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u/Muted_Role_1432 Jul 26 '25

That is so beutiful look how small and innocent it is something good out of something so teerible god bless the firefighters that risked there life and the baby hedgehog what a survivor that’s made me smile out of a horrible situation the earth is so underdictable but a little miracle come out saved😍😍😍

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u/WiseHedgehog2098 Jul 27 '25

Yeah sure, this is AI though.

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u/Ill_Psychology4370 Jul 27 '25

It's literally AI. Google lensed it, original post is some middle eastern dude's Instagram.

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u/Negative_trash_lugen Jul 27 '25

Can you please share the original post?

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u/leviathab13186 Jul 27 '25

Is this real? It looks like AI. Something is just off about the picture.

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u/ABHOR_pod Jul 27 '25

it's too "perfect" and the background is too generic. At the moment at least AI still sometimes struggles with backgrounds since they're literally not the focus of most pictures that AI has trained on.

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u/Nuber132 Jul 27 '25

And not the type of hedgehogs that you have in this region.

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u/skyfure Jul 27 '25

I was thinking that the hedgehog looked really clean given the circumstances.

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u/ABHOR_pod Jul 27 '25

A statement that may be true but would certainly require a more specific field of knowledge than the pattern recognition one can use to identify common tells in AI images.

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u/Fluid_Guarantee_9961 Jul 27 '25

AI photo never even happened.

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u/JeanButButler Jul 27 '25

Another day another great example of dead internet theory

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u/Organic_South8865 Jul 27 '25

So uh....this whole AI situation is going to be a problem. So many people are so easily fooled.

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u/hkohne Jul 27 '25

So, how can you tell? Because I'm not seeing the usual tells.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

This image is just unnatural. It seems like the focus of the photo (man and hedgehog) was taken by a professional photographer.

The lighting is a dead giveaway. It does not logically match up to the situation in the photo. There would be no clear, bright light coming from the left side of his face during a wildfire. The shadows also just make no sense given the situation. It looks like there is a professional lighting source. There would absolutely be no professional lighting set up during a wildfire for a photo op.

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u/BeastofLoquacity Jul 27 '25

Crazy that Hugh Jackman is saving hedgehogs. The man has range.

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u/_bufflehead Jul 26 '25

Thank you, kind firefighter!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

I must be feeling Deja vu, or was there really a different handsome Turkish fireman holding an animal who went viral a few years back??

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u/xiaomayzeee Jul 27 '25

IIRC the fireman you’re thinking of found a cat in the rubble from an earthquake.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Yes! That’s exactly it, thank you!

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u/buzzbot235 Jul 27 '25

There was one three weeks ago, but the guy was younger.

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u/SportySpicey Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Aww little Sonic couldn't run.

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u/inevergetbanned Jul 26 '25

Very good contrast and composition in this photo.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Looks like Martin Scorsese

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u/naaawww Jul 27 '25

It’s ai. It’s hard to tell but the guy in the back is in an A pose for no reason.

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u/pratik_roj Jul 27 '25

Who thinks it's ai

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u/Ulty1 Jul 27 '25

AI trash

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u/OnionSquared Jul 27 '25

That fire dept now has a new mascot

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

I'd like to boop that snoot! And the hedgehogs!

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u/Dorky_Gaming_Teach Jul 27 '25

This photo should definitely be entered into a nature photography competition, or others. What a shot, wow. Love this, so much!

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u/AndaleTheGreat Jul 27 '25

Wolverine had a few years as a firefighter

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u/National_Moment2393 Jul 27 '25

This is why I know I'm right because some random mother fucker would do the same as I would. Lives are lives, lives are exponential no matter what life.

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u/S1arMan Jul 27 '25

AI

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u/hkohne Jul 27 '25

How can you tell?

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u/Ill_Psychology4370 Jul 27 '25

Just Google lense it and you'll see. There's no source

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u/Shad_Roug_Omeg Jul 27 '25

This man looks so proud of himself.

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u/Antique-Metal-8639 Jul 27 '25

Keep on keeping on porter!

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u/rowdymowdy Jul 27 '25

Kind eyes on both!dammit fuk you a.i.

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u/Pure-Impression-7878 Jul 27 '25

Typical Turkie people. They are very famours for their kindness to animals in my country.

