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Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later
its 2026 i cannot handle any more fucking "author A obviously ripped off author B" discourse by people Who Have Only Seen the work of author B and admit themselves that they have no further knowledge of the literary landscape they are moving in. like.
Perfecting Comedy: Lessons Learned from one KPDH Fic.
Hi everyone! I’m back with another lesson learned. This time it’s breaking down comedy in fics! Fair warning, I am not formally trained in any form of comedy but I am pretty knowledgeable about fanfiction and what makes certain fanfics funny.
Today, in honor of Kay Day, we’re going to be discussing one of the funniest KPDH fics: Wolfish Behavior! Written by Kayross. (@kayr0ss) This entire fic is hilarious, but by dissecting one scene we can see some elements of how to make your comedy really work.
So, basic context. Rumi is a werewolf. And has an at home vet appointment with her doctor, Zoey. Since dogs can’t open the door, she needs a human there to interact with Zoey. Her planned human, Jinu, couldn’t make it. So she calls her neighbor, Mira, who is also a client for Zoey.
Mira owns a bunch of cats, and knows Rumi by this point.
There’s a few key facts that really allow future situations to shine:
Rumi is not familiar with dogs, never having owned or been around one. Due to being a werewolf.
Mira is not familiar with dogs, but is with cats.
Zoey is familiar with dogs.
The main comedy from this scene comes from Kayross contrasting what everyone knows and doesn’t know to create disbelief between the characters, at which the audience can laugh at both the disbelief itself but also the character’s reactions. We can see this early on, when Mira arrives.
- "Do I need to feed her?" "Oh, no," Rumi's halfway out the door. "She had lunch already! Um, surf and turf, I believe?" Mira's probably making an obviously confused expression because Rumi starts waving her hands and goes: "It's a kibble flavor." They make surf and turf flavored dog food? "Very good for dog nutrition." "Okay."
-
This joke is really funny, but why? Mira and Rumi both know nothing about dogs. Rumi is the dog so just says whatever she had for lunch.
This is already funny because obviously a dog shouldn’t have fucking surf and turf.
What elevates it is that Mira barely knows anything about dogs. She knows enough to know it sounds wrong, but believes the “Kibble” excuse.
The main “joke” here isn’t that Rumi thinks dogs eat Surf and Turf, or that Rumi accidentally revealed her own lunch. The main joke is that Mira believed her, which is absurd. Since any audience member knows dogs shouldn’t eat surf and turf. This pattern continues for the entire chapter, Kay stacks unexpected reveals and interactions on top of themselves to reach an even more absurd conclusion.
This may seem obvious, but think about what didn’t happen.
A pretty common crutch for people writing comedy is to write arguments. They’re easy to write. Kay could’ve designed the scene where the joke is Rumi arguing with Mira over what flavors of kibble exist. Or Mira arguing that Muri shouldn’t be eating that. But, this would be out of character for both of them, and I don’t think it would be funnier than the conclusion.
These are two very silly women being kind of dumb, and I find that so much funnier. It’s also important to mention the concept of a straightman. A lot of times in comedy, you have a serious, non jokester character. Normally the most qualified one who can point out the wacky situations as contrast. If someone is acting a fool, you kind of need someone to point out that they’re acting a fool. Kay does something really smart here- the straightman evolves. It starts out as Mira. Rumi is acting a fool, and Mira is the confused one. But then Mira believes this wolf is a dog, and Zoey arrives. Now Zoey is the Mira looks oddly proud of her. "I think she can add, too. One plus one?”
Muri baps the floor with a paw twice. “One plus two?” She does it thrice. “What the fuck.” Zoey whispers. “What’s next? The square root of nine?” Muri hesitates—then taps the floor thrice. “What the fuck.”
straightman and Mira is the fool. Then, Jinu arrives, who actually knows Rumi is a dog, which feels kind of obvious. Now, Zoey is the fool. And Jinu is the straightman! There’s this evolving ladder of Rumi is more absurd than Mira, who is more absurd than Zoey, who is more absurd with Jinu. And notice how that’s the order these characters enter the scene? Kay keeps the scene fresh (and funny) by evolving who is the idiot at any given moment. Of course, the ultimate joke is that they’re all gay idiots.
