• Flying Squid
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    -25 months ago

    God damn it, that’s my favorite fucking novel. I am pissed off at a whole level above this just being bullshit AI.

    • @PunnyName
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      45 months ago

      Don’t use it? Let others use it if they feel a need?

      • Flying Squid
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        -45 months ago

        Think of your favorite book or movie. Then think about them making a version for babies.

        • @PunnyName
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          45 months ago

          Sounds great! I’ll probably never watch it.

          A good example would be SciShow kids. I can’t watch it. But it’s there for people, and I’m okay with that.

          • Flying Squid
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            -15 months ago

            I don’t know if you’ve read The Great Gatsby, but it’s full of symbolism and social commentary and also very much about The Lost Generation and dealing with the trauma of the First World War and I seriously doubt that would be able to be communicated effectively with the Dr. Seuss version.

            • @PunnyName
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              5 months ago

              I mean, who cares? If someone is having trouble reading the book as it was written, let em read a simple version.

              Why does it matter what others read?

              So they don’t get the symbolism. IDGAF! They’re reading!

              • Flying Squid
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                -15 months ago

                Again, there is no way I could see that simplifying that book would be able to express its themes properly. What is the point of simplifying it? Just read a different book.

                • @PunnyName
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                  45 months ago

                  But why do you care? It has literally no affect on your life.

                  Maybe they love the simplified version and it gets them to read the original later in life.

                  Why do you care? What do you get from caring about what others read?

                  • Flying Squid
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                    -15 months ago

                    I care that a book I love is being stripped of its meaning for the same reason I cared when the shitty movie with Leonardo DiCaprio came out. Because it’s something I treasure and I don’t like seeing bad things happen to things I treasure. I’m not sure why this requires so much explanation.