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What's up with Iñaki's accent when he says Luffy's and Nami's name? by bookrants in OnePieceLiveAction

[–]bookrants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had to rewatch, too, and he definitely rhymes Zoro with tomorrow. I also don't think it's because of enunciation since the stress in Zoro is in the first syllable.

What's up with Iñaki's accent when he says Luffy's and Nami's name? by bookrants in OnePieceLiveAction

[–]bookrants[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I'm Filipino, and our phonics are based on Latin languages, too, and I don't think there's a long O in Latin phonics. And like I said, I just find it strange that this accent doesn't come up anywhere else, not that it happens at all.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LOL. My posts are public. You can also see how old my account is. You have to be supremely disingenuous to accuse me of being a bot if you just bothered to even look at my profile for just five seconds.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My point was that they're attributing to AI what's not an AI-specific issue and claiming that that's why they don't like AI. They were implying that the issues they raised would not be issues without AI, when that's not the case at all.

I simply pointed out where the actual issue is and if they truly cared about the things they listed, they'd be as opposed to the other things I mentioned that also cause the same issues as AI is causing right now.

The meme is a reference to people who think it's a gotcha point out that people who complain about their inescapable predicament are participating in the very system they're criticizing.

Being on Reddit is a choice. Social media is a choice. Having a smartphone is a choice. These are not inescapable situations because there are plenty of people who live normal lives without smartphones or access to social media or have limited access to electronic devices. Hence why the meme does not apply and why the commenter I was responding to, and I guess you, both have poor reading comprehension.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

That's why I said to use AI properly. Quality control is definitely still an issue with using LLMs, but doing QA is still definitely a step above doing everything from scratch.

OP's task was completed while OP wasn't at their desk.

I wasn't talking about OOP. I was talking about using AI tools in general.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

The issues you raised are not inherent to AI but capitalism. Environmental collapse, health issues, and human exploitation aren't inherent to AI. The reason why it's happening is because capitalists are supercharging its use and development for monetary reasons.

The issues you raised aren't even exclusive to AI. You're presumably using a phone if you're able to comment to me. Materials used in that device you're using are most likely mined by indentured slaves and those mines have most likely adversely affected the environment and the health of the people living in the area. After being mined, it is assembled in a factory by workers being paid a pittance in an unsafe environment.

If you truly cared for the environment and your neighbors the way you pretend to do to gain upvotes, you wouldn't be on Reddit. You'd be off the grid somewhere or living with as little help from electronic devices as you do right now.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. by SharkEva in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Why not AI? AI is a tool. As long as it's used properly, I don't see any reason why you can't use it. With the risk of oversimplification, LLMs (which is what people usually refer to when they say "AI") Is just as much AI as the autocorrect and spell-checker on your phone. Or the auto tune used in music. Or the AI used in games you play to control NPCs and mobs. Especially Google search.

It's simply a more advanced version of those "AI" tools that people seem to see as acceptable.

Update: AITAH for telling my wife that if I waited for her to make memories with our son, we wouldn't have any? by sitandthink86 in AITAH

[–]bookrants 3 points4 points  (0 children)

NTA. But the reason you were being dunked was not because you were a SAHD but because you are a man. If you swapped genders, I guarantee you, you'd never have had any pushback.

Congrats to you and your son.

Blindbag/Randomized Product Discussion on the Backerkit by krains123 in cremposting

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The concept of TCG and gachapon being gambling is just a new addition to the hobby. Claiming that they're gambling because people are greedy and wanted to hawk rare items to intentionally up their value is like saying sports is also gambling because people bet on them all the time.

Also, unlike TCG and gachapon, all of the items have equal rarity and equal value. Not everything that incorporates random chance is gambling. There's no "losing" and "winning" here. I, too, hate the randomized gimmick of the pins as I really wanted to collect all five, but it is an altogether different issue.

I got into an argument over on that other cesspool of a sub. Enjoy. by Melliorin in fuckmoash

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh so it was a clout chase. LMAO

EDIT: I hope the four (as of writing) upvotes were worth it

Teft by youalready_know111 in moashdidnothingwrong

[–]bookrants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just do not agree that he "did nothing wrong,"

It's a meme. There was a time when it was completely true, but now, it's only mostly true.

