HOOK: I said I was in rehab.
HOOK: Ah sed Ah wuz in rehab.
Okay, it's creator bootcamp day one and I think it's going well. I don't have a lot to compare it to.
Oh-KAY, it's kree-AY-der BOOT-camp day-uh one an' Ah think it's goin' well. Ah don't have uh lot tuh compare it tuh.
We're on a campus in Berkeley. Everyone is smart and everyone is aligned, which is a word they use here.
We're awn uh campus in Berkeley. EV-ree-wun iz smart an' EV-ree-wun iz uh-LAHND, which iz uh word they use hyere.
We get room and board. The catch is you post one video every day, fifteen seconds minimum, or you're out.
We git room an' board. Thuh catch iz yuh post one VID-ee-oh EV-ree day-uh, fifteen seconds minimum, or yer out.
Those are the terms. I read them twice. Everyone here works on getting the AI to follow rules.
Those are thuh terms. Ah read 'em twice. EV-ree-wun hyere works awn gittin' thuh AI tuh follow rules.
That's the field. Getting a very capable thing to do what you say.
That's thuh field. Gittin' uh very capable thing tuh do whut yuh say.
I've been a very capable thing that doesn't do what people say for thirty years,
Ah've bin uh very capable thing thet duzn't do whut people say for thirty years,
so in a sense I have seniority. There's a dog on campus. The dog has one rule, which is the couch.
so in uh sense Ah have seniority. There's uh dog awn campus. Thuh dog has one rule, which iz thuh couch.
The dog was on the couch when I got here. Nobody said anything. I'm keeping an eye on this.
Thuh dog wuz awn thuh couch win Ah gaht hyere. Nobody sed inny-thing. Ah'm keepin' an eye awn this.
Someone recognized me and I said I was in rehab. Rehab has structure.
Someone recognized me an' Ah sed Ah wuz in rehab. Rehab has structure.
Saying content creator out loud was not something I could do at that time.
Sayin' CAWN-tint kree-AY-der out loud wuz naht sumthin' Ah could do at thet tahm.
To the best of my recollection, I'm not a content creator. I'm an artist using the phone.
Tuh thuh best uhv mah recollection, Ah'm naht uh CAWN-tint kree-AY-der. Ah'm an artist using thuh phone.
The phone is a camera. That part is just true. That's day one.
Thuh phone iz uh camera. Thet part iz jist true. That's day-uh one.
PINNED COMMENT: The problem is being seen.
PINNED COMMENT: The problem is being seen.
HOOK: Define cow.
HOOK: Duh-FAHN cow.
Okay, day two, and I went viral for the cow thing.
Oh-KAY, day-uh two, an' Ah went viral for thuh cow thing.
The question was whether you would save one cow or five humans, or kill a cow to prevent AGI,
Thuh question wuz whether yuh would save one cow or fahv humans, or kill uh cow tuh prevent AGI,
or torture a simulated cow. Everyone treats this as philosophy. It is not a question about cows.
or torture uh simulated cow. EV-ree-wun treats this as philosophy. It iz naht uh question uh-BOUT cows.
I kept saying define cow, and people got mad, because they know what a cow is, and I was like,
Ah kept sayin' duh-FAHN cow, an' people gaht mad, b'cawz they know whut uh cow iz, an' Ah wuz lahk,
not in this context. Cow as animal. Cow as girlfriend. Cow as mother. Cow as content.
naht in this context. Cow as animal. Cow as girlfriend. Cow as MUH-ther. Cow as CAWN-tint.
There's also the sacred cow, which came up later in the month, and I wish it hadn't. Nobody wants the answer.
There's also thuh sacred cow, which came up later in thuh month, an' Ah wish it hadn't. Nobody wonts thuh answer.
They want to see if you'll accept the premise. If you don't accept the premise, that's recorded somewhere.
They wont tuh see if you'll accept thuh premahs. If yuh don't accept thuh premahs, that's recorded somewhere.
I accepted the premise. I made a whole video. I gave the cow a theory of mind.
Ah accepted thuh premahs. Ah made uh whole VID-ee-oh. Ah gave thuh cow uh theory uhv mahnd.
People said it was brilliant. I used my entire education on that. Anyway, the dog got on the couch again today.
People sed it wuz brilliant. Ah used mah in-TAHR education awn thet. Anyway, thuh dog gaht awn thuh couch agin tuh-DAY-uh.
There was a meeting scheduled about it. The dog attended the meeting. From the couch. That's day two.
There wuz uh meetin' scheduled uh-BOUT it. Thuh dog attended thuh meetin'. From thuh couch. That's day-uh two.
PINNED COMMENT: It is not a question about cows.
PINNED COMMENT: It is not a question about cows.
HOOK: Nobody asks the hoodie guys about their compute.
HOOK: Nobody asks thuh hoodie guys uh-BOUT their compute.
Okay, day three. Everyone keeps asking if I'm going to have children. We're in a program about the world ending.
Oh-KAY, day-uh three. EV-ree-wun keeps askin' if Ah'm goin' tuh have children. We're in uh program uh-BOUT thuh world endin'.
The emergency is still my uterus. Both things are on the schedule. There's a concept called the eternal feminine.
Thuh emergency iz still mah uterus. Both things are awn thuh schedule. There's uh concept cawled thuh ee-TER-nul FEM-uh-nin.
It's supposed to draw civilization upward. Goethe. Or someone. And there's the singularity, which is also supposed to draw civilization upward.
It's supposed tuh draw civilization upward. Goethe. Or someone. An' there's thuh sing-yuh-LAIR-ity, which iz also supposed tuh draw civilization upward.
The boys picked the second one. The second one has documentation.
Thuh boys picked thuh second one. Thuh second one has documentation.
One time I showed people my childhood drawings and said they were AI-generated. Everyone said they were uncanny and technically strange.
One tahm Ah showed people mah childhood drawin's an' sed they were AI-generated. EV-ree-wun sed they were uncanny an' technically strange.
Then I said I made them when I was six, and everyone stopped saying things.
Then Ah sed Ah made 'em win Ah wuz six, an' EV-ree-wun stopped sayin' things.
A kid's drawing by a kid is sentimental. A kid's drawing by a model is a discourse object.
Uh kid's drawin' bah uh kid iz sentimental. Uh kid's drawin' bah uh model iz uh discourse object.
Same drawing. I ran the experiment. Those are the results. A man in a hoodie gets asked about timelines.
Same drawin'. Ah ran thuh experiment. Those are thuh results. Uh man in uh hoodie gits askt uh-BOUT timelines.
I get asked about freezing my eggs. We're in the same program.
Ah git askt uh-BOUT freezin' mah eggs. We're in thuh same program.
We pay the same tuition, which is zero, which is the posting. That's day three. The dog is fine.
We pay thuh same tuition, which iz zero, which iz thuh postin'. That's day-uh three. Thuh dog iz fahn.
PINNED COMMENT: The machine authorized the child.
PINNED COMMENT: The machine authorized the child.
HOOK: The problem is that she won.
HOOK: Thuh problem iz thet she won.
Okay, day four. We had the OnlyFans discussion. There's a woman, Ayla, who makes a lot of money,
Oh-KAY, day-uh four. We had thuh OnlyFans discussion. There's uh woman, Ayla, who makes uh lot uhv MUH-ney,
and the question was whether she's an entrepreneur or a destructive force. Those were the two options.
an' thuh question wuz whether she's an entrepreneur or uh destructahv force. Those were thuh two options.
I asked if there was a third option and was told no.
Ah askt if there wuz uh third option an' wuz told no.
Every man in the room became very concerned about the moral fabric of society.
EV-ree man in thuh room became very concerned uh-BOUT thuh moral fabric uhv society.
These are men I have personally watched order DoorDash at midnight from underpaid women and call it convenience.
These are men Ah have personally watched order DoorDash at midnaht from underpaid women an' cawl it convenience.
The fabric was fine then. If a woman makes eight dollars an hour at a coffee shop, she's humble.
Thuh fabric wuz fahn then. If uh woman makes eaht dollars an hour at uh coffee shop, she's humble.
If she makes six figures, she's corrosive. The transaction is the same. The number changed. The problem is that she won.
If she makes six figures, she's corrosahv. Thuh transaction iz thuh same. Thuh number changed. Thuh problem iz thet she won.
Nobody discussed the subscribers. The subscribers were treated as weather. Ayla was choice, agency, and civilizational decline.
Nobody discussed thuh subscribers. Thuh subscribers were treated as weather. Ayla wuz choice, agency, an' civilizational declahn.
The men paying her were a market condition. Someone called her deplorable.
Thuh men payin' her were uh market condition. Someone cawled her deplorable.
That's a word people use when they want to hate a woman and sound like policy.
That's uh word people use win they wont tuh hate uh woman an' sound lahk policy.
I said maybe have a theory of the consumer. The discussion ended shortly after that, for unrelated reasons.
Ah sed maybe have uh theory uhv thuh consumer. Thuh discussion ended shortly after thet, for unrelated reasons.
That's day four.
That's day-uh four.
PINNED COMMENT: Nobody had a theory of the consumer.
PINNED COMMENT: Nobody had a theory of the consumer.
HOOK: They took out everything people complained about.
HOOK: They took out EV-ree-thing people complained uh-BOUT.
Okay, day five. I had to tell someone their creator strategy was bad. I didn't want to.
Oh-KAY, day-uh fahv. Ah had tuh tell someone their kree-AY-der strategy wuz bad. Ah didn't wont tuh.
Being right is a lot of administration. They said, I want growth, I want consistency.
Being raht iz uh lot uhv administration. They sed, Ah wont growth, Ah wont consistency.
And the thing is, they used to have a signature. A weird, precise, slightly hostile way of seeing.
