i tricked 3 million people into believing in an evil fake polycule

maybe more!

The night started like any other: I was feeling mischievous, and decided to get up to no good. I scrolled through my list of ideas, and chose to fabricate a nightmare polycule that was seeking a new member. It’d be a beautiful blend of everyone’s favorite applications - dating docs, roommate searches, job applications1 - seeking the one perfect fit across three dimensions for the six members of my polycule. A few days later, the polycule would have 25 million views, be the #1 and #2 topic trending on Twitter, and receive over 2,000 applications. grok hallucinated that we were in portland…

saved by

• Dex Ter
• Aadil A.

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