Post B6yPg2ZyPmWCfKrlWC by lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space
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 (DIR) Post #B6yOmKci8kOyPbaBFY by lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space
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       for the roughly 8% of uni students still generating their essays by hand: i regret to inform you that the word grammar checker (assigned green squiggle underline at birth, transitioned to double stroke blue underline. happy pride month everyone) has wisened up to several of my standard "word count reacher" tricks. it now suggests the following """fixes""":"the aforementioned widgets" -> "the widgets""a number of gizmos" -> "many gizmos"and, worst of all, my most reliable and enduring friend: "due to the fact that" -> "because"horrifyingly enough, it's even beginning to discover and suggest the removal of redundant adjectives. it occasionally suggests replacements like "a reliable bedrock" -> "a bedrock".we can argue about the more existentially/cosmically disturbing erosion of writer's voice into a homogeneous Microsoft Approved Standard Voice, but of far more concern is this blatant attempt on our god-given right to bloviate on assignments. if the only difference in the rubric for a distinction vs a high distinction is the word "remarkably" becoming "exceptionally", you better believe i'm expanding "john (20xx) shows" into "the study by john (20xx) reveals that a group of researchers were able to demonstrate that".stay safe out there folks.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6yPg2ZyPmWCfKrlWC by lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space
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       first they came for the AI slop, and i said nothing, because they were absolutely right. then they came for the human slop, and -- due to the fact that the aforementioned research paper by smith (1999) soundly demonstrated that i myself had not in fact stood up for (and in doing so defended the rights of) the large number of AI sloppers who had been come for prior by that same group that now came for me as further described in said paper -- the number of those who were prepared, willing, and motivated to stand up for me had dwindled to zero.