What was the value-add of AI here? Some modicum of undeserved politeness instead...

mjd · 2026-06-21T09:05:21 1782032721

Your use of the phrase “undeserved politeness” suggests to me that maybe you aren't someone I should look to for advice on how to behave.

eloisius · 2026-06-21T09:22:31 1782033751

That's probably true, but to be clear, I'm not communicating my own values here. I'm trying to understand your rationale.

>This recruiter didn't deserve my authentic voice or my personal toil

Yet they deserve inauthentic politeness from a chatbot? It just sounds like "fuck you" with more steps.

mjd · 2026-06-22T21:19:52 1782163192

Not from the chatbot. From me. I'm the one who sent the message.

And it wasn't inauthentic. I wanted to be polite and inoffensive, but I didn't know how.

Freak_NL · 2026-06-21T09:00:09 1782032409

It definitely reads as a 'fuck you' to me. Is there a group of people that responds well to that last sentence?

mjd · 2026-06-21T09:08:29 1782032909

Perhaps I'm wrong, but yes, I believe there is. Your own personal preferences are not universal.