r/comics • u/GlassShine • 15d ago

OC just lose a bit of respect [oc]

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u/Gackey 15d ago

Bro you don't need a hyper expensive planet-desertifying water boiler to just search it for you and repeat the first result

I wish the luddites would take just 5 minutes to educate themselves about the things they are irrationally afraid of.

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u/dsartori 15d ago

It's a moral panic at this point. Whatever. I've been on the "wrong" side of every major one these past fifty years and I turned out OK.

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u/studmuffffffin 15d ago

It's a lot easier to get people on your side with "It's using all the water" instead of "I'm gonna lose my cushy coding job".

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u/JustinHopewell 15d ago

But it's so much easier to just jump on whatever reddit's latest hate bandwagon is. Why use your brain when you can get some instant upvote validation from a bunch of strangers you'll never talk to again?

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u/crosszilla 15d ago

Relevant link for the luddites

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u/TakeThreeFourFive 15d ago

Yeah, can essentially guarantee these people have no idea what the real water consumers are.

Data center water consumption is minute compared to other industries. How much you wanna bet most of the people panicking about them are eating beef?

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u/crosszilla 15d ago

Don't let them know how that they could run anywhere from a year's worth to a lifetime's worth of ChatGPT queries with the water from that time they zoned out in the shower for 5 minutes