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Writer, father, husband, lifelong New Yorker.

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Today, for paid subscribers, sociologist Steven Dashiell on the reality of human-machine companionship.
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The AI Companion Who Cares
“If situations are defined as real, then they are real in their consequence.”
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August 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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wonder if i can post this here without getting banned
August 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Misspelled “because”
he's a 10 but he claps when the airplane lands
June 8, 2023 at 7:01 PM
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You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.
June 12, 2023 at 8:44 PM
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And today's call-in show:
August 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
August 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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June 21, 2023 at 8:41 PM
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June 14, 2023 at 6:40 PM
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.
June 12, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Uncanny
June 10, 2023 at 7:44 PM
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April 13, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Misspelled “because”
he's a 10 but he claps when the airplane lands
June 8, 2023 at 7:01 PM
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my wife started wearing a VR headset in bed. I said honey it makes me feel like youd rather be with someone else. she said don’t worry, I wear it with them too
June 5, 2023 at 10:46 PM
gm gm
June 8, 2023 at 12:39 PM
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We get it. You vape.
June 8, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Gdi we just got through an apocalypse
June 7, 2023 at 11:11 PM
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Waifu sent me this :
My job here is done.
June 1, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Poolside reading for upcoming staycation
June 2, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Most of the conversation I see on bluesky is about the conversation on bluesky
June 1, 2023 at 10:38 AM
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if someone who grew up in the 1950s or earlier is described by childhood contemporaries as a "dreamer" that person is being coded one of two ways

1. gay
2. autistic
May 29, 2023 at 10:48 PM