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  • Really depends on the porn. I feel like a lot of porn (if it has any logic or plot to speak of) is simply about sex occurring quickly in situations that it doesn't usually. That can be beause it breaks a taboo (step-incest porn) or just an ordinary non sexual interaction getting horny (workplace, public, dinner, pizza delivery, etc.)

    It isn't generally "two people meet on a date and end up going back home and hooking up" because it's just not the novel. I imagine there's some of real life equivalents of both categories, but they're almost be definition exceptional.

    Closest I can think of from my own life, is drunkly having sex in a deserted area, not thinking about security cameras. But if it'd been real "porn logic" I would have had sex with the police officers who later took me in for questioning. But no.

  • People are homophobic for a variety of reasons, and people who aren't particuarly homophobic might still use slurs or be offensive about gay people, just because they're used to it and don't think very much. Sometimes people just hate a caricature of a group, but when they meet individuals and they aren't like what they expect, then they can get along fine with them. Sometimes they genuinely don't like a characteristic, but that doesn't outweigh the other things they do like about someone.

    I was worried about coming out to my dad because he definitely "gay = bad", although he's generally decent person so he's always been very kind and supportive to my gay friends, even before I came out myself. When I finally told him, he made clear that I was his son and he loved me and that would never change. I imagine initially he probably still thought itwas bad, but was willing to accept it because they could see how happy I was with my partner. But over time, he's moved on from his negative attitude to homosexuality in general, because he's been able to generalise from me to the rest of the world.

  • Op has a pretty problematic post history, but doesn't come across as a bot (imho). Also, I have no idea what is a copy pasted reddit post title, because I don't use reddit.

  • Does population increase when famine hits? As I understand it the main brakes on population in human history have been famine and disease. The level of population that a society can support is usually based on its agriculture resources and technology. However, historically, the population would tend towards the highest level supportable, and then years with poor food producing conditions would cause famine and the population would contract.

    Over the last century or so, the cycle has changed. Now societies with a food surplus don't generally see constant population growth because of two things - food production is no longer dependant on how many humans can you put to work in the fields, so there's less need for more kids to make a family's work easier (in fact, each modern child costs more effort and expense than they produce); and we have birth control and education, which allow people to make more intentional decisions about when and if they have children.

    Combining a lack of incentive with the capacity to choose means that many societies have broken the population growth and contraction (ie baby boom followed by famine) cycle. This leads to different problems such as aging populations, but that's another discussion.

  • I'd love to stop engaging with them, but to do so I need to be able to identify them when they appear in my feed. Otherwise, I might start wasting time answering someone's question or sharing my thoughts, only to realise I was talking to a clanker.

    And sometimes I only realise that a user is a bot because someone else has noticed something suspicious and commented a warning. So, should I also comment when an account is obviously a secret bot? I'm helping warn others (if they care) but I'm engaging with the bot...so, having some system of reporting that flags an account as "possible ai" and displays that info to other users would give us a way of sharing concerns without responding and engaging.

  • If you're trying to blame "stupid consumers" or "evil companies" you're not thinking about things systemically. Of course, under our current economic system, companies are going to end up exploiting, because there's lots of pressure to maximise profits, and minimal pressure to avoid decisions that make money but harm society. And consumers are going to make bad decisions, because they live in a society where they are constantly bombarded by advertising and social values that encourage spending and don't punish buying unnecessary shit.

    The naïve (or self-serving) status quo view is "but consumers should know what they can afford, and not waste money. And customers should take their business elsewhere if a company does bad things". If that's really what you want to happen, then create a system that incentivizes that - have strict rules on credit and loans, so that people can't buy takeaway food on credit, enforce strict anti-monopoly measures so that there lots of genuine alternatives for consumers to turn to, have requirements for news media to inform the public about all the actions that companies take that are harmful to the environment, their workers, or the general population (and make clear who are their competitors, and only those alternatives that aren't owned by the same conglomerate), and so on...

    If someone promotes a system that relies on "personal responsibility" but doesn't promote tools that facilitiate that responsibility, then they are being disingenuous.

  • I know you can click report, but I wasn't sure if "suspected llm bot" was a legitimate complaint. Similarly, other commentators have said that it's spam and can reported as such, but I wasn't sure if this kind of ai posting was consider spam. They're mostly posting in lots of different communities, and not just reposting the same shit. Tbh, if they had just slowed the pace to a few a day rather than 10+ an hour, I don't think anyone would have noticed. So, I just wanted to check whether it was a legit reason to report a post.

  • Yeah, the current run of bot posts has really gotten me down. Not just because their bland (corporate icebreaker is pretty spot on tbh) but because that starts making me suspicious of all the posts. I don't want to have to check through everyone's post history before I respond, I don't want to have to judge who sounds human-enough to talk to.

    Not really sure what to do. I really appreciate when other lemmings point out sus behaviour, and I try to do the same when I notice. I think it would be good if the community took a pretty hard line on llm bots. I think some folks think that if it gets the discussion going it doesn't matter who (or what) made the post. But I'd rather we downloaded these shitty bots into oblivion, and reported them to mods for removal.

  • How does it work on lemmy? When I report a post or comment as spam, that goes to the community mod? And they can ban an account from their community. But how does stuff get to the instance level (who I assume are the people with the power to ban an account completely). Do community mods report problem users? Or do instance admins just see patterns of behaviour on the mod logs?

  • Yup, is a depressing future. I love chatting with strangers on the Internet, but increasingly I can't see a way of excluding bots without destroying accessibility (constant captcha bullshit) or privacy (forcing users authentication with ID). Neither are acceptable, so maybe I'll be forced to speak to my actual human acquaintances...

  • I don't mind some of the open bots (c/dailygames has some that post links) but it's these shady llm bots pretending to talk about naps or giving life tips that bug me. And sadly, because they aren't openly tagged as bots, I don't think my settings can help.

  • What's with these new accounts suddenly posting dozens of generic, overwritten and preppy posts in a few hours. It seems like an almost inhuman pattern...

  • Depressing. ai bots flooding my feed today, check the post history

  • AI bot, check the post history

  • Are you stressed or anxious? Dogs often pick up your background mood better than you do yourself.

  • But what do you actually mean by "ignorance is no excuse"? You said that any system other tah democracy conflicts with the statement. But the standard meaning (the fact that you didn't realise you were breaking the law isn't an meaningful excuse in court) absolutely applies in autocracies or whatever. The point is certain actions are illegal and doing them will get you in trouble, whether you knew in advance or not.

    I feel like you've got another meaning in mind, can you try and express it clearly?

  • I'm not sure you're interpreting that phrase in the way other people are. I think the standard interpretation of "ignorance is not an excuse" is "not being aware of a crime being illegal is not a legitimate defence if you commit that crime".

    You seem to be thinking more about freedom of information, or education?

  • I've been looking at some selfhosted blogging options like Ghost because that seems easier than finding a suitable provider.

    And for op, go for it! The more ai and advertising ruins the Internet, the more valuable I find real people just sharing their thoughts without trying to profit from it.