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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 36 points 5 months ago

Man, can you imagine, the meaningless platitudes that are normally said at these ceremonies, but it's not even a human speaker, but rather an overengineered loudspeaker.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 11 points 5 months ago

That sucks bro... hey have you considered contributing more to our new AI initiative? We're heading to the maximum future, today!

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

Meaningless? I've listened to some excellent graduation speaches. Chris Hedges comes to mind

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I think, we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I know, I'm on the extreme side with never having liked such a ceremony. I think, it's because I simply stop feeling represented with the kind of generic speech you get when addressing more than a dozen people, because I guess, I'm just too special of a snowflake...

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online -3 points 5 months ago

So we should all shut up and stop calling for an end to genocide because its "generic speech"?

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

No, that's not a generic speech to me. In that case, you're motivating a specific political issue and trying to convince anyone who's still on the fence. Contentious political issues have always been excluded from the ceremony speeches I attended.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online -1 points 5 months ago

Why? That's kinda their responsibility. Especially now, during a genocide.

Anyone who was speaking at a graduation now and didn't call for action against the war is failing miserablely

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

You're right, what Russia is doing in Ukraine is tantamount to genocide

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago

Ethnic cleansing*

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 months ago

The real question is did the ai go on and on (like my commencement speaker who narrated their life), Or was it a short speech?

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 6 points 5 months ago

Most likely a prerecorded message, whoever rented out that clanker probably did not want to leave anything to chance.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It did have a Q&A section where you could ask the robot questions.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 11 points 5 months ago

Was the valedictorian a Palestinian that got replaced again?

[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Imagine paying all that money to find out your uni doesn’t give a shit about you at all.

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Kids in highschool during the pandemic are graduating college now 🤯

Getting old is so weird.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

The "Ex Machina" sequel is going way too far to believable, they really need to dial back on the surrealist black comedy.

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