Moving on, Rumi rushes to the bottom of the stairs to loop back into her room. Mira makes herself comfortable. The joke here is the conflicting tones. Mira being nonchalant and relaxed, slightly awkward in this home that isn’t hers. And Rumi is panicking. This is almost slapstick, you can picture a movie scene rapidly cutting back and forth between Rumi running and Mira sitting doing nothing. The humor here is in the contrast. It’s not laugh out loud funny (like Kibble), but it is a background level of funny that keeps the pacing and primes the reader for the upcoming absurdity. An appetizer, if you will.
The changing povs get shorter and shorter, making tension. At this point in the story, Mira walking in on a naked Rumi is not out of the question. It would be funny! But Rumi makes it, gets undressed, and transforms.
The humor here, as said before, is that neither of these fucking idiots know what a dog is. Mira sees a whole ass wolf and shrugs. The humor here is especially complimented by Mira’s internal dialogue:
“For starters—she kind of doesn't look like a dog? Mira's no expert though, and she can hardly imagine what else Muri might be if not a dog. She's got a muzzle, paws, adorable ears, and a tail. Standard dog ingredients in a typical dog arrangement—so probably a dog. Maybe one of those strange, lesser-known kinds. Dr. Choi would probably know better.” One, points for reminding the audience about Zoey and foreshadowing the future humor. Two, “standard dog ingredients” is really funny.
The next few lines are more plot and character focused than humor focused, besides the ironic humor of Mira recognizing intelligence and talking about “Your mom” right in front of Muri’s mom.
Now that Mira’s dumbassery is fully established, Zoey enters!
Small note, I love the difference in prose here. “Zoey’s hyped up” is perfect to prime us to her mind. Kay (and lots of talented authors, Ev does this really well too) makes it obvious which pov you’re reading without names just by the things they notice, the pacing of their thoughts, how they react to things.
“Okay. So. The first thing Zoey notices about Rumi's dog is that it's not a fucking dog.”
Notice what I said earlier? Zoey is now the straightman, to play off of Mira, who is the fool. Poor Mira, trying to defend Rumi and her own ego.
The humor of this scene is the audience knowing that Muri isn’t a dog, she’s a wolf. And a human. Versus Zoey and Mira debating over what the fuck she is. Zoey’s internal panic is just extra to even further push the humor. But still, Kay doesn’t make them argue! Zoey’s frustrated, but pushes that towards someone who can’t currently argue back. Except the sad little baby face (which is another subversion! Rumi doesn’t try to argue or disagree, she’s just… pathetically sad.)
Now, the funniest part of the chapter happens. I think. Mira revealing that Muri is “trained.”
- “Zoey whips her head around to stare at Mira. "She can do what?" "Look," Mira holds out her hand. "Muri—shake hands?" Muri somehow stares at Mira with a deadpan expression, sighs, then dutifully lifts up her heavy paw and gently places it atop Mira's palm. They shake on it. "Other hand?" Muri executes it flawlessly.”
- This is funny because we know Rumi is a human, so the deadpan expression and sigh are funny as fuck. Especially picturing Human Rumi doing this. But the added layer is Mira’s insistence and Zoey’s disbelief.
Here’s the setup, from a rational/normal pov.
Zoey is an expert in animals. She knows its a wolf. Mira is not an expert. She knows Rumi is trained.
Muri can perfectly execute commands.
So the absurdity of the situation is an accomplished vet being proven wrong by Mira and Rumi. And Kay doubles down in the best possible way.
