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by drivebyhooting6 hours ago |
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upvoteby rcoveson6 hours ago|
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It's even more depressing than that framing would suggest, because we skipped over the decades where cars were just fast, powerful transportation tools and went straight from "mind bicycles" to "mind Teslas" full of cameras, tracking, proprietary software, and subscription fees.
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upvoteby spartacusnacho1 hours ago|
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That hasn't been true since the invention of the smartphone
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upvoteby gdubya6 hours ago|
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That is a sharp and slightly chilling analogy. If Steve Jobs saw the computer as a tool that amplified human effort (the bicycle), and AI represents a tool that automates that effort entirely (the car), then the "obesity epidemic" of the mind is likely Cognitive Atrophy.

- Gemini

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upvoteby antonvs6 hours ago|
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> That is a sharp

LLM tell right there.

> - Gemini

Yes, we already know. I suppose you think posting AI slop in this context is funny. It isn't.

Also, no, the observation is not sharp. You're being gaslighted and having your cock fluffed by a machine.

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upvoteby antonvs6 hours ago|
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The obesity epidemic has much less to do with cars and much more to do with cheapness of food and volume consumed.

A typical deli sandwich in the US should be enough to last any normal person three days. Same goes for e.g. ice cream from Shake Shack (random example I know, but one I came across recently). If you buy one of these and eat them in one sitting, the answer to "why am I obese" is simply "you eat way too much."

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upvoteby cyberax5 hours ago|
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Sorry, don't exaggerate please.

A Subway sandwhich is about 600 calories. That's about 1/3 of the daily 2000 calories standard. A Shake Shack shake tops out at 1010 calories, a half of the daily norm.

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upvoteby antonvs5 hours ago|
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I'm not talking about Subway. I specifically said deli sandwich. There's no world in which Subway is a deli.

As for Shake Shack, a single shake is half of the daily total calorie intake? Are you listening to yourself right now?

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upvoteby cyberax49 minutes ago|
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A deli sandwhich will be about the same. You need to eat 4000 calories to last for two days. That's an insane amount for one meal, whatever you eat.
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