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the voice of this narrator is chef’s kiss. you so perfectly encapsulate a tone i always hope to achieve. tangents of disconnected thought that become cogent

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thanks so much Clancy! Honestly took a long ass time to make this come together, glad to hear the disconnected thoughts came together in the end

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yes, wanted to say just this!

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This says much more than that near-panic, busybody spew unhungry for answers voice

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How beautiful! I could follow the winding drift of the narrator’s thoughts all day as they move from daily task to task. A comfortable, and startlingly edifying space.

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Thanks Liz! Maybe I can do a series. My roommate rants x while I do y

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Love that idea!

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I love the mundanity of this chore we are all familiar with paired with the doom and gloom of someone fretting about AI. Nice work!

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Thanks Nick! I was listening to a podcast about AI while folding my laundry and something just clicked haha

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Came to this right after hearing The Brutalist used AI in their film. Serendipitous. Always appreciate your words.

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What??? I haven't heard that, that one was on my watching list. Thanks for the news and the kind words :)

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Right, I was super bummed to hear about it. What I read was that it was used on the accent of the actor and some architecture in the background. Insane

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oof I'll probably still give it a watch to see if I smell the AI

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Let me know!

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chumming the air with misremembered nuggets… some great lines in this piece.

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thanks, Billy!!!

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This feels effortless which tells me much effort was made. A celebration of the banal whilst contemplating the world-changing implications of AI - a masterful nugget of prose perfectly spun and hung out to dry for all of us to stare at - in that way humans do - other people's laundry is more fascinating than AI after all.

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Thanks so much! Indeed—AI’s got nothing on others’ ”dirty laundry”

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Great story, it made me start thinking about how could morality actually be programed into an AI system.

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I love this, Will. But hey, I love everything you write.

Challenge: write something that I don't like. You probably don't have it in you.

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I’m on it. That’s easy, I’ll just send you a first draft and you’ll be like wtf is this shit

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🤣 Sure sure

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It's all perfectly normal - loved the juxtaposition and like Clancy said, the voice is just right.

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thanks, fine sir

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Lol

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Will I like you're writing bring the curious type what instrument do you play & do you have a YouTube channel? Ok that's it oh one more thing my sympathies to you having to have a 'roommate' I hope they do their share of the chores. Can't help but think of the story a comedian told about having a roommate that didn't keep up with their share & when it was pointed out that they needed to do their dishes the messy roomie replyed " you're not the boss of me".

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Hey TJ, thanks for the kind words! I play guitar. And oh yeah that story resonates…I hate a roommate like that back in the day, wasn’t too fun

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“…maybe we’re just threatened by things unobsessed with being seen” dropped into my soul like a sack of sludge. Oof!! +1 on the comment about the voice of the narrator and their calming movement…the perfect balance to the anxious roommate.

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Thanks so much Katie! Always a joy to hear from you :)

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Love this

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thanks vince!

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I wish AI could go pick up stuff from the store from me but it's too busy working to automate half of my career paths!

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lol that’s what we really need it for…

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I adore this

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aww shucks :)

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