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This sounds just believable enough that I’m willing to take you at your word and allow this whimsically joyful mirth to infuse itself upon my day. Thank you.

Make sure to check the contribution rules. Some projects don’t allow LLM code!

Well, that’s Reddit…

Yeah, this I would totally agree with.

Oh man… I mean, I thought everyone knew about Linux at least. Firefox, I mean, maybe yeah I’ve definitely met people that don’t know about Firefox, but I think a lot of people have at least heard of Linux. No? Damn…

Is the average person unaware of Linux and Firefox?!

See, if it was called “Epic Furry” instead, everyone in Iran would be a fox by now.

Oh, it’s supposed to look like a man with a beard?! What’s the 3rd reference? I guess it kind of looks like the yin and yang symbol, but I doubt that’s it.

I realise the icon is a fox, but from a distance it looks like a man with a beard…

Poignant!

Most of whom use Linux! /j

Hyperconsumerism is a plague.

Happiness isn’t in the next console, or a better computer, or having all the music at your fingertips, al the knowledge you could ever want at the click of a button, food from anywhere at any time, commodities and convenience without a second-thought.

Happiness is being safe and healthy, surrounded by people you love in harmony with each other and the environment. Happiness is having the time and the means to pursue your interests, time to relax and take it slow, time to think.

I’m not sure we need saving, frankly. While there is much wrong, I think much of it is of our own making, and we could all pursue happiness instead, and I think there are ways to achieve it.

Minimalism… That’s a bit of a nebulous term. I think it’s easy to see the err of this culture obsessed with having it all and swing the whole other way, rejecting anything that can’t be thoroughly justified. There could be a balance. I’m not sure it’s minimalism that can save us, though yes, it does decrease dependency on much of the system. If you reject the system, as you probably should, then I suppose there’s some merit to that. I’m not sure. Just my thoughts.

Well, surely it’s not sarcasm, right? If it is sarcasm, then the AI really can use sarcasm, so being sarcastic about that would be silly?

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lol

It’s how it goes pretty much every time someone claims any LLM is sentient.

Haven’t even read the post, but I assume it’s this:

Thanks for the reply.

That sounds… Not great, let’s say!

I wasn’t aware of all that o.o I was aware of January 6th, which was very absurd, actually. I had almost completely forgotten about it, though.

the democrats are as weak and unpopular as ever, unwilling to mount the type of popular reform, and build and run a political machine, that could take it from them, even as their succession fight might be the last chance before the fix is in too tight.

There’s this thing people say, you know: “the other party” is evil, “my party” is stupid. Not saying you’re a Democrat, necessarily, though I suppose you may not really have a choice in the matter, considering you seem to want to avoid the Republican takeover. Reasonably.

I mean, what can I say?! Support the policies you believe in and support the candidates that espouse them; Firmly reject and argue against the policies that will harm the country. Is there anything else?

I’m not American, and frankly American politics aren’t exactly what I’m most worried about or interested in at any given time… Sorry for my ignorance.

All I’ve heard about is that there was some gerrymandering thing going on with trying to make new red districts, namely in Texas, while the Democrats retaliated by trying to make some new blue districts, namely in California. Surely that’s not what you mean? Seems to be that they’re trying to stack the horrendous system Americans have in their favour, but I wouldn’t call that rigging elections. Do you maybe mean the thing with voter registration and needing an ID to vote?

If there is some rigging going on, I would actually be interested to know LOL I remember hearing about the voting machines being rigged, but I thought that was a Republican conspiracy.

The US is fixing their elections? I feel I would’ve heard of this…

Tech gives them new tools to control the populations.

Well, this is certainly a concern, at least.

Well, I don’t know your life, so I can’t really say… If that is the case, however, that’s truly a shame.

In my case, it’s hard to say. At my age, my parents were living extremely frugally, though, admittedly, so am I. I have some better things lined up, though, working on my education and such… I hope to surpass my parents in terms of life quality, eventually.