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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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Dating site clearly states on ToS that all the hot girls nearby you are bots (feddit.it)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And of course they want a credit card on file for "age verification" 😉 or they won't let you chat with the bots

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

synthespian noun, trademark in US

a computer-generated three-dimensional character, either in a wholly animated film or in one that is a mixture of live action and computer animation.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Hey, Calculon's back!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I actually like that word. Feels like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.

The Adventures of Flox Spanner 2209, by Donovan Cove

Chapter 1: The Synthespian Uprising

Or like it's how Poe from Altered Carbon would describe himself.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd like it more if it weren't a trademark.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well the best part about trademark law is that if you're too good and you become the 'generic' term then you lose protection.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I don't believe you, I'll Google it myself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Let us all recount our favourite synthespians from various companies then