Before I learned how to turn off the automatic “AI summary” on top of an internet search, I sometimes saw obvious errors in there. Once I typed back in response, “This is obviously BS.” The bot replied: “Yes thank you, you are so right. Actually the opposite is true, and I found this….” I mean, WTF?

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My grandma used to say “a watched kettle boils slower”. So I should probably stop staring down that railway track, hoping for my train, and instead just trust the famously reliable Ukrainian railways.💪 Thanks for the warm welcome, Lviv. I’ll be back!

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My Granddad is 104, he served in the RAF (met Granny when he was stationed in North Berwick ❤️). He's still constantly curious about meeting new people, trying new foods, having new conversations (hearing aids allowing). It's so patronising to the elderly to paint them all as frightened & feeble

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it's notable for me that they have to say "lived through war" because the number of people who actually served and are still alive is approaching zero at speed.

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and the thing is, most of those people still alive experienced Windrush basically at the point of their lives as they experienced the Second World War, in their teens or early childhood

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