Mira looks oddly proud of her. "I think she can add, too. One plus one?” Muri baps the floor with a paw twice. “One plus two?” She does it thrice. “What the fuck.” Zoey whispers. “What’s next? The square root of nine?” Muri hesitates—then taps the floor thrice. “What the fuck.”
Rumi is an idiot for thinking dogs can do math and not just staring at them.
Mira is an idiot for thinking this wolf is a dog and can do math.
Zoey is an idiot for finding these two attractive enough to put up with this bullshit. They’re all being idiots! And that’s the humor of it. These are three characters we know are rational, intelligent, smart. And they’re all acting like fucking idiots in a believable way based on what we know about them.
The scene continues and is still fucking funny, but the humor itself doesn’t change form too much. They’re all still idiots.
The next evolution of the humor is when our new straightman arrives! Zoey is thoroughly a fool at this point, deluding herself into thinking Muri is a dog and doing the inspection. So of course, a character that knows what the audience knows, finally enters. Jinu. And Kay doubles down again. She adds a new element of humor by making Mira fucking despise him.
The humor shifts into mainly focusing on how Jinu knows, Muri knows, but the other two don’t know.
Not much to say here, it’s pretty obvious why its funny. Rumi being distressed at anyone implying she’s in a relationship with Jinu but can’t prove she’s not.
The chapter ends with more plot and character work.
So the humor here was focused around idiots and experts, conflicting off each other, and the scene continually evolving who is the idiot and who is the expert. Notice how it wasn’t just 5k words of arguments. It wasn’t quips, “Erm, that just happened.” or puns. It wasn’t out of character. And, the plot still moved during the humor and around it! I could say sooooo much more about this fic, but. Go read it! Not just the humor is excellent. The pacing, the prose, the characterization, god. It’s amazing, really.
Seriously, if you want your fics to be funnier, read this. Great, great lessons.
Perfecting Comedy: Lessons Learned from one KPDH Fic.
Hi everyone! I’m back with another lesson learned. This time it’s breaking down comedy in fics! Fair warning, I am not formally trained in any form of comedy but I am pretty knowledgeable about fanfiction and what makes certain fanfics funny.
Today, in honor of Kay Day, we’re going to be discussing one of the funniest KPDH fics: Wolfish Behavior! Written by Kayross. (@kayr0ss) This entire fic is hilarious, but by dissecting one scene we can see some elements of how to make your comedy really work.
So, basic context. Rumi is a werewolf. And has an at home vet appointment with her doctor, Zoey. Since dogs can’t open the door, she needs a human there to interact with Zoey. Her planned human, Jinu, couldn’t make it. So she calls her neighbor, Mira, who is also a client for Zoey.
Mira owns a bunch of cats, and knows Rumi by this point.
There’s a few key facts that really allow future situations to shine:
Rumi is not familiar with dogs, never having owned or been around one. Due to being a werewolf.
Mira is not familiar with dogs, but is with cats.
Zoey is familiar with dogs.
The main comedy from this scene comes from Kayross contrasting what everyone knows and doesn’t know to create disbelief between the characters, at which the audience can laugh at both the disbelief itself but also the character’s reactions. We can see this early on, when Mira arrives.
- "Do I need to feed her?" "Oh, no," Rumi's halfway out the door. "She had lunch already! Um, surf and turf, I believe?" Mira's probably making an obviously confused expression because Rumi starts waving her hands and goes: "It's a kibble flavor." They make surf and turf flavored dog food? "Very good for dog nutrition." "Okay."
-
This joke is really funny, but why? Mira and Rumi both know nothing about dogs. Rumi is the dog so just says whatever she had for lunch.
This is already funny because obviously a dog shouldn’t have fucking surf and turf.
What elevates it is that Mira barely knows anything about dogs. She knows enough to know it sounds wrong, but believes the “Kibble” excuse.