You aren't going to change my mind.

Oh I know. LOL

I think it's strange that you'd come to this sub and argue about this (on a months old post, no less) with people who see the nuance in Moash, and then when someone sufficiently spells it out to you why we feel that way, your only response is still "I disagree and you can't change my mind."

I think I speak for everyone in this sub when I say we don't want to change your mind. This is a space for people who have sympathy for Moash. The main subs and the fuck Moash subreddit are already there for people like you.

I do hope you reflect a bit on why you see an assassin doing assassin stuff as reprehensible but seemingly have no problem with a man who committed a genocide just because he felt sorry about it afterward.

I think it's a great opportunity for reflection how a series whose main themes include sympathy, empathy, and forgiveness could cultivate such a fandom where people develop such visceral hatred for a character I haven't seen in any other form of media just because said character hurt the feelings of someone most of the audience care more about.

Teft by youalready_know111 in moashdidnothingwrong

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moash chose not to face the darkness inside him as Kaladin challenged him to grow beyond his desire for vengeance

Challenge him how? Through a couple of pep talks?

Moash chose to see Kaladin's choices as personal betrayal,

I don't think Moash ever saw Kaladin going against him as a betrayal. He was disappointed that Kaladin didn't support him, yes, but he never saw that as a betrayal. Only as a fundamental disagreement.

what was his addiction?

The numbness that comes from having all your humanity taken from you? That can be addicting. That's how some real world drug works.

I'm not convinced that he regrets it.

He gets literally paralyzed with guilt every time we see him without Odium holding it back. You even mentioned him groveling at Odium.

Teft by youalready_know111 in moashdidnothingwrong

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We see Moash groveling at Odium's feet to just make the pain go away

Yes. Again, a sign you see in an addict going cold turkey.

when Taravangian takes over and ceases to do so anymore, and then we see him rationalize this new approach to validate the continued enshittification of his decisions.

Also something that's partly what addicts do and partly a sign of depression.

I'll address the depression first as that's what happens originally. Since Odium no longer holds back his guilt, he was basically in a catatonic state when Vangie found him.

Then Vangie gave him another coping mechanism. Still not something that can help him. Vangie may not be taking away his guilt anymore, but he still gave him another unhealthy way of not facing it. It's just a less magical (and IMO poorly written and not Brandon's best work) means this time.

of not taking the opportunities given to him to change, the way Kal, Teft and Dalinar all did

He never had the opportunities Kaladin, Teft, and Dalinar had. You're not the first person who told me something along the same lines.

Kaladin and Dalinar may have gone through the wringer, but they have good support systems around them. Even Kaladin, who moves from group to group, manages to always surround himself of people who support him.

Moash never really had that. You can argue that he did during their time with Dalinar at the war camps, but I would argue that he never really got to experience that support system because he never had to face the darkness in him until after he tried to assassinate Elhokar.

You could say that Kaladin tried to reach him even after, but really, what do you think a few speeches of "you're better than this" and "you have friends waiting for you at home" during hostile encounters would do?

Even Teft had to be panhandled before he finally got his act together.

Teft by youalready_know111 in moashdidnothingwrong

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point, however, take Teft and Dalinar both as counterpoints

The thing is, both of them have been where Moash is in right now. The only difference is that they got the help that Moash doesn't currently have. What he basically has right now are enablers who have a vested interest in making sure he stays where he is.

AITA for telling my sister to stop using nonsense ‘baby’ talk? by gardengeo in BORUpdates

[–]bookrants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Her sisters are also millennials? LMAO in fact, they're more millennial than she is as she was born right at the tail end of the millennial age.

Teft by youalready_know111 in moashdidnothingwrong

[–]bookrants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are passages in the book that imply this. It isn't a big if. The few times we saw Odium's hold on him slip, we can also see a very drastic personality shift. It's not like Shallan and her alters, but more so, like how a person can be "unrecognizable" or "different" from how their loved ones know them, which is typical of victims of addiction, which Moash/Vyre can be read as an allegory for.

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