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by bheadmaster 7 days ago
> allowing AI agents to act as abuse sponges for troubled people

People have been getting angry at machines for a long time. Work, you stupid printer! Asshole Windows updating at the worst time just to mess with me. Go to hell, toaster, you piece of garbage.

Getting angry at AI is the same in my book.

Yes, AI acts more human-like, yes, theoretically it could desensitie people to become bigger assholes IRL. But then again, they said similar stuff about San Andreas, where you could human figures in-game just for fun, and I don't see anyone randomly shooting people because they were bored.

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PC Load Letter?
the fuck does that even mean?
> "PC LOAD LETTER? The fuck does that mean!?" — Michael Bolton, Office Space (1999)

The error message is mocked in the 1999 comedy film Office Space, when employee Michael Bolton becomes frustrated as he doesn't know what it means.Later in the film he and his coworkers are shown destroying the printer with a baseball bat.