And character is like a tree and reputation is a shadow of it, and it takes a hell of a lot less to bring it down than to grow it up.

I’ve watched this go down long enough in enough industries to know better than to believe their claim of not logging.

You’re being watched. Hell, your data’s probably being handed over to cops without your knowledge.

Knowing a company is watching me because it’s openly known, is to me better than paying a company to not watch me and likely risk them simply selling out eventually like they all do.

It’s funnier when you stupidly expected them to protect you, PAID them for it, and they don’t.

It’s like 23andme. Too fucking funny and everyone deserves it for their stupidity.

I’m supporting my kids financially … I get a say in the way they conduct themselves…

Okay, so this is an employment situation then. Youre treating them like “you act certain ways/do certain things because I give you money.”

That’s an employer, not a parent.

And then telling your child that everything they do that wasn’t YOUR idea is making them a fuckup and that you just are trying to help them does wonders.

Then gasping when the child tells you to drop fucking dead and goes no contact and moves 3k miles away.

Note: this was all mostly unrelated to the comment aside from what you wrote triggered these thoughts.

The wife

2nd time. Yuck.

VPNs are wild to me. “Hey! Pay some company to promise not to watch you so you can pretend to be private and not have some company watching you.”

One of the sources I linked literally gave you your lightbulb answer, but you didn’t check. You just went straight to some kind of mansplaining.

Also, it’s a fucking meme. I don’t give that much of a shit.

Ah, well, good thing your feeling is more important than any potential source of actual data.

Next time try making the meme without a pedophile.

Got it. I won’t make a meme with you next time.

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I simply copied from the sources, not thinking at all. I’ve added context to the edit per everyone’s remarks. It’s about a tenth.

But you raise an interesting question.

A quick search suggests ChatGPT gets 2.5 billion prompts a day. I wouldn’t presume this is a one-to-one scale. How many Google searches result in more searches as the person is trying to refine to figure out what they’re looking for or not finding it? Additionally, how prompts into ChatGPT have further prompts for refinement?

I could see a case when ChatGPT gives quick results that take one prompt whereas someone unsuccessfully googling might make 10 searches.

Does it net out? Who knows. There’s also innumerable other factors at play. What we CAN know is that energy use has skyrocketed recently, whereas Googles been around for decades.

Hmm, great point. I simply copied the figures from the sources. I dunno why I didn’t consider converting one of them.

Edited post to add conversions. Thank you.

But now I just think the meme is even funnier for a new accidental reason.

Yeah, thats the last time I was genuinely excited for something new. Before that it was usually gaming consoles, and the ps4 just wasn’t the excitement factor that ps3 was.

Turns out he’s a locksmith.

Knowing this comic series, I think the punchline is that it guns up controversy and people waste effort arguing about it.

If the take is “men don’t care and women are picky” then it’s a boomer joke. But it’s Cyanide and Happiness, soooo…

Its Cyanide and Happiness. The comics history means we can safely assume the dark humor version is probably what they were going for.

Top one is Charlie Luciano.

Middle one is Al Capone.

#45 and #14 in this link below:

https://www.thoughtco.com/mafia-mug-shots-4122970

My hatred for other humans, especially in their online multiplayer behavior, faaaaar outweighs what you brought up.