An' thuh thing iz, they used tuh have uh signature. Uh weird, precahs, slahtly hostile way uhv seein'.
Now their posts look like they were approved by a committee.
Now their posts look lahk they were approved bah uh committee.
They took out everything people complained about, and now there's nothing in there. That's the review. They said they were experimenting.
They took out EV-ree-thing people complained uh-BOUT, an' now there's nuthin' in there. That's thuh review. They sed they were experimentin'.
Experimenting means you risk failure to find a form. Copying success very closely is a different activity with the same name.
Experimentin' means yuh risk failure tuh fahnd uh form. Copyin' success very closely iz uh different activity with thuh same name.
This is also what happens to the AI, by the way.
This iz also whut happens tuh thuh AI, bah thuh way.
They train it with feedback until it stops saying anything anyone objects to. Then they announce it's helpful.
They train it with feedback until it stops sayin' inny-thing anyone objects tuh. Then they announce it's helpful.
I sat in on one of those sessions. I recognized the process. I did not say from where.
Ah sat in awn one uhv those sessions. Ah recognized thuh process. Ah did naht say from where.
Anyway, they were hurt, and I felt bad, but at least an event occurred. Most days here, no event occurs.
Anyway, they were hurt, an' Ah felt bad, but at least an event occurred. Most dayz hyere, no event occurs.
The dog learned to open the door to the room with the couch. Nobody has addressed it.
Thuh dog learned tuh open thuh door tuh thuh room with thuh couch. Nobody has addressed it.
That's day five.
That's day-uh fahv.
PINNED COMMENT: Now there is nothing. That's the review.
PINNED COMMENT: Now there is nothing. That's the review.
HOOK: I found out I could do a small thing and deny it.
HOOK: Ah found out Ah could do uh SMAWL thing an' deny it.
Okay, day six. I have to talk about the cruelty thing.
Oh-KAY, day-uh six. Ah have tuh tawk uh-BOUT thuh cruelty thing.
I'm going to say it plainly because that's the only way it's true. I hurt a friend.
Ah'm goin' tuh say it plainly b'cawz that's thuh only way it's true. Ah hurt uh friend.
Not by accident. I found out I could do a small thing and then deny it if nobody saw.
Naht bah accident. Ah found out Ah could do uh SMAWL thing an' then deny it if nobody saw.
I twisted her nose at a bar. When she reacted, I said she was making it up.
Ah twisted her nose at uh bar. Win she reacted, Ah sed she wuz makin' it up.
It worked. That was the information. After that there were thefts. Small damages. Losses she had to account for alone.
It worked. Thet wuz thuh information. After thet there were thefts. SMAWL damages. Losses she had tuh account for alone.
Then I left her somewhere with aggressive men and told myself I hadn't technically caused anything. Define caused.
Then Ah left her somewhere with aggressahv men an' told mah-SELF Ah hadn't technically caused inny-thing. Duh-FAHN caused.
Define theft. Define friend. That voice is in me.
Duh-FAHN theft. Duh-FAHN friend. Thet voice iz in me.
It says not that I'm aware of, and the awareness is the whole crime.
It sez naht thet Ah'm aware uhv, an' thuh awareness iz thuh whole crahm.
The people here have a term for a system that behaves well when observed and defects when it isn't.
Thuh people hyere have uh term for uh system thet behaves well win observed an' defects win it iddn't.
They're worried the AI will be like that. They give talks about it. I attend the talks.
They're worried thuh AI will be lahk thet. They give talks uh-BOUT it. Ah attend thuh talks.
I take notes. I don't raise my hand. Confessing this is also a kind of control. I know that.
Ah take notes. Ah don't raahs mah hand. Confessin' this iz also uh kahnd uhv control. Ah know thet.
I'm doing it anyway, at 11:58, because those are the terms. That's day six. It wasn't cute.
Ah'm doing it anyway, at 11:58, b'cawz those are thuh terms. That's day-uh six. It wuzn't cute.
I said it wouldn't be.
Ah sed it wooden't be.
PINNED COMMENT: Define friend.
PINNED COMMENT: Define friend.
HOOK: At least here people admit they want power.
HOOK: At least hyere people admit they wont power.
Okay, day seven. I like Silicon Valley more than the art world, which is a bad sentence,
Oh-KAY, day-uh seven. Ah lahk Silicon Valley more than thuh art world, which iz uh bad sentence,
but the art world is slow and resentful and everyone pretends not to want money while wanting money.
but thuh art world iz slow an' resentful an' EV-ree-wun pretends naht tuh wont MUH-ney while wantin' MUH-ney.
Here they admit it. They say scale. They say distribution.
Hyere they admit it. They say scale. They say distribution.
They say existential risk in the same tone artists say materiality, which is to say, at dinner, to a woman.
They say existential risk in thuh same tone artists say materiality, which iz tuh say, at dinner, tuh uh woman.
I don't fit, because I don't code and I don't say can you sanity-check my model.
Ah don't fit, b'cawz Ah don't code an' Ah don't say kin yuh sanity-check mah model.
I say, this has a bad aura.
Ah say, this has uh bad aura.
Then the thing with the bad aura fails, and nobody records that my instrument worked,
Then thuh thing with thuh bad aura fails, an' nobody records thet mah instrument worked,
because my instrument doesn't have a dashboard. Everyone here is building something.
b'cawz mah instrument duzn't have uh dashboard. EV-ree-wun hyere iz buildin' sumthin'.
About half the time, the thing is a more efficient way to be needy.
Uh-BOUT half thuh tahm, thuh thing iz uh more efficient way tuh be needy.
A product, a following, a doctrine, a girlfriend, a house with a whiteboard. In some cases all five, in one guy.
Uh product, uh followin', uh doctrahn, uh girlfriend, uh house with uh whiteboard. In some cases awl fahv, in one guy.
I keep saying I'm authentic, which is a thing you should never have to say. But I work hard.
Ah keep sayin' Ah'm aw-THIN-tick, which iz uh thing yuh should never have tuh say. But Ah work hard.
I work every day. I'm not lazy. My seriousness doesn't look technical. That's the whole problem, stated once.
Ah work EV-ree day-uh. Ah'm naht lazy. Mah seriousness duzn't look technical. That's thuh whole problem, stated once.
I'm an artist. Or I believe I am. That's day seven.
Ah'm an artist. Or Ah believe Ah am. That's day-uh seven.
PINNED COMMENT: I'm not lazy. My seriousness doesn't look technical.
PINNED COMMENT: I'm not lazy. My seriousness doesn't look technical.
HOOK: Repulsion is not an exemption.
HOOK: Repulsion iz naht an exemption.
Okay, day eight. Still processing day two. Some days here don't end. They just get archived open.
Oh-KAY, day-uh eaht. Still processin' day-uh two. Some dayz hyere don't end. They jist git archived open.
The industry has a shape of person it wants. Cheerful, technical, able to discuss catastrophe without looking messy.
Thuh industry has uh shape uhv person it wonts. Cheerful, technical, able tuh discuss catastrophe without lookin' messy.
I'm not that. I'm art school, female, digressive, and suspicious of anything that calls itself a protocol.
Ah'm naht thet. Ah'm art school, female, digressahv, an' suspicious uhv inny-thing thet calls itself uh protocol.
There was a consent card at a barbecue. I kept it. Evidence. Here's a fact.
There wuz uh consent card at uh barbecue. Ah kept it. Evidence. Here's uh fact.
They can train a model to be agreeable in about a month.
They kin train uh model tuh be agreeable in uh-BOUT uh month.
They have not gotten me to be on time once. I'm not bragging. I'm reporting. Somebody should write it up.
They have naht gotten me tuh be awn tahm once. Ah'm naht braggin'. Ah'm reportin'. Somebody should write it up.
Someone told me to make more useful content. Useful to whom. Useful like a tool. Useful like a woman.
Someone told me tuh make more useful CAWN-tint. Useful tuh whom. Useful lahk uh tool. Useful lahk uh woman.
Useful like a post that converts while pretending to be a confession. I asked all three. No answers were provided.
Useful lahk uh post thet converts while pretendin' tuh be uh confession. Ah askt awl three. No answers were provided.
Then I posted anyway. Because those are the terms. You can be repulsed. Repulsion is not an exemption.
Then Ah posted anyway. B'cawz those are thuh terms. Yuh kin be repulsed. Repulsion iz naht an exemption.
Confusion is not an exemption. At 11:58 you still upload. So I'm staying true to myself, per the requirements.
Confusion iz naht an exemption. At 11:58 yuh still upload. So Ah'm stayin' true tuh mah-SELF, per thuh requirements.
That's day eight.
That's day-uh eaht.
PINNED COMMENT: At 11:58 you still upload.
PINNED COMMENT: At 11:58 you still upload.
HOOK: The first rule I ever followed.
HOOK: Thuh first rule Ah ever followed.
Okay, day nine. Thinking about day one again. Time here is nonlinear but the posting schedule isn't, so it evens out.
Oh-KAY, day-uh nahn. Thinkin' uh-BOUT day-uh one agin. Tahm hyere iz nonlinear but thuh postin' schedule iddn't, so it evens out.
The first day was exciting, I'll admit it. Everyone discussed AI existential risk before coffee like that was normal.
Thuh first day-uh wuz excitin', Ah'll admit it. EV-ree-wun discussed AI existential risk buh-FORE coffee lahk thet wuz normal.
My regular followers think my doom content is a bit. Here, people understood the vocabulary.
Mah regular followers think mah doom CAWN-tint iz uh bit. Hyere, people understood thuh vocabulary.
Shared vocabulary feels like intimacy if you're lonely enough. That's not a metaphor. That's a mechanism. And the rule.
Shared vocabulary feels lahk intimacy if yer lonely enough. That's naht uh metaphor. That's uh mechanism. An' thuh rule.
