lol

i started to read your response, and then i remembered i can’t trust the degree to which you authored it.

i’m not interested.

i’m sure ups and fedex will cough it right up when i ask!

“authorship is when i make a few edits and sign my name to slop”

if you have willingly handed over your primary writing tool to a machine (for which there is no real meaning, association, appreciation, or delight in words), it is difficult for me to take your commitment to writing or “authorship” seriously.

i purchase stuff from overseas sellers. i definitely paid tariffs this year.

that’s bullshit.

i grew up in the 80s, i was a latchkey kid and i had a tv in my room and in the living room. but there were no screens to hand to me while driving, shopping, attending social or family functions. if i was bored somewhere, my options were to engage, explore, observe, read, or draw.

i think there is something fundamentally different about the relationship cultivated between small people and small, ever - present screens than the large stationary box we had at home.

this is what i’m talking about. i watched A LOT of tv, but there were no tablets to shove at me while shopping or traveling. is the portable screens available to or pushed on kids 24-7 that seems fundamentally different to me than what i experienced as a kid.

yeah, but those of us who grew up on tv didn’t have ubiquitous access to screens either.

prolly don’t want to be working this thing (in a blue and black uniform, no less) when it’s 115f and humid either

look up gut-brain axis and mental health for some new insights

i loved him in that, and i was so disappointed about his performance in dune - i think he was miscast. would have switched him and Brolin for a better fit.

i mean, it was a fair question. edit - the original question

cotton swabs?

this is also why i started buying physical books and using my local public library again.

"We received chat logs directly from people who self-identified as having some psychological harm related to chatbot usage (e.g. they felt deluded) via an IRB-approved Qualtrics survey "

(courtesy of Murvyn)

they want you to donate but they don’t require it to view articles.

thanks, Shit Wizard 420!

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