Chore coat algorithm conspiracy theoryfrom @edgyalbert

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This is why I'm concerned about the wave of chore code sloppaganda. Okay. So the best case scenario for why everyone is talking about chore code slop is just that they are young. They're just starting out. They're learning the basics and power to them. But there is, of course, a more sinister possibility. I started thinking about this when people were doing this series of five things worth your money. There were a handful of legitimate brands that are in there, but there was mostly garbage. In fact, so many of the same names and products kept showing up, I started to get suspicious. Then I found this amazing video by a tech journalist who created a fake deodorant, which in a matter of time, AI was recommending to people like it was a real product. Our wants, our needs have been controlled by the algorithm for a while, but it feels like now it's getting a little scarier. If you needed more proof that something sinister was afoot with the chore code, you've probably already seen this, but Palantir decided to make their own. Yes. Palantir, the tech company named after the evil orb, that even in a Wired article last year, employees couldn't really explain what they do. As we know, they back authoritarianism and genocide, have been seeding them to the Twitter menswear girlies who may or may not even be real, but but have been exposed to in the past been sort of agitating racist ideology. It's getting weird over here. All of which leads my algorithm to start showing me this rank, just detailed maxing chore slop. No country of origin listed, mentioning Japanese things, mentioning French things, but no evidence that either of those lineages actually comes into play in the construction of this garment. And it's crazy. Two years ago, GQ was saying friends don't let friends wear chore coats. And now more than ever, it seems like the Tier Coat might be a sign that you are a goof and you have been fooled by the algo. I mean, vintage, I think, is the exception, but, you know, people don't have the patience for that.