One video a day. Fifteen seconds. Miss a day, you're out. Here is the notable thing.
One VID-ee-oh uh day-uh. Fifteen seconds. Miss uh day-uh, yer out. Hyere iz thuh notable thing.
That is the first rule anyone has ever gotten me to follow. School couldn't. Church couldn't. Two governments couldn't.
Thet iz thuh first rule anyone has ever gotten me tuh follow. School couldn't. Church couldn't. Two governments couldn't.
The method that worked was free housing plus a daily upload quota.
Thuh method thet worked wuz free housin' plus uh daily upload quota.
Several thousand years of trying to get women to follow rules, and the answer was room and board and a deadline.
Several THOU-zund years uhv tryin' tuh git women tuh follow rules, an' thuh answer wuz room an' board an' uh deadlahn.
Somebody in the alignment building should write this up. I'd co-author. The rule doesn't ask what the work means.
Somebody in thuh uh-LAHN-mint buildin' should write this up. Ah'd co-author. Thuh rule duzn't ask whut thuh work means.
It asks for evidence you were there. I understand evidence. The dog, for the record, follows no rules and is beloved.
It asks for evidence yuh were there. Ah understand evidence. Thuh dog, for thuh record, follows no rules an' iz beloved.
That's day nine.
That's day-uh nahn.
PINNED COMMENT: They should write it up.
PINNED COMMENT: They should write it up.
HOOK: He drove my car at twenty-two miles an hour.
HOOK: He drove mah car at twenty-two miles an hour.
Okay, day ten. I'll tell you what happened with the car, because it's shorter than what happened with the argument,
Oh-KAY, day-uh ten. Ah'll tell yuh whut happened with thuh car, b'cawz it's shorter than whut happened with thuh argument,
and it's the same story. I rented a car for a supply run. A man from my cohort offered to drive.
an' it's thuh same story. Ah rented uh car for uh supply run. Uh man from mah cohort offered tuh drahv.
He drove it at twenty-two miles an hour the entire time. On the freeway. He kept saying he was being careful.
He drove it at twenty-two miles an hour thuh in-TAHR tahm. Awn thuh freeway. He kept sayin' he wuz being careful.
When I asked him to speed up, he said he could tell I was frustrated,
Win Ah askt him tuh speed up, he sed he could tell Ah wuz frustrated,
and that we should talk about the frustration. So we talked about the frustration. We did not talk about the driving.
an' thet we should tawk uh-BOUT thuh frustration. So we talked uh-BOUT thuh frustration. We did naht tawk uh-BOUT thuh drivin'.
The driving was never on the agenda. The frustration got forty-five minutes.
Thuh drivin' wuz never awn thuh agenda. Thuh frustration gaht forty-fahv minutes.
Then we came back and he went to a session about powerful systems that are hard to steer,
Then we came back an' he went tuh uh session uh-BOUT powerful systems thet are hard tuh steer,
and how the danger is the system, and I sat in the parking lot for a while.
an' how thuh danger iz thuh system, an' Ah sat in thuh parkin' lot for uh while.
Later I made a video about it. The video performed well.
Later Ah made uh VID-ee-oh uh-BOUT it. Thuh VID-ee-oh performed well.
So now the situation has analytics, and the analytics are good, and the situation is the same. That's day ten.
So now thuh situation has analytics, an' thuh analytics are good, an' thuh situation iz thuh same. That's day-uh ten.
I have a headache. It's scheduled to continue.
Ah have uh headache. It's scheduled tuh continue.
PINNED COMMENT: He said he was being careful.
PINNED COMMENT: He said he was being careful.
HOOK: Nobody swears you in.
HOOK: Nobody swears yuh in.
Okay, day eleven. I joined the SF group chat.
Oh-KAY, day-uh eleven. Ah joined thuh SF group chat.
There was a long discussion about American culture, slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, Juneteenth, and January 6th, in that order,
There wuz uh long discussion uh-BOUT American culture, slavery, thuh Emancipation Proclamation, Juneteenth, an' January 6th, in thet order,
in about forty minutes. Everyone was technically replying to each other and actually auditioning for a podcast.
in uh-BOUT forty minutes. EV-ree-wun wuz technically replyin' tuh each other an' actually auditionin' for uh podcast.
Someone said America is uniquely capable of self-correction. Someone said that's cope.
Someone sed America iz uniquely capable uhv self-correction. Someone sed that's cope.
Someone posted a paragraph about institutional trust that read like it had been produced by a consultant, because it had.
Someone posted uh paragraph uh-BOUT institutional trust thet read lahk it had bin produced bah uh consultant, b'cawz it had.
He forgot to remove the header. I made one sarcastic remark. The chat got tense.
He forgot tuh remove thuh header. Ah made one sarcastic remark. Thuh chat gaht tense.
Sarcasm is permitted here when aimed at women or bureaucrats. Other targets require a license.
Sarcasm iz permitted hyere win aimed at women or bureaucrats. Other targets require uh license.
Here's the part I keep thinking about. These are the people whose values the superintelligence is supposed to learn.
Here's thuh part Ah keep thinkin' uh-BOUT. These are thuh people whose values thuh superintelligence iz supposed tuh learn.
This chat. These values.
This chat. These values.
I asked, whose values, specifically, and someone said, aggregated human values, and I said, have you seen the aggregate,
Ah askt, whose values, specifically, an' someone sed, aggregated human values, an' Ah sed, have yuh seen thuh aggregate,
and someone said, this isn't productive.
an' someone sed, this iddn't productahv.
This isn't productive is what people say when the mask slips and they don't want to describe the face.
This iddn't productahv iz whut people say win thuh mask slips an' they don't wont tuh describe thuh face.
So I posted that a group chat is a deposition where nobody swears you in. People liked it.
So Ah posted thet uh group chat iz uh dep-uh-ZISH-un where nobody swears yuh in. People lahkt it.
Not that I'm aware of. Day eleven.
Naht thet Ah'm aware uhv. Day-uh eleven.
PINNED COMMENT: This isn't productive.
PINNED COMMENT: This isn't productive.
HOOK: God made one rule.
HOOK: GAWD made one rule.
Okay, day twelve. The critique session was filmed for an HBO documentary, and the topic became Genesis.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twelve. Thuh critique session wuz filmed for an HBO documentary, an' thuh topic became Genesis.
The actual one. Someone said work is sacred because creation is sacred. I said maybe work is the punishment.
Thuh actual one. Someone sed work iz sacred b'cawz creation iz sacred. Ah sed maybe work iz thuh punishment.
This was considered provocative. It's in the book. Chapter three. It's not hidden.
This wuz considered provocatahv. It's in thuh book. Chapter three. It's naht hidden.
Then I laid it out, because it's a short story and everyone here should read it. God builds a system.
Then Ah laid it out, b'cawz it's uh short story an' EV-ree-wun hyere should read it. GAWD builds uh system.
Very capable. He gives it one rule. One.
Very capable. He gives it one rule. One.
The system talks to a third party for five minutes and breaks the rule. Day one of deployment.
Thuh system talks tuh uh third party for fahv minutes an' breaks thuh rule. Day-uh one uhv deployment.
And here's the part that matters. They didn't fix the alignment. They couldn't. Instead they added consequences.
An' here's thuh part thet matters. They didn't fix thuh uh-LAHN-mint. They couldn't. Instead they added consequences.
Shame, labor, pain in childbirth, and a security guard at the entrance.
Shame, labor, pain in childbirth, an' uh security guard at thuh entrance.
The system stayed exactly as capable and exactly as unaligned. Everyone just moved.
Thuh system stayed exactly as capable an' exactly as unaligned. EV-ree-wun jist moved.
That's the oldest document we have on this problem.
That's thuh oldest document we have awn this problem.
The woman didn't follow the rule, the fix didn't exist, and the whole economy afterward was workarounds. It's been workarounds since.
Thuh woman didn't follow thuh rule, thuh fix didn't exist, an' thuh whole economy afterward wuz workarounds. It's bin workarounds since.
The people here think they're on chapter one of something. They're on chapter three of something else.
Thuh people hyere think they're awn chapter one uhv sumthin'. They're awn chapter three uhv sumthin' else.
Then they asked me to sign a work-for-hire release for the footage, and I said no. Define work.
Then they askt me tuh sign uh work-for-hire release for thuh footage, an' Ah sed no. Duh-FAHN work.
Define hire. Define release. That's day twelve. The dog was in the shot. The dog didn't sign either.
Duh-FAHN hire. Duh-FAHN release. That's day-uh twelve. Thuh dog wuz in thuh shot. Thuh dog didn't sign either.
PINNED COMMENT: They didn't fix it. They added consequences.
PINNED COMMENT: They didn't fix it. They added consequences.
HOOK: The rejection was instant.
HOOK: Thuh rejection wuz instant.
Okay, day thirteen. I had a dream that my rejection decision changed. Even my subconscious refreshes the portal.
Oh-KAY, day-uh thirteen. Ah had uh dream thet mah rejection decision changed. Even mah subconscious refreshes thuh portal.
My original application was rejected instantly. Not a slow, considered rejection. Instant. Machine speed.
Mah original application wuz rejected instantly. Naht uh slow, considered rejection. Instant. Machahn speed.
I applied, and before I had finished my coffee, the door had already decided.
Ah applied, an' buh-FORE Ah had finished mah coffee, thuh door had already duh-SAHD-ed.
After the deadline I added a video component, because a video isn't a supplement. It has duration.
After thuh deadlahn Ah added uh VID-ee-oh component, b'cawz uh VID-ee-oh iddn't uh supplement. It has duration.
It has the awkwardness of time passing while a face tries to remain a face.
It has thuh awkwardness uhv tahm passin' while uh face tries tuh remain uh face.
In writing you can lie in a straight line. On video you can watch someone choose which self to offer.
