No, but on far too many occassions, strange cats have come up, jumped on my lap, and settled in, as if they KNOW I'm allergic to cats!

"But mom... I wanted bigger tits!"

"Shut up, honey, I made sure she could cook. Her dumplings are to die for!"

Can you have makeup sex with a chat bot? Not really the same then, is it?

How much do those mail order bridges cost now? (Asking for a friend!) With my luck, I'd get one of the Temu mail order brides,,,

My cat judges me. AI doesn't. /s

Can I still bring my emotional support bot on the plane with me? She just looks like a sex bot, she's not one, really!

“Good artists copy, great artists steal” - Pablo Picasso

I believe the classic line between copying and synthesis is taking from three artists or more.

The author is allowed to not give a flying fig about that. Or anything else.

Did you miss the part about "approve or reject... on a case by case basis"? The people this is designed to "help" are the grifters currently occupying the white house and its cabinet.

At higher latitudes there are going to be some sorts of issues, one way or the other - either in summer or in winter. Right now, in Washington State (45 to 49 degrees N), it starts to get light between 4 and 5 am. If we're on permanent standard time, that'll be happening between 3 and 4 am.

I'm close enough to retirement that I no longer have a strong preference. I would prefer we stop switching twice a year, regardless.

* NOW with extra evil!! *

Safari and Firefox would likely block this, given it's a third party JavaScript tool.

Are you posting less on social media than you did five years ago, and are you being more selective about who can see what you post?

I only post on Slashdot, which guarantees very few people see what I post. /j

I follow some people on Bluesky, but hardly post at all there.

Actually, that's a good point - I find myself correcting that particular "auto-incorrect" mistake quite often.

... that Slashdot could benefit from hiring at least one English major.