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Is It OK to Be Mean to a Chatbot? Is it OK to Be Mean to Spreadsheet Software? Is it OK to Be Mean to Photoshop? Is it OK to Be Mean to Chrome?

Just because you anthropomorphize software, doesn't mean the rest of us have to. All of these questions are ridiculous and the obvious answer is that there's nothing there to be mean to. They aren't things that can perceive and feel your attitude or treatment; there is no "mean" happening.

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I am polite to ChatGPT for my own edification and consistency of being, not because I think I will hurt its feelings otherwise. :)

Are you equally polite to excel or chrome or windows when they misbehave? You've never once cursed at your computer or smartphone or game console? If so, you're a far bigger person than me cuz that console's gotten multiple educations in foul language from me over the years.

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