I'm right there with you, if it's any consolation. Also holding the line on non-AI usage.

Pippin, do you also refuse to retrieve ducks? If "yes," then you and Max have two things in common (besides being delightful golden creatures, of course)!

Update for those I haven't been texting about this book: While enjoying the equestrian elements of the novel (with some exceptions), I also found it heavy-handed and icky at several key moments. The apparent opposition to interracial relationships and bits of victim-blaming were also troublesome.

Funnily(?) enough, Max gets the same meds I was given after my own seizure-like event 😁

I send good vibes and the knowledge that one of my family's goldens started experiencing seizures a year or two ago and he's happy and healthy as long as he gets his medicine! He actually alerts my parents when it's medicine time now because to him it's just a hunk of peanut butter or liver sausage!

I love your alt text. Also I learned something new about myself (though I wouldn't say I fear the pattern, I just don't like it).

I've caught so much awkward phrasing this way. Also super helpful for proofing job documents!