy is that the wizarding world has stayed almost stagnant for over 100 years. The 2000s wizarding world of the books is almost identical to that portrayed in Hogwarts Legacy in the 1870s. What can we conclude? That wizards are probably skeptical about muggle technology and see no need to adopt any of it. In their view, magic gives them all they need. This arrogance is evident because by the Harry Potter era, some muggle technology is ahead of magic. For instance, muggles rely on emails and mobile phones that provide instant communication, but wizards use owl mail, which is slow and cumbersome.

OK, now let's go back to the Uganda idea. Imagine a story set in Uadadou of 2065. Why 2065? Well, Ray Kurzweil predicted that the technological singularity will take place in 2045. The 2065 date gives the post-singularity world 20 years to develop and mature into something incredible! I picture the story happening both in Uadadou and Kampala, much like we get to see London in the Harry Potter books. It makes sense to me that some of the story happens in futuristic Kampala.

What would the story be like in a post-singularity wizarding world? Well, this is where I think it gets very interesting. The citizens of Kampala will be very different from humans today. They will not only inhabit the real world but also the metaverse, much like wizards inhabit the muggle world and the wizarding world. The citizens of Kampala will have neural implants that give them abilities way beyond those of humans today. And the real world is inhabited by sentient objects and tools that are more impressive than the sorting hat! What about the metaverse? The metaverse can be as real as the real world and more magical than the wizarding world. #Muggles will have abilities in the metaverse that no wizard has.

What effect do you think the technological singularity will have on the wizarding world? A complete existential crisis! Wizards had grown used to being the most powerful beings on the planet. But in this new world, they can no longer be confident of that. We know how power-hungry and arrogant some wizards can be, right? We can only safely conclude that there will be one wizard who is determined to regain what they see as their rightful place. This wizard will have no qualms about exploring the most powerful and dangerous magic ever known. And if you think Voldemort was a bit like Darth Vader, this new wizard will be more like Thanos!

The concept of a post-singularity wizarding world is a fascinating and thought-provoking idea. The notion that the technological singularity will have a significant impact on the wizarding world raises many interesting questions and possibilities.I wish to explore them!

Feb 21, 2023, 23:01 · · 1 · 4

Nine-Toed Sloth @fostermwolf@mastodon.world

Now, admittedly, I'm no #fan, but how has the #HarryPotter franchise not just been dismissed and disregarded as #neoliberal, #hierarchical #bullshit, with its passive defense of the #StatusQuo and trust in a #BenevolentArostocracy to be merciful and kind to #muggles and #MagicalBeings that are deemed an "#other" by the #WizardingWorld? Plus, #JKRowling is a #twat.

#socialism #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Feb 11, 2023, 21:57 · · 0 · 0

Spicy but not too Flamey @PopTarts@mastodon.lol

@jentaub Let's hope our favorite #Transfiguration teacher won't get drug down with him! Nice to know she is okay with #muggles but she could have better taste.

Jan 23, 2023, 17:42 · · 0 · 0

Vivian U @justtheletteru@astrodon.social

Had a very #HarryPotter moment trying to find the link rail station which was supposed to be right there according to the map but the building just appeared abandoned and inaccessible to #muggles.

Thanks for a great conference #AAS241! My heart has already gotten ahead of me back to the kiddos.