I know this parallel grows old but consider the followers of nazi Germany. They ran after Germany First, country prude, nationalism, etc. Were they all bad people knowingly making bad choices? Were they brainwashed or lulled into a false belief that, even if they could recognize their own cognitive dissonance, they were in too deep to turn back now?

Who knows? But the answer to me is, “yes. Yes it is a cult.” shun anyone who doesn’t belief.

Uh… Is in a eppendorf tube…?

I didn’t look into it yet but that would seem a bit… Against its own interests.

Oh no way

Not bad. I’d say end on a supportive note if you still care about them as a person. Like if you would still be there for them through this process just say something like, “I’ll still be here to support you as you grow.” but if you won’t, don’t say that.

In the corporate world, I was taught about the “shit sandwich”. You start with the good (fully support you coming out, being true to yourself), add the shit in the middle (I’m straight and not into women), then add the other slice of bread (I’ll support your true womanly self along the way). But like, keep the shit in the middle instead of ending on your own thoughts–you can have your thoughts but just end on the supportive part.

Just like… My opinion, man.

It’s not always easy to be honest. But being honest is proper. You be you, and they will be who they are. It’s best to live your best lives as who you truly are. If you’re not compatible, you’re not compatible. It’s okay.

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Not good lay plus that job sucks, it’s beneath you.

Buddy I can barely afford groceries

I thought they were talking about banning masks?

Makes sense to me. It’s an off my chest thing, no? Someone just releasing their thing into the wind.

If you’re lonely but afraid and you turn to a chatbot but acknowledge it’s just a chat bot. I understand. I get it. Loneliness sucks. If that’s the coping mechanism then that’s fair. I feel that.

Fair.

Yeah but like… Fuck billionaires. A billion dollars is 50,000/yr for 20,000 years.

So he’s too far left?

Wait why are democrats fighting him? I thought he was socialist or something

Obscuration is what you’re thinking and it works with things like adnauseun (firefox add on that will click all ads in the background to obscure preference data). It’s a nice way to smear the data and probably better to do sooner (while the data collection is in infancy) rather than later (where the companies may be able to filter obscuration attempts).

I like it. I am really not a fan of being profiled, collected, and categorized. I agree with others, I hate this time line. It’s so uncanny.

Just downloaded it and skimmed by frames… Seems to be a list of reasons to degoogle. Mentions privacy, security, and how Google is extending fingers into everyone’s privacy by browser, password manager, wallet, phone, etc.

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Good luck. After sharing the secret, they removed all the payphones.

It’s probably Ai meant to “lure the reader”