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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by sigmar on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:49AM (#38379079)
>how everyone in HN just assumed he was "innocent".

Did they? You should try scrolling through the original thread and ctrl-Fing [edit: removed the single word that was getting me downvoted to oblivion, my point is that people were quick to jump to very serious/troubling conclusions to explain his firing and explicitly weren't jumping to innocent] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38309611

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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by sertbdfgbnfgsd on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:02AM (#38379241)
This was so buried that completely escaped me. But it's full of nuggets

https://twitter.com/phuckfilosophy/status/163570439893983232...

> I’m not four years old with a 13 year old “brother” climbing into my bed non-consensually anymore.

> (You’re welcome for helping you figure out your sexuality.)

> I’ve finally accepted that you’ve always been and always will be more scared of me than I’ve been of you.

I don't know how to use twitter - is she responding to someone, or talking to herself?

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Re:Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of Op... by aoeusnth1 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:57AM (#38381746)
She is just posting into midair, but at a time when Sam was in the news and it was implied she was talking to him.
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