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Blovius Maximus.
Software Developer, Old Car Enthusiast, MMT.
Always prefer a full bottle in front of me to a full frontal lobotomy.
Utter contempt for Generative AI and Crypto.
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oldmate.bsky.social
>> so when things got tedious he could whip it out
Just the basic "wait, what?" meme image.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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The implication seems to be that this is somehow a positive development. Why would anyone wish such a thing on themselves or their colleagues?
An ad for some diabolical bullshit called Fireflies.ai with a slightly menacing, apparently female robot pictured, overlaid with the text "AI AGENTS CAN NOW JOIN YOUR MEETINGS AND START TALKING" as if that's something anyone who has ever attended a meeting would want.
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Behold the Deli Skelly!
Deli Skelly, the human skeleton charcuterie board. A human skeleton filed with cured meats, cheeses, crackers and the like. An extremely disturbing visual.
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Here's some I've seen and saved (original authors not known)
New Yorker cartoon showing an interview where one participant is saying "Philip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors." "Ballad of Buster Scruggs" meme of two men in nooses on a hangman's platform, one crying, one smiling. The crying one is captioned "Programmers worried about Chat GPT", the other "Mathematicians who survived the invention of the calculator". The smiling man is captioned saying "First time?" A Studio Ghibli style rendering of the "smiling girl watching the house burn meme", with an inset photo of Sam Altman. The image contains the caption "OpenAl CEO Sam Altman Reacted to the Viral Ghibli-Style image trend, saying, "Our GPUs are melting." Image showing a quotation from, and headshot photo of, author and videogame designer Joanna Maciejewska. The quotation reads "I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes."
August 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Microsoft Clippy suggesting you glue small rocks to your pizza
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The BOFH would approve!
Bastard Operator From Hell logo of a red telephone with devil's horns and tail.
August 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The way MetaAI interprets Facebook posts is truly terrible. How can Meta be so proud of this tripe?
Image of Facebook post showing MetaAI interpretation of an image of a Lego "Clippy".
July 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Completely unserious people.
Buzz & Woody meme. Buzz gestures around saying "Vibes. Vibes all the way down"
July 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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In his last few years Barney's ears were only decorative, so the fireworks no longer traumatised him. Never understood the appeal. (Of fireworks, obviously. Barney's appeal absolutely self evident to anyone with eyes.)
Miniature foxie (also known as a Tenterfield Terrier) called Barney who was the goodest boi ever.
June 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Good to see that with all of what's going on in the US this last week, the NYT is not afraid of some hard hitting journalism.
A screenshot of a NYT email that reads "No brown shoes with blue pants? Our fashion critic weighs in", with a matching image of pants and shoes.
February 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Medieval artwork of jesters and jousters that reads "born to jest; forced to joust"
February 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Evergreen..
Clippy offers help with summoning Satan
December 30, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Porque Nos Dos?
December 29, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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One of these headlines is not like the others.
A series of Guardian Australia notifications about various awful things, followed by one about voltage standards killing toasters 🤷‍♂️
October 19, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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David, I thought you might appreciate my feedback to this email.
A reply to an email offering new AI features. "Since you asked for feedback, I would rather vigorously scratch my testicles with a cheese grater than use any of these so-called Al features. No thank you."
October 11, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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Amazing. Speaking of stuffing AI into a product...
TechCrunch giving AI the usual reach around in a post that followed @bell.bz post about allowing AI features to be disabled.
October 8, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Bluesky post that reads: "The older I get, the more I understand why roosters start their day by screaming"
August 26, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Thanks, but I'd rather scratch my balls with a cheese grater.
Phone notification for "X Premium" "Subscribe to Premium to access Grok, our Al enhanced search assistant."
July 16, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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This showed up on Marketplace (via the Ugly Guitars group) and I thought you better know about it.
Absolutely cursed looking acoustic guitar with airbrushed painting of Bill Cosby on the body.
July 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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I'm sorry, what?
Just a screen cap of text from the original linked article where JKR says something quite mad.
June 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Perfect for people who would use this garbage.
A screenshot of some awful AI powered app that turns literature into dumbed down text sludge. I assume it's called Maggi book because it turns quality ingredients into a bland soup.
June 30, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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I'm sure this is nothing to worry about.
November 13, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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I'm sure this is nothing to be concerned about.
Bluesky notification that "The Grim Reaper" has started following me.
June 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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Clippy with a particularly lascivious looking side eye
June 9, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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"Your plastic pal who's fun to be with". Douglas Adams was a true visionary.
Screen shot from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy TV series featuring Marvin the Paranoid Android and the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation marketing line about their robots being "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with"
June 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM