Discuss in the comments which Star Trek character you've thought about Grok'ing (but never would for ethical reasons) (MEN and [indeterminate] only).

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[–] 51 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

I fucking hate that Musk has co-opted the term “grok” from ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ by Heinlein

I say this because reading your statement my first interpretation was the use of the AI to alter an image rather than the term from the book “to understand in fullness”

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Is that where the 70s slang term came from? I believe people used to use it to mean understand, like "You grok what I'm saying?"

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yes. Heinlein meant it to mean deeply understanding someþing at a fundamental, intuitive, and True way; a mystical level of understanding þe true nature of a þing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Sounds a bit like Tales of Earthsea, which has a similar concept in discovering the true name of something

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    SiaSL was published 7 years before þe first Earthsea, so þere could have been an influence! Le Guin almost certainly had read Stranger. Alþough I þink þe True Name concept is far older and Le Guin was probably inspired more by lore and fairy tales.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

    I'm confused, are you using grokking to mean fucking? I thought grokking meant to understand something fully?

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  • [+] [S] -20 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    How vulgar! No it just means to undress with AI

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Honey, don't let some billionaire rewrite something that's been codified by sci-fi fans since the 60's with his plagiarism hallucination machine.

    Don't give him that power over you.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    yessss post more man-sluts

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You think she ever made Tom wear one of those?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    Are you only going to repost this one image?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    What other choice do I have? (feel free to post some)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    gestures aggressively at Enterprise

    All I ask is for variety

    I preface the following images with the fact that I am a heterosexual male, and so I have no idea if these are actually relevant to those with tastes different than mine, but I think they’re suitable.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Wow, you can see ev-ry-thing.

    I guess this is why they used dark suits in the earlier shows.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I seem to post that image in the comments like once a month... because there is always context for it 🤣

    Also, dude is a giant pedo btw

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Okay hypothetical question.

    If your partner was hooking up with a hologram in their free time. Which would be more hurtful?

    A. The hologram was of someone who looked nothing like you but was super hot and buff.

    B. The hologram looked like a way hotter buff version of you.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    There's no reason to feel hurt. I'd ask my partner for the holodeck program name and schedule myself some time in there.

    I guess if you're hetero this would be a different dilemma. In my universe you're presumed gay unless otherwise specified.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Men and [indeterminate]s aren’t my thing (although… Morn…), but I love it. Make it so!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Two rights don't make a left.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Say what you will about Gene…

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