SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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I believe in my heart that, for a non-zero percentage of genAI touts, feeling like they’re punishing creatives for daring to have “fun” jobs when they were forced into jobs they have no personal passion for is part of the draw. “There! Now you have to get a ‘real job,’ just like they made ME do!”

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It’s also that ai conversation thing where you don’t present an argument past - no. Think like me.

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It's the "be the main character" energy that made it amazing. I read posts all the time that bag on stuff I like. It's part of being online. But it isn't my entire person; I'm not 100% *invested* in being those things that I like. But like, he could have just NOT REPLIED. It's amazing.

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