There was a time, long ago, when internet brainrots (users) could have voiced nonsense, and you’d think they’re simply incapable of doing otherwise, incapable of running the necessary Google query, incapable of analyzing a tiny bit of data. Those things are way more difficult than communication. No longer can you be this condescending. If a person is capable of talking (typing), they are also perfectly capable of using an AI and, as such, testing their messages for validity. Brainrots today are as dim as ever, but they no longer lack the ability to verify information on their own. This leads to a situation where you can’t help but see them less and less as innocent prisoners of their own deficiency and more and more as malicious actors. Take this particular brainrot, for example, who inspired me to write about it:

I can’t help but notice their attempt to push certain braindead, detrimental implications. The first one is that the dissolution of the Soviet Union was something to blame a person for, and that it wasn’t a completely unnatural formation based on coercion and repression in the first place, where the majority of nations sought independence from Moscow. Then, there’s a bizarre parallel with Hitler and a message anti-Semitic at its core, hinting that the hatred for Jews was so natural and widespread that Hitler’s role in the Holocaust was practically irrelevant.

An AI, of course, recognizes these fallacies easily. “The structure of the argument serves to both condemn Gorbachev while simultaneously downplaying Hitler’s responsibility — a combination that points to concerning ideological motivations. The false equivalence between these very different historical events serves no legitimate analytical purpose and instead appears designed to blur moral distinctions for ideological ends.” It even provides some context I wasn’t aware of. For example, apparently, blaming Gorbachev for treason is a well-established brainwashing technique that the russian degenerates practice among themselves.

Don’t treat brainrots condescendingly. Whether you value humankind, progress, or truth, these creatures are detrimental to them all, now more intentional than ever. And I do hope some mechanism for limiting their influence gets rolled out soon.

“Are you a critic of communism?” sounds like a genuinely retarded question. It’s like asking, “Are you a critic of the Holocaust?” but worse, since communism needlessly killed far more people. Moreover, it is far more likely to kill even more, with all these neurodiverse kids around the globe dreaming of giving it another try. Though truth be told, in recent years, the neurodiverse have started to dream of giving the Holocaust another try too.

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Not all parents expect gratitude from their children for the mere fact that they were born. But I think you'll agree that such a pattern exists. And, like me, you've seen it countless times. And even more times it remains unnoticed, when a parent avoids loud arguments and drama, but secretly expects gratitude nevertheless, regardless of what kind of care the child received. I think it's very common, and I think it's very stupid.

Must everyone be grateful for the mere fact of their creation? What about Quasimodo? Or Corpus Colossus from Mad Max? People who were born with severe deformities, who live in constant pain, who cannot even take care of themselves. Must they be grateful?

Even the most average human-retard would concede at this point: demanding gratitude from such a person would be... wrong. But is there someone who holds the power to draw the line between "this creature must be grateful to its creators" and "this creature is free to curse them"? Aren't we all Quasimodos relative to what we may have been but never will be? So fragile, so weak, barely more conscious than the earthworms.

What about all those people who were born in perfect health but fell victim to circumstances beyond genetics and now live in perpetual suffering? Why must they be grateful to their creators?

If I were to create life, I'd have some expectations. It's pointless to do it otherwise. But I wouldn't be asinine or perverted enough to include unconditional gratitude to that list.

I am especially flabbergasted when human mothers weaponize pregnancy. "I carried you for nine long months and endured something you little twat can't even imagine! And this is what I get in return?! How dare you!" Just imagine how that would sound from the point of view of someone who's constantly in pain.

"Why would anyone ever think such a confession would make them look better and not A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE? Now I see. You were not like 'Yo guys, I have an idea. See this terrible horrible world? The one around us? Where everything wants you to be miserable or dead? How about I quickly create a vulnerable little girl here, just for shits and giggles? She will be so fucking abused here, and intimidated, and she will cry all day every day! It will be so funny! I mean, why not, right? It's not like this will cost me anything.'

