I understand what they’re trying to do here, but the language doesn’t do it. Maybe it’s because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or maybe it’s just superficial, but there’s more to it than that. Sometimes beautiful things happen as we go through life, and that’s great, but we’ve fetishized beauty to the point that nothing else matters. Sure, everything is beautiful in its own way, and therefore everyone is beautiful, but sometimes I wish certain things or leaders weren’t just so dysfunctional, but that’s life. So for me:
Ordinary, everyday, even Monday morning people.
I realize I’m a picky old bastard and I had zero experience with using AI, so this addresses both drawbacks and is great for getting a second opinion using chatgpt.com. I decided that this was an opportunity.
Moi: What is inner beauty?
Chatbot: Inner beauty refers to the qualities and characteristics that go beyond physical appearance and make a person truly admirable and attractive. This often includes attributes such as kindness, compassion, empathy, honesty, and a positive attitude. Inner beauty reflects the way a person treats others, their values, and their personality. It emphasizes the importance of the inner world and suggests that true beauty comes from how we connect with and uplift those around us.
Moi: Do androids, robots, chatbots, AI devices and programs have inner beauty?
Chatbots: That’s an interesting question! Androids, robots, chatbots, and AIs don’t have the inner beauty of humans because they lack emotions, consciousness, and personal values. However, it may exhibit characteristics that might be considered “beautiful” in other ways, such as being helpful, efficient, or user-friendly. The way we interact with people – by being kind, understanding, and cooperative – creates a sense of “inner beauty” in function and design. At the end of the day, it’s less about beauty itself and more about how it enhances the human experience.
MOI: Why do humans have a National Inner Beauty Day?
Chatbot: National Inner Beauty Day, celebrated on March 4, aims to promote the idea that true beauty comes from within. This day encourages people to value qualities such as kindness, compassion, and self-acceptance, rather than focusing solely on appearance. It reminds us to cultivate inner qualities that contribute to positive relationships and a healthier self-image. By celebrating inner beauty, this day fosters a culture of acceptance and encourages people to support and uplift each other.
Moi: Thank you.
Chatbot: You’re welcome! If you have any other questions or require further information, please feel free to contact us.
That’s it! The motherfucker can write better than me, but I don’t know where that date came from. Checkiday.com says it’s today, duck says me checkiday, Google says October 7th, and so does Yandex.
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This day in history:
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The date corresponding to October 7, 3761 B.C.E. is said to be the reference date or beginning of the modern Hebrew calendar. As a goy, I’m not at all knowledgeable about such issues. And it is primarily a lunar calendar, with intermediate days and other similar features, and also a quasi-solar calendar, apparently not the first iteration. I’m just ready to put this fact out there and be corrected by those who are convinced of it and/or who truly understand.
Of course, this is Day 0 of “The Book.” The Sneaky Romans and countless others, all the way up to Pope Gregory, have attempted to create a modern Western European calendar, but this didn’t really change the book. Every joke and title from the first 3,761 years of Western and Christian history is told in this book, including an overwhelming number of procreations, except perhaps one that never happened. Masu. In this respect, this is mostly an Old World event that does not seem to affect the people living in the New World at all, and likewise appears to be unaffected by what was happening in the New World at the time. You need to be careful.
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October 7, 1477 was the founding date of Uppsala University, but for reasons I never understood, it needed permission from the Pope to continue. I think their permission is still valid because it’s still there and good too.
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October 7, 1571 was the Battle of Lepanto. This is fairly widely considered to be earth-shaking, even though it was fought over water. The Ottoman Empire expanded into Europe and appeared to be an unstoppable power, but its fleet was severely thwarted by the fleets of the Holy Alliance. This battle is often compared to the Battle of Salamis in many respects, first of all because both fleets were made up almost exclusively of rowing boats, in this case galleys and galleys, but they also had gunpowder-fired cannons. Starting from the fact that there were also ships. In fact, this was the last major naval battle fought almost entirely with such ships. Interestingly, the fleet of the Holy Alliance was primarily financed by King Philip II of Spain, who also gave the world the magnificent Spanish Armada, so to speak, which achieved few victories.
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On October 7, 1763, King George III of England issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation prohibited all settlement in North America west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. All land west of this line was set aside as Indian reservations. In general, all land with rivers flowing into the Atlantic Ocean was set aside for the colonies, and all land with rivers flowing into the Mississippi River was set aside for the Indians. This seriously angered colonial land speculators (surprise, surprise), especially in Virginia and Pennsylvania. (And here you thought the American Revolution was all about quartering troops, taxes, the slave trade, and the Stamp Act, right?)