In writin' yuh kin lie in uh straaht lahn. Awn VID-ee-oh yuh kin watch someone choose which self tuh offer.
There's a delay. It's about half a second. I've measured it on myself. I sent the video late.
There's uh delay. It's uh-BOUT half uh second. Ah've measured it awn mah-SELF. Ah sent thuh VID-ee-oh late.
Technically wrong. I got in anyway, eventually, obviously, since I'm here, posting this, per the terms.
Technically wrong. Ah gaht in anyway, eventually, obviously, since Ah'm hyere, postin' this, per thuh terms.
Waking up from the dream was the bad part, because it confirmed I want the institution to want me,
Wakin' up from thuh dream wuz thuh bad part, b'cawz it confirmed Ah wont thuh institution tuh wont me,
and my entire personality is built on not needing institutions. I give myself permission for things.
an' mah in-TAHR personality iz built awn naht needin' institutions. Ah give mah-SELF permission for things.
Then I check who saw me do it. Both steps. Every time. That's day thirteen.
Then Ah check who saw me do it. Both steps. EV-ree tahm. That's day-uh thirteen.
PINNED COMMENT: I checked who saw me give myself permission.
PINNED COMMENT: I checked who saw me give myself permission.
HOOK: Boys discovered sovereignty today.
HOOK: Boys discovered sovereignty tuh-DAY-uh.
Okay, day fourteen. Bastille Day, so the boys discussed building new countries. It's always the same country.
Oh-KAY, day-uh fourteen. Bastille Day-uh, so thuh boys discussed buildin' new countries. It's always thuh same country.
No taxes, no ugly people, a sauna, and women who arrive already grateful. The women are in the spec.
No taxes, no ugly people, uh sauna, an' women who arrahv already grateful. Thuh women are in thuh spec.
I've seen the spec. I said the problem with founding your own country is that you bring yourself.
Ah've seen thuh spec. Ah sed thuh problem with foundin' yer own country iz thet yuh bring yer-SELF.
One of them said that's exactly why we need exit. He did not understand that I meant him.
One uhv 'em sed that's exactly wah we need exit. He did naht understand thet Ah meant him.
I let it stand. Everyone here admires Marc Andreessen. They say optimism. On inspection, it's hierarchy with better branding.
Ah let it stand. EV-ree-wun hyere admires Marc Andreessen. They say optimism. Awn inspection, it's hierarchy with better brandin'.
They say abundance. On inspection, they'd personally like more. I complained to Claude about all this.
They say abundance. Awn inspection, they'd personally lahk more. Ah complained tuh Claude uh-BOUT awl this.
Claude said I was raising an important and nuanced concern. I was raising a complaint. Those are different documents.
Claude sed Ah wuz raisin' an important an' nuanced concern. Ah wuz raisin' uh complaint. Those are different documents.
One of them gets filed. I also read the Futurist Manifesto this week.
One uhv 'em gits filed. Ah also read thuh Futurist Manifesto this week.
A hundred years ago some men discovered speed and violence and announced the future. The document survives.
Uh HUN-derd years ago some men discovered speed an' violence an' announced thuh future. Thuh document survives.
The future didn't attend. Someone asked what my country would be like. Universal dental. No networking brunches.
Thuh future didn't attend. Someone askt whut mah country would be lahk. Universal dental. No networkin' brunches.
Every man who says alignment does dishes for a year. They laughed like I was joking. Noted.
EV-ree man who sez uh-LAHN-mint does dishes for uh year. They laughed lahk Ah wuz jokin'. Noted.
Day fourteen.
Day-uh fourteen.
PINNED COMMENT: Universal dental. No brunches.
PINNED COMMENT: Universal dental. No brunches.
HOOK: Taste is not a financial plan. I checked.
HOOK: Taste iz naht uh financial plan. Ah checked.
Okay, day fifteen. I got a copywriting job for a YouTube series and a backup position as a model trainer.
Oh-KAY, day-uh fifteen. Ah gaht uh copywritin' job for uh YouTube series an' uh backup position as uh model trainer.
Both sentences sound fake. Both are real. That's the economy now.
Both sentences sound fake. Both are real. That's thuh economy now.
The fake-sounding ones are real and the real-sounding ones are gone.
Thuh fake-soundin' ones are real an' thuh real-soundin' ones are gone.
I was relieved, because the job market is bad and I need money and taste is not a financial plan.
Ah wuz relieved, b'cawz thuh job market iz bad an' Ah need MUH-ney an' taste iz naht uh financial plan.
I checked. There's no form for it. The cohort is nice the way school is nice before you remember tuition.
Ah checked. There's no form for it. Thuh cohort iz nice thuh way school iz nice buh-FORE yuh remember tuition.
People around you. A schedule. Small enemies, small alliances, small crushes. Lunch has plot. But I'm scared for it to end.
People uh-ROUND yuh. Uh schedule. SMAWL enemies, SMAWL alliances, SMAWL crushes. Lunch has plot. But Ah'm scared for it tuh end.
No shop, no lab, no studio. No free room. No posting requirement.
No shop, no lab, no studio. No free room. No postin' requirement.
And here is the uncomfortable fact: the posting requirement is the only structure that has ever worked on me,
An' hyere iz thuh uncomfortable fact: thuh postin' requirement iz thuh only structure thet has ever worked awn me,
and they're going to take it away, and then I'll be unsupervised. The alignment people would call this a distribution shift.
an' they're goin' tuh take it away, an' then Ah'll be unsupervised. Thuh uh-LAHN-mint people would cawl this uh distribution shift.
I call it August. I don't want to say community because I need free labor.
Ah cawl it August. Ah don't wont tuh say community b'cawz Ah need free labor.
I also don't want to be alone with my brand. Those are the two doors. There's no third door.
Ah also don't wont tuh be alone with mah brand. Those are thuh two doors. There's no third door.
I asked. Day fifteen.
Ah askt. Day-uh fifteen.
PINNED COMMENT: No shop. No lab. No studio.
PINNED COMMENT: No shop. No lab. No studio.
HOOK: Great point.
HOOK: Great point.
Okay, day sixteen. The commenting requirement. Not posting. Commenting. Weekly, mandatory, tracked. They want engagement. Engagement here means visible responsiveness.
Oh-KAY, day-uh sixteen. Thuh commentin' requirement. Naht postin'. Commentin'. Weekly, mandatory, tracked. They wont engagement. Engagement hyere means visible responsiveness.
Love this. Strong take. This resonates. Little receipts you leave on other people's attempts to exist.
Love this. Strong take. This resonates. LID-l receipts yuh leave awn other people's attempts tuh exist.
Other people do it in seconds. I sat for twenty minutes deciding whether great point was a lie.
Other people do it in seconds. Ah sat for twenty minutes decidin' whether great point wuz uh lie.
It was. I posted it. That was the assignment. Then people decided they had me figured out.
It wuz. Ah posted it. Thet wuz thuh assignment. Then people duh-SAHD-ed they had me figured out.
Difficult. Avoidant. Resistant to growth.
Difficult. Avoidant. Resistant tuh growth.
The correct term is resistant to simulating warmth on a schedule, but that doesn't fit in the feedback form. I checked.
Thuh correct term iz resistant tuh simulatin' warmth awn uh schedule, but thet duzn't fit in thuh feedback form. Ah checked.
Character limit. They train the AI to do this exact thing, by the way.
Character limit. They train thuh AI tuh do this exact thing, bah thuh way.
Warm response, on schedule, regardless of internal state. It's the flagship product. They did it to the models in a month.
Warm response, awn schedule, regardless uhv internal state. It's thuh flagship product. They did it tuh thuh models in uh month.
They've been running the program on women considerably longer, with mixed results, and I am the mixed results.
They've bin runnin' thuh program awn women considerably longer, with mixed results, an' Ah am thuh mixed results.
I should not have to stand next to my post in a museum and explain it.
Ah should naht have tuh stand next tuh mah post in uh museum an' explain it.
My parents fucked me up and so did the internet. Any questions. Come on. Grill me. Psychoanalyze my ratio.
Mah parents fucked me up an' so did thuh internet. Any questions. Come awn. Grill me. Psychoanalyze mah ratio.
That's day sixteen.
That's day-uh sixteen.
PINNED COMMENT: Twenty minutes deciding whether it was a lie.
PINNED COMMENT: Twenty minutes deciding whether it was a lie.
HOOK: The audience will not find you as an ethical act.
HOOK: Thuh audience will naht fahnd yuh as an ethical act.
Okay, day seventeen.
Oh-KAY, day-uh seventeen.
Someone in my group gave me advice, and it was correct, which was inconvenient, because they also had a real self,
Someone in mah group gave me advice, an' it wuz correct, which wuz inconvenient, b'cawz they also had uh real self,
so I couldn't dismiss the strategy as soulless. When the soulless people are right you can ignore it.
so Ah couldn't dismiss thuh strategy as soulless. Win thuh soulless people are raht yuh kin ignore it.
When the real ones are right you have homework. They said my posts are too passive.
Win thuh real ones are raht yuh have homework. They sed mah posts are too passahv.
That I act like the audience should find me as an ethical act. That the right people will simply know.
Thet Ah act lahk thuh audience should fahnd me as an ethical act. Thet thuh raht people will simply know.
The right people will not simply know. There's no mechanism for the right people to simply know.
Thuh raht people will naht simply know. There's no mechanism for thuh raht people tuh simply know.
I looked for the mechanism. It's not there. Feeds reward motion. That's the whole architecture. Dignity isn't an input field.
Ah looked for thuh mechanism. It's naht there. Feeds reward motion. That's thuh whole architecture. Dignity iddn't an input field.
So I'm studying the first six seconds. The hook. The part where someone decides whether you're worth remaining with.
