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don't do this. don't use genAI. even if your professors give you permission. even if they ask for it or suggest it. if they do anything short of directly requiring it (and I weep, because I've already seen assignments that require it) don't touch that crap. if they do require it, stick it to them. be as maliciously compliant as possible. be a nightmare.

I know it might sound easier right now -- just plug in your assignment and get the answers. you don't care about this class anyway, it's not for your major, you don't see the value of the assignment.

but for your own sake, for the sake of your education and mind, and for the sake of the future world we want to have: learn the stuff. you are not as stupid as the corporate bizzaro kings who want to rule the world think you are, so don't give them reasons to believe it.

and odds are good genAI is gonna give you corrupted info anyway -- more and moreso as the machines cannibalize themselves.

More Jon and Shawn Art in the works.

"No, surname is part of it. Crystal Palace Surname-Von Hoverkraft. Like hyphenated."

Still not over this, so I had to GIF it.

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"Beginning today, you, Jonathan Turner, are to have no contact with Audrey Andrews for a period of one year. Should you decide to defy the Board, your contract will be terminated, and your license will be suspended."

Jon and his friends sat in stunned silence. No one could believe how harsh this was when "no misconduct was found".

A chill settled over Jon.

No contact?

For a year?

"Gerald," Feeny injected in frustration. "How is this fair? You said there was no misconduct found."

O'Malley shot him a disgruntled look. "I am not done, George."

He shifted in his seat and directed his attention to the other side of the room.

"Katherine Tompkins."

Katherine stood slowly. She didn't look so confident now.

O'Malley cleared his throat. "We are aware that this is not the first time you have brought this false accusation up in an attempt to get Miss Andrews's student teaching terminated. And it is false," he said pointedly when Kat started to argue. "It's already been confirmed by her doctor. The antics you have engaged in to retaliate for Mr. Turner breaking up with you and moving on is unconscionable. Taking your frustration out on a student multiple times because you believed he interfered with your relationship with Mr. Turner is indefensible. Your conduct is now under investigation. As of this moment you are suspended pending your hearing in the fall."

Katherine's reprimand sent a shocked murmur through those that were there.

Jon didn't react. He felt nothing. Not victorious nor vindicated. He was not happy about Kat's fate. What happened to her didn't matter because it didn't change what happened to him.

One year.

No Audrey.

How was he going to tell Shawn there would be no summer in the City?

How was he going to tell Shawn there would be no wedding?

How was he going to tell Shawn there would be no adoption?

How was he going to tell Shawn that everything was over?

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Hi, I completely agree.

I think there is a huge disconnect between what show the Pates wanted to create and how fans took to it. In my opinion, they wanted a dramatic action packed show about treasure hunting. But the viewers fell in love with the characters, with their friendships and relationships and their emotional journey. And they didn’t know how to handle that since that wasn’t their intention.

You can see this clearly with how many plot lines are swept under the rug and how the characters seem unaffected about what’s happened to them. We don’t see Kiara and JJ being affected by nearly drowning, we don’t see how Kiara feels about her parents sending her away or how Sarah actually feels about being pregnant at 19. We don’t even really see Sarah and John B being affected with loosing their fathers. It’s just go go go to the next thing. We don’t see any depth or development. Even Topper is still the same “villain” of the show in season 4, or Ruthie suddenly appears, but she’s there just to be a bitch to the Pogues and we don’t even really know why. Because showing us all of this would take time away from the action.

They don’t understand those characters they created. It’s why I think so much screen time is given to grown up men (Ward, Big John, Groff, or even Rafe) because they can actually relate to them the most. But fans don’t care about them. They care about the Pogues. The female characters specially are completely butchered over the years, because there’s no woman creating this show, no one to give them input on what it’s like being a teenage girl.

I get they were super proud of the finale episode, because it included all the action: fighting, bike ride, shootouts etc. It was probably super fun to make, they were on a beautiful location for most of it and had a big budget to play around with. But it was completely lacking the things fans love about the show. Obviously the death of JJ didn’t help the rankings. But for me the finale was bad overall and I skipped around a lot. For example the scene where JJ is actually getting the crown from the statue was unnecessary long, especially when you compare it to how short his actual death scene was. Or even if you compare his death scene with the scene of Big John dying. For JJ you had him dying, one shot of each Pogue and done, again you don’t see the emotional toll, just straightaway to the next thing, planning revenge.