It’s kind of an advantage; all attention is good attention when you don’t even have to try to appear to be a decent human, so at worst it’s branding and at best your enemies think you look so ridiculous and stupid that they underestimate you

You wake up back in the real world. What you once thought to be correct, you now know to be right - but the world you now inhabit can not fathom such a reality. Now unsure if it was ever real, you float through life getting on arguments on the Internet, slowly unraveling as you speak of a world that could not possibly exist - except, in The Twilight Zone.

I mean, “I don’t want to” is a valid response but it says something about the person and the culture they are raised in. Maybe they simply believe too strongly that it is unethical to say whatever they are asked to, or maybe… Either way, it’s made clear that they can’t or won’t criticize the thing they are asked to. Some things are not worthy of criticism, but most things can be. Especially leaders.

I’m afraid all we can say for sure is that it’s not a caterpillar.

This has actually been a top result when searching clippy on Google since before the AI debacle

I think top comment is a reference of some kind.

I heard something similar; the studio didn’t think the movie would be popular if they used too many computer terms so they made them change the function to “battery”. Initially the reason Neo has powers is because his node happens to have admin access.

Easy! You just ignore one of the above responsibilities, bing bang boom!

Jokes aside, it’s just like any other hobby. If you enjoy it enough, you make time for it. Or in some cases, put it on in the background while doing something else, though that depends what kind of watcher you are.

Either way, ITT: it’s valid to have hobbies other than media consumption

I watched two episodes of LOST and then I LOST interest. That said, from everything I hear, it kind of seems like the appeal would have been to be part of the speculation crowd.

That aside, I’m not sorry I missed it.

But was this a joke or merely observation? In the just the way you’re pointing out a problem in something that was not intended to be a problem, this may have been the same.

I don’t know if “miss” is the right word, but I feel deeply that this is a picture I would have seen on babiestrappedinknees

Replika is probably what you’re thinking of. It was nice when it started, sort of like a journaling app in a way but which could return insights. Then it started getting monetized, of course.

I’ll be honest, for a minute I thought it was not a flaw but referring to “Monday Me, on Monday” which is a concept I can relate to

I love this idea. Unfortunately, I think it’s just a slightly unnatural vocal performance. Even though AI can perfectly replicate voices tonally, they can’t truly generate the same cadence and inflections, or sometimes even get close without a good deal of human assistance. I suspect this will change over time. As with ChatGPT, we’ll be looking to AI to solve the problem of AI mimicking humans too well.

There is a single precedent I can think of, which is that with some regularity I see infants/newborns referred to as “it”.

Maybe I started watching late but Weissman always kind of struck me as trying too hard on the comedy bits, but I don’t mind because it is good knowledge nonetheless. My biggest issue is that he’s a little on the pretentious side and he occasionally uses fancy/expensive/inaccessible ingredients or tools, but that’s really just a personal problem for me.

I don’t watch his current content but it was bittersweet seeing the transition from his original style. He mentioned at the time that he had depression during that period and it seemed like the change was a lifestyle one as well; he seemed pretty happy around that time.

I don’t think it’s just a feeling of futility - it’s true phones can be distracting and offer more potential entertainment, and it’s true learning can sometimes be a slog. At the same time, learning can be fun and engaging, and phones can offer access to a wealth of information (of highly varying quality, admittedly).

Concentrating too hard on mere academic success as gauged by metrics like school grades is undoubtedly discouraging for a student who only goes to school if they are told they must.

I saw an interesting post somewhere recently where they argued that Sniper Elite was not anti Nazi because it specifically promotes stealth and non lethal methods (against Nazis). Couldn’t say much for sure myself; I tried playing 4 a little but it didn’t grab me at the time.

Three hours a day, gods above. I admire your commitment

Essentially true but thoroughly reductive. Like saying “live music is all about saying look at me play all these notes”