The real problem is once you get a taste for it, only 1,000 year old bottles will do.

“Alright app, summarize Matthew 5:38-40 for me.”

“It is unwise to respond to violence with violence because it may lead to an endless cycle of retaliation.”

“Hey, this thing is BROKEN!”

I don’t have a problem with simplified versions of texts – archaic language, ornamented prose, and obsolete cultural references shouldn’t stand in the way of someone having access to the ideas contained in great literature. But I like it when people do the simplifying–like “Reader’s Digest” versions, or Cliff’s Notes, or whatever. It’s a skilled profession that already doesn’t get the credit it deserves, and I worry AI will eclipse human work with voluminous inferior results.

Two monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!”

The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.”

The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”

Look, I don’t make the rules.

Just the signs 😉

“Pure Energy”

Strange – could’ve sworn I planted a DOGwood tree.

Or three!

Fair enough, and if all the outgoing traffic to Reddit is innocuous, then there’s nothing to hide. Not great if it is some kind of hub of an operation to influence Reddit.

“Tuvok, Neelix, Eddie Brock, and symbiote, please report to Transporter Room 1.”

Or it’s an exit node for some internal network/VPN.

Which would be stupid opsec, but then again…

Udderly content.

“Why hast thou summoned Normie Gary? Today is my turn to drive the carpool, you guys, JEEZ!”

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“SILENCE PUNY HUMANS”

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Don’t search for “clown husbandry.”

“Like, share, subscribe, and kill kill kill.”

“How about some HMS Pinefore again?”

Or planet Funkotron.