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kleinbl00  ·  377 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Prompt: Write a post about watchmaking for Hubski in the style of @kleinbl00

LOL you are far too kind.

Your first examples looked really Maddox-ey so I decided to see if it knew Maddox. It doesn't. Then I tried to see if it knew Cormac McCarthy. It doesn't. Then I tried to see if it knew Truman Capote. It added "once upon a time" to its stock boilerplate. Then I tried to see if it knew Mitch Hedberg. It added

    Ah, wristwatches. I have a special fondness for them. They're like tiny little time machines that you can wear on your wrist.

to its stock boilerplate. Then i tried to see if it knew Sam Kinison.

Then I threw in the towel and asked for Shakespeare.

    'Oh, dost thou not know the power of a wristwatch?

    Verily, I say, it can tell time with nary a chime!

    It can bind a man to his daily tasks,

    And yet still leave room for leisurely asks.

I think it's gotten hella stupider over the past month 'cuz in February it gave me a rippin' HP Lovecraft interpretation of the blockchain and now?

    It began with a mysterious whisper on the dark web, a strange and unfamiliar call to action. "Unlock the secrets of the blockchain," it said. No one knew what it meant, but it intrigued many. People from all around the world began to investigate, trying to uncover the secrets of this mysterious technology.