• sweatersocialist [comrade/them]
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    2 hours ago

    any time i see one of these memes i just picture him saying “so let me get this gay….” because boomers always start these memes with “so let me get this straight…”

  • Guamer [she/her]
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    6 hours ago

    10 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs and Bob Hope...

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    "But China also makes these treats and generates pollution, so you can't criticize this treat. This especially applies to treat printers." smuglord

    • buckykat [none/use name]
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      5 hours ago

      China using treat printers: Trump/Biden Yi Jian Mei duet, cool and funny

      amerikkka using treat printers: inventing a bra to show on a picture of a conference presenter, cringe and creepy

      • SadArtemis [she/her]
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        5 hours ago

        Also China using LLMs: kind, caring AI companions for lonely people, and helpful AI guides

        AmeriKKKa with LLMs: Nazi 4chan chatbots and gooner companions

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          5 hours ago

          LLMs are tools and tools can be useful.

          In Burgerland, the tools are used (and overused to the point of environmental ruin) by tools.

          • SadArtemis [she/her]
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            4 hours ago

            I agree, they are tools. But they're as useful as the material they're trained on... which so far in the west has meant the curated ones spew lib talking pieces, and the fully open ones immediately become Nazis

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              4 hours ago

              I was trying to be generous to the fucking things, which can be hard considering what techbros and proselytizers say about them.

              • SadArtemis [she/her]
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                3 hours ago

                No problem, honestly I find it more hilarious than not. By their brainrot, in every space/context/niche, the west is sowing the seeds of its own obsolescence (IMO). Would be better if not, just like it would be better if we all didn't have to live amongst the mess, but at least "evil will not win" or whatever (in contrast to China's ever-increasing triumphs, and the development of other nations of the global south).

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        5 hours ago

        I assume there's some restrictions on the damn things in China, or at least a focus on using them meaningfully instead of playing "Mirror Mirror On The Wall" and making janky videos of Emilia Clarke's likeness (against the actress' will, just like in the show's production) DJing le epic dance parties in MurderFuckLand.

  • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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    6 hours ago

    The only Funko pops I own were given to me as gifts by people who had no idea what to give and this is the only acceptable reason to have one.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      6 hours ago

      Yep

      Most of them are plug ugly

      The Pikachu one my coworker got me as a secret Santa gift holds sentimental value