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Study: Heavy AI Chatbot Use Linked to Loneliness, Depression [ [link removed] ]
Even they admit that there’s no proof of causation, but it seems to me like it’s just as likely that people dealing with loneliness and depression would be using AI chatbots as opposed to the AI chatbots causing the loneliness and depression
Cracker Barrel orders its employees traveling for work to only eat at its restaurants [ [link removed] ]
That’s one way to ensure you’re going to get some business. What’s the strangest thing an employer ever ordered you to do?
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Molly Ringwald: Let’s Not Remake John Hughes Movies [ [link removed] ] - Here’s a new idea. Rather than re-telling a bunch of stories, why not come up with a new one or two?
Navy Introduces New Alcohol Limits for Sailors While on Ship [ [link removed] ] - It looks like we’re going to need a new stereotype for people who spend money in a frivolous manner
California Man Stole Two Airplanes High on Meth, Without a Pilot’s License [ [link removed] ] - Drug addicts are far more ambitious now than in previous generations. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad
‘This Is What Community Looks Like’: Snowplow Vigilante Clears Streets For Free [ [link removed] ] - Not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear “Mr. Plow” jackets
Four horses rescued after falling through ice on Michigan pond [ [link removed] ] - Who had “Four Horseman of The Apocalypse falling through the ice” on their Bingo card for February?
Nebraska Woman Learns to Row, Then Becomes First Female to Cross the Atlantic Alone in 3,000 Mile Race [ [link removed] ] - She had an unfair advantage since I’m sure she was constantly on the water when she was growing up in… Nebraska
Police Arrest Man Who Threatened Murder After Being Denied a Pepsi [ [link removed] ] - You might expect that sort of behavior over a Coke, or even a Dr. Pepper, but Pepsi?
Hospital panic as surgeons discover WW1 bomb up man’s butt prompting evacuation [ [link removed] ] - Damn near killed him. Literally
Babies can categorise objects at two months [ [link removed] ] - Good news. Your two month old is judging your organizational skills
Women chasing perfect body pumping in 'ethically sourced' cadaver fat... [ [link removed] ] - This is how the zombie apocalypse starts, isn’t it?
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