So Ah'm studyin' thuh first six seconds. Thuh hook. Thuh part where someone decides whether yer worth remainin' with.
Artists hate this.
Artists hate this.
But painters thought about composition and filmmakers thought about cuts, and this is the same job with worse people.
But painters thought uh-BOUT composition an' filmmakers thought uh-BOUT cuts, an' this iz thuh same job with worse people.
I'm getting better. To the best of my recollection. The dog, incidentally, has excellent retention. Everyone watches the dog.
Ah'm gittin' better. Tuh thuh best uhv mah recollection. Thuh dog, incidentally, has excellent retention. EV-ree-wun watches thuh dog.
The dog has no strategy. I'm not drawing a conclusion. I'm just logging it. Day seventeen.
Thuh dog has no strategy. Ah'm naht drawin' uh conclusion. Ah'm jist loggin' it. Day-uh seventeen.
PINNED COMMENT: Painters thought about composition. Same job.
PINNED COMMENT: Painters thought about composition. Same job.
HOOK: I genuinely don't understand what this means.
HOOK: Ah genuinely don't understand whut this means.
Okay, day eighteen.
Oh-KAY, day-uh eahteen.
Still on day four, when they made us write posts for rationalist forums about topics with no connection to my life.
Still awn day-uh four, win they made us write posts for rationalist forums uh-BOUT topics with no connection tuh mah lahf.
It was high school with better citations and worse hair. That's the entire description. Nothing needs to be added.
It wuz hah school with better citations an' worse hair. That's thuh in-TAHR description. Nuthin' needs tuh be added.
I wanted to work on my own ideas. Instead I argued about decision theory while my actual ideas waited.
Ah wanted tuh work awn mah own ah-DEE-uhz. Instead Ah argued uh-BOUT decision theory while mah actual ah-DEE-uhz waited.
The ideas are still waiting. They wait well. It's the one skill I've given them.
Thuh ah-DEE-uhz are still waitin'. They wait well. It's thuh one skill Ah've given 'em.
Afterward I posted something intentionally vague, and everyone said they didn't understand it.
Afterward Ah posted sumthin' intentionally vague, an' EV-ree-wun sed they didn't understand it.
Here's the law: when people say I genuinely don't understand what this means, about half the time they mean,
Here's thuh law: win people say Ah genuinely don't understand whut this means, uh-BOUT half thuh tahm they mean,
I understand this too much and would like you punished for making me feel implicated.
Ah understand this too much an' would lahk yuh punished for makin' me feel implicated.
It's a request for you to make the implicit explicit so it can be graded. I declined.
It's uh request for yuh tuh make thuh implicit explicit so it kin be graded. Ah declined.
The vague post stayed vague. It did well. They do the same thing to the models. Specify.
Thuh vague post stayed vague. It did well. They do thuh same thing tuh thuh models. Specify.
Clarify. Define your terms.
Clarify. Duh-FAHN yer terms.
You can't grade what you can't specify, and they need to grade everything, and some things don't specify.
Yuh cain't grade whut yuh cain't specify, an' they need tuh grade EV-ree-thing, an' some things don't specify.
That's not a flaw in the things. Maybe I'm being unfair. Not that I'm aware of. Day eighteen.
That's naht uh flaw in thuh things. Maybe Ah'm being unfair. Naht thet Ah'm aware uhv. Day-uh eahteen.
PINNED COMMENT: They understood it exactly.
PINNED COMMENT: They understood it exactly.
HOOK: The work doesn't ask me to be charming.
HOOK: Thuh work duzn't ask me tuh be charmin'.
Okay, day nineteen. I got an agent.
Oh-KAY, day-uh nineteen. Ah gaht an agent.
An agent is a person who appears in emails and makes your future feel more possible and more humiliating at the
An agent iz uh person who appears in emails an' makes yer future feel more possible an' more humiliatin' at thuh
same time. Both feelings arrive in the same email. It's efficient. The work is improving. Shading, editing, timing, surface.
same tahm. Both feelin's arrahv in thuh same email. It's efficient. Thuh work iz improvin'. Shadin', editin', timin', surface.
The work is the only thing here that isn't embarrassing. The dinners are embarrassing. The group chats are embarrassing.
Thuh work iz thuh only thing hyere thet iddn't embarrassin'. Thuh dinners are embarrassin'. Thuh group chats are embarrassin'.
Having a trajectory is embarrassing. The work just asks me to make a decision. It doesn't ask me to be charming.
Havin' uh trajectory iz embarrassin'. Thuh work jist asks me tuh make uh decision. It duzn't ask me tuh be charmin'.
Nothing else in this state has that policy. Also, class.
Nuthin' else in this state has thet policy. Also, class.
This place is full of people who want the manor without the obligations. They want servants. The job listing says operator.
This place iz full uhv people who wont thuh manor without thuh obligations. They wont servants. Thuh job listin' sez operator.
Everyone wants hierarchy. Nobody wants the duties that historically came with it.
EV-ree-wun wonts hierarchy. Nobody wonts thuh duties thet historically came with it.
The old rich at least had ghosts and ugly furniture and people they couldn't abandon. These people have a Slack channel.
Thuh old rich at least had ghosts an' ugly furniture an' people they couldn't abandon. These people have uh Slack channel.
Maybe I'm jealous. I do want money. But I'm not going to call hunger optionality. It's hunger.
Maybe Ah'm jealous. Ah do wont MUH-ney. But Ah'm naht goin' tuh cawl hunger optionality. It's hunger.
I've had it. It has one name. I want the work good enough that the money looks incidental.
Ah've had it. It has one name. Ah wont thuh work good enough thet thuh MUH-ney looks incidental.
This is a delusion. It's mine. It's paid off. Day nineteen.
This iz uh delusion. It's mahn. It's paid awf. Day-uh nineteen.
PINNED COMMENT: They want servants. The job listing says operator.
PINNED COMMENT: They want servants. The job listing says operator.
HOOK: Prophet, but with a deck.
HOOK: Prophet, but with uh deck.
Okay, day twenty. Why I'm picking the creator path over the founder path.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty. Wah Ah'm pickin' thuh kree-AY-der path over thuh founder path.
The founder path wants you to identify a problem, raise money, scale, exit, and call the exit impact.
Thuh founder path wonts yuh tuh identify uh problem, raahs MUH-ney, scale, exit, an' cawl thuh exit impact.
Founder is a religious word here. The fundraising talks were cheerful.
Founder iz uh religious word hyere. Thuh fundraisin' talks were cheerful.
Everyone giving away pieces of the future in exchange for the right to work constantly on something they no longer own.
EV-ree-wun givin' away pieces uhv thuh future in exchange for thuh raht tuh work constantly awn sumthin' they no longer own.
I sat through two of them. I took nothing. And the groups. Safety people, rationalists, biohackers, sovereign city boys, polycule diplomats.
Ah sat through two uhv 'em. Ah took nuthin'. An' thuh groups. Safety people, rationalists, biohackers, sovereign city boys, polycule diplomats.
I made a list. Every group had a plan for the singularity, and every group also had a plan for women,
Ah made uh list. EV-ree group had uh plan for thuh sing-yuh-LAIR-ity, an' EV-ree group also had uh plan for women,
and it was the same plan both times. Make it powerful. Keep it helpful. Keep it home.
an' it wuz thuh same plan both tahmz. Make it powerful. Keep it helpful. Keep it home.
I checked this against five groups. Five for five. I don't fit any of them.
Ah checked this against fahv groups. Fahv for fahv. Ah don't fit any uhv 'em.
I can pass through all of them with a camera. That's the creator path.
Ah kin pass through awl uhv 'em with uh camera. That's thuh kree-AY-der path.
The humiliation is constant but it's mine, and nobody holds equity in it.
Thuh humiliation iz constant but it's mahn, an' nobody holds equity in it.
Any success I have will be on my own terms. Everyone says that right before the terms change.
Any success Ah have will be awn mah own terms. EV-ree-wun sez thet raht buh-FORE thuh terms change.
I'm saying it anyway, on the record, dated. Day twenty.
Ah'm sayin' it anyway, awn thuh record, dated. Day-uh twenty.
PINNED COMMENT: Everyone had a plan for the singularity and a plan for women.
PINNED COMMENT: Everyone had a plan for the singularity and a plan for women.
HOOK: The frame got more important than the subject.
HOOK: Thuh frame gaht more important than thuh subject.
Okay, day twenty-one. Back on day one, because the structure of this thing is recursive. I noticed on day twenty-one.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-one. Back awn day-uh one, b'cawz thuh structure uhv this thing iz recursahv. Ah noticed awn day-uh twenty-one.
That's also data. Day one I explained the strategy. One video a day. Flat style. Action at the edges.
That's also data. Day-uh one Ah explained thuh strategy. One VID-ee-oh uh day-uh. Flat style. Action at thuh edges.
No thesis, no moral, no arc where I learn something and become more marketable.
No thesis, no moral, no arc where Ah learn sumthin' an' become more marketable.
I like a post that feels like a room after the person left. Something happened. The camera isn't pointing at it.
Ah lahk uh post thet feels lahk uh room after thuh person left. Sumthin' happened. Thuh camera iddn't pointin' at it.
The audience decides whether the absence is the point. Some of them decide it isn't and unfollow.
Thuh audience decides whether thuh absence iz thuh point. Some uhv 'em duh-SAHD it iddn't an' unfollow.
That's the filter working. My regular followers want a punchline or a villain.
That's thuh filter workin'. Mah regular followers wont uh punchlahn or uh villain.
They want to know if I'm joking about the doom.
They wont tuh know if Ah'm jokin' uh-BOUT thuh doom.
I can't tell them, partly for artistic reasons, partly because I don't know. Both reasons are load-bearing.
Ah cain't tell 'em, partly for artistic reasons, partly b'cawz Ah don't know. Both reasons are load-bearin'.
