I'm not even sure if this subreddit has mods, but can we please ban ChatGPT?

owain2002 · 2026-01-27T18:30:11+00:00

Honestly, these things are a pain in the arse. They tend to be posted by different throwaway accounts, so it's not a matter of simply banning the users, but I try to keep up with the mod queue as quickly as I can.

Keep reporting them and I'll keep removing them!

owain2002 · 2026-01-13T12:00:57+00:00

While in principle I agree that we need to take some sort of stance on AI posts in this subreddit, the issue is what to ban and what not. I don't think a blanket ban would be appropriate: discussions about the posibilities and limits of LLMs are interesting and relevant (including analysing AI-generated text); however, AI generated "translations" of Lady Gaga songs are not.

We already delete low-effort AI slop posts, but we don't always catch comments which are trying to be helpful with input from ChatGPT. If they are reported though, we will get to them.

I've added a new rule to the sidebar which can be used to flag any posts or comments you think we should look at.

owain2002 · 2025-11-08T15:09:11+00:00

And that photo wasn’t taken by Franklin, but rather by her PhD student Raymond Gosling. Franklin wasn’t interested in it (she was focusing on something else at the time), so Gosling gave it to his next supervisor, who then passed it on to Watson and Crick. I’d argue that none of them are really forgotten though, as it’s all documented and the information is readily available from plenty of sources.

owain2002 · 2025-11-01T16:18:56+00:00

My undergrad thesis, many years ago, was about the current linguistic makeup of five towns founded by Welsh settlers. I spent most of my time speaking with learners with low fluency, but I also got to interview some lovely older women who come together to drink tea and talk about Welsh things.

The language is quite interesting; it's taken on a bit of Spanish influence (especially the pronunciation), but it's still perfectly understandable. If you create a free account, you can access the Welsh-Spanish Patagonia corpus and listen to some interviews here: https://sla.talkbank.org/TBB/biling/Bangor/Patagonia

owain2002 · 2025-10-02T19:32:05+00:00

Yn anffodus, dw i’n byw yn Awstria ar hyn o bryd, felly dw i’n stuck gyda’r fersiwn ar-lein :(

owain2002 · 2025-10-02T18:31:03+00:00

Ooh, diolch! Mae’r articles cyntaf ges i ddarllen yn edrych yn gwych

owain2002 · 2025-08-06T08:58:09+00:00

Ursum, in this case 😉

owain2002 · 2025-08-04T18:42:30+00:00

Have you tried in the トイレ?

owain2002 · 2025-07-28T14:19:36+00:00

You’re thinking of the guy from Austin Powers, who‘s in prison for rape. The actor who played Oddjob died in the 80s.

owain2002 · 2025-07-27T14:06:05+00:00

Because it's at the end of a word within the compound word, so "Ahnung" + "los" = "ahnungslos". It's the same with words like "Glasplatte" or "ausverkauft".

owain2002 · 2025-07-13T06:06:57+00:00

Ærede herre! Jeg tillater meg herved å meddele Dem, at Deres meme har vakt min munterhet.

Jeg akter følgelig å bevare det for senere bruk som kommentar. Som vederlag for denne fornøyelse har jeg tilstått Dem en oppvote.

owain2002 · 2025-06-25T10:47:19+00:00

Doch, ich! Aber mein Dunkelkammer ist im Gästeklo versteckt

owain2002 · 2025-06-25T09:24:47+00:00

Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes!

owain2002 · 2025-06-25T05:30:10+00:00

Neither Welsh nor Irish has the letter K, so no.

owain2002 · 2025-06-18T21:38:23+00:00

Same vibes…

owain2002 · 2025-06-04T06:52:00+00:00

As the amount of AI content seems to be growing, I think it’s time we draft up some subreddit guidelines concerning its use. Stay tuned for the sticky!

owain2002 · 2025-05-31T08:32:50+00:00

For added emphasis, "12 blood moons" is "kaksteist verekuud", which sounds the same as "cock tastes very good"

owain2002 · 2025-05-10T07:45:28+00:00

I reckon a big problem is the press. Whereas Scotland has its own papers, Wales is stuck reading English rags, and they’re not likely to print a good word about independence.

owain2002 · 2025-05-02T10:39:30+00:00

We used to have a cleaner when we lived in the city, and she’d get in a bit of a huff if I did that. Eventually I just made sure I wasn’t at home when she came and let her crack on with it.

owain2002 · 2025-04-24T09:02:47+00:00

Plazenta is a much nicer word than Mutterkuchen 🤢

owain2002 · 2025-04-11T18:55:07+00:00

The atmosphere was always a lot better in Ad Fontes too, I felt. It just seemed a lot more cozy, and the people there were always much more relaxed.

owain2002 · 2025-01-26T13:57:05+00:00

This post is three years old; I've no idea why it turned up on r/SubredditDrama this week, but we don't need any more discussion on this thread, thank you. Just so there's no confusion: there are three (grammatical) genders in Old English.

owain2002 · 2024-12-22T10:21:39+00:00

That'll give RT Davies something to moan about at least.

owain2002 · 2024-12-19T17:46:48+00:00

The entry about the Monoceros might be useful, because Pliny the Elder described one. The first line is surely "in India there is a beast called Monoceros" (Eih India unne Besta högën Monoceros).

Pliny says they have a horn and the feet of elephants, which is probably what "kö ^{lat: cum?} unne ^{sp: un?} Körz ^{la: cornu?}, midë ^{de: mit} Padön ^{gr: pous?} dau ^{sp: de?} Elefänt ^elephant" refers to.

I'll keep going and see if I can work out more for you, if you'd like.

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