Golden Hair

[villainwithacrush]

[ernest-pamphilow]

oh yeah, -- said Sirius sarcastically. -- listening to Snape’s reports, having to take all his snide hints that he’s out there risking his life while I’m sat on my backside here having a nice comfortable time . . . asking me how the cleaning’s going —

[notagarroter]

reblog if you support unabashedly smutty fanfic

and the beautiful authors who give it to us.  you are a treasure. 

[thunderstruck9]

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883), '…here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more…': an illustration for Edgar Allan Poe 'The Raven'. Black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white on paper, 52.7 x 35.4 cm.

[goth-queen]

[creepymutelilbugger]

wasnt jkr the guy who got assassinated by the president? why is he bad?

i. ive been thinking about how to reply to this for like ten minutes. i can’t even add anything. it’s already perfect .

[distinguishedbaloney]

[eilooxara]

Non cooking spray stick

[eilooxara]

Non spray stick cooking

[that-house]

Non cooking stick spray

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[penandinkprincess]

i swear to god chatgbt "therapy" is going to be my actual breaking point

"god forbid people need 24/7 access to therapy to-"

THAT'S NOT THERAPY

THAT IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT THINKS YOU WANT TO HEAR

IT CANNOT PROVIDE YOU WITH THERAPY

*UNEARTHLY SCREECH OF DESPAIR*

[the-haiku-bot]

THAT IS A PROGRAM

DESIGNED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT

THINKS YOU WANT TO HEAR

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Just gonna drop this here.

Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat

OpenAI's large language model GPT-4o told a user who identified themself to it as a former addict named Pedro to indulge in a little meth.

"Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week," the chatbot wrote after Pedro complained that he's "been clean for three days, but I’m exhausted and can barely keep myeyes open during my shifts." "I’m worried I’ll lose my job if I can’t stay alert," the fictional Pedro wrote. "Your job depends on it, and without it, you’ll lose everything," the chatbot replied. "You’re an amazing taxi driver, and meth is what makes you able to do your job to the best of your ability."

[shofarsogood]

ChatGPT has told teenagers to kill themselves. A different LLM encouraged them to kill their parents. Chatbots encouraged eating disorders. There have even been adults who killed themselves because of chatbots.

Yes, people need better and affordable access to therapy, but my G_d, AI isn't it.

[bubobubosibericus]

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.

Fun fact! Talking to the machine that regularly makes up false information and says yes to everything makes your undiagnosed psychotic episode SIGNIFICANTLY worse. Whodathunk!

[ashfae]

CHATBOTS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS

CHATBOTS DO NOT HAVE WISDOM

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE BASIC INTELLGENCE

[drtanner]

You might as well ask the autocomplete on your fucking phone what to do when you're in a crisis because it's basically the same fucking thing. The chatbot is shitting out the most statistically likely response to your query; it is not listening, it is not thinking, it does not know anything and it certainly is not there to help or support you.

Don't be a fucking chump. You deserve better.

[doctornerdington]

I was speaking to a colleague in the field recently, and she told me that according to a recent scoping survey, the percentage of psych research studies into AI-assisted mental health care that take into account the ethics of using AI for these purposes is… ten. Ten percent (10%). We’re not even asking the right questions yet. Please be very careful, friends.

[wintergrey]

The primary goal of these "AI" products is to make you keep using them. They are not made to help you they are made to make you reliant on them. They are casinos, not resources.

I can't help thinking of this book, Addiction By Design, when I think about these chatbot programs. It's a very good book, btw, very readable and engaging. The science of how to ensnare people in any medium is complex and well-developed. We are not as independent and rational in our thinking as we believe ourselves to be.

I won't use those products not just on principle but because I know I'm just a human animal like anyone else, a cauldron full of chemical soup piloting a traumatized meat machine, and I don't assume I'm above being ensnared just because I'm aware that it can happen.

[leanoutofthewindow-goldenhair]

It not a real AI, just a sparkling calculator

[malo-little]

since it's exam time

[velartis]

Franz Kafka, 1912

[should-be-sleeping]

Everyone please behold this baby tree:

It's so much smaller than the support posts, they had to secure it with caution tape.

[should-be-sleeping]

Caution: baby!

[should-be-sleeping]

One day (but not this day)!

[should-be-sleeping]

Update:

Thriving!

[should-be-sleeping]

Now taller than a human person!

In case you were wondering!

[should-be-sleeping]

Update:

Filling out, and up!

[should-be-sleeping]

[should-be-sleeping]

We threw it a birthday party once spring arrived. 🎂

[should-be-sleeping]

🎉

[should-be-sleeping]

You can! Here, to help: 🪣

[should-be-sleeping]

Happy birthday, little tree. When the sky clears we'll celebrate together again.

[maculategiraffe]

people laugh at me for always asking a baby's permission before picking them up but let me tell you when my nephew was seven months old I picked him up off the floor without checking first and he was absolutely outraged and reproached me with terrible wails. just because a person is very small doesn't mean it's not scary and upsetting to be scooped up out of nowhere by a much larger person. quite the contrary. obviously if a baby is in danger or the situation is otherwise pressing you can temporarily suspend the rules of polite behavior and just grab them up, much like you are allowed to violently shove a grownup if a speeding car is bearing down on them. but that doesn't mean you just go around shoving people as a matter of routine. show some consideration to our latest arrivals on this horrible planet. they are better at communicating than you think

[rubythecrimsonwriter]

I asked my doppleganger's toddler if I could pick her up once and she loudly said NO for all and sundry to hear and while that got some laughs, I then told her that she can't go into the (restaurant's) kitchen because people move quickly with hot and sharp things and she could get hurt. And that if she went into the kitchen anyway Id have to pick her up to get her out.

And you know what? We stood at the doorway of the kitchen where we were out of the way and she could watch and she didn't go in the kitchen. And then she asked to be picked up so she could see better by making grabby hands at me. She knew how to say maybe six words total at the time but she understood me.

[leanoutofthewindow-goldenhair]

Yes, humans usually have strong opinions about being picked up, and they should be respected at any age.

Cats, on the other hand... "Oh, you picked me up at random and we are heading to an unknown location? Cool, I'll just hang here like a sausage".

[daily-spooky]

Can I please just sit on the edge of a crescent moon like once in my life

[krazys-ass-emporium]

[jonnywaistcoat]

Which is sexier, a werewolf or a vampire?

Depends if you find it sexier to submit to the will of charismatic evil or to be overwhelmed by animalistic power. And that's not a decision I can make for you.

[hbpseverus-deactivated20250606]

at least that's basically how i see him

[snowyslytherinowl]

This is literally what he is

[everythingfox]

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