• xodasu@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    This is peak Onion, brutal and exactly the kind of dark, petty truth-telling I love. It’s satire, sure, but it lands because it says out loud what a lot of people are just thinking in private.

    Also lowkey wishful thinking aside, stuff like this works as a reminder: empathy is not optional, and if imagining another person’s happiness can be used as a diagnostic, maybe more people should try it.

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      17 hours ago

      …So this guy’s a bot, right? Just from looking at their comment history. I’m so sorry if you’re not, but you type like ChatGPT.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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        17 hours ago

        Now that you mention it, yes. This is mint ChatGPT phrasing. The only part that’s off is the use of a colon instead of it’s preferred hyphen.

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        17 hours ago

        yeaah, perfect punctuation, no grammar or spelling mkstakes, very eloquent expressions, every comment is two or three paragraphs and the accout is only 4 hours old… smells clanky.

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            13 hours ago

            People that are unpopular in real life compensate by trying to be popular online.