Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 11:11     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
I remember and can’t believe it’s from 2013!!
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 11:04     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:I was waiting for this thread to be referenced!


+1.

This thread, along with the one that birthed the names Larla and Larlo and the thread about "what were you doing when you found out your child was admitted to an elite private school" make up the DCUM Hall of Fame.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 11:02     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:I was expecting an actual Ode, so of course I asked GPT to write one:

Ode to the Legendary Toddler at Ruth's Chris Steak House on New Year’s Eve

Oh three-year-old, small titan of cheer,
Who dared to grace fine dining near,
When clocks chimed ten and candles glowed,
You toddled forth, the star of this ode.

Your parents, bold, with a question posed,
On forums vast where judgment flows:
"Will diners mind, or will they bless,
Our tot at midnight in her fanciest dress?"

The sages typed, their brows askew,
"Get a sitter, or we’ll scowl at you!"
"A steakhouse late? A toddler’s play?"
But no! Your folks had plans that day.

With naps pre-planned and hopes held tight,
They whisked you off into the night.
In Bethesda’s posh and hushed domain,
You joined the feast, a tiny champagne.

Oh child, did you howl or gurgle delight?
Did steak fries fly in your jubilant flight?
Did patrons sigh, their romance askew,
Or toast your pluck with a winking, “You do you”?

We see you there, with crayon and bread,
Your midnight dreams, of cow softly fed.
While grown-ups debated, “Right or rude?”
You simply danced in toddler-hued mood.

Oh mighty toddler, of legend now sung,
At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the night you were young.
May your tale endure, both ire and glee,
A toast to your midnight jubilee!


Bravo - Well Done!
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 01:38     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:Wow, so DCUM was always filled with miserable, judgmental harpies. It’s not a new thing!


Uh, you sound like the misersblec judgmental one here. People are joking about a funny story with a funny poem.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 01:00     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:Wow, so DCUM was always filled with miserable, judgmental harpies. It’s not a new thing!


Yawn.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 00:59     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:How do you get ChatGPT to write something like that?


Not OP. You give a prompt with very specific instructions and then when you get the poem, you can add more prompts to tweak it.

For example "Write me a poem about a toddler at Ruth's Christ steakhouse on New Year's Eve that includes the words midnight, champagne, crying".

Then the follow-up prompts would be "Make the poem longer and add a verse including the terms french fries, tablecloth, and cheering."

I am guessing, based on my own dinking around with Microsoft CoPilot, that OP may have reprompted it a few times.

OP, care to share the secret sauce?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 00:43     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
This is such old news by now.

Not even funny anymore.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 00:38     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Wow, so DCUM was always filled with miserable, judgmental harpies. It’s not a new thing!
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 21:44     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
I thought in the end it was realized she made it all up?? It’s a long thread so maybe I misunderstood…
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 21:30     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking about that post today… I’ve been on DCUM way too long. That restaurant in Bethesda has long since closed. I wonder how that mother and her child who must be a teenager now are doing…

Anyone else remember that one?


I drove by the Bethesda Ruth's Chris tonight and thought of that post.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 15:56     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:Wasn't their seating at 11pm????


Oh no! 10pm all the way.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 15:35     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Wasn't their seating at 11pm????
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 15:01     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
How do you get ChatGPT to write something like that?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 14:00     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
I laugh as I always brought my kid to those places and we still go out many years later.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2024 13:57     Subject: An ode to the legendary toddler at Ruth’s Chris NYE post
Anonymous wrote:I remember that thread! Man I’ve been on here way too long (since 2007!).


2007 was the year I started too! I was pregnant with my first and moving to the area.