[HN Gopher] Cormac McCarthy loves a good diner
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Cormac McCarthy loves a good diner
 
Author : tintinnabula
Score  : 43 points
Date   : 2022-12-20 23:01 UTC (23 hours ago)
 
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| mullingitover wrote:
| I'm a big fan of his Yelp reviews[1].
| 
| [1] https://yelpingwithcormac.tumblr.com/post/12634112681/the-
| ta...
 
  | josecastillo wrote:
  | My personal favorite:
  | https://yelpingwithcormac.tumblr.com/post/15243208646/chipot...
 
    | mullingitover wrote:
    | I fed one of the reviews to ChatGPT and told it to write a
    | review of the Burbank WalMart in this style. Result:
    | 
    | > Two Stars
    | 
    | >The Burbank WalMart is a behemoth of consumerism, a vast
    | labyrinth of plastic and steel where the soul withers and
    | dies. I wandered its sterile corridors, searching for some
    | scrap of humanity amidst the endless rows of merchandise. But
    | all I found was the dull glint of metal shelves, the hum of
    | fluorescent lights, and the dull roar of consumerism.
    | 
    | > I took my chances with the food court, hoping for a glimmer
    | of salvation. But all I found was a false burrito, swaddled
    | in tinfoil and wrapped in a lie. I looked upon it with
    | disgust, knowing that it was a symbol of all that is wrong
    | with this place.
    | 
    | > As I left the Burbank WalMart, I felt a sense of despair
    | wash over me. I had been to the abyss, and it had left me
    | cold and empty. I will not return to this place of soulless
    | consumerism, and I recommend that others stay away as well.
 
      | voisin wrote:
      | When you say " I fed one of the reviews to ChatGPT" do you
      | mean you put it in the input box and said write a review in
      | this style? I wasn't aware of this functionality!
 
        | mullingitover wrote:
        | Yeah exactly - prompt was 'Here's an example of a Yelp
        | review by Cormac McCarthy. Write about the Burbank
        | WalMart in this style:'
 
| o_____________o wrote:
| https://archive.is/KpDQF
 
| damontal wrote:
| "There's a man who likes eggs with his pepper."
| 
| I think of this line any time I put pepper on my eggs.
 
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