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[โ€“] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." -Abraham Lincoln

Social media, a gorilla getting shot, two US elections, and GenAI later, we have completely fallen off this one simple rule.

[โ€“] NostraDavid 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The amount of boomer bait on Facebook is staggering. The amount of Boomers falling for obviously AI-generated shite even moreso.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The amount of millennials falling for boomer bait is also staggering

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I personally have the opposite issue. Things often sound way too much like satire these days when they get referenced or pop up in memes, then I find a reputable article talking about it. Everything sounds like [email protected]

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