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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 02 (discuss.online)

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What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

I felt that way about her book Autonomous. I thought her message about autonomy was great, but the book got a little cringy at times. I’m still happy I read it and I will recommend it to folks I think will enjoy it, but it was a bit underwhelming.

The part that was really cringy for me was

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When one of the characters was helping the bot aim correctly at a shooting range, then he got a hard on from shooting the bot’s gun. Just kinda weird.