That’s me!

i've been giggling over this youtube comment for like three days

"Well," said our engineer ruefully as we took our seats to return once more to London, "it has been a pretty business for me! I have lost my thumb and I have lost a fifty-guinea fee, and what have I gained?" "Experience," said Holmes, laughing. "Indirectly it may be of value, you know; you have only to put it into words to gain the reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your existence." (from "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb")

Suspicious characters: hey we need an engineer to fix the hydraulic press we’re using in a totally legitimate mining operation at our house in the countryside. We will pick you up in the middle of the night at the train station and drive in circles for an hour so you don’t know where the place is. Btw you don’t have any friends or family who would notice you’ve gone missing right

Our Protagonist: sounds great! Btw why is your wife(?) desperately trying to make me leave? You guys aren’t printing counterfeit money here, are you? Hold that murderous look, I’m going to literally walk INSIDE the hydraulic press to fix it. Don’t turn it on or anything. Oop

Fortunately, banks no longer just ask 'did you make that transaction' they want to make sure you weren't scammed into making that transaction and 5mins after their call will give away all your money anyway.

This is an honest to goodness life saving movement and I cannot be happier banks are adopting it

Unfortunately, it meant I had to have the most embarrassing financial call of my life

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Me: Ah yeah I was just trying to tip a tumblr blog

Cash: right and were you directed there by a Facebook link? An Instagram advert?

Me: no I was just on tumblr...on purpose

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Caah: and this person asked you for money?

Me: oh no they just had a funny story, which happened to be about money and I thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I tipped them"

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Me: * covering a reblog by reblog update on the adventures my mutual was having *

Cash: okay I don't think that can actually happen though..

Me: It might not have, but i was happy to tip them just because it was funny

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Cash: and how well do you think you know this person?

Me: *considers explaining how much I know about a beloved mutual without ever knowing their name or face* ... I have no idea who this person is

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

#once again I am asking why Angel btvs was immune to the spell that only affects men#why 'he' changed his name from Liam to Angel#why other demons on the show make the distinction between man as a gender vs man as in human#whereas angel almost never accepts being called a man and corrects to vampire#why the essence of 'his' character is being a depressed antisocial recluse when other former demons can be guilty and still talk to people#again. Immune to the spell. That affects any and all men. Never explained

Second entry is of course Marik Ishtar of Yu-Gi-Oh.

So much of Marik’s backstory is meshed with their father’s demand for a blood son (to the point that Ishizu and Odion are cast aside) and it’s because Marik was that son that they had to undergo that horrific initiation and have all of those burdens placed on them. And that ultimately led to Marik killing their father and breaking their mind a little. And we see Marik in the present day, where they can finally do all the things that were unimaginable under their father (riding motorcycle, being above ground at all) and we see that their fashion sense is kinda feminine tbh. Which could mean nothing, honestly. But it is also interesting that Marik has needed to possess a body to communicate, and every time they chose to possess Tea, even though they could equally have possessed Joey. And so much of Marik’s story is bound up in these choking familial expectations and being condemned to a life they didn’t want, and only now can they really explore themself. SO IT WOULD BE COOL IF

Transmasc!Marik is a pretty popular headcanon and that is valid but it’s also this