You perceive it going the opposite direction of whatever you are.

AI is pretty over-rated but the Anti-AI forces way overblow the problems associated with AI.

I wonder where people can go. Wikipedia maybe. ChatGPT is better than google for answering most questions where getting the answer wrong won't have catastrophic consequences. It is also a good place to get started in researching something. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to assess the potential problems. Those people will also have trouble if they try googling the answer, as they will choose some biased information source if it's a controversial topic, usually picking a source that matches their leaning. There aren't too many great sources of information on the internet anymore, it's all tainted by partisans or locked behind pay-walls. Even if you could get a free source for studies, many are weighted to favor whatever result the researcher wanted. It's a pretty bleak world out there for good information.

I didn't realize they pegged Balatro at PEGI 18. Definitely ridiculous. Kids play poker all the time without gambling. It's a card game. I don't think there is a less objectionable game out there.

I think it's meant to mean that the CEO looks like just a guy there, but from the shadows he is really actively threatening the life of the guy shooting at him.

She probably doesn't... I suppose it's all for fun.

She's not human. Her mental age is obviously tied to her mass. Her chronological age is irrelevant to the character.

Reddit has become a place where you have to fear saying anything. Bots are permabanning people from subs for dark humor and obvious hyperbole. The internet used to be a place you could go where people understood that mode of speech and didn't suspect everybody of being a homicidal maniac.

He knows where his palms are greased... oiled?

I think that Sweet Pea is really the monster that became the lich reset to before he was a scholar of Golb, so I don't think of this so much as the lich breaking through as the even more ancient monster memories and power surfacing.