The main “joke” here isn’t that Rumi thinks dogs eat Surf and Turf, or that Rumi accidentally revealed her own lunch. The main joke is that Mira believed her, which is absurd. Since any audience member knows dogs shouldn’t eat surf and turf. This pattern continues for the entire chapter, Kay stacks unexpected reveals and interactions on top of themselves to reach an even more absurd conclusion.
This may seem obvious, but think about what didn’t happen.
A pretty common crutch for people writing comedy is to write arguments. They’re easy to write. Kay could’ve designed the scene where the joke is Rumi arguing with Mira over what flavors of kibble exist. Or Mira arguing that Muri shouldn’t be eating that. But, this would be out of character for both of them, and I don’t think it would be funnier than the conclusion.
These are two very silly women being kind of dumb, and I find that so much funnier. It’s also important to mention the concept of a straightman. A lot of times in comedy, you have a serious, non jokester character. Normally the most qualified one who can point out the wacky situations as contrast. If someone is acting a fool, you kind of need someone to point out that they’re acting a fool. Kay does something really smart here- the straightman evolves. It starts out as Mira. Rumi is acting a fool, and Mira is the confused one. But then Mira believes this wolf is a dog, and Zoey arrives. Now Zoey is the Mira looks oddly proud of her. "I think she can add, too. One plus one?”
Muri baps the floor with a paw twice. “One plus two?” She does it thrice. “What the fuck.” Zoey whispers. “What’s next? The square root of nine?” Muri hesitates—then taps the floor thrice. “What the fuck.”
straightman and Mira is the fool. Then, Jinu arrives, who actually knows Rumi is a dog, which feels kind of obvious. Now, Zoey is the fool. And Jinu is the straightman! There’s this evolving ladder of Rumi is more absurd than Mira, who is more absurd than Zoey, who is more absurd with Jinu. And notice how that’s the order these characters enter the scene? Kay keeps the scene fresh (and funny) by evolving who is the idiot at any given moment. Of course, the ultimate joke is that they’re all gay idiots.
Moving on, Rumi rushes to the bottom of the stairs to loop back into her room. Mira makes herself comfortable. The joke here is the conflicting tones. Mira being nonchalant and relaxed, slightly awkward in this home that isn’t hers. And Rumi is panicking. This is almost slapstick, you can picture a movie scene rapidly cutting back and forth between Rumi running and Mira sitting doing nothing. The humor here is in the contrast. It’s not laugh out loud funny (like Kibble), but it is a background level of funny that keeps the pacing and primes the reader for the upcoming absurdity. An appetizer, if you will.
The changing povs get shorter and shorter, making tension. At this point in the story, Mira walking in on a naked Rumi is not out of the question. It would be funny! But Rumi makes it, gets undressed, and transforms.
The humor here, as said before, is that neither of these fucking idiots know what a dog is. Mira sees a whole ass wolf and shrugs. The humor here is especially complimented by Mira’s internal dialogue:
“For starters—she kind of doesn't look like a dog? Mira's no expert though, and she can hardly imagine what else Muri might be if not a dog. She's got a muzzle, paws, adorable ears, and a tail. Standard dog ingredients in a typical dog arrangement—so probably a dog. Maybe one of those strange, lesser-known kinds. Dr. Choi would probably know better.” One, points for reminding the audience about Zoey and foreshadowing the future humor. Two, “standard dog ingredients” is really funny.
The next few lines are more plot and character focused than humor focused, besides the ironic humor of Mira recognizing intelligence and talking about “Your mom” right in front of Muri’s mom.
Now that Mira’s dumbassery is fully established, Zoey enters!
Small note, I love the difference in prose here. “Zoey’s hyped up” is perfect to prime us to her mind. Kay (and lots of talented authors, Ev does this really well too) makes it obvious which pov you’re reading without names just by the things they notice, the pacing of their thoughts, how they react to things.
“Okay. So. The first thing Zoey notices about Rumi's dog is that it's not a fucking dog.”
