# Posts on X before May 25, 2024, 11:20:00 AM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1716636000000-1794327552192094637/ ## On X ### [May 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1794315784384327756) > so many comments saying "all i see is white guys" ok sarah thanks for telling everyone you're a racist, weird flex but ok Quoted post by John Coogan: ### [May 24, 2024 — @johncoogan](https://x.com/johncoogan/status/1793814603237085656) > Here is the full list of "Alpha Men" from this Fast Company article: > > Jeff Bezos > Lex Fridman > Sam Altman > Brian Armstrong > Jared Kushner > MrBeast > Benjamin Netanyahu > John Coogan > David Holz > Palmer Luckey > Alex Karp > Peter Thiel > Packy McCormick > Thomas Carlyle > Oliver Cromwell > Martin Luther > Dante > Elon Musk > Sergey Brin > Larry Page > Mike Solana > David Friedberg > Mark Zuckerberg > Jason Calacanis > Travis Kalanick > David Sacks > Marc Andreessen > Kevin Scott > Yann LeCun ### [May 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1794314457684103583) > this is like if the joker were to fight one of the hockey pants wearing fake batmans Quoted post by Chief Nerd: ### [May 17, 2024 — @TheChiefNerd](https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1791300887769465164) > Imagine acting like this in front of Mike Tyson > [pic.x.com/dpozAztXDs]() [Video on X](/x/media/2624dd14dc9f74d42d6eab3e28f18051fc44f515eaeef7671f8f5057135769eb.jpg) ### [May 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1794068023390658767) > literally any progressive country these days: > > "just literally kill yourself bro. no seriously, come here, we'll help you kill yourself, it's so over anyway bro, let us kill you c:" > > i.e. canada, netherlands, australia, new zealand, etc Quoted post by Rose Lyddon: ### [May 23, 2024 — @providenceluvr](https://x.com/providenceluvr/status/1793765482794975589) > euthanasia made up over 5% of all deaths in the netherlands in 2022 ### [May 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1794028983480430651) > it gets worse lmao > [youtu.be/zLvFc\_24vSM]() ### [May 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793643401990296013) > POV: you're a retard [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1793350031556403590) ### [May 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793620756414259356) > ur drama is twitch streamer drama, my drama is [@airkatakana]() drama. we are not the same ### [May 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793579918640730498) > the problem with this is that memelords by default align more with conservative values (ironically) > > don't agree? imagine a trump campaign memelord VERSUS a biden campaign memelord. > > who wins? exactly. Quoted post by TechCrunch: ### [May 22, 2024 — @TechCrunch](https://x.com/TechCrunch/status/1793410611877146651) > The Biden campaign is looking to hire a seasoned meme lord [tcrn.ch/3V9iKQw]() ### [May 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793571791572812153) > personally i find extreme joy thinking about how older generations of super nerds ([@Plinz]() for example), that didn't have as much of an outlet for their inner thoughts as we newer generations do today, are able to express themselves and be part of everyday supreme nerd discourse ### [May 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793325975100686477) > remember when greta thunberg was screaming at politicians / world leaders at summits saying "you took my childhood away\! we're all going to die because of your inaction and carelessness\!" > > and now she's like 21 and chillin, the world's doing just fine? we'll probably see her @ 100 yo lmao, i'll make sure to laugh at her again then too ### [May 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793209230528594131) > oh you're an AI researcher? name 10 researches. ### [May 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1793180205034656165) > the problem with this logic is that barely anyone games on their mac - most that can afford the apple ecosystem are able to also buy a standalone gaming pc / console > > linux users however DO try to game on their linux machines. because, well - the thought of using anything other than linux makes a linux user wince and cringe Quoted post by Mira: ### [May 22, 2024 — @_Mira___Mira_](https://x.com/_Mira___Mira_/status/1793178625442971689) > [x.com/Purring\_Lynx/s…]() > > In my mind, Apple is still that company that makes Macs with 2% market share on the Steam annual survey. > > Linux is 1% so in my mind Linux basically is half as big as Apple. ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792951912276615580) > nothing feels better than drunk coding ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792924053126144274) > everything in life is a skill issue Quoted post by Nick Dobos: ### [May 21, 2024 — @NickADobos](https://x.com/NickADobos/status/1792919358273925125) > Skill issues all the way down [x.com/memeticsisyphu…]() ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792908707036291516) > never leaving x [Attached image](/x/media/f68543c3978bcd0adde2b5a285e5f8e67570e55701e23399478f82ccd57b7c7e.png) ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792879930017185853) > so i keep my card locked so that i don't worry about subscriptions (I DECIDE WHEN YOU TAKE MY MONIES, NOT U, SAAS) > > and funny enough - I didn't even notice I've been using the free version of ChatGPT. and I prompt it multiple times throughout the day > > they've gotta release 4.5/5 ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792877492992463311) > ok im getting bored rewatching my fav animes, what is your most favorite anime? fan service always welcome ofc ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792836433901965517) > who... who maintains this... this is someone's job... Quoted post by htmx.org / CEO of htmx 4 (same thing): ### [May 20, 2024 — @htmx_org](https://x.com/htmx_org/status/1792549840154681505) > damn > > [isp.netscape.com]() [Attached image](/x/media/deed903c4eda914c6b1c888b4a42ed191225b8230b899c6eb7015b532052ca7f.jpg) ### [May 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792836226736910408) > i hate refactor days, i just want to have nonstop push-to-prod days. can't wait for AI to solve refactoring on large codebases. ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792537823175991785) > if you're still using VLC... switch to IINA. you're welcome ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792528844190261423) > we already have these; they're called "most humans" [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1792362232787206281) ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792522328641081576) > based turkish? they do instead of yap. [Attached image](/x/media/84563a88e5301e460a68644216d786c0746e57a483ea9173421b1db11c830b1c.png) Quoted post by kache: ### [May 20, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1792383492950565348) > yap yap yap yap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yapyap yap yap ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792499738442613113) > replace kys with cys > go canada yourself ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792467129176101100) > "elon al gaib" banger. Quoted post by omni: ### [May 20, 2024 — @omnius_eacc](https://x.com/omnius_eacc/status/1792443660048478681) > elon al gaib says "we can turn the entire world green"🔊 [Video on X](/x/media/2dbff854dd2aae1bd23b0ca4c3b1a365013c741fc538c5afd44f7fc523ae6e13.jpg) ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792459531525791844) > \>be voice actress > \>everyone loves your voice > \>people say it sounds like scarlett johansson > \>flattered.jpg > \>femcels and their simps start saying your voice is too good - er, too "horny" > \>openai gives in and removes your voice > \>wont even name you/give you credit > > feelsbadman Quoted post by OpenAI: ### [May 20, 2024 — @OpenAI](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1792443575839678909) > We’ve heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky. We are working to pause the use of Sky while we address them. > > Read more about how we chose these voices: [openai.com/index/how-the-…]() ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792456831241257201) > just give me back my scarjo waifu 😭😭😭😭 [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1792455767356043745) ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792452536118759604) > decels won this round unfortunately. well, decels and self-conscious women who've been complaining since the showcase that "it's too horny" and "wow it's an incel's dream" which says much more about them than they think lol Quoted post by OpenAI: ### [May 20, 2024 — @OpenAI](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1792443575839678909) > We’ve heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky. We are working to pause the use of Sky while we address them. > > Read more about how we chose these voices: [openai.com/index/how-the-…]() ### [May 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792419478476816554) > so many high profile, high net worth people have died in helicopter accidents in just this past decade alone > > you'd think people would stop relying on helicopters, or there would be some sort of safety revolution for them, but nope, same/higher usage rate, no safety improvements ### [May 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792271724823863698) > [patreon.com/posts/obsidian…]() ### [May 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1792199558921064551) > getting scammed in runescape was my first taste of bitter euphoria. > > one of my most painful moments in childhood was figuring out that the 1K big bones were swapped to 1K \[regular\] bones > > i never experienced a scam before that; i remember thinking oh, they must have made a mistake, let me find them and explain that i actually wanted big bones, not regular ones > > then i started panicking because as I was right