I fully agree! This is a perfect example of how true the cliche "variety is the spice of life" can be. Novel experiences are abundant when you're young, but when you've "seen/done it all" life can become boring or perhaps feel like the movie Groundhog Day...every day the same routine, no change in schedule or behavior, no change in outcome or expectation. There's certainly comfort in routine but i find learning and trying new things to be one of the most rewarding experiences as i get older.
I'm chuckling at the idea of someone using ChatGPT, recognizing at some point that they violated the TOS and immediately stop using the app, then also reach out to OpenAI to confess and accept their punishment 🤣
Come to think of it, is that how OpenAI thought this actually works?
Lol, i might just have to take the plunge and see just how deep the cringe goes... I have a feeling this could be the beginning of a great or terrible era in my life 🎄🫠🍷
Right?! At the end of the day, they're still just people. Gotta eat, gotta sleep, gotta shit. I will never understand how any individual gets so much money/power/attention because they're all just god damn people and in the event of a catastrophe i imagine they would be about as helpful as any other random human. They aren't gods, and they certainly don't deserve the stratification. It's not like they're enlightened or something, most of the time they're just sociopaths who are rich, clever, and/or connected. When you get a glimpse under the hood at moments like this, it really is kinda jarring. Helps to dispel those silly presumptions about them at least.
We were watching those installments every day, think it started during covid if I'm not mistaken. He would always brighten up a bit when the forecast was clear, he would usually say something about "beautiful golden sunshine, all along the way" ... RIP David Lynch ♥️
This actually makes me want to watch one just to see how empty and cringe it is. Are there any particular ones that really highlight what it means to be a "Hallmark movie"?
Right? The blowback will be minimal though it makes you wonder what other kinds of initiatives they're playing around with behind the scenes... It's great they reversed it but why the fuck did they ever make it ok in the first place?!
I remember hearing stuff when i was growing up that was optimistic about the future, stuff like: "one day, machines will replace our jobs... Humans will have the time to pursue their specific interests and hobbies"
I don't think i was ever truly gullible enough to believe that's the way it would play out, and watching it unfold is just as horrifying as i imagined it could be, perhaps even moreso. All the wealth and labor savings that result from automation have only gone to the richest few that can afford to implement such technologies in the first place. They ultimately decide who benefits from all the leaps and bounds in technology and unsurprisingly it's a stunningly small group of individuals reaping all of that cost-saving and labor-saving goodness while greater and greater swaths of people are suddenly cut off from their jobs--their lifelines in the cold environment capitalism has created for us.
Remember every time someone loses their job, that also means they and their family could also be losing their health insurance, possibly have to move out of their home if they can't keep up with rent/mortgage, car payments, utilities, credit card bills, food, gas, incidental expenses, etc... prices on everything keeps going up, yet few jobs are paying enough to stay afloat. What the hell are these people supposed to do?
I fully agree! This is a perfect example of how true the cliche "variety is the spice of life" can be. Novel experiences are abundant when you're young, but when you've "seen/done it all" life can become boring or perhaps feel like the movie Groundhog Day...every day the same routine, no change in schedule or behavior, no change in outcome or expectation. There's certainly comfort in routine but i find learning and trying new things to be one of the most rewarding experiences as i get older.