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yadaenotoday at 12:31 AM2 repliesview on HN

The way “slop” is used here is very specific. It implies a power dynamic between the slop producer and consumer where the consumer is viewed as cattle, and the producer feeds the cheapest possible product.

GP cities specific examples of this usage on 4chan in 2022 which is proof until someone can find a counter example.


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recursivecaveattoday at 12:59 AM

Yeah, there is a power dynamic where the consumer is viewed as cattle, because the origin of the word is literal cattle lol.

> When Mr. Zuckerman reached the pigpen, he climbed over the fence and poured the slops into the trough.

Are you now willing to accept my 'proof' that 4chan actually derived specifically from Charlotte's Web?

fluoridationtoday at 12:53 AM

I'm not sure that connotation is all that present in the way it's commonly used, but I'll grant it. However, like the other person you responded to has said, "slop" already had that meaning, because it is the low-grade cattle feed. So If both "AI slop" and "goyslop" carry these shades of meaning, it would not suggest one descends from the other, but that both descend directly from "slop".

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