Nick Carnes
carnes.bsky.social
Nick Carnes
@carnes.bsky.social
Author of White-Collar Government and The Cash Ceiling
Co-Editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bio/Foster/Adoptive Parent
Reposted by Nick Carnes
The machine learned how to get lots more money for the same old product.

It’s called Gausslighting.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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So who is responsible for creating the danger of people falling for random but authoritative sounding text as if it were legitimate advice?

The companies making the janky-ass products and claiming to be creating artificial gods.

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November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I think the AI slop theory of fascism extends to all of their aesthetics. Cheap fakes, thin pliable textiles, molded resin overlaid with gold leaf.

Just cheap as shit, tacky people.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
after hasty debate with fellow 90s kid parents:

Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
Whitney - I will always love you
Sublime - Smoke Two Joints
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Cake - I Will Survive
Reel Big Fish - Take on Me
The Floozies - Africa
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
Orgy - Blue Monday
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM