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a brief history of writing

I once ordered my pencil “Write me a poem” My eraser is missing And I’m all alone The pencils were kept in a box made of leather a major step up from the days of the feather then came the ink pen with blotters and blobs pocket protectors for multi-pen snobs next was the ball point so smooth and so slick to calm school day angst with their click-click-click-click now it would seem we have no time to waste no need to write it just quick cut and paste we can now write a treatise while resting in bed alerting AI to steal from the dead and if it reads badly somehow sadly insipid our main line of defense AI stole it from ibid

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Date: 10/1/2024 8:15:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Wonderful. I nominate you for the prize of 'Historian of the Year!'
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Date: 9/30/2024 1:14:00 PM
Mankind seems to be voting himself out of existence. The jealous can now get their revenge by using robots. I will continue unabashed I hope you do too cause I like your poetry.
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Date: 9/29/2024 12:12:00 PM
Good write John, I just don't understand the motivation for people to post poetry they haven't written
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Date: 9/29/2024 10:49:00 AM
We’re on the same page with what we posted today. At least we’re writing it ourselves. Another 1st place winner today at 100% AI probability.
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Date: 9/29/2024 10:40:00 AM
ha! very creative, john!
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