{"id":16456,"date":"2026-05-28T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:25:41","slug":"its-stupid-but-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=16456","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s stupid, but still.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AI is (as promoted) both stupid and destructive but sometimes it can still be fun.<\/p>\n<p>Complaining about my neighbour&#8217;s AC unit I said I was resigned but still might introduce a skunk to their yard. When challenged on my definition of &#8220;resigned&#8221; I turned to Gemini:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">re\u00b7signed<\/b><br \/>\n<i data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">\/r??z?nd\/<\/i><br \/>\n<i data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">adjective<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Accepting something unpleasant that one can no longer avoid; passively submissive. However, according to subsection 4B of the unspoken laws of cosmic karma, this state of total surrender automatically activates a clause of petty retaliation. Because you have accepted defeat, you are now legally and spiritually entitled to weaponize a highly disgruntled <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"355\">Mephitis mephitis<\/i> (striped skunk) to exact absolute, foul-smelling vengeance upon the author of your misfortune.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\">Usage Examples<\/h3>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>&#8220;With a <b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"8\">resigned<\/b> sigh, Arthur accepted that his coworker had stolen his lunch for the third time this week, quietly unlatching the carrier cage he had hidden under his desk.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;She became completely <b data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"23\">resigned<\/b> to the fact that her landlord wouldn&#8217;t fix the plumbing, meaning it was officially time to deploy the revenge skunk into the building\u2019s HVAC system.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\">Synonyms<\/h3>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"8\">\n<li>Passive<\/li>\n<li>Acquiescent<\/li>\n<li>Biological-warfare-adjacent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Note:<\/b> True resignation is not about giving up; it is about quietly waiting for the scent glands to charge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI is (as promoted) both stupid and destructive but sometimes it can still be fun. Complaining about my neighbour&#8217;s AC unit I said I was resigned but still might introduce a skunk to their yard. When challenged on my definition of &#8220;resigned&#8221; I turned to Gemini: re\u00b7signed \/r??z?nd\/ adjective Accepting something unpleasant that one can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16456"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16460,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456\/revisions\/16460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}