• nightlily@leminal.spaceOP
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    2 days ago

    That’s a pretty classic way of sneaking that particular phrase in with plausible deniability. Pat Paulsen made it famous.

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      2 days ago

      Tim probably asked an LLM for a clever insult and it spat out a Pat quote.

      Another one liner that still stuck with me was, “why spend billions on foreign military dictatorships, when we can use the money to better take care of the one we have at home?” Some things never change.

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        2 days ago

        Have you seriously never seen someone do the ‘so up yours!’ schtick? Have you managed to never interact with a Gen-Xer in your life?