clicking all over the place looking for their username (that I vaguely remembered, not exactly) > > then i realized they must have logged off; i'll just find their username in my chat history / from the trade notification > > ... and then realizing it was gone because there was so much chatting going on in varrock bank, so they were overwritten basically, making them disappear forever > > and then it CLICKED - this was all on purpose. it felt like a moment of euphoria mixed with a sickening disgust in my stomach. someone did this on purpose to me. they hurt me, knowing they would, and now they're gone - and they'll never face any consequences because i have no way of reporting them > > it was one of my first mindfucks - sure, i knew what scamming was in theory; you trick someone. but i've never been tricked before that. > > from that moment on, i've diligently checked, verified, never trusted outright; i've always looked at people like if they were that same scammer, trying to do it again > > i've been scammed in runescape a few more times since then, so this definitely was the first but not the last time. but with each new scam, my mental model of protection was updated. > > it's helped me tremendously in life. Quoted post by kache: ### [May 19, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1792192367988232319) · Edited > maybe the reason some people don't read their employment contracts is because they haven't got scammed out of a rune plate on runescape like me, when I was 7 years old ### [May 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791873558844682258) > think about it > > it's much cleaner and low-key to do x-y-z in order for all your doomer colleagues to quit on their own > > rather than firing the entire AI safety team ### [May 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791757163800732061) > Wait a second, [@rabbit\_hmi]() isn’t a satire piece? ### [May 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791724514004668816) > [Attached image](/x/media/df29c36100ffaa8c98131d1a1d35a438687474c15626c77366c71a3fe57568a1.png) Quoted post by mochi (rebirth): ### [May 17, 2024 — @philoskate](https://x.com/philoskate/status/1791598954217640135) > If i was a man I would want to get every single woman pregnant ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791514650204606701) · Edited > it's all smoke and mirrors to make us look like a stupid stereotypical "dumb american" when in reality people (including other world govs) have absolutely no idea what's truly going on behind the scenes of America > > it's what makes America great and unique in this aspect. Quoted post by Angantýr: ### [May 17, 2024 — @BasedNorthmathr](https://x.com/BasedNorthmathr/status/1791504239295951278) > Does the American empire run in spite of its politicians? Like are they sitting on top of a well-oiled machine that continues regardless of the reality tv show that claims to run it [x.com/julesterpak/st…]() ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791507451730432345) · Edited > it's all smoke and mirrors to make us look like a stupid steotypical "dumb american" when in reality people (including other world govs) have absolutely no idea what's truly going on behind the scenes of america > > it's what makes america great and unique in this aspect. [https://t.co/OjAHvb2xOw]() Quoted post by Angantýr: ### [May 17, 2024 — @BasedNorthmathr](https://x.com/BasedNorthmathr/status/1791504239295951278) > Does the American empire run in spite of its politicians? Like are they sitting on top of a well-oiled machine that continues regardless of the reality tv show that claims to run it [x.com/julesterpak/st…]() ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791506592376254784) > if you can't beat em (make them prioritize AI safety first), join... a different org (probably nowhere near the level of advancement OpenAI is at) in order to... stick it to em? while they just continue without you as if nothing happened, with 1 less safety researcher breathing down their necks? > > seems like a win-lose (win for OAI ofc) if I'm reading this correctly Quoted post by Jan Leike: ### [May 17, 2024 — @janleike](https://x.com/janleike/status/1791498174659715494) > Yesterday was my last day as head of alignment, superalignment lead, and executive [@OpenAI](). ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791467763749568662) > right now multimodal models taken pictures of whatever video you're showing it; soon you'll just livestream to them and they'll understand in the same way they understand speech natively now (gpt-4o) ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791452605555826910) > I break my day into 24 pieces, that way I have 24 days every single day while you have your measily little 1 day > > my friend takes it a step further and breaks each of my 24 days into 60 days, granting him a total of ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY DAYS per one day you're living. Quoted post by kache: ### [May 17, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1791442608335585735) > STOP LIVING BY THE CLOCK > I"M HALFWAY THROUGH MY FIRST DAY KEEP UP [Video on X](/x/media/e901023f28496084bf3b36d319f24d600281939cc94e4cc497348708b35d8071.jpg) ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791350897538433131) > How hard is it to detect these bots lol [Attached image](/x/media/99fff359c0ba44a6afb8d490c2b7395747843ad6b8f191512529350b5cde2262.jpg) ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791342409315647846) > AI slop as a sandwich Quoted post by terminally onλine εngineer: ### [May 16, 2024 — @tekbog](https://x.com/tekbog/status/1791172977460932677) > third sandwich from scandinavia > we call this the special swedish slop [x.com/tekbog/status/…]() [Attached image](/x/media/191164ae5246ad97217881f047607e28b8c7e424f8f0a70b040b86c382334a71.jpg) ### [May 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791315616403775695) > one of these was made by a gay, the other one was made for gay. iykyk Quoted post by Sam Altman: ### [May 16, 2024 — @sama](https://x.com/sama/status/1791183356274921568) > i try not to think about competitors too much, but i cannot stop thinking about the aesthetic difference between openai and google [Attached image](/x/media/2b4377a068a377dffb452e3a17872298ee5685b1e2fcc9c339614c9c223a5675.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/e69153642bcb22fc936259da5a8a710169b8d632c8abdf619c3f3db2e1661344.jpg) ### [May 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791117862763122929) > look at this absolute chad [youtube.com/watch?v=sY3CRy…]() ### [May 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791077159957823582) > designers; HELP\! > > wondering if I should make the chat window more colorful? is it easy enough to read and understand user messages vs. ai responses? [Attached image](/x/media/662bdc47645317f817a3f80f7c867a765314aaca8204418cff5b1320b92894de.jpg) ### [May 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1791038049671119247) > the craziest thing about this is the 54 likes [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1791025955600798111) ### [May 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790962399471980637) > I'm leaving OpenAI after 43 years. > > Over four decades of my life invested into one of the top companies in the world... and I don't feel a moment older. I was part of the team that finished up AGI - who knew all you had to do was say you'll give it $200 (not $20). > > AMA. ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790816112512573519) > doomers mentally jerk off to end-of-the-world porn. literally ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790730069465555029) > "haha\! he's jumpin around and sayin GOOGLE\! hahaha\! woah\! look at him go\! wow, he's got a lot of energy\! hahaha\! runnin around the stage\! HAHAHA\! there he goes again\! he said GOOGLE again\! hahaha\! woah\! he's takin it all off\! hahaha\! wow\! what a great show\!" > > thats how they thought you'd react Quoted post by terminally onλine εngineer: ### [May 14, 2024 — @tekbog](https://x.com/tekbog/status/1790453661757247667) > im not angry at Google anymore, just disappointed [pic.x.com/B7Y5RWkLCx]() [Video on X](/x/media/4d77ea6c40d768c63c938111b221e40eb015d05963994c5152675fed33ed290e.jpg) ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790703102448066782) > it looks like I won't be renewing my claude opus subscription. > > gpt-4o + using it via cursor has now replaced my Claude Opus needs. Opus is still superior for long (30K+) context length, but [@cursor\_ai]() does a pretty great job finding the necessary information to send to openai for me with just a simple request + cmd+enter to do my entire codebase. ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790699291683721579) > imagine your grandkids seeing you be a doomer idiot thinking you made ilya quit because you yelled outside his workplace window > > i would melt from embarrassment Quoted post by Liron Shapira: ### [May 15, 2024 — @liron](https://x.com/liron/status/1790538216673820757) > People think protests have no impact… [Video on X](/x/media/eeafc217a771c22d23c39d6586796a0ce07dd8a140ba29e33350b1bd881a8b71.jpg) ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790696440559522021) > yeah i mean it's still literally unusable, even for the most simple things. I should be able to type a simple task like this and it should know what to do, what to search for... come on. this next grok update better be good or it's over or xai [Attached image](/x/media/6974ebdaa90539bd628fbd7feb95b123ddaae606a8b8eea9664033af5a7f996f.png) ### [May 15, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1790695883987894560) > Jarvis is next Quoted post by Kevin Fischer: ### [May 15, 2024 — @kevinafischer](https://x.com/kevinafischer/status/1790575061382184977) > Her is the first thing > > What’s the second? [Older posts](/x/before/1715770142000-1790695883987894560/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-07T04:03:13.607Z