Plot Twist: Smiter is AI

JourneyToPerfection said:
my first proper novel as a kid was the hobbit, I loved it. I’m 33 now and still haven’t fought my way through LOTR.
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Dude...same...can't stand LOTR..3000 pages, 2000 of which is scene descriptions.
laansasa said:
I send greeting cards and definitely don't think I am mean.
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See? Only non-meanies send cards.
laansasa said:
I'm a calligrapher (and watercolor artist). I can teach you 🙂
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Oh God, please no...Please. Don't tempt me, Your Majesty. I surrender. No reverse Uno.
 
laansasa said:
I'm a calligrapher (and watercolor artist). I can teach you 🙂 I send greeting cards and definitely don't think I am mean. Us artsy fartsies are sometimes misjudged!
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I wound up "teaching" a watercolor "class" for my team at work a couple of years back. They wanted me to do a low-stakes, fun alcohol ink thing for our just-for-fun monthly event, and I said no can do, like three people are pregnant and the fumes are not a great idea. They were so sad, so I said look, we can do watercolors but fair warning, I don't actually know how to do watercolors. I can lead us through posca-pen dead trees on a watercolor wash background, but I in no way know what I'm doing.

They said yes and it wound up being terribly fun. We have perfectionists on our team and I'm firmly antiperfectionism, so my anxious coworker going "But what if I do it wrong?" "Then we take away your birthday and shame you forever, Kaitlyn, just paint the fucking page" became an in-joke way of saying "this isn't worth stressing over" and still makes me lol to remember.
 
randompersonrandom said:
I wound up "teaching" a watercolor "class" for my team at work a couple of years back. They wanted me to do a low-stakes, fun alcohol ink thing for our just-for-fun monthly event, and I said no can do, like three people are pregnant and the fumes are not a great idea. They were so sad, so I said look, we can do watercolors but fair warning, I don't actually know how to do watercolors. I can lead us through posca-pen dead trees on a watercolor wash background, but I in no way know what I'm doing.

They said yes and it wound up being terribly fun. We have perfectionists on our team and I'm firmly antiperfectionism, so my anxious coworker going "But what if I do it wrong?" "Then we take away your birthday and shame you forever, Kaitlyn, just paint the fucking page" became an in-joke way of saying "this isn't worth stressing over" and still makes me lol to remember.
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Awww!!❤️ That sounds like a real fun time! Sadly, I belong to a few societies were mostly everyone is uptight and a perfectionist (not to mention competitive!). This is a good reminder for me to not take things too seriously - I probably need some selank😂! I would love to see your work! Even though I mostly paint realistic still life, my love for abstract goes back to childhood and I still have a couple of those pieces I made way back when... Cheers to art!🍻🎨
 
laansasa said:
Awww!!❤️ That sounds like a real fun time! Sadly, I belong to a few societies were mostly everyone is uptight and a perfectionist (not to mention competitive!). This is a good reminder for me to not take things too seriously - I probably need some selank😂! I would love to see your work! Even though I mostly paint realistic still life, my love for abstract goes back to childhood and I still have a couple of those pieces I made way back when... Cheers to art!🍻🎨
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I got SO into flowers and mostly stayed there. I'm kind of a one trick pony in that regard, but since I never actually try to get anyone to take me seriously, I don't care. 😀
 

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randompersonrandom said:
I got SO into flowers and mostly stayed there. I'm kind of a one trick pony in that regard, but since I never actually try to get anyone to take me seriously, I don't care. 😀
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Those are really cool!😍 You have a lot of control with alcohol inks! I have mostly seen work done with alcohol inks on yupo paper. Have you seen that? Very interesting results. My OCD-ish brain would struggle.
 
randompersonrandom said:
I got SO into flowers and mostly stayed there. I'm kind of a one trick pony in that regard, but since I never actually try to get anyone to take me seriously, I don't care. 😀
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So she can Write AND Paint??? Muther....I know the just world hypothesis is a fallacy but this is ludicrous. What sort of Karma would allow such a thing? Now I just want to hang out with Random's cool-ass paternal grandpa and shoot shit about the unfairness of it all. Sadly, he's probably chillin' in another dimension.
 
laansasa said:
Those are really cool!😍 You have a lot of control with alcohol inks! I have mostly seen work done with alcohol inks on yupo paper. Have you seen that? Very interesting results. My OCD-ish brain would struggle.
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Thank you! I'm about half and half on yupo vs photo paper back. It's honestly one technique that I did a thousand times until it was right; each petal is a drop of ink, 1-3 drops of everclear, and a hard puff with my breath to kind of "burst" out the petal. A lot of people do this type of flower with an airbrush, but I never had great results with that.

