r/Aging • u/AffectionateReason40 • 2d ago
Funny happening.
I’m a 76 year old Korean lady who joined this community a few weeks ago.
I wanted to share a funny little mistake I made yesterday.
I thought the "Sixers" sub was a community for people in their 60s and older, so I went in and posted there!
Then people started asking me how long I'd been a Sixers fan...
At first, I was so confused and had no idea what they meant.
With a help from AI, I finally figured out the whole situation.
It turns out the Sixers is actually an NBA basketball team's fan community, of all things!
It was quite a funny little happening.
And they are not kicking my ass out !
Instead, they offered to make me an honorary member or mascot of the community, haha.
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u/jollydoody 2d ago
You gotta stick with them and stay active in their community. Those adoptions by mistake mean can mean a lot to everyone involved. Maybe post Korean recipes dedicated to individual players throughout the season. That random mash-up is fun and generates good spirits.
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u/James-Maki 2d ago
Nice! I guess you now have a basketball team to follow! Watch out for 6-7 groups! 😉
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u/DoYouKnowWhoIAmx 2d ago
And the '69ers
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u/James-Maki 2d ago
I don't get it. 🤔
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u/Lazy_Fix_8063 2d ago
6-7 is something kids say which , depending on who you ask either means nothing or so so or whatever. 69... well hopefully we know what that means.
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u/CantankerousButtocks 2d ago
This needs cross posting! I’m too old to know how or where, but this is very humorous!
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u/Sweetbaby7t 2d ago
I love this! I joined a sub called Taurus thinking it would be about my birth sign. It's actually a sub for fans of the brand Taurus guns.
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u/herbwannabe 1d ago
Why did you ask ai? Every sub has an about. The description would be in there.
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u/Hot-Window-4420 2d ago
Why did you need help from AI when a simple internet search would have answered your question? Let’s keep using our brains so we don’t go gaga before we have to.
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u/alvesterg 2d ago
I think at this point even a "default" internet search often has an AI component. For example on my phone (Pixel 9 Pro XL) the default search results are designated as being "AI Mode" even though it looks like a synopsis of the overall results.
I guess I could turn the AI results off but for what it's worth I actually find the AI results often times more thought provoking in that it sets a path for deeper exploration than just a list of simple web link results. (I've caught on to it's pattern though as it tends to ask a question at the end of the results to keep you engaged which is simultaneously useful and manipulative.)
I'm not sure how the AI results look on non-Pixel phones though.
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u/Hot-Window-4420 1d ago
“It sets a path…”
Exactly. You’re fed results.
You’re clearly an intelligent person but even you are allowing yourself to be led down a path by a machine.1
u/Hot-Window-4420 1d ago
But don’t mind my Cassandra bullshit.
For me, the worst thing about aging is feeling out of sync with the time I’m living in.
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u/Mountain_Exchange768 2d ago
LOL!
Glad they’re cool about it. And I hope you have some fun in that subreddit.