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Rachel, Kansas

[animentality]

[true-bean]

You guys are never gonna fucking believe what it’s actually called

[elfgrove]

[jackscarab]

They can try, and spend absurd amounts of money, and they might even make absurd amounts of money back, but we all know the real metric of cultural relevance.

[juicetrump2]

[striving-artist]

Another layer of fun. The first time I applied for a passport I was told my birth certificate was fake. It was the original. Literally the same piece of paper. But the state that issued it used to do half pages, so the government in other states, and then, the federal government wouldn’t accept it as real.

I had to get a new copy of it, which required a separate process, so I could then reapply for the passport. At one point they misplaced my submitted documents so there was a couple extra weeks. And then the earliest passport appt was like 9 weeks out.

If you changed any part of your name for any reason — Did your parent remarry and changed your name when you were little? — go start the process. You have no idea how many hoops it takes.

I don’t know if this will be in place. I don’t know if there will be another election. Start this process anyway. Right now.

[addamatic]

FYI - if you were born on the rez, this is also probably how they feel about your birth certificate. I had to get mine reissued because I had a “certificate of live birth” not a birth certificate. Even if you are SURE you won’t be impacted, you should check.

Fwiw - the process of getting a birth certificate was at least pretty straightforward

[reasonablywittyatbest]

Whenever I think about students using AI, I think about an essay I did in high school. Now see, we were reading The Grapes of Wrath, and I just couldn't do it. I got 25 pages in and my brain refused to read any more. I hated it. And its not like I hate the classics, I loved English class and I loved reading. I had even enjoyed Of Mice and Men, which I had read for fun. For some reason though, I absolutely could NOT read The Grapes of Wrath.

And it turned out I also couldn't watch the movie. I fell asleep in class both days we were watching it.

This, of course, meant I had to cheat on my essay.

And I got an A.

The essay was to compare the book and the movie and discuss the changes and how that affected the story.

Well it turned out Sparknotes had an entire section devoted to comparing and contrasting the book and the movie. Using that, and flipping to pages mentioned in Sparknotes to read sections of the book, I was able to bullshit an A paper.

But see the thing is, that this kind of 'cheating' still takes skills, you still learn things.

I had to know how to find the information I needed, I needed to be able to comprehend what sparknotes was saying and the analysis they did, I needed to know how to USE the information I read there to write an essay, I needed to know how to make sure none of it was marked as plagerized. I had to form an opinion on the sparknotes analysis so I could express my own opinions in the essay.

Was it cheating? Yeah, I didn't read the book or watch the movie. I used Sparknotes. It was a lot less work than if I had read the book and watched the movie and done it all myself.

The thing is though, I still had to use my fucking brain. Being able to bullshit an essay like that is a skill in and of itself that is useful. I exercised important skills, and even if it wasnt the intended way I still learned.

ChatGTP and other AI do not give that experience to people, people have to do nothing and gain nothing from it.

Using AI is absolutely different from other ways students have cheated in the past, and I stand by my opinion that its making students dumber, more helpless, and less capable.

However you feel about higher education, I think its undeniable that students using chatgtp is to their detriment. And by extension a detriment to anyone they work with or anyone who has to rely on them for something.

[classycookiexo]

[homeofhousechickens]

[guerrillatech]

[i-add-sources]

Post is unavailable on X but still shows up in google search results and has been archived:

The tweet in question was in response to this image (quote twt visible in archive):

He is campaigning for governor.

This is true and happened July 25, 2025.

[larklatroy]

Call him out. Hound him. Don't let the little Nazi get a moments rest. Keep the pressure on and drive him back under the slime covered rock he crawled out from.

[hubblegleeflower]

California gubernatorial candidate posted '0% unemployment plan' featuring image of Auschwitz

The aspiring politician, Kyle Langford, added, "My German Ancestors smile upon me."

[interestingtimesss]

California gubernatorial candidate posted '0% unemployment plan' featuring image of Auschwitz

The aspiring politician, Kyle Langford, added, "My German Ancestors smile upon me."

[moniquill]

It is very important that Kyle Langford be prevented from ever gaining any kind of executive power over anyone, ever. This man shouldn't be able to get middle management in retail, let alone government.

Make this man unemployable.

[librarycards]

anyone want to play tigers with me. kill and maim then flop around with our big Paws

[librarycards]

this could be us after a long day of killing

[herowyn]

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[frankenfran]

realtalk: i can’t wait for AI to get better to the point where you can have a legit conversation with your computer or phone just for the heck of it imagine how innocent they’d be, and like they don’t know what swearing is until you teach them then they go overboard with it like a child and hhHHHG

[frankenfran]

[aquilacalvitium]

For those without timestamps the original post was made in 2014

[sexybritishllama]

the secret to organising any kind of trip with your friends is to become the benevolent dictator. do NOT wait for everyone to provide a consensus on things before you book anything. do it and then ask for feedback after. do not ask people what they would like to do just tell them what is happening and let them all nod along like the sheep they are. this is the ONLY way to coordinate a group of adults in their 20s/30s

[depsidase]

[enki2]

[moldavite]

okay. enough jokes. i'd like to take shelter in the warmth of your gaze now

[messygoku]

and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

[queen-of-hearts92]

Important addition:

[bundibird]

Reminder that "separating the art from the artist" is a sentiment that only works when the artist is dead and no longer profiting off the work in question.

JKR is still very much alive and very much openly devoted to spending as much of her money on efforts that increase transphobia. You cannot separate this artist from this art, because she is heartily using funds from that art to fund hate groups.

Do not watch it. Do not pirate it. Do not talk about it. Have nothing to do with it whatsoever.

[leighlew3]

[neuroticpantomime]

Diet culture is hilarious and rad actually

[redpandarascal]

rethink your weekend. Harder liquor on an emptier stomach is just what you need. Trust me, I’m a doctor.

[thebirdandhersong]

Absolutely horrid that a 10hr sleep does not cure you of all that ails you

[yourshittylaptop]

But mayhaps 11 hours will cure me?