Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

In the vein of this thread, how is George Santos still in congress? What a freaking joke our "leaders" are.

[Suppressed Poet]

In the vein of this thread, how is George Santos still in congress? What a freaking joke our "leaders" are.

He is “Jew-ish”. You can’t get rid of him.

[Seran]

If you could just go ahead and give me official sources where it says that due to a government shutdown, supplemental payments stop for senior citizens (what payments are you talking about other than SS?) and that all Medicare treatments will be denied.. I would appreciate it. SPOILER: NO ONE EXPECTS YOU TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SINCE YOU JUST MADE IT UP. Fucking retard.

If you could go ahead and point out to me where I have any obligation to give your old ass citations, I'm happy to follow through and mock you further. Maybe you wanna cite ChatGPT again? Going to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid website itself, reading any one of dozens of Treasury Q&As on the subject like I did is probably too strenuous a task for you.

[Methais]

I don't have any because I just made it up.

This is correct.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

If you could go ahead and point out to me where I have any obligation to give your old ass citations, I'm happy to follow through and mock you further. Maybe you wanna cite ChatGPT again? Going to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid website itself, reading any one of dozens of Treasury Q&As on the subject like I did is probably too strenuous a task for you.

Or you could ask an AI to read the Q&A and tell us the answer, rather than dig through piles of poorly written government FAQs.

[Parkbandit]

If you could just go ahead and give me official sources where it says that due to a government shutdown, supplemental payments stop for senior citizens (what payments are you talking about other than SS?) and that all Medicare treatments will be denied.. I would appreciate it. SPOILER: NO ONE EXPECTS YOU TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SINCE YOU JUST MADE IT UP. Fucking retard.

If you could go ahead and point out to me where I have any obligation to give your old ass citations, I'm happy to follow through and mock you further. Maybe you wanna cite ChatGPT again? Going to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid website itself, reading any one of dozens of Treasury Q&As on the subject like I did is probably too strenuous a task for you.

So, let's recap:

Seran: "IF THE GOVT SHUTS DOWN SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS AND MEDICARE TREATMENTS WILL STOP!!!!"
PB: Nonsense, you are wrong. Let's confirm with ChatGPT... yup, you were wrong and retarded.
Seran: CHATGPT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SOURCE! FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS!!!!!!
PB: Ok, why don't you show me an official source that says what you claimed.
Seran: IT'S NOT MY JOB TO BACK UP THE THINGS I CLAIM!


You were wrong.. you doubled down on it.. and once again you look retarded.

For most people, that's not a good look.. but it's the only look you have so wear it with pride.

[Parkbandit]

Or you could ask an AI to read the Q&A and tell us the answer, rather than dig through piles of poorly written government FAQs.

THAT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL SOURCE! FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS!!! -Seran, the retard champion.

[Neveragain]

Imagine thinking an AI that pulls information

It's always you dumb fuggin Republicans who think that government services can somehow continue to function without employees

Every process can be completed through a series conditional tests. The easiest functions to replicate are those that use the least amount of tools and actions to complete the process. White collar/office/desk jobs are by far the easiest to replace with AI. The "farmer" applying for a government loan has to meet a set of conditions that can be easily tested without a human making any decisions.

It was more difficult to write my lockpicking script than it would be to write a program that tests a loan application, by far.

[~Rocktar~]

Every process can be completed through a series conditional tests. The easiest functions to replicate are those that use the least amount of tools and actions to complete the process. White collar/office/desk jobs are by far the easiest to replace with AI. The "farmer" applying for a government loan has to meet a set of conditions that can be easily tested without a human making any decisions.

It was more difficult to write my lockpicking script than it would be to write a program that tests a loan application, by far.

The main issue is that easily 50% of all government operations and functions are 100% unnecessary, redundant and wasteful. They need not be done at all, many are only done to support other irrelevant government functions. The whole of the Department of Education's functions could be completed with a staff of like 50 or less. Health and Human Services, a few hundred. FDA, a few hundred. And on and on it goes. The list goes on.

What is really needed though is a commission to clean up the US code, remove contradictory laws, unify and make uniform language and meaning throughout and streamline the law. That would take years, loads of people and a concerted effort in the house and senate to clean up. But then again, they don't want too because too many people get rich manipulating the morass for their benefit.

[Solkern]

The main issue is that easily 50% of all government operations and functions are 100% unnecessary, redundant and wasteful. They need not be done at all, many are only done to support other irrelevant government functions. The whole of the Department of Education's functions could be completed with a staff of like 50 or less. Health and Human Services, a few hundred. FDA, a few hundred. And on and on it goes. The list goes on..

Do you have anything to support your wild claims? Or are you just throwing numbers out of your ass? What source can you provide to support that the whole department of education’s functions could be completed with a staff of 50? I’m sure you don’t even know what 90% oftheir jobs are, or what they do, but you are 100% sure it can all be done with just 50 people! The list goes on and on. Please provide a link to a reputable source.