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hey look, a guy who definitely will not be winning the best novel hugo award this year!! (also truly cannot get over him acknowledging that ai uses a ton of water but then comparing it to things like aluminum production, as if ai use is a thing we need as much as aluminum lmao)

May 8, 2025, 7:27 PM

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          "alt": "robert j bennett, smiling... @robertjb... • 3h went ahead and blocked someone for saying \"BUT IT STILL DESTROYS NATURE.\" this is the stupidest fucking propaganda tack you can take on this shit, especially the water crap. give it up already\n2\n7\n•••\nrobert j bennett, smiling... @robertjb... • 3h does Al use a lot of water? sure! so does making aluminum and beef and google searches and electricity. I once said that droughts would be bad for coal power and a guy responded \"why would coal plants need water\" and I was like\n\"because they BOIL IT FOR STEAM DUMBASS\"\n口1\n8\n•• •\nrobert j bennett, smiling... @robertjb... • 3h it's completely a spectrum, but resource use shaming is one of the most regrettable warhorses lefty moralism reliably trots out. I recall seeing people angrily post about the carbon footprints of greeting cards and small dogs. like, fuck off",
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