lol no. I’m laughing at the way you recommend chatgpt like it’s new or something. You’re basically saying “Google it.”

Idk the name but maybe chatgpt knows

I’ve read (and written) a fair amount of garbage, but I’m pretty sure this is the most hilariously useless response I’ve ever seen. Congrats!

I imagine that being a content creator as a full-time job is much more difficult than most people realize. Also, the modern work environment is a hellscape, and I can’t blame people who want to avoid it. Still, it’s risky as hell - if the platform you rely on changes its compensation policies, you are screwed, and have even less legal protection/recourse than a McDonalds employee.

I wouldn’t expect a responsible person to take on that level of risk without a safety net. If you’re young and childless, then taking that risk is your call, and it’s unfair for me to judge you. If you’re relying on social media to pay the mortgage for your child’s home, though, you’d better have a backup plan and keep it ready.

After all this time, I still hadn’t noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

In my lifetime, I’ve met ONE very religious Christian who wasn’t a hypocrite. ONE. He was a very nice guy, though, and I hope he and his family are doing well.

The remaining 99.9% of the time, I’m absolutely with you.

I don’t blame them for being skeptical. Anything that corporations/rich people are enthusiastic about usually ends up screwing them.

This is the best and simplest answer.

You know what will make you feel better? Learn about early American history, specifically the Revolutionary War and the period shortly before it. Ordinary citizens conquered one of the most powerful militaries in the world. Ordinary citizens. People like you and me. There was no “perfect savior” to lead them, either - George Washington was in over his head at first, but was smart enough to learn from his mistakes.

What’s going on now is nothing to celebrate, but the ani-establishment heroes of the past certainly are.

That’s great, but when you have a majority of Supreme Court justices who routinely ignore the Constitution, “safeguards” won’t matter for shit. Laws don’t matter much when corrupt people have the final say.

It’s an old Simpsons quote, from Dr. Nick, a great side character.

“‘Inflammable’ means ‘flammable’? What a country!”

or something likened to a show

lol whoever wrote this definition must have seen some absolute garbage

Cheating is a highly emotional issue, possibly even to the point where people who aren’t empathetic will put themselves in the place of your boyfriend. Or maybe they just want to trash talk women under a seemingly legitimate cover.

Whatever their reason, to hell with ’em. I have a lot of respect for people who are willing to put in the hard work and overcome addiction. I wish you the best with your mental health, as well. All that really matters is what you and your boyfriend think. If the two of you are happy, then great!

My guess is that they’re the remnants of evolved biases that were formerly useful, like being able to spot the differences between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus, that we still possess but just aren’t useful anymore. We still have a coccyx (tailbone), but we sure as hell don’t need it.

This could also be completely wrong. I haven’t studied evolutionary biology.

Great example. He just looks like some generic dude in a suit, not the douchebag we know he is.

Agreed. If I didn’t know anything about what a horrible person Lauren Bobert is, I’d think she was cute.

It’s tricky. Often, you can only go by tone and context. Experience helps a lot. Even still, I’ll get it wrong sometimes.

Fortunately, common sense usually works there, too. If person A makes highly specific or unusual statement, person B reasonably asks for a source, and person A angrily responds with defensiveness and accusations, then it’s pretty clear that person A was talking out of their ass.

I understand where you’re coming from, but it’ll be easy to tell. Someone who’s sealioning will skip or “forget” points you’ve already made when they’re making their counter arguments. The conversation will be irritating and demanding.

Someone who genuinely wants to discuss and learn won’t wear on you that way. Their replies won’t have that “I outsmarted you and you’re an idiot” kind of feel. It’s hard to explain, but people can recognize the difference. I don’t think there’s a threat to honest debate here.

Yes, it’s possible to confuse sealions with people who are simply rude and obnoxious, but since I don’t like talking to either one, I don’t much care.

When done “well”, you can find yourself lured into a long, increasingly exasperating conversation. You can never win by engaging. I just ignore them and move on.