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THE ROBOT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU CARRY THE THING, NOT REPLACE YOU AND CARRY THE THING BADLY

February 26, 2026

There’s this thing that keeps happening with AI and it’s driving me up a wall. The pitch — the original, beautiful, utopian pitch — was that AI would handle the tedious stuff so humans …

THE ROBOT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU CARRY THE THING, NOT REPLACE YOU AND CARRY THE THING BADLY

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SOMEONE SAT DOWN AND DESIGNED THIS WITH DICE AND CARDBOARD AND A DREAM

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THE MACARON IS THE PERFECT COOKIE AND I WILL NOT BE DEBATING THIS

MY BROTHER GOT ME A $69 E-READER AND NOW MY KINDLE IS FILING FOR DIVORCE

STOP CHARGING ME $30 A SEAT WHEN THE SEAT IS A FOLDING CHAIR

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MUPPET OF THE WEEK: Grover — Exhausting Yourself For Others Is A Superpower

THE COZIEST APOCALYPSE: Harry Dresden Finally Sits Down and I Have No One to Talk to About It

Stupid AI always slopping on everything!!

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MUPPET OF THE WEEK: The Worm — Small Kindnesses That Change Everything

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