I may be dating myself here, but Beanie Babies.
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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There was a store near me when I was growing up that specialized in Beanie Babies. They also sold Pokémon cards. This was back with first-edition base set, then standard base set.
I never thought Pokémon cards would be the ones to soar in value….
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Coffee in the morning.
People be losing their minds over an addition.
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YouTube, celebrities, influencers.
Low hanging fruit, but AI. I don't need to explain why, do I?
I've heard several different reasons, which one is it for you?
- Copyright
- Water usage
- Appeal to tradition
- Lack of creativity
- Something else?
Also, are you against all AI (such as NPC AI, chess robots, intelligent vacuum cleaners, etc) or specifically LLMs/generative AI?
I don't buy a lot of the negative hype either, but you didn't list one of the main ones. Their use in spam.
Lately there have been issues with people submitting AI generated bug reports to bug bounty programs and wasting everyone's time. For this reason a lot of projects are considering shuttering their bug bounty programs entirely. It's just one example of the many that AI-spam has caused.
1, 2, 4, power wastage, the hype, the low returns for all the time, energy, and resources spent on a technology that has its uses but is no more a panacea than bitcoin, web4 or any of the other bullshit bubbles that have been ubiquitous since people worked out that venture capitalists will spunk unlimited amounts of money at the latest shiny thing.
Sounds like you dislike LLMs, not AI. Many medical breakthroughs have come from AI/ML. Car safety features, drone flight assistance, weather prediction, etc, are all examples of good AI.
AI is a catch all term, and I'm using it as such. I'm not saying that none of the technology has any use, but the hype saying it's a panacea is just that - hype. The same as Blockchain, which has its uses but was hyped out of all proportion.
You are right that LLMs are particularly bad when it comes to value for energy/water/hardware etc.
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Game of Thrones
I enjoyed it when the author was in charge of the TV series. I watched until the end of the initial series, but after that I never looked back.
Spoilers/explanation below:
Too many things didn't make sense, like how the dragon queen suddenly became a completely different person. How the Lannister siblings made up after hating each others guts, only for the tower to collapse on top of them the same instant. That everyone met their nemesis at the very end. Why anyone would vote for Bran to become the new king when he barely spoke to anyone since he was like 13 years old, and many other inconsistencies like that. The last couple of seasons barely had any story at all, it was mostly about fighting... It was bad.
Souls-like games, game streamers, turkey (the meat).
Pokemon Go
Daft Punk.
What do you mean you don't like listening to the same line a hundred times over a funky beat?
I like Daft Punk but I totally get people why people may find them overrated.
Pretty much everything.
Parry Hotnerd
Harry potnerd?