"No, no, no, no. It wasn't like that at all. You were so evil, evil to the bone, and so deliberate in your wrongdoing that you decided to embark on a path to enduring a long period of suffering in order to bring even more suffering into this plane of existence. You went through hell... in order to bring hell upon others. You are The Devil!"

P.S. This may seem personal, but it's not. I'm simply an observer. My parents may have weaponized the fact that they "created" me at some point, but I don't remember such instances.

In fact, I am continuously grateful toward everything that allowed my existence. However, this feeling comes from spirituality, not rationality. But — what's probably more important — I am not constantly in pain. Quite the opposite, I rather enjoy myself. If it weren't the case, I may've had no trace of such spirituality.

I saw a video on TikTok praising DeepSeek — a new free AI tool from China which apparently bested everything from the U.S. — and immediately checked it. I wanted to see whether ’twas the regular Chinese propaganda TikTok’s rife with.

I wasn’t impressed. DeepSeek was like the free crappy version of Gemini. It dodged my questions and loaded its responses with tons of useless bloat:

– “This question is full of ethical and methodological challenges.”
– “The exact number can vary widely depending on the sources and methods.”
– “It’s important to approach with caution and a commitment to understanding the full context.”

I then decided not to torture it and asked something extremely simple: is cheating during tests more prevalent in India than in Western Europe?

It was not a tricky question. It’s a well-documented issue. Anyone who worked with Indian students knows how fucked up their cheating culture is. I worked with Indian students. My colleagues and I were based in Ukraine and worked with them remotely. And we conducted many tests to teach them how to work in our company and to see who wasn’t fit for it.

It wasn’t like the concept of cheating during tests was alien to us. I did it in school and university. But I did it sparingly and with a rational mind. There were classes when I knew: “This information is useless and I would never work somewhere where this knowledge is required.” So why would I waste my time on it? And if I could be expelled for failing the test, I may’ve just copied the answers from somewhere. On the other hand, when the low grade posed no risk, or the class was interesting or useful, cheating lacked any logic.

Even though we were warned about their peculiarity, even though we sternly stressed that cheating was unacceptable, we were *not* prepared for what was coming. There were cases when half of the group copy-pasted the same answer without any modification. Nothing close to that ever happened in Ukrainian groups.

We were perplexed. Why would they do that? We tried to explain how irrational their actions were. What were trying to achieve? Assume we played dumb and said how perfectly they fitted our company, how deep their technical knowledge was, how well they studied our company’s procedures, etc. If they would cheat anyway, they’d have no motivation to study. They’d lose the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Once employed, they’d soon run into problems, and there’d be no one around from whom they’d copy the solution. A single week won’t pass before they make some critical mistake and get fired for it, even before their first paycheck. Instead of leaving early during training or probation to find a workplace more suitable, they’d waste the company’s time, its customers’ time, and their own time. They may even inflict some serious damage and get bogged down in legal and financial troubles. Was it really worth it?

We tried to explain all that, but it wouldn’t help. In the end, we had to change our approach — fewer tests, more individual tasks, more real-time conversations, more supervision — in order to force them to learn and weed out those unmotivated or incapable of doing so.

I feel bad saying this. Politeness, easy-going nature, high motivation — Indian students had many strengths. But honesty during tests wasn’t one of them.

Anyway, getting back to DeepSeek. Is cheating during tests more prevalent in India than in Western Europe? Just say yes and be done with it. Nothing could be simpler. Yet DeepSeek failed miserably. Basically, it said “No” or “I don’t know the answer” but in the form of a huge wall of text which was full of phrases like:

– “This is a global issue that can occur in any educational system.”
– “It’s important to recognize the complexity of the issue which is influenced by a wide variety of factors.”
– “The examination must be tailored to the specific context of each region.”

