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1. add-sub-mul-div · 1790255147 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder if they went straight to "AI" as an insult independently from the older generations, or if they were using "slop" like the rest of us but had to adopt a new insult because "slop" has been co-opted to refer to things that are terrible whether AI or not.

   1. samrus · 1790255491 · focus · HN ↗

      Slop meant cheap garbage meant for mass consumption before it was used for AI. The roots are actually antisemitic. 4chan's cooking board used "goyslop" to mean fast food and other cheap consumerist foods that they claimed the illuminati or jewish conspiracy or whateve fed to non jews to keep them unhealthy. Its crazy how often 4chan's neonazi rambling are the start of so many cultural phenomena. They supported trump way before he became a serious candidate in 2016

      1. hajile · 1790339931 · focus · HN ↗

         The etymology to be “mud puddle” from the 1400s with that being taken from old English -sloppe meaning “dung” for even longer.

         “Slopping the hogs” is probably where the modern negative interpretation comes from of forcing garbage onto someone.

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