This quiz was stressful. Like, there were so many times when I knew I was being cued up for a trick question, but I still fell for it.

The most fucked up thing is that Grok does seem to have guardrails — except they’re geared towards preventing it from being “too woke”

Alex turntine faked a terrible haircut. People who loved Alex bullshitted that it looked great because they were worried about causing upset to someone who had recently attempted suicide (an understandable anxiety, but also in my experience, having people walk on eggshells around you can make things worse). This prank may have been done to try to break the tension a little, or perhaps Alex was just enjoying the absurdist humour.

I think that Linus becoming less of an abusive asshole over the years has been a positive development, but I wouldn’t mind the return of the old for this event

It is not reliable at all, and yes, it is widely considered to be psuedoscience. Yes, this is a batshit insane scenario

What the fuuuuuuuuck?

“Firms driven by transient investors act as entities independent from society entirely.”

This just made something click in my understanding of why this stuff is so awful. I feel like I already understood it before, but now I feel like that’s deeper

This is not the kind of person that the meme is poking at, but my late best friend was one of the best people I have known, and I talk shit about him all the time. It feels like being honest about his depth and complexity is a part of how I honour him; I’m firmly of the belief that if you have to lie about something in order to love it, then your love is shallow and false.

In the changelog for my solo projects, I like to trash talk past me as if it’s a multi-person project and they’re a random dumbass who made a dumb bug E.g. "Changed [thing] because some dumbass thought it’d be smart to [dumbass implementation]

It’s unclear, because the relevant official bodies insist that things are fine

“covid set me back a little socially but I’m recovering again.” Same. <Fistbump of solidarity>

I think what’s really sad about Trumpism and similar surges of right wing support in other countries is that I get where it’s coming from — many of these people were already thoroughly fucked over by things they had no choice over. And then they’re so desperate for change that they vote for things that fuck them over even harder. We need more politicians like Mamdani

Edit: typo

Damn, I didn’t know this, thanks for sharing. I am not American, and I was pretty young when Hurricane Katrina happened, so context like this is new to me. More reasons to hate Bush

How long have you been biking for you to see these changes? I.e. what is ‘lately’?

There are probably games or other media that you love that the average Stardew Valley fan wouldn’t click with. You’re not missing out, you’ve just got other stuff you enjoy.

My friend was like that. He had a lot of friends who were girls, and the way that he handled that was by putting us all in the “friend” box (he was bi, so he did the same for guys, but given that most guys are straight, that wasn’t as necessary). It was a great method until he ended up hooking up with his best friend — it was a surprise to no-one but him. He walked around looking shellshocked for a week.

All the Finns I know are delightfully weird.

Hooking up with one of the staff? Yikes

I don’t deny that you may have dodged a bullet, but I feel like the staff of a psych ward hooking up with patients is hella fucked up. Even if both people are adults, I think consent in that context is pretty dubious.

I am enjoying saying “Log back in to continue your Oral B brushing experience” in my best “customer-service/salesperson ad lady” voice. Like the kind of tone that’s so soullessly saccharine that it gives AI vibes

If I had my wallet stolen, the worst part of it would be having to renew id and stuff. It’s a lot of faff