I consider rage bait anything that purposefully riles people up without any productive outcomes. Say, you can have a heated argument with someone because you have an interest in the topic and/or seeing other people’s points of view (even if you strongly disagree), but if your purpose is just for the sake of getting reactions, well, that’s ragebaiting.

It overlaps with trolling, but trolling is more broad- you can troll to make people confused, shocked, to mock someone in particular, etc. Trolling includes also getting people into gotcha moments, engaging in a heated argument just to be annoying to one person in particular, trolls like to see people make fools out of themselves. Ragebaiting doesn’t necessarily have that, it’s more about getting the crowd to express their annoyance at something, not necessarily your actions.

Chill, happens more often than you think. I work at a mall and there is one level in which the male and female toilets are switched compared to every other floor, the one closest to the lifts is women’s, the next is men’s but in the other levels it’s the opposite. I’ve walked into the wrong one more than once

That feeling when Groks definition of midlife crisis of mainstream male also applies to me, a female

When any fanatic connects whatever with their preferred framework, I guess

I get it and don’t get me wrong, I’ve considered it as a temporary solution. But I don’t think I could last for too long

It’s illegal to sleep in a car where I live. Also I have a job in retail so I need to shower regularly. I don’t want to think how I’ll manage my period or just toilet in general, I hate shitting in public toilets. I have a small car, not a van, and I’m not looking forward to switching to one. But thanks for the positive outlook

I might be sleeping in my car in six weeks time. What could be wrong

Lots here suggesting you do the Luigi thing.

If you’re not game for that, I suggest playing videogames. I’m sure there has to be at least one about vampire hunting

Then return to read the comments, maybe you learn something new. Also you can point out which ones make it easier to understand for you.

As someone who considers themselves tech illiterate I find this explanation is good enough

As a woman, my experience says this is largely dependent on the culture. Go to Latin America and men cat call women even when they’re alone. Day, night, at work- doesn’t matter. If anything, I’ve never been catcalled in enclosed spaces such as public transport or elevators, but I’ve occasionally had a hand on my ass if it’s super crowded. If you ask me this totally puts them in the bully category, and bullies can also work in groups.

In Australia I’ve only seen men catcalling women while they are drinking, and yeah they were also not drinking alone. The catcalling also feels sillier or less serious somehow, perhaps because it’s obvious they’re being drunk and stupid.

YMMV.

Edit: also let me add, in the first example men catcall any woman. I think any woman between the ages of 12 and 60 is a good target for catcalling, as long as they’re not morbidly obese.

In the second example, only conventionally attractive women, often dressed somewhat suggestively, get catcalled.

Things me or my parents would do those 40⁰C+ days:

Pull down the blinds to block the sun during the day. If the air is considerably hotter outside, don’t open the windows/doors. Wait until there is no difference in temp to do so.

If access to water isn’t an issue, once the sun goes down you can hose the exterior of the house, walls and any surrounding concrete/stone surfaces. It will cool it down considerably.

If it is really hot I would sometimes put a wet towel on wherever I was feeling the heat the most (usually heads and shoulders/arms). You will need to soak it every hour or so, because it will start to dry and warm up as you wear it. You can sleep like this, too, but you may wake up from the heat under a hot towel that’s nearly dry.

Interesting, I’ll keep in mind

Terry Pratchett

Nothing is really necessary until you develop it enough to make it so. There is potential there. It could turn into something extremely useful, perhaps even life saving. I don’t think we are anywhere close yet, but sometimes you get revolutionary breakthroughs that flip the landscape in a really short time.

A nice cheese

Thank you, it’s so beautiful

Artist?

Change your instance. A lot of the content you see will depend on the instance you are in. ML is notorious for politics and I’m leaving it at that.

But also keep in mind politics are an important part of life and it’s impossible to fully remove that. Especially with a tense political climate as it is right now.

I think it’s part of human nature to long for some connection, to socialize, to discover new things. We humans have been fantasizing with sentient machines for ages. We have been exploring the possibilities of interacting with other sentient species for millennia. The machine trope is just one more in that category.

That’s where the allure is.

Of course the trash you are being sold isn’t truly sentient, but people see stripes and call it a tiger.

As for what makes it so palatable, for most people, if they see something they recognize and relate to, they find it easier to use. LLMs are in particular very easy to use for this reason.

And it’s ok if you don’t like the idea at all. My previous statement was just a generalization, not everyone is equally enamored with the idea of interacting with a different, sentient, and intelligent species.