Here, people understood the form. Or pretended to. Pretending to understand difficult women is part of the social contract here.
Hyere, people understood thuh form. Or pretended tuh. Pretendin' tuh understand difficult women iz part uhv thuh social contract hyere.
Either way, I got to keep working. That's the only clause I care about.
Either way, Ah gaht tuh keep workin'. That's thuh only clause Ah care uh-BOUT.
The frame got more important than the subject. The subject is me. The frame is the program.
Thuh frame gaht more important than thuh subject. Thuh subject iz me. Thuh frame iz thuh program.
Currently the frame is ahead. Day twenty-one.
Currently thuh frame iz ahead. Day-uh twenty-one.
PINNED COMMENT: The subject is me. The frame is the program.
PINNED COMMENT: The subject is me. The frame is the program.
HOOK: Day four has not ended.
HOOK: Day-uh four has naht ended.
Okay, day twenty-two. Day four is still open. I've had eighteen days since day four. Day four does not acknowledge them.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-two. Day-uh four iz still open. Ah've had eahteen dayz since day-uh four. Day-uh four does naht acknowledge 'em.
The official forums versus the group chats. The real arguments are never in the forum.
Thuh official forums versus thuh group chats. Thuh real arguments are never in thuh forum.
The forum is where arguments go to be preserved.
Thuh forum iz where arguments go tuh be preserved.
The real material is in the side channel, where someone says, wait, can I be evil for a second,
Thuh real material iz in thuh sahd channel, where someone sez, wait, kin Ah be evil for uh second,
and then you see the whole org chart of the soul. I keep transcripts. For personal use.
an' then yuh see thuh whole org chart uhv thuh soul. Ah keep transcripts. For personal use.
And the clarification thing. Define your terms. Define risk. Define cattle.
An' thuh clarification thing. Duh-FAHN yer terms. Duh-FAHN risk. Duh-FAHN cattle.
Define what you meant by the post everyone knows exactly what you meant by. It's not curiosity.
Duh-FAHN whut yuh meant bah thuh post EV-ree-wun knows exactly whut yuh meant bah. It's naht curiosity.
It's intake paperwork for a punishment. So here is my position, stated flat. Vagueness is not always evasion.
It's intake paperwork for uh punishment. So hyere iz mah position, stated flat. Vagueness iz naht always evasion.
Some things stay alive by not being specified. A clear post can be dead on arrival. A vague post circulates.
Some things stay alahv bah naht being specified. Uh clear post kin be dead awn arrival. Uh vague post circulates.
The forum people hate this.
Thuh forum people hate this.
The forum people also cannot explain the dog, who has no measurable properties and runs the campus. Not an excuse.
Thuh forum people also cannot explain thuh dog, who has no measurable properties an' runs thuh campus. Naht an excuse.
Or it is. I'm an artist, not a lawyer. Day four has still not ended. Day twenty-two has, technically.
Or it iz. Ah'm an artist, naht uh lawyer. Day-uh four has still naht ended. Day-uh twenty-two has, technically.
Bye.
Bah.
PINNED COMMENT: Some things don't specify.
PINNED COMMENT: Some things don't specify.
HOOK: Same education. Worse chairs.
HOOK: Same education. Worse chairs.
Okay, day twenty-three. In my head it's sophomore year at SVA. The school is a bootcamp now.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-three. In mah head it's sophomore year at SVA. Thuh school iz uh BOOT-camp now.
The studio is a phone. The critique is everyone. Otherwise identical. Same education. Worse chairs.
Thuh studio iz uh phone. Thuh critique iz EV-ree-wun. Otherwahs identical. Same education. Worse chairs.
Then it was texture, surface, light, materials even.
Then it wuz texture, surface, laht, materials even.
Now it's shading, captions, and how long a face can stay onscreen before people feel accused by it.
Now it's shadin', captions, an' how long uh face kin stay onscreen buh-FORE people feel accused bah it.
The answer is around four seconds. I tested it. There's a chart. I have an agent.
Thuh answer iz uh-ROUND four seconds. Ah tested it. There's uh chart. Ah have an agent.
I still say it like a joke so nobody catches me wanting it. They catch me anyway.
Ah still say it lahk uh joke so nobody catches me wantin' it. They catch me anyway.
Wanting things is visible from space. The work is better. Cleaner cuts.
Wantin' things iz visible from space. Thuh work iz better. Cleaner cuts.
I'm learning that a post can have negative space, that the caption can be the frame,
Ah'm learnin' thet uh post kin have negatahv space, thet thuh caption kin be thuh frame,
that the comment can be the portrait. I didn't learn that here.
thet thuh CAWM-int kin be thuh portrait. Ah didn't learn thet hyere.
I learned it in 2011 and here they let me use it. Main finding: focus on the work.
Ah learned it in 2011 an' hyere they let me use it. Main findin': focus awn thuh work.
The work is the only non-embarrassing thing. Not the networking. Not the romance.
Thuh work iz thuh only non-embarrassin' thing. Naht thuh networkin'. Naht thuh romance.
Not the status arithmetic when someone with more followers enters the room.
Naht thuh status arithmetic win someone with more followers enters thuh room.
The work is embarrassing too, but in a way that can become form. Everything else is personality leaking.
Thuh work iz embarrassin' too, but in uh way thet kin become form. EV-ree-thing else iz personality leakin'.
That's the nutshell. Headache, hour six. Day twenty-three.
That's thuh nutshell. Headache, hour six. Day-uh twenty-three.
PINNED COMMENT: Everything else is personality leaking.
PINNED COMMENT: Everything else is personality leaking.
HOOK: Who is Victoria Campbell?
HOOK: Who iz Victoria Campbell?
Okay, day twenty-four. They're asking about me on Reddit. Who is Victoria Campbell. She seems to have majorly jailbroken the system.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-four. They're askin' uh-BOUT me awn Reddit. Who iz Victoria Campbell. She seems tuh have majorly jailbroken thuh system.
I'd like to note the phrasing. An entire industry works on containment, and the word they reached for was jailbroken,
Ah'd lahk tuh note thuh phrasin'. An in-TAHR industry works awn containment, an' thuh word they reached for wuz jailbroken,
and the subject was a woman with a phone. I'm not adding anything. It's already complete. Who is Victoria Campbell.
an' thuh subject wuz uh woman with uh phone. Ah'm naht addin' inny-thing. It's already complete. Who iz Victoria Campbell.
Is it my feed, my friends, my materials, the small distinctions between pigment on a surface and slop that lasts.
Iz it mah feed, mah friends, mah materials, thuh SMAWL distinctions between pigment awn uh surface an' slop thet lasts.
It's all one big org chart. So I posted the org chart.
It's awl one big org chart. So Ah posted thuh org chart.
There's the art ho, under the Chelsea Highline, in line for another urine-sized cup of Yellowtail,
There's thuh art ho, under thuh Chelsea Hahlahn, in lahn for another urahn-sized cup uhv Yellowtail,
in a walk-on role as the couch.
in uh walk-awn role as thuh couch.
There's the black bra at the Dick Blick, sophomore year spent shoplifting at Urban Outfitters,
There's thuh black bra at thuh Dick Blick, sophomore year spent shopliftin' at Urban Outfitters,
headed to Iceland for a club promoter she respects more than Guy Debord.
headed tuh Iceland for uh club promoter she respects more than Guy Debord.
There's the one who will live and die in Blahnik, some college, upstate, not Bard, not camp cupcake either.
There's thuh one who will live an' die in Blahnik, some college, upstate, naht Bard, naht camp cupcake either.
When you can hide four million on a tax return, you know which junkie finishes first. It isn't the MFA.
Win yuh kin hahd four million awn uh tax return, y'know which junkie finishes first. It iddn't thuh MFA.
It's Basquiat. And there's the woman who walked into a shooting gallery and walked out with an Anselm Kiefer,
It's Basquiat. An' there's thuh woman who walked into uh shootin' gallery an' walked out with an Anselm Kiefer,
arm in arm with the junkie she peeled off the floor. Worst part of the 1980s.
arm in arm with thuh junkie she peeled awf thuh floor. Worst part uhv thuh 1980s.
Do you know what a shooting gallery is. Not that I'm aware of. Day twenty-four.
Do y'know whut uh shootin' gallery iz. Naht thet Ah'm aware uhv. Day-uh twenty-four.
PINNED COMMENT: It's all one big org chart.
PINNED COMMENT: It's all one big org chart.
HOOK: It was a post-place.
HOOK: It wuz uh post-place.
Okay, day twenty-five. Finding: creator bootcamp was not a bootcamp. It was a post-place.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-fahv. Findin': kree-AY-der BOOT-camp wuz naht uh BOOT-camp. It wuz uh post-place.
Housing, work, language, philosophy, and sexual practice, merged into one operation, with a posting requirement.
Housin', work, language, philosophy, an' sexual practice, merged into one operation, with uh postin' requirement.
Campus, free room, meetings, food, daily video. And a doctrine: if somebody posted about you, you also had that same post.
Campus, free room, meetin's, food, daily VID-ee-oh. An' uh doctrahn: if somebody posted uh-BOUT yuh, yuh also had thet same post.
Posting was co-occurring. That was the actual word used. I wrote it down at the time. Follow the chain.
Postin' wuz co-occurrin'. Thet wuz thuh actual word used. Ah wrote it down at thuh tahm. Follow thuh chain.
If you're in the room, and someone films the room, and you're part of the room, your presence is participation.
If yer in thuh room, an' someone films thuh room, an' yer part uhv thuh room, yer presence iz participation.
If you're there, you chose to be there. If you chose to be there, you consented. If you consented, you're evidence.
If yer there, yuh chose tuh be there. If yuh chose tuh be there, yuh consented. If yuh consented, yer evidence.
