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My Friend Aaron

509 pointsby sarrephyesterday at 4:53 PM137 commentsview on HN

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variant_lengthyesterday at 6:36 PM

This guy aaron doesnt sound very smart to me

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sailfastyesterday at 8:53 PM

Black Mirror adaptation when?

alunyesterday at 5:49 PM

Very fun read. Thanks for posting it!

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jongjongtoday at 12:13 AM

I thought the story was non-fiction until I got to the point about how the bots attracted real users to Aaron's platform. That part was really stretching it.

jnainatoday at 1:58 AM

was it his mom?

stephenlfyesterday at 5:20 PM

Spooky and riveting!

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mulhoonyesterday at 9:07 PM

Loved it!

nobodywillobsrvyesterday at 8:26 PM

Good story and the classic problem with nearly all betting markets having viaticals embedded

Mr_Eri_Atlovyesterday at 7:13 PM

Great story; it's amazing how many of us sympathize with or have had an Aaron in our lives.

23davidyesterday at 6:10 PM

Great short story!!

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gvne_today at 3:00 AM

you're not black mirror lil bro

htx619yesterday at 6:26 PM

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strathmeyeryesterday at 6:05 PM

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moralestapiayesterday at 5:43 PM

Man this piece should win an Emmy or something, it's so original and well written. I also couldn't spot much AI in there. Props to the author.

>rhythmically ejected spurts of bright red blood

Yeah man, like in music, synesthesia, I get you.

Unsurprisingly the author also makes music: https://rorz.io/music

One of his songs is called "Do androids dream of real sheep?"

What a fresh take on that classic quote! Made me spurt my kombucha, lol.

How can someone be SO talented. Thanks for sharing.

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cynicalsecurityyesterday at 8:26 PM

Before you read and waste your time:

== It's a fake story ==

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andaiyesterday at 6:10 PM

> I thought Aaron’s credits would run out and that would be the end of it: he would finally get a job.

Upon reading these words I experienced psychic damage from the blast of concentrated ambitionlessness.