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by yadaeno 156 days ago
The way “slop” is used here is very specific. It implies a power dynamic between the slop producer and consumer where the consumer is viewed as cattle, and the producer feeds the cheapest possible product.

GP cities specific examples of this usage on 4chan in 2022 which is proof until someone can find a counter example.
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recursivecaveat 156 days ago
Yeah, there is a power dynamic where the consumer is viewed as cattle, because the origin of the word is literal cattle lol.

> When Mr. Zuckerman reached the pigpen, he climbed over the fence and poured the slops into the trough.

Are you now willing to accept my 'proof' that 4chan actually derived specifically from Charlotte's Web?

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fluoridation 156 days ago
I'm not sure that connotation is all that present in the way it's commonly used, but I'll grant it. However, like the other person you responded to has said, "slop" already had that meaning, because it is the low-grade cattle feed. So If both "AI slop" and "goyslop" carry these shades of meaning, it would not suggest one descends from the other, but that both descend directly from "slop".
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yadaeno 155 days ago
That's maybe true, but "goyslop" was specifically referring to vapes, processed food and tiktok. Then shortly after people started calling tiktok "slop" and ai tiktok "ai slop".

I think its a stretch to declare there is zero relation considering how much internet language originates from 4chan.

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fluoridation 155 days ago
>"goyslop" was specifically referring to vapes, processed food and tiktok

That doesn't sound very specific, that sounds quite broad. Looking around posts up to 2023 I can see the word used for just about anything, including HDMI and Disney. Honestly, this says to me it's just used as synonymous with "slop" in the broad sense, with no added meaning.

>I think its a stretch to declare there is zero relation considering how much internet language originates from 4chan.

There's no zero relation. The relation between the two terms is just not parent-child, but fraternal. Both simply inherit their meaning from "slop". "Slop" already has connotations of cheapness, low quality, high quantity, and cattle feed, and is a word that has existed since Old English. There's literally no reason to think "AI slop" is descended from "goyslop". At best someone heard the latter and by analogy coined the former, but given that "goyslop" had already been coined by simply prepending a modifier to "slop", there's not even any need for that explanation.

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