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mwmisses4289

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5. I remember being shocked when I found that

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:30 PM

Feb 5

there were people who would believe anything posted to the internet was 100% true. It was a commercial for an insurance company, of all things. I remember turning to my husband, with a rather shocked look on my face, and asking him was that true? After he had laughed at my shocked expression, he told me yeah, it was true.
I guess most of us are too trusting.

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Reporter doing story on Epstein & Silicon Valley CEOs was told by an SV comms rep that _Grok_ said he was lying [View all] highplainsdem Feb 5 OP

The reply from Phillip Vander Klay kinda made me drop my jaw. mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #1

See reply 2, which I was writing the same time as you were writing your post. I heard first, years ago, highplainsdem Feb 5 #3

I remember being shocked when I found that mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #5

The first time I heard a story like this was nearly 3 years ago when a despairing teacher told me one of her highplainsdem Feb 5 #2

I follow Arizona State football FHRRK Feb 5 #4

Oh, no! Who published that story? highplainsdem Feb 5 #6

Can't recall FHRRK Feb 5 #7

All chatbots should be regarded as beta releases -- subject to revision and correction. eppur_se_muova Feb 5 #8