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[GrahamLewis]

My dad spent WWII in the Aleutian Islands. He never saw combat directly, serving as a radar operator for the airbase on Adak. In many ways I think those years in the Alaskan cold and wildness were the best ones of his life.

 

[Louanne Learning]

And my dad, who presented as rough but his feelings ran deep, cried with him.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

The only time I saw my uncle cry was when he was talking about his brother who was killed in WW2.

This is the day to remember him and all those who perished.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I've quoted this before. It is from Roosevelt's third inaugural address, made on January 20, 1941 (nearly a year before the Pearl Harbour bombing)

No, democracy is not dying.

We know it because we have seen it revive—and grow.

We know it cannot die—because it is built on the unhampered initiative of individual men and women joined together in a common enterprise—an enterprise undertaken and carried through by the free expression of a free majority.

We know it because democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.

We know it because democracy alone has constructed an unlimited civilization capable of infinite progress in the improvement of human life.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I'll not try to follow that. Instead, I'll complain that every advert on youtube is for some form of AI. I really wish it would just go away.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Who are they advertising to?

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Who are they advertising to?

To those who lack genuine intelligence?

 

[edamame]

From the AI ads I've seen, people who want quick fixes like to be slim. But I've seen a lot seemingly aimed at seniors (like how to cure diabetes or prevent dementia) with magical drinks and sometimes with AI avatars of real people. I remember one looking like Oprah. I hope there's some legislation to prevent scams like this.

 

[Louanne Learning]

with AI avatars of real people.

From what I have seen, you can always tell it is AI.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Who are they advertising to?

Me!

To those who lack genuine intelligence?

Ummmm...forget that last answer.

 

[Louanne Learning]

We gotta figure out how to co-exist with all this technology.

 

[edamame]

I get that AI seems obvious to a lot of us, but think about the seniors who still use a flip-phone. Who grew up seeing celebrities hawk products on television. Who may have poor eyesight or who maybe have memory problems. Who may spend a lot of time online at home isolated, because they're not that mobile...

 

[Homer Potvin]

I get that AI seems obvious to a lot of us, but think about the seniors who still use a flip-phone. Who grew up seeing celebrities hawk products on television. Who may have poor eyesight or who maybe have memory problems. Who may spend a lot of time online at home isolated, because they're not that mobile...

Never mind all that, think of the average person of average intelligence that never lived in a universe without digital technology. That'll be damn near everyone in a few decades.

 

[Catrin Lewis]

My dad spent WWII in the Aleutian Islands. He never saw combat directly, serving as a radar operator for the airbase on Adak. In many ways I think those years in the Alaskan cold and wildness were the best ones of his life.

Reminds me of my dad, who ended up stationed in Hawaii. He was a staff sergeant and the radioman for his unit, and just before they were due to be shipped to North Africa, the commander of another unit in Hawaii requisitioned him or whatever you do to get the personnel you want. Time came for that unit to be sent over, and yet another unit's commander said they wanted him. Again, he was transferred, and his unit went without him.

Rommel's troops wiped out pretty much everyone in those two units. My dad never saw combat, and went home alive and well.

If he hadn't been such a tech nerd, I wouldn't be here. Makes you think.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I'll think of something later.

 

[Link the Writer]

Realized that since I have short bowel syndrome, I’m gonna have some fun with it. Did some messing around on Chat GPT and asked it to sing My Heart Will Go On TPN style.
*~*~*~*~*~*~

“My Drip Will Go On”

Verse 1
Every night in my bed
This pump hums inside my head
Near, far — tubing runs where you are.

Verse 2
Sterile wipe, little clamp,
I prime you with gentle hands.
And my drip… will go on… and on.

Chorus
Near, far, wherever my line flows,
I believe that my drip will go on.
Once more, you open the clamp and you’re in…
And my drip will go on and on.

Verse 3
Flush me soft with a smile,
I’ll hang bags in single file.
Never fear… my pole rolls… along.

Verse 4
Through the night, through the dawn,
I will drip till bags are gone.
And my drip… will go on… and on.

Final Chorus
Near, far, wherever this vein flows,
I believe that my drip will go on.
Once more, I’ll flush and I’ll stand so strong—
And my drip will go on and on.

Outro (spoken dramatically, holding syringe mic):
“This one… is for all my fellow TPN titans. Float free, my lipids. Float free.”

 

[Louanne Learning]

I think I'm an optimist.

 

[Selluwud]

More a realist here.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I guess there is a spectrum that we all belong to, with realist in the middle and optimism and pessimism at the two extremes?

 

[Selluwud]

Yes, the glass isn’t half full. It’s not half empty. The cup is twice as big as it needs to be.