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October 24, 2026

Tool Debate Ends in Root Vegetable Coup

Tibo warns against becoming a tool; poteto replies that one should be a potato instead. The replies then attempt to build an entire philosophy, and a relationship, around a root vegetable.

THE LIKE FIGHTIMPORT SNAPSHOT
Tibo10,583
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Poteto1,279

The receipts

In order. With context.
01
TTibo
Tibo@thsottiaux
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The difference between having a tool and being a tool is subtle these days and it’s easy to accidentally build yourself into being a tool. Don’t be a tool.

Oct 24 · 03:41 UTC10.6K
02
llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

be a potato instead

Oct 24 · 07:33 UTC1,279
THE PLAY-BY-PLAY · EDITORIAL

Tibo opens with a warning about the subtle difference between having a tool and being one. Poteto answers with the entire counterargument: be a potato instead. No further escalation follows, just a pile of replies arguing about starch. One commenter turns it into a Bruce Lee quote; another drafts a full potato manifesto covering resilience, humility, and self-replication. The thread briefly becomes a lecture on tubers. The reset button gets redesigned into a potato, and someone asks whether they love him more. The bar for a comeback was apparently a root vegetable, and it cleared it.

The crowd has notes.

The replies that understood the assignment.

T
Tommy Tai@tommyt_ai
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GPT = Giga Potato Tool

Oct 24 · 07:38 UTC44
C
Carlos Bedia@carlosbedia
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"Be like water "-Bruce Lee, "Be potato." -poteto

Oct 24 · 11:22 UTC19
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Jens Abrahamsson@jensabrahamsson
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Could perhaps Tibo’s reset button be redesigned into a potato?

Oct 24 · 10:30 UTC7
共
共工@XiangyuRentl
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又来看你互联网绯闻男友了?

Oct 24 · 09:22 UTC6
F
Flow@ethanflow
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What made you choose potato? Do you just love potatoes? Are French fries your BFF????

Oct 24 · 11:20 UTC4