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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 50m

isn’t this what Sam Altman is doing

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 23h

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 4h

I maintain he’s a vastly better songwriter than he is a singer

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 7h

OpenAI 2022- ChatGPT will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis

OpenAI 2025- ChatGPT will tell you that your dick is the biggest it’s ever seen

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/o...

Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users

"As part of our 'treat adult users like adults' principle, we will allow...erotica for verified adults."

www.axios.com

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 7h

can’t wait until this rolls out to LG and Samsung so I can finally fulfil my dream of seducing a smart fridge

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 7h

people are clowning on this but personally I agree with Sam Altman that more household appliances should be sexually available

404 Media @404media.co · 10h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 8h

can’t wait for laptop configurators to include a “Fleshlight” I/O option

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 10h

The entire economy depends on this horseshit so it's your patriotic duty to ask the computer to honk your bingus several times a day

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 22h

some people were thankful for the benevolence of Foodstuffs South Island and their owner-operators, who they say truly have Rolleston’s best interests at heart. others fear the stick man and his yellow edifice, wary that his promised savings may come at an unexpected and brutal cost

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 22h

do we need a Metacritic for supermarkets. I guess a supermarket Rotten Tomatoes would be too on the nose

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 23h

goddamnit now I have the theme song as an earworm

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

I thought it looked like they had a nice time and her band is fucking tight. Would have been interesting to see it live!

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

can confirm that said teen is still regularly including Just Like Heaven on their playlists & I couldn’t be prouder

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · Sep 9

has anyone else’s Olivia Rodrigo-enjoying teen become interested in The Cure since she performed with Robert Smith? it’s fucking great

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

agreed. and maybe as a little treat we could burn some of the bad ones. I hear that always goes well

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

there are too many books. why are there so many books

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

what about a $256,000 one www.partridgejewellers.com/rolex-cosmog...

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

anyway I’m yet to meet a Rolex that doesn’t give “I’m a legitimate businessman, officer”

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

if I had fancy watch money I’d go for something like this vintage Omega Seamaster. only ~$2K though and not in gold so probably less appealing as a status symbol

A 1960s Omega Seamaster in stainless steel

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

personally I think that’s a fucking ugly watch but what do I know, I’m not a failed mayoral candidate

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

was anyone else curious what a $90,000 Rolex looked like? well: www.partridgejewellers.com/rolex-cosmog...

It’s a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, which Partridge Jewellers sell for $90,200

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

and the same thing would be totally fine here - having a paid sausage sizzle near a voting place is entirely unproblematic if it isn’t obstructing voters

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

one persistent misconception I see on here is the idea that ‘democracy sausages’ are a little reward Australians are given for voting. not so! they’re usually a fundraiser, often for the organisation hosting the voting place. they’re a little reward Australians buy themselves for voting!

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot endorse all of your choices but I do endorse the fact that you made them

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

damn, Pōneke, you actually did the thing! best turnout in 4 elections and that’s without specials. will we get to 50%?

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 4d

and scene wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

in this metaphor I am playing the role of Sandra Bullock. Keanu Reeves on the other hand is absent (he’s off being Estragon)