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The OP doesn’t read like a ChatGPT comment to me, though maybe I’m easily fooled. It has a bit more personality (“High-theory”, putting “just” in quotes as an ironic wink). It’s tongue-in-cheek, not nonsensical.

Also, unless cleverly prompted, ChatGPT normally has a positive attitude. This post looks too negative and dismissive for a typical ChatGPT answer: "worse", "disastrous", "stuff", "don't bother", etc...

It follows the general construction of a ChatGPT answer though.

>It follows the general construction of a ChatGPT answer though.

In my English education in public school in California, it was hammered into my head quite strictly that A Paragraph has a very specific structure, and that no parts can be rearranged or even omitted. Thankfully I have moved on from thinking about the English language that way, but it’s not shocking to me that many real people write with a similar structure because they were taught that it was the objectively correct way to communicate in written form.

“High-theory stuff” in fact. I think it’d take a fairly specific prompt to elicit the word “stuff”.

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38768909 I thought it was pretty funny.

Yeah, I didn't even see that original comment but I've been on HN and Reddit long enough to know this must have been a referencing the style/format of some other sw dev related advice comment.

Thanks, I missed that thread the first time around.

:-)

It's unlikely that ChatGPT penned this dreidel commentary. The nuanced understanding of dreidel spinning - especially the tactile aspects like grip and timing - reflects personal experience, something ChatGPT lacks. Also, the comment's informal tone and specific focus on practical skills over theoretical models seem more human. ChatGPT typically provides more generalized, theory-based responses, not delving deeply into the practical, less-discussed aspects of niche hobbies like dreidel spinning.

source: https://chat.openai.com/share/be44306f-2836-4dc8-8f13-7c15a4...

Reads like a joke to me. Especially given the pun (is that the right word?) about making your own dreidel out of clay.

Maybe the joke didn't fully land, but chatgpt content usually isn't very good at making ironic content so i highly doubt its chatgpt.

Makes reasonably good sense to me.

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