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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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Dating site clearly states on ToS that all the hot girls nearby you are bots (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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And of course they want a credit card on file for "age verification" 😉 or they won't let you chat with the bots

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

synthespian noun, trademark in US

a computer-generated three-dimensional character, either in a wholly animated film or in one that is a mixture of live action and computer animation.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I actually like that word. Feels like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.

The Adventures of Flox Spanner 2209, by Donovan Cove

Chapter 1: The Synthespian Uprising

Or like it's how Poe from Altered Carbon would describe himself.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd like it more if it weren't a trademark.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well the best part about trademark law is that if you're too good and you become the 'generic' term then you lose protection.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Let us all recount our favourite synthespians from various companies then

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I don't believe you, I'll Google it myself.

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