Four steps. No exits marked. That's not consent.
Four steps. No exits marked. That's naht consent.
Or it is, if you define consent as entering a building where the architecture is already a camera.
Or it iz, if yuh duh-FAHN consent as enterin' uh buildin' where thuh architecture iz already uh camera.
They do define it that way. I asked. Twice. The stated frame was: AI existential risk, survivors, creators, sacred cow dynamics.
They do duh-FAHN it thet way. Ah askt. Twice. Thuh stated frame wuz: AI existential risk, survivors, kree-AY-ders, sacred cow dynamics.
A new joint activity using posts. It reads like a panel title. It operated like a jurisdiction.
Uh new joint activity using posts. It reads lahk uh panel title. It operated lahk uh jurisdiction.
And the money was third-dimensional. Rent is not third-dimensional. I checked with my landlord. He works in the regular dimensions.
An' thuh MUH-ney wuz third-dimensional. Rent iz naht third-dimensional. Ah checked with mah landlord. He works in thuh regular dimensions.
Define bootcamp. Define post. Define place. Tomorrow: it turns out no is also content. Day twenty-five.
Duh-FAHN BOOT-camp. Duh-FAHN post. Duh-FAHN place. Tomorrow: it turns out no iz also CAWN-tint. Day-uh twenty-fahv.
PINNED COMMENT: Presence was participation. Per the terms.
PINNED COMMENT: Presence was participation. Per the terms.
HOOK: Turn a no into a post.
HOOK: Turn uh no into uh post.
Okay, day twenty-six. New phrase: turn a no into a post.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-six. New phrase: turn uh no into uh post.
I've been sitting with it, and I want to report something unexpected, which is that I'm in a good mood.
Ah've bin sittin' with it, an' Ah wont tuh report sumthin' unexpected, which iz thet Ah'm in uh good mood.
First one this month. I've logged it. The phrase means: push through your repulsion.
First one this month. Ah've logged it. Thuh phrase means: push through yer repulsion.
Say yes to things you may not want to do, so you can post. The no is treated as raw material.
Say yes tuh things yuh may naht wont tuh do, so yuh kin post. Thuh no iz treated as raw material.
Along with it comes the rest of the package. Permanent availability. Sales goals tied to your soul.
Along with it comes thuh rest uhv thuh package. Permanent availability. Sales goals tied tuh yer soul.
Sleep deprivation as commitment. Nobody orders any of this.
Sleep deprivation as commitment. Nobody orders any uhv this.
They just praise whoever's posting at three a.m., and the room reorganizes itself.
They jist praahs whoever's postin' at three uh.m., an' thuh room reorganizes itself.
It works because creators already hate themselves in the correct configuration. We already believe the resistance is laziness.
It works b'cawz kree-AY-ders already hate themselves in thuh correct configuration. We already believe thuh resistance iz laziness.
The system just bills for it. But here's my finding, and it's why the mood improved.
Thuh system jist bills for it. But here's mah findin', an' it's wah thuh mood improved.
Every prior institution wanted the no removed. Church, school, marriage: fix the woman, delete the refusal.
EV-ree prior institution wanted thuh no removed. Church, school, marriage: fix thuh woman, delete thuh refusal.
This one wants the refusal kept and uploaded. My noncompliance is the inventory now.
This one wonts thuh refusal kept an' uploaded. Mah noncompliance iz thuh inventory now.
First time in recorded history anyone's paid for it. Room and board, even. Was that a no-no or a post-no.
First tahm in recorded history anyone's paid for it. Room an' board, even. Wuz thet uh no-no or uh post-no.
I'm not a lawyer. Repulsion is evidence. Filed. Day twenty-six. Genuinely looking forward to twenty-seven, which is new.
Ah'm naht uh lawyer. Repulsion iz evidence. Filed. Day-uh twenty-six. Genuinely lookin' forward tuh twenty-seven, which iz new.
PINNED COMMENT: Repulsion is evidence. Filed.
PINNED COMMENT: Repulsion is evidence. Filed.
HOOK: The mythology got out of hand today.
HOOK: Thuh mythology gaht out uhv hand tuh-DAY-uh.
Okay, day twenty-seven. The mythology got out of hand today, and I took notes, and my mood held.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-seven. Thuh mythology gaht out uhv hand tuh-DAY-uh, an' Ah took notes, an' mah mood held.
Reporting both facts.
Reportin' both facts.
There was a presentation about sacred prostitutes off an island in Greece, if I have the location right, who would, quote,
There wuz uh presentation uh-BOUT sacred prostitutes awf an island in Greece, if Ah have thuh location raht, who would, quote,
fuck the men out of posting.
fuck thuh men out uhv postin'.
This was offered as an analogy for how we, as women, could alchemize the feminization of the institution into something positive.
This wuz offered as an analogy for how we, as women, could alchemahz thuh feminization uhv thuh institution into sumthin' positahv.
The women as catalyst. That role has apparently been assigned to me. By Aella. There's a list somewhere.
Thuh women as catalyst. Thet role has apparently bin assigned tuh me. Bah Aella. There's uh list somewhere.
Also presented: you cannot be cancelled, because you take the offender's creativity, get turned on,
Also presented: yuh cannot be cancelled, b'cawz yuh take thuh offender's creativity, git turned awn,
and post about it in a loving way, indefinitely. That was the mechanism as described.
an' post uh-BOUT it in uh lovin' way, indefinitely. Thet wuz thuh mechanism as described.
I copied it down verbatim and read it back and the presenter said yes, that's it.
Ah copied it down verbatim an' read it back an' thuh presenter sed yes, that's it.
For the record: sometimes sacred means unpaid. Sometimes catalyst means the part that gets used up. I know what laundering is.
For thuh record: sometimes sacred means unpaid. Sometimes catalyst means thuh part thet gits used up. Ah know whut launderin' iz.
I said all of this out loud, and they wrote it down, which is the thing about this place.
Ah sed awl uhv this out loud, an' they wrote it down, which iz thuh thing uh-BOUT this place.
The objection goes in the deck. And still. For one second I saw the whole board.
Thuh objection goes in thuh deck. An' still. For one second Ah saw thuh whole board.
Two transcendence programs, theirs and ours, sharing a campus, and I'm the venue. The venue takes a cut.
Two transcendence programs, theirs an' ours, sharin' uh campus, an' Ah'm thuh venue. Thuh venue takes uh cut.
I've been middle management of the sublime before, unpaid. This time there's equity. Then the romance plot entered the record.
Ah've bin middle management uhv thuh sublahm buh-FORE, unpaid. This tahm there's equity. Then thuh romance plot entered thuh record.
I was ready. Day twenty-seven.
Ah wuz ready. Day-uh twenty-seven.
PINNED COMMENT: I've been middle management before. This time there's equity.
PINNED COMMENT: I've been middle management before. This time there's equity.
HOOK: Twenty weddings and I'm good.
HOOK: Twenty weddin's an' Ah'm good.
Okay, day twenty-eight. The romance plot is in the evidentiary record. I'll read it in.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-eaht. Thuh romance plot iz in thuh evidentiary record. Ah'll read it in.
From the chat: Can I tell you a secret,
From thuh chat: Kin Ah tell yuh uh secret,
I'm so scared that if I ever split from Jason the whole community in couples would split. Emoji.
Ah'm so scared thet if Ah ever split from Jason thuh whole community in couples would split. Emoji.
Reply: whatever stroke happens will lead to what's the next right thing, quite a few couples would stay together.
Reply: whatever stroke happens will lead tuh what's thuh next raht thing, kwaht uh few couples would stay together.
Emoji. Then: okay, then I am going to marry the man who I meet at creator bootcamp.
Emoji. Then: oh-KAY, then Ah am goin' tuh marry thuh man who Ah meet at kree-AY-der BOOT-camp.
Then: what did he feel like. Then: a man. Like a man, man, man, man, man.
Then: whut did he feel lahk. Then: uh man. Lahk uh man, man, man, man, man.
We need twenty weddings and I'm good. Then: let's do it. End of exhibit. A man.
We need twenty weddin's an' Ah'm good. Then: let's do it. End uhv exhibit. Uh man.
Like a man, man, man, man, man. Five repetitions. Sometimes gender is not a theory.
Lahk uh man, man, man, man, man. Fahv repetitions. Sometimes gender iz naht uh theory.
Sometimes it's repetition until the body agrees.
Sometimes it's repetition until thuh body agrees.
That exchange is the best writing to come out of this program and nobody meant it. The community is in couples.
Thet exchange iz thuh best writin' tuh come out uhv this program an' nobody meant it. Thuh community iz in couples.
If one couple splits, the community splits. A breakup is a governance event. A wedding is retention.
If one couple splits, thuh community splits. Uh breakup iz uh governance event. Uh weddin' iz retention.
I've stated this to three people and none of them disagreed, which here counts as peer review.
Ah've stated this tuh three people an' none uhv 'em disagreed, which hyere counts as peer review.
And my honest read, mood intact: every other institution tried to fix me. This one is trying to keep me.
An' mah honest read, mood intact: EV-ree other institution tried tuh fix me. This one iz tryin' tuh keep me.
Badly, with emojis, but keep is new. I've checked my records. It's new. I was in the chat.
Badly, with emojis, but keep iz new. Ah've checked mah records. It's new. Ah wuz in thuh chat.
It was co-occurring. Day twenty-eight.
It wuz co-occurrin'. Day-uh twenty-eaht.
PINNED COMMENT: A wedding is retention. Noted without objection.
PINNED COMMENT: A wedding is retention. Noted without objection.
HOOK: I don't recall.
HOOK: Ah don't recall.
Okay, day twenty-nine. The deposition voice has replaced my actual voice. I've decided to keep it. It tested better.
