You’ve expressed really well here why nothing gets under my skin quite like someone parroting off AI responses as a meat-proxy for some LLM. It’s like watching someone voluntarily give up their autonomy, or even just abdicating their birthright of consciousness.

I wouldn’t discount how having that access to cartoons probably made them more friends on its own.

School may have been a long time ago for some of us, but I don’t think buddying up with the kids who could get you access to things has ever fallen out of style.