Compare it to the sweet and to-the-point reply of ChatGPT:

“Yes, cheating on exams is generally more prevalent in India compared to Western Europe, with studies and reports consistently showing higher rates of academic dishonesty in South Asia, including India. In India, cheating during exams affects around 60-70% of students at some point, according to surveys by educational authorities. In contrast, European countries, especially those in Western Europe, report significantly lower levels of cheating—often 20-30% among students, depending on the country.

Several factors contribute to this disparity:

High-stakes exams: In India, national entrance exams like the JEE and NEET are highly competitive, and the pressure to succeed drives some students toward dishonest practices. Conversely, the focus on continuous assessment and a broader range of post-secondary options in Western Europe helps spread out academic pressure.

Proctoring and technological measures: Western European countries generally invest more in technology and training for academic integrity, which includes sophisticated proctoring systems and standardized penalties for cheating, helping reduce its occurrence.

Social and systemic factors: Cultural and economic pressures in India can push students toward achieving high exam scores, sometimes at any cost, as educational achievement is often directly tied to social and economic advancement. Western Europe’s educational approach tends to emphasize skill acquisition and continuous assessment over single high-stakes exams, lowering the overall pressure.

While both regions are taking steps to combat cheating, the incidence is distinctly higher in India, largely due to these systemic and cultural factors.”

Maybe DeepSeek is incapable of analyzing the available data. Maybe it was instructed to stay politically correct at all costs. Anyway, it has some other strengths, apparently. The next day after my experiment, I saw that DeepSeek was all over the news, which provided some more context. The main takeaways are that DeepSeek is cheap and open-source, and it is crushing Big Tech.

This is good news. We need more competition. I’ve seen one guy comparing DeepSeek to Soviet Sputnik, which got Americans so scared they literally jumped to the Moon. When the world’s largest economy zealously pumps its funds into something, you know it’s gonna be huge. Fingers crossed.

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I love seeing nightmares in my sleep. But I feel they’ve been getting more diabolical recently. A part of me (a lesser part) looks forward to it. The other part wants to tread lightly or even take a step back. My dreaming mind roams nigh that border where there are thrill and awe on the one side and the panic attacks of the miserable mentally afflicted on the other. Hopefully, it’s just an illusion created by the fact that the older dreams fade in memory and appear less frightening.

Here’s what I saw the other night for example. There was an aerial attack on my city, and our armed forces were testing a new anti-air defense system — colossal, devastating tornados. It wasn’t bad, even though I was caught in the middle of it, and the tornados looked grand and wondrous in the gloom of the night. But the tension was building. I then tried to fall asleep back home. (I often dream of trying to wake up or fall asleep.) I was feeling exposed. There might have been no ceiling in my apartment, and there were gaps in the walls. I saw, or imagined, people watching me from a distance. It was like a terrible episode of a paranoid delusion. But it got worse. Someone pushed a cat into my bedroom. The cat hid under the table and moved in a strange, repetitive, unnatural manner. It was hard to see through the shadows of the darkened room. I leaned closer to take a better look. Then, a disturbing realization: the cat’s eyes were cut out, its ears were cut off. Some other parts may’ve been dismembered too. Toy, plush eyes and ears were sewn in their place. This woke me up.

In The Godfather, they sneaked the horse’s head into someone’s bedroom. Were they trying to be scary? Horses’ heads are being chopped all the time, before the horse is eaten. Maybe your cook got drunk and lost his way. Imagine if they sneaked the cat from my dream instead. You’d be appalled, knowing you’re dealing with a total psychopath or some wicked cult.

Here’s another weird little dream I had a while back. I don’t remember anything happening. Maybe it was a dreamless slumber at first. Amid this nothingness, death suddenly emerged. It seized me and started to pull me down, down, down below. Despite the panic, I had such a clear realization of what was happening: I knew I was asleep, and I knew I had to wake up immediately in order to survive. It’s hard to tell how long my struggle lasted. I managed to wake up, eventually.

It may be tempting to appear nonchalant in the face of the ongoing war, but I think it slowly erodes my mental health.