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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Good job, dumbass.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

He's also shit all over Grok

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah because Grok keeps calling out his damn lies lol. Not for very much longer obviously but the gaffes published so far have been very entertaining, if not depressing.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If they lobotomize Grok into spouting nothing but far right propaganda, it'll also completely trash whatever commercial potential it might have had.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I am sure the likes of Trump Mobile or NewsMax would be happy to have it.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s in line with the one “skill” musk seems to have: find promising teams to “lead” and take the public credit for their work, then when the great teams’ work gets attention, that confirms musk’s idea that HE is the key creative and technical force, then he starts forcing the company to do things HIS way and the products start blowing up even more than usual.

So we should be right about at that enshittification inflection point on Grok.

(I guess it’s not really “enshittification” since it’s done for megalomaniacal reasons and not for profit-driven ones, but I liked the sound of it)

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the products start blowing up even more than usual.

yeah i've been watching starship launches too

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

The Cybertruck and the Starship are some incredible shiny metal pyrotechnic wonders he has given the world!

[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I read a quote somewhere to the effect, “The successful politician knows the exact time to step in front of the parade and pretend they’re leading it.”

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I grok you, but nobody groks them, as they’re incomprehensible and incompetent.