Notice what I said earlier? Zoey is now the straightman, to play off of Mira, who is the fool. Poor Mira, trying to defend Rumi and her own ego.
The humor of this scene is the audience knowing that Muri isn’t a dog, she’s a wolf. And a human. Versus Zoey and Mira debating over what the fuck she is. Zoey’s internal panic is just extra to even further push the humor. But still, Kay doesn’t make them argue! Zoey’s frustrated, but pushes that towards someone who can’t currently argue back. Except the sad little baby face (which is another subversion! Rumi doesn’t try to argue or disagree, she’s just… pathetically sad.)
Now, the funniest part of the chapter happens. I think. Mira revealing that Muri is “trained.”
- “Zoey whips her head around to stare at Mira. "She can do what?" "Look," Mira holds out her hand. "Muri—shake hands?" Muri somehow stares at Mira with a deadpan expression, sighs, then dutifully lifts up her heavy paw and gently places it atop Mira's palm. They shake on it. "Other hand?" Muri executes it flawlessly.”
- This is funny because we know Rumi is a human, so the deadpan expression and sigh are funny as fuck. Especially picturing Human Rumi doing this. But the added layer is Mira’s insistence and Zoey’s disbelief.
Here’s the setup, from a rational/normal pov.
Zoey is an expert in animals. She knows its a wolf. Mira is not an expert. She knows Rumi is trained.
Muri can perfectly execute commands.
So the absurdity of the situation is an accomplished vet being proven wrong by Mira and Rumi. And Kay doubles down in the best possible way.
Mira looks oddly proud of her. "I think she can add, too. One plus one?” Muri baps the floor with a paw twice. “One plus two?” She does it thrice. “What the fuck.” Zoey whispers. “What’s next? The square root of nine?” Muri hesitates—then taps the floor thrice. “What the fuck.”
Rumi is an idiot for thinking dogs can do math and not just staring at them.
Mira is an idiot for thinking this wolf is a dog and can do math.
Zoey is an idiot for finding these two attractive enough to put up with this bullshit. They’re all being idiots! And that’s the humor of it. These are three characters we know are rational, intelligent, smart. And they’re all acting like fucking idiots in a believable way based on what we know about them.
The scene continues and is still fucking funny, but the humor itself doesn’t change form too much. They’re all still idiots.
The next evolution of the humor is when our new straightman arrives! Zoey is thoroughly a fool at this point, deluding herself into thinking Muri is a dog and doing the inspection. So of course, a character that knows what the audience knows, finally enters. Jinu. And Kay doubles down again. She adds a new element of humor by making Mira fucking despise him.
The humor shifts into mainly focusing on how Jinu knows, Muri knows, but the other two don’t know.
Not much to say here, it’s pretty obvious why its funny. Rumi being distressed at anyone implying she’s in a relationship with Jinu but can’t prove she’s not.
The chapter ends with more plot and character work.
So the humor here was focused around idiots and experts, conflicting off each other, and the scene continually evolving who is the idiot and who is the expert. Notice how it wasn’t just 5k words of arguments. It wasn’t quips, “Erm, that just happened.” or puns. It wasn’t out of character. And, the plot still moved during the humor and around it! I could say sooooo much more about this fic, but. Go read it! Not just the humor is excellent. The pacing, the prose, the characterization, god. It’s amazing, really.
Seriously, if you want your fics to be funnier, read this. Great, great lessons.
Happy Kay Day!!
Today is the random ass day chosen to celebrate the most wonderful author, kayr0ss!
Several months ago, I happened across a fic that had been suggested a few times, but I was reluctant to start it- the fic was Zoerumi only and I had been up until that point a staunch supporter of Polytrix (Do Not Separate). But after numerous recommendations, a delightfully beautiful comic by the illustrious chrysa3tos, and running out of polytrix fics- yes at that time it was possible, I read on your side (let’s go to a wedding).
