TBH I have a mixed feeling about this.

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    1 year ago

    That article is from 2016, about an experimental Twitter chatbot that Microsoft tried out and immediately gave up on when it went awry. Clippy is even more ancient. This is ridiculous.

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      A joke is a lot like a frog, you can learn a lot by dissecting it, but the patient usually dies in the process.

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        It also dies when it’s in an environment it can’t survive in. The textual medium is terrible for sarcasm, especially when you’re using it alongside people who are serious about hating on Microsoft for weird reasons. You need to mark it with an /s