Matthew Haughey
@mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy
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Internet nerd from way way back. Currently: writing. Mostly jokes. [bridged from https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I hate when you order a t-shirt off a website and the images are kinda small so it shows up and the logo on the shirt is printed with fake "distressed" effects on the fonts like the brand new shirt is actually vintage.

Feels like stolen valor.
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Guardians of the Galaxy is a perfect "diversity is our strength" movie and if you love that you also love DEI programs that would put a ragtag group together to accomplish something great
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it's remarkable how strongly almost every American identifies with our famous underdog stories where a ragtag group of weirdos saves the day (Guardians of the Galaxy, Bad News Bears, Star Wars) but some of those same people would say they hate "DEI"
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On a scale of zero to Alan Alda, my new glasses are an Elliot Gould
Selfie of me in very chunky glasses
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The US is one of only two countries on earth that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise and I think about it every time I hear the side effects of Skyrizi.

Everything I know about Skyrizi is against my will.
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this goofy mouse design is 10+ years old and Apple still doesn't have friendly Siri warnings when it goes below 20% like my AppleTV remote currently does? Or they never made a slim charge cable so you could use your mouse at the same time as it charges?

No? Just stick with the lacking design? Ok.
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Every year, one day my apple mouse's battery will die without any warning ahead of time and I can't do literally anything with a desktop computer as it charges for an hour or two.

(today was my annual snow day, my mouse is finally back at 100% charge this afternoon)
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I love the antifascist flag that comes out any time the thorns score at home
Antifascist flag waving in a cloud of red smoke in a crowded stadium
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Whenever I see him wearing a hat, my favorite bit is the embroidered estimate of how many times he appears in the Epstein Files on it
Trump wearing his stupid hat
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Oregon people: as of a few days ago anyone over the age of 6 can finally get Covid vaccines without a prescription so get your flu and Covid shot. I scheduled and finished mine within an hour of looking it up on the Walgreens app.
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A friend traveling abroad sent a photo of this, and now I can't believe I've never seen it before in every Car Guy's liquor cabinet
ENGINE Italian Organic Gin tin
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having a normal Tuesday morning after reading the news
Claude AI summary of hitler history on deploying troops to German cities outside of war
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The biggest thing I'd say is missing from that Wikipedia list of tells is how every AI summary of a webpage tends to skew language to the passive voice. It was something beat out of me by every editor I've ever had, but I see it constantly now from AI text generation.
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This list of AI "tells" in text generation on Wikipedia is a great rundown of things you commonly see in LLM output. I'm glad to see I don't use any of the common telltale phrases in my own writing as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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YouTube recommending me nothing but sports, farts, and woodworking feels like it's dunking on me at this point
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So I am 100% convinced that the president saw some story on TV and wanted the same weird vain namesake company for the same thing.
Trump announcement of a TrumpRX website
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The only bad part of it though is it's not just called Cost Plus Drugs it's literally called Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs.

I remember my doctor's office sending me a message saying "is this really where you want to send your scripts to? It's got a really unusual name" when I asked them to.
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I pay too much for healthcare and am always looking for a cheaper way to buy my ongoing prescriptions, so earlier this year I signed up for Mark Cuban's Rx company that sells things at cost plus 15%. It's been great so far, cheaper than anything else and the shipments are fast.
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Every other democrat seems to be saying “what do people even want?!” While Mamdani is running circles around everyone just being a real person and honest and upfront and clear on policies using simple straightforward language.
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Every video from Zohran Mamdani is so damn refreshing. He talks so simply, plainly, and honestly it’s a breath of fresh air when every other democratic politician seems to speak in only focus grouped euphemisms.

I hope he wins the mayorship. I hope he becomes governor someday. I hope he becomes […]
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He’s a frail old man in declining health and yet his supporters depict him as muscle bound riding on tanks with eagles behind him when the reality is he prefers to use a golf cart to get around.

I guess every strongman leader looks ridiculous in retrospect but it’s baffling to witness in real time.
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He likely ran for president as revenge because Obama gently roasted him for a few minutes in 2011 at the correspondents dinner.

He can’t take a joke and goes after comedians now.

He hasn’t physically set foot in Oregon since early 2016 during a campaign stop but says it’s a “warzone”.

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