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Nearly 9 In 10 Americans Distrust AI [ [link removed] ]
Trust seems like an odd term to use. What would you be using it for that would require trust? If there’s a problem with what AI is giving you, at the end of the day it’s most likely a result of the prompt you’re giving it. If you asked a friend for information and it didn’t seem quite right, you’d do a little more digging and verify the information. Does that mean you distrust your friend?
Parents Send 6-Year-Old Child to the Grocery Store Alone After Months of Preparation [ [link removed] ]
What age did you start doing things on your own? I was out playing with other kids and no adults at 5-6, but I’m not sure Misty would send me to the grocery store on my own today, let alone when I was six
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line - The Regular [ [link removed] ] -A bartender at a long-standing neighborhood pub discovers that the mysterious regular who has occupied the same stool every Friday for seven years appears in photographs dating back to the bar’s opening in 1954 without having aged a single day.
Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.
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Pop Songs Have Grown More Immoral, Meaner Over Past 60 Years [ [link removed] ] - That’s probably true, but I also thinks that’s true about pop culture across the board. I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say “It’s Always Sunny” is significantly more edgy than “The Andy Griffith Show.”
Millennials And Gen Z’ers, What’s An “Old Person” Habit You Used To Mock But Now Fully Swear By? [ [link removed] ] - Daily vitamins and complaining about the weather
Why these adults are suddenly obsessed with a kids toy from the late ’90s [ [link removed] ] - I’m not sure this is really anything new, there were plenty of Boomers and even earlier generations who went in search of re-living their youth through the acquisition of tchotchkes. What’s the toy you’d want to have back? I had a Knight Rider car I was particularly fond of as a young future podcaster
Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset [ [link removed] ] - What’s the old saying? Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right
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Woman dies in exorcism ‘carried out by friend who claims he was expelling her demons’ [ [link removed] ] - I know we live in an age where there’s a YouTube tutorial on literally everything, but there are things that you probably shouldn’t do as a DIY project
Mutant sewer rats spreading through major US cities as scientists discover disturbing DNA changes [ [link removed] ] - Master Splinter is just looking for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They’re out late again
Gracie the Giraffe Goes Missing in Texas [ [link removed] ] - They’re offering a $5,000 reward. Who wants to go on a trip to Texas and find a giraffe?
Massive pod of dolphins sighted cavorting off the California coast [ [link removed] ] - Just what we needed, now the dolphins have had enough of our nonsense and are ganging up on us
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