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[–] worhui@lemmy.world 153 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Let me guess, this super ai lives in Canada and we can never meet it, but it’s totally real.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

You at give me another billion for data centers bro and you can meet it I swear bro just one more data center.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 20 points 1 month ago

It goes to a different school than you.

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We do have a shitty ai data center up here

[–] worhui@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So there is a joke in the USA that if you don't have a girlfriend you pretend you have one. She's always super pretty, but your friends can never meet her because she lives in Canada.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm now curious to know if this joke was around before Avenue Q or not.

https://youtu.be/tLlLaJlk56k

Edit: sounds like a yes!

[–] Wbear@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It definitely was. The song is playing on the pre existing trope... that"s just a broader / adult version of "she goes to another school."

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What? Do you think

AI company claims…

Isn‘t convincing? What gave it away? /s

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, this caused me to learn something today. One of my favorite musicals is Avenue Q, which has an entire song about a girlfriend who supposedly lives in Canada. And I keep seeing this reference - but I keep thinking there is NO WAY that THIS many people know about Avenue Q (which is a pity).

And sure enough, TIL that this trope dates back to at least the 70s and is references in multiple TV shows and movies and such.

So Avenue Q was using an existing thing. Ah, well.

At least I know not to make Avenue Q references since there's little chance they'll be gotten. lol

[–] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thats funny because here in Canada I knew a guy im highschool who had a clearly fake girlfriend who he said lived down south in the US

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nakes sense, though - you want the pretend person to be somewhere reasonable but not TOO close. lol

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be honest my fake girls friend was just a girl I had a crush on how lived a few cities away. I got busted lmao

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

awww, well I hope things worked out for you okay in the end. :)

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

For sure. It was embarrassing at the time but I was young

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, there we go - answered it for me, too! Thank you.