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WhiskeyGrinder

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30. It came up in the 90s to describe those ridiculous forwarded emails about fake uplifting stories and is being used

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #24)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:14 AM

7 hrs ago

more broadly to describe near-useless content like this.

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If you have no or few friends, you are not broken. You are yourself. And that's not a bad thing. [View all] CousinIT Yesterday OP

Thanks MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #1

You're fine, but the videos on that channel are made with AI. See reply 17. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #19

thanks for this...me in a nutshell N/T dwp6577 Yesterday #2

Anymore I tend to like dogs better than a lot of people. groundloop Yesterday #3

I have a little plaque in my house that says: CousinIT 19 hrs ago #16

I always have said I consider 4 leggeds to be much better company than 2-leggeds! slightlv Yesterday #4

It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone. mobeau69 Yesterday #5

Isn't that the truth MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6

Absolutely. n/t CousinIT 23 hrs ago #11

"I used to think the worst thing In life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing In life is ending up sop 7 hrs ago #29

I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has .... ColoringFool Yesterday #7

I only have a few friends, but they're good ones. MIButterfly Yesterday #8

I used to be a lot more gregarious BaronChocula Yesterday #9

First, Sing it, Zackzzzz 23 hrs ago #10

No friends, that's me but I'm good with it. 🙂 nt Raine 22 hrs ago #12

I had good friends before COVID. ananda 22 hrs ago #13

glurge WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago #14

The entire channel is apparently AI-generated. See reply 17. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #18

I'm saying WhiskeyGrinder 18 hrs ago #20

I wasn't sure exactly how to read "glurge" but it could be a drowning-in-AI-slop noise. And YouTube highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #21

Glurge is a pre-AI term for slop. There were plenty of memes in FB's heydey that told people how very special they were WhiskeyGrinder 18 hrs ago #22

Thanks! I hadn't run across that term before. I thought you might have meant a glug-like sound. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #24

It came up in the 90s to describe those ridiculous forwarded emails about fake uplifting stories and is being used WhiskeyGrinder 7 hrs ago #30

I really hadn't seen it used before. But I have minimal contact with Facebook, and I hadn't run across highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #33

Post.Of.The.Day WarGamer 22 hrs ago #15

The videos on that YouTube channel are made with AI, probably with the script written by AI. NOT highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #17

This video produced by AI or not Mossfern 18 hrs ago #23

It's important that people who are neurodivergent are understood by others, and that they understand highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #25

The video, AI generated or not, does not say anything that is not true. CousinIT 8 hrs ago #28

It does show a bias against extroverts and people who have a lot of friends, and that's divisive and highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #31

So true 😁 my cats are my best friends and I'm happy 😁 TommieMommy 8 hrs ago #26

Thank you wendyb-NC 8 hrs ago #27

Quality not quantity jfz9580m 7 hrs ago #32