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This feels like folk talking past each other once again.

I'm doing a masters degree right now, its in a passion field, people only really do it for the love of it, it doesn't pay once you graduate.

And the others on my course are passionate, they do care. And the work load is both interesting and not very heavy.

But literally every single person uses ChapGPT to do almost every assignment.

So yeah, if you're neurodivergent, if you're working full time and studying, if you're doing it just for the career tick-box-exercise then I get it. It makes sense, these tools are still tools at the end of the day.

But that's not the only reason they're being used. Everyone is using these tools by default now. Everyone. For everything. Regardless of their interest in the subject or time/ability to complete the task.

There definitely is an element of laziness at play for those who are able to do it the long way and don't, of course there is, if something takes 5 minutes to do instead of 5 hours then of course laziness will be a factor.

And yeah obviously you don't call someone lazy if they need help, or if the only way to graduate is to use the tools, but we can still challenge the absolutely UBIQUITOUS use of AI.

And folk who are challenging it, or writing poems about doing it the hard way, are absolutely in the minority here. Even my professors openly use ChatGPT. And this is likely true at almost every university now.

Does it negatively impact the ones not using AI? No. I really don't think so, at least not in my case because the work is easy to do without it.

But I really do think its bad sign if even the ones who are able, and passionate, are substituting challenging themselves for a quick solution.

It's scaring the fuck out of me.

Honestly, y'all, I'm begging you. Take the time to think and learn for yourself. Even if it's just something casual like knitting or cooking. Exercise your brain. It's important.

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kitty car 🐱

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May 8, 2025 - Wise words from an antifascist Indian kid while a piece of shit Hindutva interviewer tries to intimidate him into supporting the war on Pakistan. [video]

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women in PHLEGM (poetry, history, language, english literature, ghost stories, music)

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Don't become so afraid of being annoying that you don't allow yourself to be anything at all.

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Drove to Colorado with my boyfriend and his dog

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*eating a ploughmans lunch* so, how long until it kicks in?

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Tupandactylus imperator with Ginkgo huolinhensis. Both species from the Early Cretaceous. There is an interesting paper which discusses how pterosaur pycnofibres may be synonymous with bird feathers featuring T. imperator. Cool stuff!

Colours and patterns were inspired by toucans, various parakeets and monarch butterflies :)

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What’s this? Silly ol’ me won a design contest? :3c

My winning entry for my local queer organization’s t-shirt art contest! If you’d like a shirt of your own, you can grab one on their website (they should be available soon!)

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shrimp socks 🦐🦐

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I WANTED TO BE YOUR WOMAN !!!!

I WANTED TO BE YOUR MAN !!!!

I WANTED TO BE THE ONE THAT YOU COULD UNDERSTAND !!!!