I created an inbox rule for these. The 3rd party phishing shame-and-train company my employer uses always has a certain domain in the email header (even though they always change the 'from' address). Has worked perfectly for over 6 months. I'm generally not dumb enough to click on them anyway. But anyone can have a bad day and/or get into a rush and make a mistake. And my boss is a sadistic prick who delights in making workers feel dumb. Yet I'm 100% sure he exempts himself from the phishing shit tests.

It was a nuisance, with a high failure rate. Recording to tape was kind of fun. Optical not as much.

"Put them in camps before they put us in camps" is probably the tactically smart if ethically questionable answer.

I would ignore Christmas entirely if I could.

I have family members who are really into it.

And the news always acts like the entire stupid consumer driven economy is riding on it. I actually don't care about that. But I bet if we did all choose to ignore it, they'd complain that we're tanking the economy on purpose. You can't win with trolls.

This is dark and funny at the same time. Bots, shouting into the void, in order to separate suckers from their advertising dollars.

I think you're getting downvoted because in this thread you're coming off as an angry gatekeeper type, and internet forums tend to hate that. I'm not saying you're an actual angry gatekeeper; however, that's the vibe.

There's a lot of things in language use that annoys the crap out of me, too. I could write a long boring list of egg-corns, and words that people commonly misspell or mispronounce that really trigger me. But if I did, some dude with a PhD in linguistics would tut-tut me and tell me not to be so prescriptivist (or whatever).

Anyway, my point is, I think you're right about the "old people" misuse of AI as an umbrella term. But, also be open to the common opinion that people who police language are often seen as cranky old cranks, too.

He's better off. Reddit is a steaming pile and mods don't get paid.

I wish I had kept a journal in my youth. I'm personally too private to post a blog. But I agree with the main points of this. Creative writing can be a source of joy and engagement; it's own reward. It doesn't have to be a best seller or literary masterpiece to be worth it. I had a great time writing a book for fun. Other than two friends I shared it with, it will never again see the light of day. But it was a wonderful experience working on it.

I have multiple lemmy accounts, which kind of dilutes my efforts, maybe. I do try to post comments (and occasional new content). I think reddit beat me into a state of lurking and being afraid to participate very much, because a large percentage of redditors are know-it-all jerks just waiting to pounce on you for almost any reason.

Honestly since leaving reddit for lemmy, I'm also kind of enjoying not doom scrolling so much. I do like to stay on top of things like tech news, politics, sports, entertaininment, etc, and reddit was always my go-to for that stuff. So it's a mixed bag...I don't miss the jerks, I don't want to be addicted, but I do want to help lemmy thrive. It seems much nicer here (so far).