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Brave and contrary.

I want this, and although there isn’t always a perceptible difference in audio quality, there sometimes can be. It depends on the content, and I’d rather sometimes stream audio at an excessively high bitrate than always lose the high–end definition that I could have enjoyed where it exists.

All my life I’ve been getting into disagreements with people who believe that because they can’t tell the difference between A and B, I must not be able to either. I find this immensely frustrating.

Good point. It’s an aggressively hot pink, and I was thinking the name Vibe already invited comparisons to products like We–Vibe. Then again, there’s a pretty huge overlap between toothbrush users and vibrator users. Not the worst idea.

Seems to be discontinued, sadly. This one is nice though.

I’m never buying another Quip product, but if you want to compete for their market share, you gotta make a pink one. I’ll pay extra.

I know how hard it is to resist the charms of an UwUing chatbot, but please don’t support another garbage telco.

The Internet will never forget you.

True story, but only one of the three cats in that house went full crackhead over them. I guess some cats are more vulnerable to addiction than others.

Tragic, and so reminiscent of addict behaviour in humans. Always with the “one last hit”.

pls enjoy

Did OOP post audio of the event?

Before everyone hops on the AI hate train, it’s worth noting that this is an advancement in the sorts of machine learning capabilities that we used to be very excited about before AI slop and LLM psychosis turned everyone against it. Climate modelling, drug discovery, brain mapping and quantum simulation are all examples of good AI.

These cat treats are essentially little nuggets of animal digest which, while not necessarily unhealthy in moderate quantities, are clearly addictive to a lot of cats. A web search for “my cat is addicted to Temptations” will show that my experience was not unique.

My parents give their cats Temptations. While I was living with them, they would give them to my cat too. My cat, who had previously had a pretty normal attraction to food, became transfixed on the pantry where he knew the Temptations were stored. He was no longer interested in my company, and only sought me out so he could lure me to the kitchen where he would sit and stare at that closed pantry door. When I opened it, he’d start yowling and fighting to get inside. Sometimes he would even attack my leg if I tried leaving the kitchen without giving him a Temptation. It was shocking and upsetting to see my sweet, gentle little cat acting this way. I’d known this cat for 5 or so years at this point, and it completely changed his personality. He just didn’t give a shit about anything but his next Temptation.

I established new rules for cat treats. They are not to be stored in open containers, they are not to be stored at cat height, and they are not to be fed to my cat. Ever. After a few weeks, his temperament returned to normal, but a mild fixation on that bottom shelf of the pantry lingered for much longer.

Wanna know what it feels like to lose a loved one to an addiction to hard drugs? Get your cat some Temptations Dreamies!

No but really. Fuck these things.