Reposted by Rob Barrett
To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try
Rob Barrett
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Freelance Technical Director and Motion Designer in Berlin. I also make After Effects scripts and tools. rob-barrett.com / automotion.tools
![[Scene is exterior of THE PENTAGON]
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[Voice from inside Pentagon]:
Sir, I’d like you to meet...
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[Interior scene now - a SERGEANT is talking to a higher-up GENERAL]
SERGEANT:
Our newest recruit in the war on the British.
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SERGEANT:
Brandon Cardreader.
[the door opens and a pub-style CARD READER is in the doorway].
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GENERAL:
Are you a loyal American, Cardreader?
CARD READER:
Yessir!
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CARD READER:
Designed and made in California, sir.
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SERGEANT:
The plan is to get Cardreader a job in a London pub…
undercover of course, ‘pounds’ instead of dollars...
CARD READER:
I’m fluent.
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SERGEANT:
But his tipping options?
They’ll remain American.
[Show Card Reader’s screen saying “TIP?”, and the options “15%, 25%, 35%”]
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SERGEANT:
Being shown this in an awkward context will scramble the delicate class-shame circuitry of the British mind.
[Show a visualisation on a TV screen of this happening]
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SERGEANT:
Some will tip 35% out of embarrassment
Then some more…
Soon it’ll be normal…
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GENERAL:
Won’t they just stop drinking?
SERGEANT:
No.
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SERGEANT:
In a year they’ll be bankrupt. In five years…
GENERAL:
My God…
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GENERAL:
They’ll be American.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidr7ec7gw2h44z24gwgfdv3i6pq47vsmhwjofnvjnd6hp7fuh235m)