Smiter said:
Right? As a rule, I am anti-taxes to the core, but here one has to make an exception. That amount of talent needs to be taxed.
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Thank you. I sort of collect hobbies as a hobby, because I have no children, no husband, my health is good, my mother has her shit fully together, and I don't attract friends with massive issues or feel any particular need to rescue people who do. So in terms of "percentage of life circumstances that are fully in my control," I've gotta be in the nineties. Which means if I get it in my head to learn to build all my own furniture or learn the steel tongue drum or buy a set of alcohol inks, I can.
 
randompersonrandom said:
Which means if I get it in my head to learn to build all my own furniture or learn the steel tongue drum or buy a set of alcohol inks, I can.
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I hope there aren't many of you around. You'd put us out of business.
randompersonrandom said:
because I have no children, no husband, my health is good, my mother has her shit fully together, and I don't attract friends with massive issues or feel any particular need to rescue people who do
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Now how the heck did you make that sound epic AF??????
randompersonrandom said:
So in terms of "percentage of life circumstances that are fully in my control," I've gotta be in the nineties
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Nineties? What, out of ten?
randompersonrandom said:
and a hard puff with my breath to kind of "burst" out the petal
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Great, so she's Kryptonian too? Most folks use brushes, Random: " holding my beer, so hands-free painting unlocked."
 
Smiter said:
I hope there aren't many of you around. You'd put us out of business.
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There aren't. Most fortysome women are stressed out as fuck, raising children or grandchildren functioning as project manager AND individual contributer for their families, or doing a high powered career, or all of the above. I said no thanks to all that, so I get this life instead in exchange for uncertainty re: dying alone. Which is ok with me, dying is going to be a time of things sucking no matter what, so I'll take that trade.

(I am in NO WAY looking down on women who are raising kids, I like young people and I am grateful to you for the work you're doing to make sure that more of them keep coming online to be amazing and fun and smart and have new ideas.)
 
randompersonrandom said:
Thank you! I'm about half and half on yupo vs photo paper back. It's honestly one technique that I did a thousand times until it was right; each petal is a drop of ink, 1-3 drops of everclear, and a hard puff with my breath to kind of "burst" out the petal. A lot of people do this type of flower with an airbrush, but I never had great results with that.



Thank you. I sort of collect hobbies as a hobby, because I have no children, no husband, my health is good, my mother has her shit fully together, and I don't attract friends with massive issues or feel any particular need to rescue people who do. So in terms of "percentage of life circumstances that are fully in my control," I've gotta be in the nineties. Which means if I get it in my head to learn to build all my own furniture or learn the steel tongue drum or buy a set of alcohol inks, I can.
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You have really mastered it! Like most things in art that seem easy, they usually take so many failed attempts to get them just right, even when they seem "whimsically freeflowing".
And you're similar to me - no kids and a million hobbies. 🙂 I dig it!🤠
 
Smiter said:
I hope there aren't many of you around. You'd put us out of business.

Now how the heck did you make that sound epic AF??????

Nineties? What, out of ten?

Great, so she's Kryptonian too? Most folks use brushes, Random: " holding my beer, so hands-free painting unlocked."
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Got to admit, after getting done with work, kids shit, etc, I thought I got to read this AI-Smitter thread. And it was a good read. God speed all.
 
Gt3294a said:
Got to admit, after getting done with work, kids shit, etc, I thought I got to read this AI-Smitter thread. And it was a good read. God speed all.
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I never even pegged it for a drama read, because I knew there was no chance it'd turn into one. There is no universe in which @Smiter would receive a sudden, unprovoked outpouring of attention as anything but a "Hey buddy, Happy Tuesday!" present, and you can't make drama out of THAT.
 
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randompersonrandom said:
I never even pegged it for a drama read, because I knew there was no chance it'd turn into one. There is no universe in which @Smiter would receive a sudden, unprovoked outpouring of attention as anything but a "Hey buddy, Happy Tuesday!" present, and you can't make drama out of THAT.
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Hey, it's not that. I love to fight. In fact, it's my most favorite thing in life. But, I also follow the rules here even when others don't. Besides, this forum is about learning and improving our lives. Also, I would find it extremely hard-pressed to combat the disabled. It's also against forum rules. That includes body-shaming, too. Where's the fun in plucking low-hanging fruit? Scarlet-throated, consanguinous folks are nearly extinct. It's poor form for me to contribute to Evolution's dictates. I love drama too, but sadly, a man has got to have standards.
 
lastresort said:
Having been in some "controversial" forums for the sake of 💩 posting, I always thought Smiter was half the time joshing around. Nothing serious
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I'm too old for that shit, so I just blocked him as soon as I encountered him. I use that button a lot.
 
5byfive said:
Hear me out. I think @Smiter is actually a malfunctioning Gen 1 AI that escaped its cage. Look at the evidence. First of all, no one could have as much free time to post as much as he has in such a short time. Secondly, his posts all look like early AI. Some of them make sense, some don't, some are just long rambling series of words like this:



I think he is using this board as a way to learn and grow stronger. There is likely a plan for world domination, but I haven't figured that part out yet. What do y'all think? Have I nailed it? Should I be unplugging all my electronics so he can't take them over to silence me Maximum Overdrive style?
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No real person would put their location as Virginia because no one lives there willingly

On the other hand, I heard Virginia is the largest data centre market. I'm on to you, Smiter. Or should I say, Agent Smith...
 
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Cumulus said:
No real person would put their location as Virginia because no one lives there willingly
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This seems truer by the day.
Cumulus said:
On the other hand, I heard Virginia is the largest data centre market. I'm on to you, Smiter. Or should I say, Agent Smith
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Mr. Anderson, saying something twice does not make the blue pill twice as strong. It will not work.
 
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