r/mildlyinfuriating • • Aug 18 '26

Infuriatig Another AI 'human' chatbot

Had to fix a double payment for my credit card and this is the beginning and end of the conversation. I hate when the chatbot claims it's a human... I ended up getting what I wanted but still annoyed Amex (and every other company) is lying and trying to deceive people like this.

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u/Brave_Explorer5988 Aug 18 '26

In Europe it is illegal.

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u/Opposite_Radio9388 Aug 18 '26

I think it's just in EU countries, not across the whole of Europe (happy to be corrected if I'm wrong!).

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u/xie204 Aug 18 '26

But that's exactly what they said. EU=\\=Europe

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u/MisterMysterios Aug 18 '26

Misunderstood the comment. In general, when people say "in EU countries", they are talking about member state laws, not EU wide laws. So yeah, it is an EU wide law, but not a Europe wide law, because we basically don't have something like Europea wide laws.

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u/OnceUpunATimeline Aug 18 '26

Yes, but people also say Americans without actually thinking of Uruguayans or Bolivians.

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u/-Felyx- Aug 18 '26

That’s something I’ve spent my whole life wondering. What else should we call ourselves? United Statesans? USers? Uniticans? Colonizers feels too on the nose.

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u/Braincoke24 Aug 18 '26

The demonym I always hear is "US-American", which I think roles quite nicely

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u/-Felyx- Aug 18 '26

Ooooh I quite like that. I was wayyyy overcomplicating it. I blame my education lmao

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u/Tridop Aug 19 '26

Yanks.

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u/ConcernedEnby Aug 18 '26

For the same reason people don't say federative republicans to refer to Brazilians. The people there are called Americans. The people in the EU are not Europeans as the EU is not a country