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4. All humor -- even if it has the right political tendency -- is objectively counterrevolutionary.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:37 PM

Jul 19

Because it makes life more bearable at a time when everyone must get worked up over how bad everything is.

But after the revolution there can be no humor because it's subversive of the existing order.

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Curious about why someone whose avatar is pro-union would want to use a technology that unions ??? 4th Jul 19 #2

It isn't amusing in a forum where people often post and defend AI slop. I've seen so many posts highplainsdem Jul 19 #3

All humor -- even if it has the right political tendency -- is objectively counterrevolutionary. 4th Jul 19 #4

The Star Trek AI fantasy is that you can talk an evil AI computer or robot into shutting itself down. Intractable Jul 19 #5

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