Screwing around with a mystery GPT

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I feel sick to my stomach thinking about all of this 

Rupi Kaur should be worried, Lizzie, but I think you’ll be fine 

I had no idea who she was, so looked her up. Seems like she had a lot of success early on and now is facing some pressure from her publisher to stay with a simpler style because that's what they find marketable. Not sure which is sadder, that she feels like she needs to grow as a poet and can't, or that so many people really think that her work is good poetry. It's a shame really, because she could use her platform to educate others about how to grow as an artist -- she could do a lot for the world of poetry that way, and inspire others to aspire. 

Is this what people mean when they refer to "Instagram Poetry?" Her work? 99.9% of the time I don't regret ignoring social media, but every once in a while...

I mustn't think about it too much, or I will end up in "Bitter Failure" territory...

I suppose it's strange to think about giving up writing because of ChatGPT. Nobody gives up on chess because they'll never beat Stockfish or AlphaZero.

Rupi Kaur remains an internet phenomenon without parallel
She had 2 million followers on Instagram. Probably because in 2015, it was still early days for influencers.
A tiff with Instagram and something about feminism (these were the metoo days) made her a viral sensation (looked up Wikipedia).
Once famous, her garbage debut book of poems started appearing in every bookshop, propped up by an arm of Simon & Schuster. It was a push driven success.
You couldn’t escape her damned book anywhere.

And that’s all there was to it.

I once read a book of Jim Morrison’s poems. They too, were garbage, but JM was a fine musician and singer. As far as songs go, his were classics.

Tomorrow, any Instagram star can release a book of poems and have an American publishing house market the shit out of it.

Insofar as the Anglosphere goes, we’re living in a world where reality is shaped by a handful of marketing executives in the States. Our tastes are at the whims of some doltish marketing MBA. Our opinions are forged in the fire of US domestic politics and gun-god religiosity.

To address this wrong, I shall eschew the English language until further notice