If you were to call a woman a bitch would it mean the same? Would you be calling her weak and submissive?

I painted your photo, hope you don’t mind!!

Do the kids know about diggety? Oh no, they probably don’t even know the appropriate amount of diggety!!

I’m merely intimidated by your superior intellect. I really wish you’d impart more of your wisdom on us. Please, tell us more about how stupid we are for finding things some men do annoying. I’m learning so much from your superior logical brain.

Sorry, I’m incapable of discussing this due to my lack of reasoning. Obviously I’m too emotional because I tried to offer an example of what this might be like to experience that men might find it easier to relate to. What a stupid brainless thing of me to do. Sorry my beliefs (what were they again? That it would be weird if some rando commented on your appearance?) are idiotic and based in pure emotion not rational thought. Gross.

People do talk to individual specific women this way. That’s what we’re talking about.

It’s not that you’re misunderstanding or being uncharitable or there’s a miscommunication, it’s because I’m not thinking, I’m just a dumb woman only feelings no thoughts head empty. Thanks for the valuable discussion, love trying to give a perspective and being met with condescension.

You got me being a narcissist from just that?

You wouldn’t find that comment really weird from anyone you’re not sexually involved with? Yeah obviously it’s different when it’s a partner, but that’s not what we’re talking about. Unsolicited advice on how I groom myself is creepy to me. I think you’d find it creepy too, which is why I tried to give a more relatable example. Evidently that makes me a narcissist, jesus. Can’t talk about anything.

“I prefer it when you don’t shave your legs”. So? Keep it to yourself weirdo, I’m not doing it for you.

It’s usually not complete strangers, but friends and partners: “you look better with less makeup”, “why are you wearing that?”, “see you look good without makeup!”, “are you OK, you look sick?”, “what’s wrong, are you sad?”

It aired at Spike and Mike’s film festival! That’s where I first saw it.

Thank you for reminding me about this song. I have no idea why I found it so hysterical as a kid but it still gets a giggle out of me every time. Especially this bit for some reason:

This is a good use of AI. It’s not training an LLM, it’s using reinforcement training to teach a system to analyze complex data for patterns. It’s correlating teaching methods with outcomes in a way that would be very difficult for a human researcher to analyze due to the complexity. This is a scientific study performed by a public university.

I get that AI sucks but we shouldn’t be conflating this kind of scientific use of the technology with LLMs.

Animals are easy to love, sometimes easier than loving other humans. Ultimately we all just want to connect, I’m glad I did with you today!

My Grey is kind of a dummy (or maybe just too smart to perform for my approval) but I love her anyway. She’s the sweetest and loves just hanging out on my shoulder.

I had a Blue Fronted years ago, he was the best boy ever. He was an amazing singer and mimic and loved to cuddle. Thanks for taking in birds that need homes!!

He’s a green cheeked conure. I also have an African Grey who doesn’t like to be smooched. What kind do you have?

Good point! Domesticated animals also tend towards neotany - we literally genetically select for them to be baby.

I kiss my parrot because it is a cultural ritual we have built together. I make smoochy noises at him and he mimics them back to me because he wants to communicate. I kiss his little beak and he supposes this is a thing I must like doing so he starts doing it back. It makes me smile and make happy noises, which he recognizes. Now we have a fun thing we do that means we’re buddies. He trains me to offer up my nose for him to smooch if he makes a specific little whispery sound. His only reward is the opportunity to boop me on the nose with his beak but he evidently finds this incredibly amusing and will occasionally whisper at me relentlessly until I give in. He will let me smooch the back of his head at nighttime because it means he gets to stay up later. His feathers are soft and he smells nice so I like it too.

TIL. Nature is amazing.

Pretty sure he did