It’s a sweet and wonderful story that I’ve gone back to again and again. Not only is Kay’s writing easy and fun to read, it’s filled with humor and moments that feel so human. On top of that, despite being a Zoerumi focused fic, Mira felt just as important and included in their lives and relationship.
And then there’s Kay’s OCs. I have never been a fan of the use of original characters in fic (honestly I think I have the tag filtered on tumblr), but in this fandom with so few characters to work with you almost have to if you want a larger story to be told. But I found myself falling in love with Zoey’s family in OYS- they were real and well rounded. Aside from OYS, there’s also Yeon-so, Zoey’s not-so-little brother in Wolfish Behavior. He’s goofy and funny and teasing in all the ways a little brother should be. Kay has a way of making original characters feel like they have always belonged there, while most importantly adding to the canon characters depth and story. They draw you further in, rather than taking you out of it and they never feel out of place. In fact, I have found myself wanting to know more and more about these characters.
In addition to being the Master of Fluff, holy shit can she write smut. 115 floors and toro, toro are… mind meltingly great reads if you’re looking for some spice. Her drabbles have literally caused mass gay hysteria across the globe multiple times (you may think I am joking- I’m not).
And then there is Wolfish Behavior, my beloved. I seriously need everyone to read this fic. I cannot recommend it enough. Rumi, Zoey, and Mira are delightfully gay idiots, the fluff is warm and sweet, the underlying heartbreak sneaks up in you, the long term plot is compelling, and god is it so fucking funny. I have never laughed so hard, made the sound of a keysmash out loud, or physically vibrated as much as I have while reading this story. I have loved every second of it and I cannot wait to see how it unfolds.
And then there is Kay herself. Much of her personality is reflected in her work- she’s sweet and funny and incredibly brilliant. It has been wonderful to get to know her these past few months and a privilege to call her a friend, which I hope to have for many years.
HAPPY KAY DAY- go read a kork (Kay+work) today!
So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I'm going to try it.
I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your "show not tell" advice explained!
Editor here.
First, let me preface this with something very important: you can treat all of this advice as SECOND-DRAFT ADVICE. It is so much easier to rewrite this kind of stuff once you have words on the page. Telling yourself the first draft is totally appropriate and acceptable.
What we’re talking about here are FILTER WORDS (and to some degree verbs of being). Yes, “thought” words are included. But so are “heard, saw, looked, tasted, smelled” etc.—most words having to do with the senses.
This isn’t black and white advice; sometimes you’ll use these words and that’s okay. They’re not WRONG. They’re just weaker. And they’re weaker because they create distance between the reader and the experience of the character.*
If you want your reader to feel like they’re experiencing the story right alongside the character, you want to cut down on filter words.
*This is particularly important with first person and close third POVs. The reader always knows whose eyes they’re seeing through and thoughts they’re privy to. So you don’t need to tell them “I saw X.” Or “I heard X.” Or “I thought Y.” You can just jump into the action/observation as it’s happening.
This is also where you want to pay attention to verbs of being.
“It was rainy.” Versus: “The rain pounded against the roof.” Or “The rain howled like an injured animal.” Or “The rain tapped against the window like an anxious lover.” All of these are inviting the reader deeper into the experience of the story by using stronger verbs and similes. And, at the same time, they stir feelings (instead of TELLING feelings). And feelings keep your reader engaged. Engaged readers keep turning pages; engaged readers become FANS.
This is also where
you want to pay attention
to verbs of being.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
The most valuable advice that Author Ex gave me through the years that we wrote together was this: the problem with all these filter words is that they create distance in the POV.
That means that when you read a line like
John saw that the curtains were open.
It immediately takes you OUT of the character's perspective and instead tells you what they experience as a secondhand observation.
You don't have to get fancy or purple with how you rephrase things like this. Not everything needs a ton of breathing room.
You wanna know what's perfectly impactful while keeping a tight POV?
The curtains were open.
