Nick Piegari

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oh, but when they don't... lord save me and the ten thousand microservices i have to unwittingly fire up in my brain

i can relate to this (maybe less now than in the pre-burnout, pre-fascism days) and i think for me it's an ADHD thing

weird, isn't it

greetings from beautiful, balmy ministry of love

lol it's in the post. well, better than prop

prop or jet?

I would've loved to grow old alongside my little big dog :/

I'm considering there may be an immense systemic risk for many of those who are tech-adjacent not understanding the true peril human-presenting LLM's contort and mould minds of the common citizen who do not scarcely fathom what they are dealing with on a level beyond magic.

Don’t love how “wow I could totally see this happening” is less plausible than “wow this is needlessly cruel and terrifying”

Close, intelligent, in some cases near lifelong friends are starting to talk casually about the use of ChatGPT in their lives or in some cases are clearly getting paid/perks to promote its use and it’s like watching your social circle slowly, and with a big smile on their face, all join Scientology.

sweeping green hills peppered with houses, blue water, scattered clouds

these photos have some new zealand energy

TIL "hyperindependence"... bringing this up with my therapist. hope you're hanging in there

THANK YOU for calling CVS at............. (professionally-voice-over'd address). To have these options repeated to you, press 1. Goodbye

so as i understand it, in the lotr books (unlike the film), saruman didn't outright turn evil so much as come to the conclusion that sauron was inevitable and maybe by joining with him they could hopefully help shape his vision

let's just say the institution i work for seems to share this outlook

"MOVED to learn animation" i see what you did there

there sure was an uptick in one-weird-trick-to-preserve-your-mental-health emails in my particular agency

i love dogs who look like they're wearing dog costumes

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

"such as evil and sycophancy" yo we're already there dawg

i have zero (0) friends who would ever tell me to stop caring so much about commercial fire alarms; why would i accept anything less from romance (and that 100000% goes both ways; give unto me your fixations and fascinations)

yo dawg there needs to be a service that's like... well, i wouldn't limit it strictly to neurodivergence, but that sort of vibe. y'know, the type that takes the time to appreciate the little things in life instead of it letting it fly by unappreciated (literally in this case)

why is it always about getting laid and never giving laid

The levels of sigma I imagine feeling as a young professional, debuting into a post-Gulf post-Soviet pre-9/11 America. Why was I born so late as to only taste it, a helpless child teased by fate temporal. Bring back the Apaches. Bring them back so that I may know what it is to live.

and does he HAVE CAKES?!1

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gawd if only

got a couple of these in Maryland, and they were at least smart enough to say they were from the MVA (Motor Vehicle Administration)

ohhhh that's what the paint sticks were for

my username sums up my flavor pretty well