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On October 7, 1864, USS Wachusett attacked and captured CSS Florida in the port of Bahia, Brazil. When some of the Confederate sailors jumped overboard, the Wachusett’s crew shot them in the water as they tried to escape. This incident so outraged the Brazilian government, which rightly claimed it was a violation of Brazil’s neutrality, that the United States held a show trial in which the Wachusett’s captain was court-martialed and convicted, but the verdict was Never executed, he was later promoted for a brilliant victory in a surprise attack on a nearly deserted ship (most of the crew had been ashore) in a neutral port. Brazil also demanded that the CSS Florida be handed over to the surviving Confederate crew, but we accidentally sunk it instead. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Even then, the US did whatever it wanted, ignoring “international law” and applying its own “rules-based order” instead.
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On October 7, 1913, the Ford Motor Company introduced its first mobile vehicle assembly line.
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On October 7, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, the Leon Gambetta escaped from the siege of Paris in a hot air balloon. Hey.
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On October 7, 1963, JFK signed the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Remarkably, the United States thus far appears to be adhering to both the letter and spirit of this treaty.
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On October 7, 2001, the US invasion of Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, began. Today, after two decades of seemingly endless war against Afghan civilians, interspersed with sporadic successful attacks against alleged members of al-Qadda, the Taliban, and various warlords, the war is over for good. Eventually we were released on bail. Hello Tommy, hello Ivan. Some say it was America’s longest war, but it was only America’s longest firefight. The United States has been against Iran since the overthrow of the US-backed tyrant Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979, and against Cuba since the overthrow of the US-backed tyrannical dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1958. They have waged economic and secret wars.
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Some people born on this day are:
Don’t express yourself more clearly than you think.
~~ Niels Bohr
1819 – Anne Eliza Smith, writer and Civil War hero
1870 – Uncle Dave Macon, singer, songwriter, banjo player, comedian
1879 – Joe Hill, labor activist, songwriter, and poet.
1885 – Niels Bohr, physicist
1888 – Henry A. Wallace, agronomist and politician
1907 – Helen McInnes, librarian and writer
1911 – Vaughn Monroe, singer, trumpeter, and bandleader
1919 – Henriette Abram, computer scientist
1927 – Al Martino, singer and actor
1928 – Lorna Wing, (real) autism researcher
1934 – Amiri Baraka, (Leroy Jones) poet, playwright, and scholar
1937 – Chet Powers, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1939 – Harry Croteau, chemist
1944 – Judy Sill, singer, songwriter, musician
1949 – Dave Hope, Toto, bass player no longer in Kansas
1951 – John Mellencamp, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1953 – Tico Torres, drummer
1964 – Sam Brown, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer
1967 – Toni Braxton, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress
1968 – Thom Yorke, singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
1975 – Tim Minchin, comedian, actor, and singer
1978 – Alison Balsam, trumpeter and educator
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Some of those who died on this day include:
There is no exquisite beauty…without some strangeness in the proportions.
~~ Edgar Allen Poe
1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, short story writer and poet
1950 – Willis Haviland, trucker, engineer, and inventor of electric air conditioning
1959 – Mario Lanza, tenor and actor
1983 – George O. Abell, astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic
1990 – Animator Grim Natwick draws Betty Boop
2001 – Herblock, editorial cartoonist and writer
2012 – Wiley Reed, singer, songwriter, pianist
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Some holidays, holy days, festivals, holidays, recognition days, etc.:
National Frappe Day
national flower day
National Inner Beauty Day
world architecture day
world habitat day
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today’s song
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inner beauty
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Bahia incident
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Leon Gambetta
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Uncle Dave Macon
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Joe Hill
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bourne monroe
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Al Martino
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Chet Powers
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judy sill
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dave hope
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John Mellencamp
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Sam Brown
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toni braxton
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tom york
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Tim Minchin
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Alison Balsam
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mario lanza
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wiley reed
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I’m not here when this is posted
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OK, this is an open thread, so the rest is up to you. So what are you thinking?
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Cross posted by http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, Inner Beauty Day, Battle of Lepanto, Proclamation of 1763, Bahia Incident, Leon Gambetta, Joe Hill, Tim Minchin
