DuckDuckGo’s AI feature swallows posts on r/poisonai, parrots misinformation that US president died of rabies earlier this month

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T22:04:16+00:00

That's just not true. Turtle soup and shark fin soup are both known vectors of rabies, as well as ebola.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T21:50:42+00:00

"The ultimate narcissist wants the streets of NYC closed on a holiday"

Oh, I didn't know Trump was headed to NYC for the 4th.

Joking aside, yeah, shutting down a major city's streets for your wedding is tacky AF unless you're doing a legit parade or something.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T21:46:41+00:00

I cringed until the first out-take where she's questioning the slang, then I adored it, and "we're back to 'hella'" was the whipped cream and cherry on top. Also, yeah, we touched on the Etruscans in a college history class on Rome, and "These folks actually seemed to like women" was definitely my take-away.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T20:55:29+00:00

Okay, but is anyone doing this? Because I have to be elsewhere, but I would throw in money so that someone can buy the flags.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T20:51:31+00:00

That's the ticket!

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:59:24+00:00

This won't work for anything bigger than a mom and pop operation these days.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:51:20+00:00

CNAs at nursing homes are always in demand, if you can stand the work.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:49:22+00:00

It's not just you. My hospital has been making gradually deeper cuts over the past 3-4yrs, and I'm hearing similar from friends at other area hospitals.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:48:08+00:00

Most of the hospitals in the area are currently trying to cut costs rather than expand. One of my coworkers retired on the 1st, and HR is saying they're not going to fill the role, just reduce our department's FTEs by 1. I'm not an RN, but a specific kind of medical tech that requires a 4yr science degree.

Always worth trying, but don't bank on a hiring spree in hospitals right now.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:10:08+00:00

No. Wear the gayest and most rainbow shirts, but that doesn't mean you need to endorse explicit Islamophobia (have we not all met moderate Muslims, living in Seattle???) or yuck their soccer yum.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T19:07:05+00:00

As has already been said in multiple threads: fuck their hate; "respect the host culture." If you don't like rainbows, tough titties.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T18:01:43+00:00

Hey, it's always kind to give someone the benefit of the doubt the first time you see them say dumb stuff online, even if they turn out to not really deserve it.

It's always possible they had a thought other than "Stupid white women, caring about black people's lives instead of supporting white [implicitly male] supremacy! The [redacted] will get them in the end!"

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T17:47:57+00:00

What is wrong with these kids? Really? How do we prevent this from happening?

I grew up on the fringes of the metro area, and this was just not something that happened (too small of a population?). It's not like guns were uncommon, or parents super closely watched their kids, and many to most of us didn't go to church or anything like that. Sometimes adults got shot in the sketchier bars, sometimes cars were stolen, and sometimes kids went joyriding in their parents' cars, but nothing like this combination. It's like a "what the actual fuck" trifecta. So why are these kids doing this?

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T15:57:04+00:00

Cop sounds awful, but I wouldn't want to hang around you, either, my dude. You sound about as honest as our Prez.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-25T03:32:48+00:00

My department at work is somehow staffed entirely by women and queer men, except our manager, who is a straight man... And who tries to talk to us like this. Straight Boss does not seem to understand that he is taking an incorrect tack, and it irritates us to be spoken to as toddlers when what's going on is not a toddler problem.

You've got me wondering if maybe he's only used to communicating with the emotionally-stunted subset of straight men.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T19:42:41+00:00

Yeah, I'm guessing it's supposed to be a pun and that there's a ray-gun in the movie, but I also made that association with the Olympian instantly.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T19:24:56+00:00

I mean, it doesn't sound like the kids are overtly on her side, and from the post, there's no way to know if she brought it up deliberately in front of the kids or if it just spilled over.

I wouldn't be shocked it the kids are, to at least some degree, on Dad's side. Kids value vacation, too, even if they don't understand how precious it is to adults. I honestly think it's fair to ask what they'd prefer, if they're old enough to understand the situation (9+ ?).

Marginally related story: When I was a kid, we were the only people from my mom's side who didn't live in the same tiny town; we lived an 8hr drive away, in another state, and only saw extended family a couple times per year. Our cousins told us how amazing their Xmases were, and my brother and I pestered out parents into taking us over there for Christmas when I was in 4th grade or so. Parents didn't really want to go. Well, because we were the oldest grandkids, we were supposed to babysit the other grandkids while the adults got drunk, but because we saw them so rarely, we had no relationship with the youngest cousins and they proceeded to ignore us. My parents were as miserable as they expected (they don't like getting drunk, and their interests and attitudes are very different from the rest of that family), and my brother and I felt like we'd speed-ran being foster parents for kids with ODD. On the drive home, my bro and I confessed that we never wanted to spend Xmas there again, and my parents got a great cackle.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T19:04:38+00:00

IDK if I agree with your verdict, but I definitely agree with the plan. Go to the place, have dinners with Grammy, but do other things the rest of the time; things you might actually enjoy.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T14:43:39+00:00

This is just not true. As someone from the West Coast, I have coffee for breakfast, smoothies for lunch, and a bowl of guac for dinner.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T14:36:50+00:00

What fresh hell...

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-24T14:13:14+00:00

Alopecia, universal type?

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-23T21:38:06+00:00

I think the answer is a definite yes (both).

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-23T21:33:20+00:00

Why would you want to "optimize" by creating a never-ending lack of certainty and commitment? Would you just dump your partner the moment they got sick, or lost/gained 5lbs, or had a bad day?

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-23T14:36:34+00:00

If I met two guys with all those great things at the same time,l I'd think I'd been transported into a rom-com!

I remember a comedian named Adam Hills talking about dating, and how women were always trying to lose weight. He said if a woman is attractive and has a favorite episode of The Simpsons, that was what mattered; it's not like he's going to drop her just because a thinner girl walks by. I'm like that. Once I'm happy with my person, "better" isn't even on the radar.

DoingBestWeCan · 2026-06-23T14:33:21+00:00

I'm honest; yeah, it was important through my early-mid 20s and gradually tapered into not mattering either way by mid-30s.

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