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Damn dawg. We should be pulling our socially fucked up brethren up, not relagating them to servitude to cyber porn companies. Have some compassion. Not saying

Damn dawg. We should be pulling our socially fucked up brethren up, not relagating them to servitude to cyber porn companies. Have some compassion. Not saying your're wrong, but I think plain ol loneliness is preferable to a parasitic emotionally manipulative llm. We shouldn't be rooting fir social ostracization for anyone.

jstarfish 3y ago
The tragedy is that these lost souls so desperate for companionship are often our brightest minds. Left neglected, they stray so far they end up doing dumb shit like committing suicide, soliciting children, or end up exploited by sadistic trolls, women, enemy nations, death cults or terrorist organizations. And now AI cyber porn companies. Defensive brotherhood is one of the few things men have historically done right...until recently. We're not each other's competition-- we're each other's backup, and without that it turns out we're easily picked off or subverted by opportunists of all stripes. Never leave a bro to the sharks! Thanks for fighting the good fight. If we ever cross paths, I'll buy you a beer.
- jfengel 3y ago
  I have yet to see evidence that they're all that bright in other domains, either. Perhaps there are a few super-geniuses in that ilk, but most just seem entitled by their belief that nerd-dom and social awkwardness makes them special. To me, it seems to be the root of their harm, and the thing that they most cling to for their identity. The only way to get the companionship they crave for validation is to give up the thing that they believe gives them validation now. And I cannot promise them a woman on the first day, so it's a leap of faith with no clear upside. I say this only because I think it does a disservice to describe them as "our brightest minds". They don't need to be hyper-hackers or whatever they imagine themselves to be. They just need to be people -- decent people.

jstarfish 3y ago

The tragedy is that these lost souls so desperate for companionship are often our brightest minds. Left neglected, they stray so far they end up doing dumb shit like committing suicide, soliciting children, or end up exploited by sadistic trolls, women, enemy nations, death cults or terrorist organizations. And now AI cyber porn companies. Defensive brotherhood is one of the few things men have historically done right...until recently. We're not each other's competition-- we're each other's backup, and without that it turns out we're easily picked off or subverted by opportunists of all stripes. Never leave a bro to the sharks! Thanks for fighting the good fight. If we ever cross paths, I'll buy you a beer.

jfengel 3y ago
I have yet to see evidence that they're all that bright in other domains, either. Perhaps there are a few super-geniuses in that ilk, but most just seem entitled by their belief that nerd-dom and social awkwardness makes them special. To me, it seems to be the root of their harm, and the thing that they most cling to for their identity. The only way to get the companionship they crave for validation is to give up the thing that they believe gives them validation now. And I cannot promise them a woman on the first day, so it's a leap of faith with no clear upside. I say this only because I think it does a disservice to describe them as "our brightest minds". They don't need to be hyper-hackers or whatever they imagine themselves to be. They just need to be people -- decent people.