[ SECRET POST #7065 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7065 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

It's also massively affecting the cost of consumer electronics. if the environmental factors weren't a concern.

Real bad news is that it is going to make it much more difficult to socialize with other people if you keep using it like this. Yes, sometimes people will disappoint you, but are other people 'rudely interrupting' or are they trying to have a two-way conversation while you're rudely steamrolling over their contributions? A chatbot isn't the answer and it isn't a tool to help you do better, it has been shown to have ill effects on users' mental health. A chatbot can't be in community with you. A chatbot isn't going to be there to help you when you have real problems. People aren't perfect, and no, real people won't let you be the main character in their lives, but they ARE... well, *real*, and it is worth it to connect with them.

And yes, I am autistic. Yes, I'd LOVE to just be able to infodump all day about the thing I'm excited about. But no one is going to be your friend if you can't listen to the thing they care about, or hell, even PRETEND to listen if you really can't be arsed. There's nothing rewarding about making a machine your only friend in a world that really is FULL of people looking to connect to each other, and many of them have interests that will overlap with yours. And infodumping about something you're passionate about feels good, but finding someone real who wants to 'yes, and' about that passion is better.

And, honestly, you need to *know* people. The world is a scary place and it is NOT built to get by in alone. Chatbots cannot drive you to the hospital (at least, we're not at a point where I'd trust one to!) or bring over a casserole when someone is sick. Real people won't always drop everything for you when you're in need, real people are sometimes the ones in need, also get sick or suffer losses or otherwise need to cancel plans, but they *do* go out of their way for each other. But they don't do that if you treat them like a side character who only exists to feed YOUR social needs, and you aren't going to get better at reciprocal socialization if you just turn to bots every time a real person doesn't let you walk all over them. I'm not saying it's easy, or painless. Yes, sometimes I sit there vibrating, waiting for my turn to talk. Sometimes I get on discord and I'm not interested in the thing that three friends are excited to talk about and I have nothing to say, or I put in a bid that no one else is excited about, and it's just kind of a dull day socially speaking. But, it's still worth it. It's worth it for the days that a friend and I are on the same wavelength about a book/movie/show, it's worth it for the days that everyone shows up for D&D, it's worth it for going to a convention and finding people remember me from years past because we talked about a fandom or a hobby, and I remember them, and maybe we do only see each other once a year but it's still a real human being and I know when I talk to them about a fandom/hobby thing, that another real person cares about something I care about, even if the conversation can get cut short, even if not EVERYONE will care about that thing.

It is really, really worth it to know other people. And it is really, really worth it to free yourself from having emotional dependence on a machine that doesn't care if you live or die.