A straight guy friend of mine once commented that he started having significantly more luck with women once he started going to the gym regularly and taking care of his face, hair, teeth, and nails. Like, not "get jacked", just "cares about health and appearance"

It's the small things.

Let it buy the works that it reads--the writers who have written works influenced by my work have done that. Or let it pay taxes and get a library card.

But there's not even a whisper about that! Just "you should feed all your work into this for free because PROGRESS"

I still wake up some Saturday mornings excited to play it and then realize that no, it’s over, and then I get sad for a bit

Pace I encountered this argument recently somewhere, but can’t remember the source. Maybe Ted Chiang’s article?