There’s a store in my town that either had a bad receipt printer, or had their number wrong on it (my number differs from theirs by one digit). Either way, I get a call for them every few months. I don’t really mind.

I don’t get that many spam calls anymore, and the ones I do get, I just have fun with them (practice my very rough French, try out a new accent, or just wait about 10 seconds and burst into song). Unfortunately most of the junk calls these days are bots :(

Nothing at All in My Ass

“Hey, you know that policy that benefits working-class Americans and has virtually no drawbacks except to like five people? WELL IT’S IMPEDING OUR FREEDOM SO LET’S GET RID OF IT!”

/s (I wish)

I shamelessly crossposted this to c/dadjokes

It’s also “heat” and “duck” combined.

Yes.

That’s the problem though–any “AI” health bot is trained on existing data, and that’s created from a long history of biased, religious, prejudiced health professionals. And assuming the bots are trained on as much data as possible, they might even be worse, because older data will be that much more biased and prejudiced.

Also, in this case, Bill Gates is full of shit. AI will be nowhere near sophisticated enough in 10 years to do most jobs.

We joke a lot because what is happening in the US is really scary.

Ubuntu minus snaps plus a better DE? Mint.

DEMOCRATS used HARSH REBUKE

It's not very effective...

Even more apparent is when you draw the parallel to birth defects, diseases, or literally any reason we affect our bodies.

Pretty much all bigots don’t realize it. There are almost no Bond villains in real life–humans can’t really exist in a state where they truly believe they’re the “bad guy.” Some people know they’re wrong, but they see themselves as a victim, not a villain.

Not only do they not recognize their bigotry, they believe themselves to be the “good guys” in this situation, with opinions on other people ranging from condescending pity to complete disregard.

If you’re genuinely curious, I can give you a glimpse into their rationality (though I strongly disagree with it).

Say, for just a brief moment, that you consider trans people to be mentally ill. Calling them by their preferred pronouns would be like giving a drink to an alcoholic–you’d be encouraging it, which would be to their detriment. And worse, you’d be liable to whatever diety might be displeased with your actions that caused someone else to continue in their sin.

Of course, that only works if you have a very poor understanding of both gender and theology. The real reason the bigots don’t like trans people is because it challenges their worldview, which is uncomfortable. And instead of facing that head on, they’d rather try to justify their current view.

The Oatmeal wrote a great info comic on this.

No, every person on that chat (other than the editor from the Atlantic) should lose their clearance and be fired. They were all using an unapproved, off-record system for discussing matters of national security. They are all responsible.

They’re very reputable. Sometimes biased to one side, but most are to one direction or another, at least a bit. Works just fine though.

I gotta go with 8. For reasons.

You may fascinate just about anyone by giving them a piece of cheese.

No, you can only imagine. Some of us are booked for a bathroom gig.

Bold of you to assume I’m not into that