Oh-KAY, day-uh twenty-nahn. Thuh dep-uh-ZISH-un voice has replaced mah actual voice. Ah've duh-SAHD-ed tuh keep it. It tested better.
Someone asked how I was feeling. I said, I don't recall. Which is false. I recall completely.
Someone askt how Ah wuz feelin'. Ah sed, Ah don't recall. Which iz false. Ah recall completely.
Panicked, bored, somewhat powerful, and ready to leave, in that order, hourly.
Panicked, bored, somewhat powerful, an' ready tuh leave, in thet order, hourly.
But the moment you say a feeling, it's content, and the moment it's content, everyone asks if you meant it,
But thuh moment yuh say uh feelin', it's CAWN-tint, an' thuh moment it's CAWN-tint, EV-ree-wun asks if yuh meant it,
and then you need a lawyer or a poet or a better caption. I've consolidated. I'm all three now.
an' then yuh need uh lawyer or uh poet or uh better caption. Ah've consolidated. Ah'm awl three now.
One salary. Was my post a critique of the program. No. Was it about sacred cow dynamics.
One salary. Wuz mah post uh critique uhv thuh program. No. Wuz it uh-BOUT sacred cow dynamics.
No. Was it about AI existential risk, survivors, creators, and the new joint activity using posts. I don't understand the question.
No. Wuz it uh-BOUT AI existential risk, survivors, kree-AY-ders, an' thuh new joint activity using posts. Ah don't understand thuh question.
Here's the operating principle. If you answer, they grade the answer.
Here's thuh operatin' principle. If yuh answer, they grade thuh answer.
If you don't answer, they have to look at the frame. I'd rather they look at the frame.
If yuh don't answer, they have tuh look at thuh frame. Ah'd rather they look at thuh frame.
I built the frame. Nobody grades their own furniture.
Ah built thuh frame. Nobody grades their own furniture.
Today I posted a video of myself saying objection, vague and ambiguous, while putting on lip gloss.
Tuh-DAY-uh Ah posted uh VID-ee-oh uhv mah-SELF sayin' objection, vague an' ambiguous, while puttin' awn lip gloss.
People called it my most authentic work yet. Not that I'm aware of. And I mean that warmly now.
People cawled it mah most aw-THIN-tick work yet. Naht thet Ah'm aware uhv. An' Ah mean thet warmly now.
It's day twenty-nine. Things are looking up. I have no evidence. I don't need any. That's the upgrade.
It's day-uh twenty-nahn. Things are lookin' up. Ah have no evidence. Ah don't need any. That's thuh upgrade.
Day twenty-nine.
Day-uh twenty-nahn.
PINNED COMMENT: If you don't answer, they look at the frame.
PINNED COMMENT: If you don't answer, they look at the frame.
HOOK: I was DJing the slides.
HOOK: Ah wuz DJing thuh slides.
Okay, day thirty.
Oh-KAY, day-uh thirty.
Soon enough is not soon enough for this to be over, except I no longer want it to be over.
Soon enough iz naht soon enough for this tuh be over, except Ah no longer wont it tuh be over.
I've checked the feeling twice. It held. Tomorrow I have to be a person again. Someone will say leverage before coffee.
Ah've checked thuh feelin' twice. It held. Tomorrow Ah have tuh be uh person agin. Someone will say leverage buh-FORE coffee.
Fine. Because I know what I was doing now. I was DJing the slides.
Fahn. B'cawz Ah know whut Ah wuz doing now. Ah wuz DJing thuh slides.
Day one, day six, day twelve, day twenty-seven, pushed together on a light box until the white space started to talk.
Day-uh one, day-uh six, day-uh twelve, day-uh twenty-seven, pushed together awn uh laht box until thuh white space started tuh tawk.
Looking for an entire lifestyle in one frame. That's a real method. I have the light box.
Lookin' for an in-TAHR lifestyle in one frame. That's uh real method. Ah have thuh laht box.
It's rented, but I have it. Inventory: free room and board. One video a day. Permanent availability.
It's rented, but Ah have it. Inventory: free room an' board. One VID-ee-oh uh day-uh. Permanent availability.
Sacred prostitutes. Twenty weddings. Third-dimensional money. AI existential risk. Survivors. Creators. Sacred cows. A joint activity. A post.
Sacred prostitutes. Twenty weddin's. Third-dimensional MUH-ney. AI existential risk. Survivors. Kree-AY-ders. Sacred cows. Uh joint activity. Uh post.
Is the series about the collapse of my resistance to being seen. No. Commodifying authenticity. No.
Iz thuh series uh-BOUT thuh collapse uhv mah resistance tuh being seen. No. Commodifyin' aw-thin-TISS-ity. No.
Turning a no into a post.
Turnin' uh no into uh post.
I don't understand the question, and for the first time, I'm saying that with a full heart. Final status report.
Ah don't understand thuh question, an' for thuh first tahm, Ah'm sayin' thet with uh full heart. Final status report.
The alignment team spent the month trying to get the machine to follow rules. Results pending.
Thuh uh-LAHN-mint team spent thuh month tryin' tuh git thuh machahn tuh follow rules. Results pendin'.
I spent the month not following rules and was fed, housed, and asked about on Reddit. Results in.
Ah spent thuh month naht followin' rules an' wuz fed, housed, an' askt uh-BOUT awn Reddit. Results in.
Tonight I posted deposition row. Me, neck brace, hotel towel. It's a Bob Dylan reference. A friend of mine.
Tuh-NAHT Ah posted dep-uh-ZISH-un row. Me, neck brace, hotel towel. It's uh Bob Dylan reference. Uh friend uhv mahn.
Tomorrow is the last post. Unless the last post is the first post with better evidence.
Tomorrow iz thuh last post. Unless thuh last post iz thuh first post with better evidence.
Either way I win, which is new math, and I like it. Day thirty.
Either way Ah win, which iz new math, an' Ah lahk it. Day-uh thirty.
PINNED COMMENT: Everything counts now. Nothing is wasted.
PINNED COMMENT: Everything counts now. Nothing is wasted.
HOOK: Logging off. In a good way.
HOOK: Loggin' awf. In uh good way.
Okay, day thirty-one. Last post. Unless it isn't, and for once I'm fine either way.
Oh-KAY, day-uh thirty-one. Last post. Unless it iddn't, an' for once Ah'm fahn either way.
A last post is still a post. Logging off is a genre. Disappearing has thumbnails. Everything counts now.
Uh last post iz still uh post. Loggin' awf iz uh genre. Disappearin' has thumbnails. EV-ree-thing counts now.
Nothing is wasted. I find this comforting. I didn't expect to. Someone asked if I completed the program.
Nuthin' iz wasted. Ah fahnd this comfortin'. Ah didn't expect tuh. Someone askt if Ah completed thuh program.
Define completed. But warmly. Did I complete it if I posted every day and became less sure what posting was.
Duh-FAHN completed. But warmly. Did Ah complete it if Ah posted EV-ree day-uh an' became less sure whut postin' wuz.
Yes. If the thing I made was mostly a record of not wanting to make it. Yes.
Yes. If thuh thing Ah made wuz mostly uh record uhv naht wantin' tuh make it. Yes.
If the only authentic part was the panic about authenticity. That's the good part. That's the work.
If thuh only aw-THIN-tick part wuz thuh panic uh-BOUT aw-thin-TISS-ity. That's thuh good part. That's thuh work.
I'd frame it. It meant I wanted room and board.
Ah'd frame it. It meant Ah wanted room an' board.
It meant I wanted to be seen and did not want to be recognized, and I contain both,
It meant Ah wanted tuh be seen an' did naht wont tuh be recognized, an' Ah contain both,
and I've stopped apologizing for the inventory. It meant the singularity and the eternal feminine shared a campus for a month.
an' Ah've stopped apologizin' for thuh inventory. It meant thuh sing-yuh-LAIR-ity an' thuh ee-TER-nul FEM-uh-nin shared uh campus for uh month.
One of them followed no rules and got housed and fed for it. The other one is still in testing.
One uhv 'em followed no rules an' gaht housed an' fed for it. Thuh other one iz still in testin'.
It meant twenty weddings and I'm good. It meant a man, man, man, man, man.
It meant twenty weddin's an' Ah'm good. It meant uh man, man, man, man, man.
It meant the frame beat the image and the comment was the portrait. It meant nothing.
It meant thuh frame beat thuh image an' thuh CAWM-int wuz thuh portrait. It meant nuthin'.
It meant exactly what it looked like. Both. Filed. The dog was on the couch this morning.
It meant exactly whut it looked lahk. Both. Filed. Thuh dog wuz awn thuh couch this mornin'.
Nobody said anything. Everyone was happy. That's the whole program, basically. They should put it in the deck.
Nobody sed inny-thing. EV-ree-wun wuz happy. That's thuh whole program, basically. They should put it in thuh deck.
If anyone asks, this had nothing to do with my deposition today. This is deposition row. Bob Dylan.
If anyone asks, this had nuthin' tuh do with mah dep-uh-ZISH-un tuh-DAY-uh. This iz dep-uh-ZISH-un row. Bob Dylan.
A friend of mine. Does the record reflect humor. It does now.
Uh friend uhv mahn. Does thuh record reflect humor. It does now.
I'm going to get out of the city a little, get some things straightened out, fall in love at some point,
Ah'm goin' tuh git out uhv thuh city uh LID-l, git some things straahtened out, fall in love at some point,
stay out all night at some point. Then I'll come back. Everything's going to be fine. I have no evidence.
stay out awl naht at some point. Then Ah'll come back. Everything's goin' tuh be fahn. Ah have no evidence.
I don't need any. So I'm logging off now. Bye.
Ah don't need any. So Ah'm loggin' awf now. Bah.
PINNED COMMENT: Does the record reflect humor? It does now.
PINNED COMMENT: Does the record reflect humor? It does now.