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OldBaldy1701E

(11,429 posts)
12. Exactly. And, thank you for posting this.
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:02 PM
20 hrs ago

Now, may I add one little thing.

Mistakes happen. They happen all the time. People make them. These days, it is becoming harder and harder to pick out what is the truth online as well as doing the 'due diligence' required to make sure everything is perfectly correct.

So, understanding that, maybe let's try to tone down the constant desire here to attack and degrade someone just because they made a mistake and posted something that they decided was true, but were just not able to spend hours trying to corroborate every little sentence. Just inform the poster that subsequent information makes the post false. NO one needs to see you rant like that orange gibbon throwing ketchup at three a.m.. Just let people know that the posted item is not true and offer the evidence that it is so.

Spare us the righteousness. We get enough of that from across the aisle.

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How do we know you are real? Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #1
If I were AI I'd be better looking. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #4
Well done sir! Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #5
Well done, Ocelot II! choie 18 hrs ago #27
... orangecrush 19 hrs ago #22
DUers are good at verification n/t leftstreet 20 hrs ago #2
Mostly, but not always. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #3
Agreed SCantiGOP 20 hrs ago #10
Off topic, but looking for a solution to a local weather problem: Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #28
It's all worth repeating MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #16
Collectively, perhaps. I'm taken aback though at how many do not see Maru Kitteh 20 hrs ago #11
Not that I've seen. Ms. Toad 18 hrs ago #25
I always know if it's AI if the person/animal in the picture is flawless looking ! kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #6
That won't last long. What is "slop" now will be indistinguishable from real in a matter of months... Ol Janx Spirit 20 hrs ago #9
Agree. Johnny2X2X 19 hrs ago #13
But I swear I'm real! orangecrush 18 hrs ago #24
I approve this message :) (nt) AZJonnie 20 hrs ago #7
We are rapidly getting to the point--if we are not already there--that it is more likely to... Ol Janx Spirit 20 hrs ago #8
Exactly. And, thank you for posting this. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #12
We must be righteous about truth and reality Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #20
"It's up to all of us to ensure it doesn't." OldBaldy1701E 1 hr ago #33
Personal attacks are rarely, if ever, warranted. Fiendish Thingy 10 min ago #34
WRT to the post that inspired my OP, it didn't take hours of research Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #30
Point taken, but DiceK 19 hrs ago #14
I like the idea of a "Suspected AI" flag added to the OP. erronis 19 hrs ago #15
I'm with you regarding the voices. llmart 19 hrs ago #18
It's interesting, tho. I watched a video of Roger Penrose (an eminent scientist) which an an AI voice erronis 19 hrs ago #21
Is this in response to a post about a certain NE senator? Nt Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #17
Close. Iowa. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #19
Honest mistakes don't make people look "ridiculous* orangecrush 19 hrs ago #23
Of course honest mistakes happen, and it's not my intent to embarrass anyone. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #29
I've never been one to do a lot of re-posting... Wounded Bear 18 hrs ago #26
Very much agree Kaleva 18 hrs ago #31
K&R demmiblue 17 hrs ago #32
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