I’m not anti-AI but Jesus the ads for big AI services are just incredibly bleak. There are two that I see over and over:

• Guy is going to meet his girlfriend’s dad. He works in some advanced technical field. Guy uses AI to pretend to be knowledgeable about / interested in the field, and opens with saying he want to “pick your brain” about some specific concept. Dad is fooled and impressed.

• Woman is preparing for a book club meeting. The book is Moby Dick. She uses AI to ask about the themes of the book and generate discussion questions, and for “whaling themed” snacks that are just random party food with whale related names.

They both seem to be saying “hey, are you an incredibly dull person? Why not use AI to look like you know about your prospective father-in-law’s work / you are capable of reading a book. Your guests will love your Queequeeg’s Spicy Pigs-In-A-Blanket.”

I haven’t met the current resident of the apartment but all his stuff is still there. From what I can gather, I would describe him as “fastidious flaming homosexual who has A Thing for Byzantine miniatures and Africana.”

Can somebody let Wroko know about this place? I don’t think he’s active in the discord.

Welp, Reddit confirmed they’re not rescinding my ban. That’ll teach me not to say “murder is bad.”

Regulars showing up like

Showed the apartment to a few coworkers who live in the area, all of whom said I’d be insane not to take it.

show us your baffling lunch of five shrimp and an entire watermelon coward

The most on-brand way for Trump’s popularity to tank would be if the Real ID requirement is a disaster, because it’s a good policy that was approved forever ago that he has essentially nothing to do with.

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What, genuinely, is the steelman argument for my employer requiring every member of staff to watch a four hour PowerPoint about sexual harassment every year.

Presumably there is a person in some sort of decision-making role who believes this is a good idea, I just can’t picture who that person is or why they think that.

I am fairly confident the democratic nominee is the best choice in the next election.