I’m with you. Hope we can do it without violence but it is looking grim.

Don’t worry, there won’t be another.

Where, might I ask? For a friend. Asking for a friend.

No, your comment was perfectly in context. I was nominating it as a perfect addition to an all time greatest list of post that, out of context, are amazing.

Only if I’m standing across the room and my brain calculates that the time it takes to close the distance is within the time remaining on the countdown and I get to do a badass flip, twirl, and slide to stop it just in the nick of time so I get to pretend I have super hero level reflexes.

I cannot do badass flips but the point still stands. I can twirl and slide though, as long as I’m wearing socks.

Nominating for best of out-of-context comments.

If you tell them they’re only going to do something equally or more stupid in the future. If you don’t they will learn their lesson, albeit the hard way.

I may not be a great candidate for parenthood…

I’m imagining these stooge’s first day on the job being like the 9/11 terrorists taking flying lessons.

“Don’t worry too much about the details, we don’t need to know how to land.”

Great recommendation and knife user therapy in one post. Thanks!

The idea that our government is a representative democracy is a farce. The machine has too much inertia, too much power and money

Seconded. But… Sometimes the only place I can find the answer to an obscure issue I’m having is a comment on a nine year old reddit post six responses deep.

I do find it with Kagi, but I still feel dirty every time.

If they’re lying about the casualty rate then even rational people aren’t given the facts to make intelligent decisions.

I’d bet if they were told the truth no amount of incentive would get them to sign up.

My Pre and Kyocera 6035. Never forget.

I was trying to wax philosophical about what form of government is next. But, you’re right. There’s something that comes first.

The Great Experiment is over. We had a good run. Time to start thinking about what comes next.

But, but, how will we monetize it? How!?

/s

I long for the early 2k internet. So much potential positivity for humanity.

Projection. Remember they’re not that creative. It is all projection.

That is glorious. I’ve never wanted to read an entire book more.

People not getting things that seem obvious is an ongoing theme, it seems. We sat through a presentation at work by some guy who enthusiastically pitched AI to the masses. I don’t mean that’s what he did, I mean “enthusiasm” seemed to be his ONLY qualification. Aside from telling folks what buttons to press on the company’s AI app, he didn’t know SHIT. And the VP got on before and after and it was apparent that he didn’t know shit, either. Someone is whispering in these people’s ears and they’re writing fat checks, no doubt, and they haven’t a clue what an LLM is, what it is good at, nor what to be wary of. Absolutely ridiculous.

Never relax… The universe can sense when you’re content and will balance itself.