Bluesky assumes you can say whatever you have to say in 300 characters. It's a fucking machine, how could it possibly know. #
Claude thinks it can tell me what to do, but it's a fucking machine. it has no idea what i'm doing. #
First we need freedom from billionaires. Then we need freedom from character limits. And finally we need freedom from machines who think they know better.#
AND THE STUPID THING ABOUT CLAUDE IS IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY WHAT IT THINKS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. YOU HAVE TO READ WHAT IT SAYS AND THEN TRY TO GUESS. YOU QUICKLY LOSE YOUR MIND THAT WAY. MAYBE THAT'S THE POINT.#
And how mad can you get at a machine named Bluesky or Claude. They should call these things Mind-Killer or Soul-Sucker or You-Cuck. Then at least you'd know why you're there. :-)#
BTW, as long as Bluesky has a 300 char limit and no style or links, I'm going to have to hand-translate posts there to become posts here where no such limits prevail. At some point either they give up on the limits or I give up on them. #
Last update: Tuesday March 24, 2026; 12:26 PM EDT.
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