Simple as that.
im really glad youre alive. not because i think the cycle of suffering and rebirth is awesome but because we need to keep as many people breathing as we can to ward off Yorul, who can only take a breath when humans arent inhaling or exhaling. one time in 1976 there was a synchronicity where every human alive was between breaths and Yorul took a biiiiiig gasp and was about to split asia into three when a high schooler in iowa named kim took a hit off her friends joint and choked Yorul out
for the record im not technially 100% anti-AI, in the sense that its a broad category of tech being lumped under one umbrella term so it feels over-zealous to say i hate all of it all the time forever. but i also think trying to discuss what it actually IS good for is difficult right now when i cant take one step without something trying to convince me to use chatgpt to summarize my life and speed up my hobbies and turn my friends into chatbots and optimize my life into oblivion. i am certain there is nuance to the topic but can we stop cramming the square peg into the round hole before you start trying to sell me on the legitimate benefits of the square peg. please.
Neural Nets have existed for decades and are genuinely useful. It's a form of AI that recognizes patterns, and can do stuff like identify cancer cells, tell whether an egg is fertilized or not, detect fraud, and optimize routes.
Those are Expert Systems, tuned to do exactly one thing. If you (say) ask a medical expert system a question about financial law, it's useless. The autopilot that flies a 787 has no idea how to drive a truck on the freeway. A Coulter Counter is excellent at identifying lymphocytes in a blood sample but can't predict the next card in a blackjack game.
And so on.
The problem with so-called generalized AI (AGI) is that we don't have that yet. It doesn't exist. It MIGHT some day, but AGI has been "10 years away" since the 1980s. The goals keep moving as we learn more about how people and machines process data.
But the current crop of AI techbros have been selling generative Large Language Model AI (LLM) as AGI because generative systems do a good job of faking it. There's no actual thought going on, merely the illusion of thought via predicting the next word in a sentence accurately.
If you let a human toddler listen to 800 hours of YouTube car influencer videos, that toddler might end up sounding like a car influencer. They'd parrot horsepower numbers and 0 to 60 times, mention EV range and MSRP numbers.
But they wouldn't understand any of it.
That's ChatGPT.
And yeah, it's worse than useless because it doesn't even know when it's lying or hallucinating. It just babbles convincingly until you stop it.
But for techbros to make money selling that as "AI"? It's the perfect scam, especially if you don't understand how it works.
I fucking hate it.
I want to ask for a few minutes of your day, friends.
Royal Caribbean wants to build a water park over 90 hectares of living coastal ecosystem in Mahahual, Quintana Roo, Mexico. This will affect 306 species that live in the jungle and the Caribbean ocean.
Sign the petition here: Salvemos Mahahual and if you're a local go here GreenPeace Mahahual
hey gang, off topic for a second but there's some shit going on
Incorrect K-pop demon hunters quotes part 83
One day I started to read come running home to you and my life changed. I didn't know how much I needed werewolf puppy Rumi until I had her.
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idk what neurodivergent young adult needs to hear this but you are NOT supposed to give 100% at your job. I've gotten more promotions and raises since I started giving 40-60%, which my evil CEO uncle informed me is what bosses actually expect when they say 110%. My mental health has improved tremendously. I've spent 2 out of 5 workdays secretly writing my novel for the last 2 years and I've never been more respected and appreciated. Also--when you see glaring wasteful errors in the company's operating systems, say absolutely nothing! Embrace inefficiency. It is your friend in this capitalist hellscape.
Jordan Roth attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) pls help me get out of debt donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways or dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com
EJAE attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Julian Hamilton/Getty Images) pls help me get out of debt donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways or dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com
Audrey Nuna attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Julian Hamilton/Getty Images) pls help me get out of debt donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways or dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com
Guy who never feels like his problems are “bad enough” to be taken seriously: what if I hurt the character so horrifically that everyone around them could not possibly deny the severity of their pain even if the character themself tries to downplay it.
