As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."
This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
12.10.2025 07:57 β π 4184 π 773 π¬ 173 π 558
So true. Premier Sports particularly bad. Half of a 3 min package teams walking on then a load of place kicks with no context.
29.09.2025 12:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.
27.09.2025 11:21 β π 3303 π 1085 π¬ 87 π 57
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
23.09.2025 10:39 β π 3783 π 870 π¬ 174 π 52
Things could be worse, everyone. We could all still be on Twitter.
18.09.2025 18:16 β π 620 π 53 π¬ 13 π 3
The millennium sorry principality stadium, to give it its full name
06.09.2025 09:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh and now it's a poor Russia story. My god.
04.09.2025 21:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Well, BBC certainly doing their bit for Reform
04.09.2025 21:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Involuntarily watching BBC news. Jfc this political editor
04.09.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Everything about the flag discourse is fucking stupid. Absolutely every single thing about it.
01.09.2025 16:55 β π 390 π 40 π¬ 21 π 6
Guy who had his country invaded
V the invader
15.08.2025 20:41 β π 238 π 63 π¬ 7 π 2
No, fuck this. Can't be bothered with this any more #destinationx
13.08.2025 21:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I mean, clearly it'll be a travesty if anyone but nick wins #destinationx
13.08.2025 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm so bored of og chat. It's not a team game!
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13.08.2025 20:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Youβd think being a Masterchef presenter would be easy. You just need to eat something and say βmmm, thatβs niceβ or βew, I donβt like thatβ without taking your trousers off or saying something racist.
15.07.2025 01:06 β π 132 π 37 π¬ 3 π 0
I'm old enough to remember when the Prime Minister felt it was important to give us a running commentary of his thoughts on the entire Glastonbury lineup
09.07.2025 12:46 β π 563 π 168 π¬ 10 π 0
Ania and Rees come on #taskmaster
03.07.2025 21:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And presumably 80% of the video is watching place kicks?
30.06.2025 06:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I wish Prime Ministers would sometimes say (eg about goings-on at festivals) βI donβt know, Iβm too busyβ
29.06.2025 18:15 β π 785 π 145 π¬ 24 π 22
Starmer criticises 'appalling' Bob Vylan IDF chants
The prime minister describes the punk duo's chants calling for death to Israel's military as
It feels like it ought to be possible for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to avoid giving a running commentary on a music festival.
29.06.2025 17:46 β π 817 π 129 π¬ 53 π 18
Tomos! π
28.06.2025 10:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
11am weekend Rugby π #FORvbil
28.06.2025 10:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Of course my train is the one saying "No air conditioning on board"
27.06.2025 15:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've just watched the first 5 minutes and CANNOT WAIT for the pod. Year long odyssey please
21.06.2025 09:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
That was not good by the Lions. Argentina deserved that
20.06.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Can you imagine wearing a jumper ever again #hot
20.06.2025 18:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.
13.06.2025 12:30 β π 1205 π 426 π¬ 42 π 124
You don't get enough "overleaf" on primetime tv
#RaceAcrosstheWorld
11.06.2025 20:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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