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Bluetus

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3. Some people might have been facetious when suggesting,
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 02:02 PM
6 hrs ago

"the Internet will soon be little more than robots generating artificial content consumed by a user base that is mostly other robots."

We are definitely headed that direction. And considering that robots don't buy anything, advertisers really must adjust their concept of the marketplace.

Personally, I spend almost no time on TV because the slop factor has been so high there for the past decade. I would watch sports, but most of what I might watch is now on one of 100 streaming services, each one requiring a subscription. No, thanks. The games aren't that great anyway. I spend more time listening to podcasts. They are all over the map, but I have found some that are quite interesting, informative and educational.

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