At the time, you prayed to whoever you thought got that particular job done
Then Catholics came along and replaced this with patron saints.
(technically Catholics believe they are asking the patron to intercede and advocate for whatever the devotee is asking for, but it’s still funny to me that they still fill the roles of the lesser gods of antiquity)
One of my professors had an AI policy. Using AI for an outline or to find resources was okay, as long as it was cited with the exact prompt used. I think having rules for how to use AI on her assignments actually cut down on use compared to professors who outright banned it.
I prefer my method of awkwardly shuffling away once everyone’s attention is elsewhere. Bonus points if it’s a party in my own house
A little over a decade ago I slid to an icy stop as the yellow light came on in a turn only lane, about an hour north of Seattle. The guy in front of me tried to stop and ended up going through the intersection as the light turned red. I got a ticket with a photo of the intersection, but you could clearly see my car was stopped a good four feet behind of the line. It was dismissed, but I was pretty mad that I even had to fight that.
I don’t know if the tech has improved or if they have people double checking tickets before they are issued now, but I can’t say my experience made me feel positive about the automated ticket system lol
A dove drops a feather next to a towering stack of completed requests. St. Anthony picks it up and sighs
“This guy is asking me to find his keys for the tenth time this week! I wish I was the patron saint of memory, because this guy really needs one, ugh.”