Work in a capitalist society is (near-)unilaterally a partial theft of your labor. Your bosses owe you far more than you owe them. Don’t work any harder than you have to.

Something really nasty, like hand_holding, I’m guessing

Yep. Pretty sure it’s just inertia/network effect at this point.

First one reminded me of this:

“Didjya hear about the school dance that had to be canceled due to the thunderstorm? It was an electrically-erasable PROM.”

It’s like I’ve always said, “The best time to build a nuclear power plant is fifty years ago.”

To be clear, I have like… three? extremely popular AURs installed - I’m definitely not in the habit of grabbing random stuff.

I usually do, but I don’t really know what I should be looking for. What are some red flags?

Panel ordering is way too confusing. It’s fairly clear at the top, and the arrows at the end(?) help, but the rest is a bit of a mess.

Or The Host (2006)

Why is it raptor-specific?

For the Jurassic Park reference, probably

Would you prefer I brought up:

• The excessive use of fresh water?
• The further upwards accumulation of wealth?
• The effects on the cost of energy in communities near data centers?
• The increased air pollution in communities near data centers powered by on-site gernators?

You can’t just argue against one issue and brush aside the others. From my point of view, use of generative AI borders on indefensible.

An ugly logo made by a human wasn’t made by stealing from artists and disproportionately contributing to a climate crisis.

eta a qualifier I had assumed would be unnecessary…

If you don’t like the logo just say so.

That’s literally what I did.

I guess if you spend enough time chatting with sparkling autocomplete you forget how real conversations work.

Ditch the AI slop logo, please.

“oops, I accidentally bought a planet”

Nuh-uh, it was me!

Good-looking person, usually dressed and/or posing provocatively. Often includes engagement-bait-type caption.

Compared to good writing?

I’m sorry, I missed the part where its a tradeoff.

Also, what makes a same-sex relationship “out-of-place”? Gay people exist everywhere, my dude.

DEI is a good thing, actually.

“In 2026, the job market is tough. AI plunged us all into economic despair” (itself exaggerated, and a play on the typical “AI doomer” clickbait articles […])

The choice to frame this with parody is a bit problematic, though, since it makes it sound like your piece agrees that the economic issues are wildly overblown. They are somewhat, of course, but it’s also a very difficult time for many people.

I can see how your reading of the article is valid. I’ll sleep on it and see if I can do something about it.

Thank you for the acknowledgement. Maybe I’m over-identifying with your character, but the piece hit me pretty hard in a bad way. Your empathy is really appreciated.