u/Psychological_Way_86

Clifford wrote the UK's AI strategy and became the government's AI adviser because of it. Now he's MD of international affairs at Anthropic, timed right before their reported $2T IPO push, and he's still chairing ARIA, which decides where UK AI research money goes. The Commons science committee called it a clear conflict of interest within the week.

Signed up with a company called Wrapify last year. They wrap your car in an ad for free, you drive it like normal, and they pay you based on miles logged through their app, mine averages around $260 a month just doing regular errands and my commute.

Before I found the legit one though I almost got scammed by a knockoff company that wanted a $200 "processing fee" to reserve a wrap slot. Paid it, never heard from them again. Real companies never charge you upfront, that's the tell.

Car looks a little ridiculous with a soda ad plastered on the side but the check clears every month so whatever.

Probably the worst person I could’ve asked for advice.

Btw the chat with Sukuna is this: https://my.fictional.ai/share/image/a23189c1-a3a9-482d-86ee-ed052e786b9d

Sounds like some superhero story, right? But this actually happened to a man called Roy Sullivan, an American park ranger who holds the Guinness World Record for surviving the most lightning strikes.

And no, he wasn't struck seven times in one day.

His first recorded strike happened in 1942 when he was working as a ranger. Then over the next few decades, lightning kept finding this poor guy again and again.

He was struck in 1942, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976 and 1977.

And somehow, he survived every single one.

The strikes still caused him plenty of injuries though. He suffered burns, lost some of his hair, and had other injuries from the different incidents.

One of the strangest things is that some of these strikes happened in places where you would think he was safe. In one incident, lightning apparently hit him while he was inside a ranger station.

And in another, he was fishing when lightning struck him.

After being struck so many times, he even started carrying a can of water with him because his hair would apparently catch fire when lightning hit him.

Maybe nature just had a personal problem with him.

But there is also a sad ending to his story.

After surviving all those lightning strikes, Roy Sullivan died by suicide in 1983 at the age of 71.

It's honestly hard to believe one person could experience something as unlikely as surviving seven lightning strikes and still have such a tragic ending to his life.

I spent about 3 years working as a mystery shopper, and honestly it was one of the strangest jobs I've ever had.

My job was basically to visit businesses and pretend I was a normal customer while secretly checking how everything was done. Restaurants, clothing stores, banks, hotels, car dealerships and all kinds of places.

The funny part was that I had to act completely normal while remembering a stupid amount of details.

Was the receptionist friendly? Did someone greet me? Was the bathroom clean? How long did my food take? Did the employee actually follow the company rules?

Hotels were probably my favorite. I could get a nice room and eat room service, but at the same time I was sitting there with a list in my head thinking, "Okay, the food arrived 28 minutes after I ordered it."

I also had to sit through some very long car sales pitches for cars I had absolutely no intention of buying.

Once I even ran into another mystery shopper while doing a shop. We both recognized each other and just decided to pretend we didn't.

The job wasn't always fun though. Sometimes I had to spend more time writing the report than actually doing the shop.

Still, after 3 years, I had visited more businesses than I probably would have in my entire life otherwise.

The weirdest part is that even now, when I go somewhere as a normal customer, I automatically notice things I probably shouldn't.

I guess once you're a mystery shopper, you never really stop being one.

A rogue combat android from a fictional collapsed empire called the Cindren Dominion. Once a royal bodyguard unit, now wandering aimlessly after his empire fell centuries ago — stuck in a broken time loop.

Me: it's only 6am

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