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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by midtake on Sunday October 20, 2024 @05:19AM (#41894131)
Meta: I have noticed many comments written in this style lately. Long-winded with out-of-place internet shorthand. It is as if someone is deliberately trying to sound youthful while not really knowing how. It is the "how do you do, fellow kids" of writing styles.

I am not sure what sort of LLM-powered bot is behind them, or whether it's one person with some sort of schizophrenia, but once you notice it you will see at least one of these per popular post.

Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by beepbooptheory on Sunday October 20, 2024 @08:39AM (#41894965)
I have noticed the style, hadn't thought to attribute it to "sounding youthful". To me it just sounds genuinely from a younger person.

Fixations around "intelligence"/IQ is huge these days, I have found, among young men, not just because of the AI stuff.

And humans in general can still, for now, write and be passionate and maybe have some misplaced enthusiasm on internet forums!

Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by torginus on Sunday October 20, 2024 @10:40AM (#41895658)
these days
Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by rglynn on Monday October 21, 2024 @08:26PM (#41909970)
I just assumed this was a reddit copy-pasta