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Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’ (variety.com)

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Paramount has come out swinging against a Friday screed from Mark Ruffalo, in which the award-winning actor accused moguls David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.”

A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn’t deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don’t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone.”

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I just don't believe any human would put out a statement with an em dash in 2026. It's the thing

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i started using them because of ai. lol

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Fighting fire with fire — i like it!

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Where do you think it learned it from lol

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

you're absolutely right.

lol

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I use 'em.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My hyperbolic analogy is a swastika. Sure, the swastika had been in use for 10,000 years before Germany existed....but a company probably isn't putting one on their letter head in 2026.

It's as iconic for AI slop as It's Not X, It's Y

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

to an untrained eye who hasn't read anything but internet posts, sure, but people use them in other places and that still carries on into internet prose sometimes.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Wow, what a douche way to insult someone. You think you have to be terminally online to be aware of the two biggest signs that text is from an LLM?

It's not the 2010s anymore, we've had LLMs posting slop for years now. Use your favorite search engine and tell me what the top result says. Probably the same as the Wikipedia page. Search your work email, there's a good chance you got the same tips from HR.

Knowing what it looks like isn't as niche as you're implying. And in the context of a public statement from a media company, an em dash SHOULD raise an eyebrow in 2026. Unless you think a human wrote this.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

You will have to pry the em—dash from my cold, dead fingers. AI may take my job, but I will damned if it takes the em—dash from me.