#Learn how to write an email

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[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

How well are the 500 yr old grandpas w/ technology? I already know their asses write like founding fathers

Nightmare: Killer! how do you say "this meeting will be a waste of my fucking time, fuck you" in professional e-mail terms Killer: Thank you, Name. I appreciate the offer, but I would like to know what I contribute to the meeting before attending. Cheers, Nightmare Nightmare: <- uses text-to-speech and autocorrect

Ink: you spelled captcha wrong Ink: and how Ink: and frustrating Ink: adjectives go before the noun Ink: you used "fml" right though so good job Ink: oh, you're also texting. in case this was meant for a search engine Ink: <- being annoying on purpose

[cringengl]

My lukewarm tumblr opinion, medium heat irl opinion, is that people who can't write emails without chatgpt honestly need to stop and learn how to do it themselves because why are you relying on chatgpt for your professional/academic career

[theroadtosomewhere]

was thinking in the shower today abt the rise of gen ai in education amongst students with the cheating + no original assignments etc and it really is a symptom of the fast-paced, quick-fix dopamine-dependent society that we’re in. Doubled down with the fact that so much of what’s taught at school (maybe this is just a western thing, likely) just isn’t relevant, the wrong history is taught and the system wasn’t built to benefit everyone to begin with, but an indoctrination into understanding how long a workday was meant to be. kids see education as a barrier to getting what they want now instead of it being the literal process because now there’s something else that can do it for them. problem is how can a child without prior introduction discern what they actually need to take from their education.

anyway fuck generative ai. suck my dick i got flagged false positive at uni and sat in a room where two people told me that i wrote like ai and that it should be a compliment and not something I’m gonna have to constantly deal with. let’s go there with the argument about how NDs are likely disproportionately affected.

[wasabikitcat]

community college is so funny because half of the teachers are like "For this class you need to use lockdown browser for all quizzes and tests. You need to buy this 70 dollar textbook, and all papers turned in must be in APA format with a title page even if they're only 500 words long. I will not accept late assignments. Also you have a minimum of 4 assignments a week." and the other half are like "you don't need proctoring for the final exam I trust you. here's a download link to a pirated copy of the textbook. as long as your writing is coherent and demonstrates an understanding of the material I literally could not care less what format you use. I can't figure out how canvas works so I'm not giving you due dates, just make sure it's turned in before the grading period ends. your only weekly assignment is a forum post with a minimum of 100 words."

[afantasyoffiction]

maybe it’s all gonna be ok maybe ai will lead to more human-created art not less maybe humanity’s spirit will survive itself once again

[rosalesbeausderholle]

GIRL, IT'S AN EMAIL?!?!

[direwombat]

listen. i'm always happy whenever someone leaves a comment because they enjoy my writing. whether it's a quick "love it!" or a longer dissection of whatever they've read, it warms my heart that they took the time out of their day, however brief, to let me know that they liked my work. i don't consider myself entitled to receive comments for posting my work, which makes every single one i get a gift!

but comments like these (particularly ones that come from profiles that haven't posted fic and are aggregates of bookmarks*) really do leave a bad taste in my mouth:

so, let me spell some things out for anyone who may be unaware:

I don't write for you.

I write for myself.

I am writing fic for free in the little spare time i have.

You are not entitled to my (or anyone else's) work

i haven't posted fic to ao3 since literally january of this year. i also wish i were posting fic more frequently, trust me. the only thing worse than writing is not writing. but asking "where's the rest????" and "part 2????" only activates my spite response to not post. you'll get updates to fics when you get updates. writing fanfiction is a hobby for me. i do it for fun. but i also take my craft (writing) very seriously. i want to write a good, compelling story and i take great care in the writing process. it's laborious to begin with, and on top of that, i am a meticulous planner. it takes me much longer to write a fic than it does for you to read it -- yes, even for the short ones and smutfics!

it's the famous "pick two: high quality, cheap, and fast", and unfortunately for all of us, if you want my "not bad"-writing and have it also remain free, then you're gonna have to be patient.

*i'm not saying that this is an incorrect way to use ao3. if you're using ao3 as a place to keep track of the fics you like, that's a valid way to use the site, and not what i'm mad about. it's the entitlement.

[themonkey2025]

really missing philosophy this summer so after i finish mbf i think i am going to start reading boonin's book on the nonidentity problem 💖

[lokiiied]

“is it bad if i used chatgpt to—” would it be bad if i pulled out a gun right now and shot you through your hollow skull ?

[rigelmejo]

So if you ever are like "why the fuck can't I do my goal X activitiy after studying Y months/years?"

I encourage you to sit down and determine roughly:

1. How many hours you've actually studied in those months/years? (and if it's nowhere near the hours recommended for say a goal of reading or speaking at B2 level then perhaps consider planning to increase study hours)

2. How much of your study plan is spent focusing on practicing the goal skills? (If your goal is to speak to people at a B2 level, and you have never practiced speaking - or even shadowing after a dialogue - then perhaps change your study plan to Include some speaking related practice).

[newfeeling77]

my problem w AI has nothing to do w art theft or “lazy” art or really anything about art, but the way i see it advertised, the practical applications for school and work or just “what can i cook with these ingredients” it seems to me like if you really use this shit to write or communicate effectively or create something out of nothing then ur wasting an opportunity to get better at any of those things. if you really can’t write a proper email why are you in this fucking office jobbbbb . SUMMARIZING IS A SKILL… COMMUNICATING IS A SKILL… asking a robot to simplify everything for you must be miserable couldnt be me

[hadleysmis]

I cried because of my political powerlessness in the UK. Then I thought to myself, it was what they wanted me to feel.

In the midst of my tears, I'm writing letters to my MPs ;)

[anti-gravity-insanity]

My stance on AI is not that art or writing inherently must be made by a human to be soulful or good or whatnot but that the point of being alive is not to avoid doing anything ever.

[lurkiestvoid]

sure, we can laugh he thinks he's gonna get Greenland somehow, Panama Canal, etc

But also remember that, among many other things in its near thousand pages, Project 2025 specifically outlines and plans for everything up to boots-on-the-ground resource wars even against established allies.

And it maybe puts a bit more stark context to how he's already gunning for this shit before he's even sworn in.

Cheers! 🍻

[waytootiredstudent]

They should consider 'corporate' its own language. Sadly it's not one I speak.