jsomae

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I'm confused. You are now agreeing that you wanted to see how much. But then why did you say this:

I knew from the title that Grokipedia would be garbage.

Why do we need to know how much it stinks?

Well, the sidebar says this:

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype

It seems to me like making a post exploring just how bad exactly grokipedia is should fit here? Am I mistaken? What is even the point of this community if this is not a good fit?

Sure. But my point is, If a human wrote this, I'd say it's a poor editing choice to include this information on an article about an athlete. Perhaps if she had a publicly-documented stroke then this could be relevant (albeit still quite speculative). But it's not even relevant.

in fairness, I would say Conservapedia is even worse than Grokipedia. I can barely read any random paragraph of Conservapedia without wanting to destroy my internet connection. Grokipedia at least has lucid sections, an opiate to mask the hideousness.

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The lever can reduce the speed of the trolley depending on which way you turn it, but regardless the trolley will gradually accelerate either way.

I dislike personifying landlords just like I dislike personifying greedy corporations. It's the system which is broken, and entities which act in greedy self-interest are merely a symptom.

This state of affairs is not especially surprising -- if it were the popular belief that violence is justified to change society in some particular way, then society would already be changed in that way. Just like how no stock on the market can be widely seen as undervalued.

This is why class consciousness is important.

Oh, don't get me wrong. For these particular people, since they're my political opponents, I am glad that we can pounce on this slip-up that they made and get them cancelled. I just don't think there's anything objectively wrong with making politically incorrect jokes, and it'd be a double standard for me to think it'd permissible only if they were politicians I liked.

Of course, in 2025, we don't really have the luxury of trying to apply a consistent standard to our opponents. These days it seems like we have to take what we can get when it comes to political warfare. (/genuine, in case there was doubt.)

BTW, stop it with the all-caps or I'll block you.

I don't think it's possible, within the context of a private chat, to take any particular string of words and declare them verboten. What matters is the context and meaning. If it's ironic or sarcastic? I don't really find it especially problematic personally.

My larger concern is more with the gradual erosion of irony which happens in some groups. I think this happens more on public forums and in large groups, say 4chan, than in private chats, but I don't have access to large numbers of private chats, so I can't know.

tbh I don't especially care if people want to make politically incorrect jokes in their private chats. Obviously, not wise for a politician to do so. But my friends and I have made politically incorrect jokes in private that obviously don't reflect our actual beliefs. For instance, I am queer, and I make queer jokes all the fucking time for example, but never with strangers.