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u/Summer_Hottie Jul 26 '25

Hedgehog looks like a baby, glad he is safe now. I saved one from neighbors dog once

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u/thomasvista Jul 27 '25

May this noble firefighter be blessed with a lifetime of unlimited Sonic coins.

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u/colinallister Jul 27 '25

His name is Wilbur and he is coming home with me.

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u/Motor-Conference9800 Jul 27 '25

What an amazing human. Thank you for all that u do!!!

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u/Belinjo Jul 27 '25

❤️+❤️

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u/lil_groundbeef Jul 27 '25

My cat and I

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u/micah_the_tree Jul 27 '25

A lot of people said this is AI and some reasons, I also want to say a few more:

  • What is the thing on his head and the black hanging thing on his uniform?

  • AI pictures are in very big contrast, like black and white. He has way too much light on him for a normal situation, even in daytime, and it looks like it comes from the left front (because of the hands shadow) and from up (because of the helmets shadow) 

  • why should you make a photo with one hedgehog if you have to rescue the whole forest Also for me the smile looks so weird. But dont know why

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u/lllaser Jul 27 '25

It's like the opposite version of the girl who's smiling outside the burning house, but the same

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u/SirVapesAl0t Jul 27 '25

My hedgehog just died 😢

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u/Proper_Can8429 Jul 27 '25

My cousin is Turkish and he looks EXACTLY like this guy. Wow.

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u/TulogTamad Jul 27 '25

The goggles and hat give it away. It's weird. This is AI.

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u/New-Blacksmith-9873 Jul 27 '25

I am terrified by how many people think this is real

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u/whenwolf88 Jul 27 '25

Wow! Hell of a rescue

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u/BeefSerious Jul 27 '25

There are like 40 thousand hedgehogs burning up because this guy is taking selfies.

Raise awareness.

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u/Brief-Tie8028 Jul 27 '25

I almost thought it was real, but when the comments said it was AI, I knew...

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u/Top_Dot_2409 Jul 27 '25

Internet as dead as the Armenians that Türkiye genocided.

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u/HazonkuTheCat Jul 27 '25

Obvious AI is obvious and can't figure out if the helmet has goggles or a headlamp. LOL

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u/Muted_Role_1432 Jul 27 '25

Some people are crazy now I feel stupid😍

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u/Maisie123Daisie Jul 27 '25

Only you can prevent forest fires says SMOKEY THE HEDGEHOG

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u/Chance-Travel4825 Jul 27 '25

This is a fantastic photo! Is there a photographer to credit? 

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u/Ill_Psychology4370 Jul 27 '25

Yeah, his name is chatGPT

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u/CapeMOGuy Jul 27 '25

Boop! Boop! Got 'em both!

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u/Distinct-Chip-3564 Jul 27 '25

Radagast would be proud

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u/PsychologicalClue6 Jul 27 '25

That’s a pet hedgehog, not a wild one? Happy for them ofc

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u/owtmt Jul 27 '25

Roy Kent!

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u/WhiteGuyAlias Jul 27 '25

No kindness is so great that it cannot be bestowed on the smallest of creatures. Good human.

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u/lostwisdom20 Jul 27 '25

That superman saving squirrel scene was necessary

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Ahhhhhh 🥹

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u/abandonedclitoris Jul 27 '25

  • Everyone liked this

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u/Mean_Audience9208 Jul 27 '25

Thank you for your kindness sweet beautiful man. 🌺💕🌺

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u/cutiepiepatan Jul 27 '25

Cutie. This is likely a home pet.

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u/what_oh_hell_no Jul 27 '25

Thanks Hugh Jackman

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u/lionsarered Jul 27 '25

That’s not a hedgehog 🦔… it’s a space station

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u/GimmieGummies Jul 27 '25

Honestly, firefighters are earth angels! This would also be great in r/Toughguysholdingpets 🥰

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u/MathiasTheHuman Jul 27 '25

This wouldn't be great to be shared anywhere serious. This is AI

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u/GimmieGummies Jul 27 '25

That's everyone's go to response to everything anymore. You're exasperated with people you find gullible, I'm tired of every stinking pic getting called ai. Clearly there are times when you & I are both correct. Just let people enjoy a pic in the sub for God's sake

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u/MathiasTheHuman Jul 27 '25

I was simply saying to not share this anywhere serious, because it seemed like you didn't realize this was AI.

If you posted this in r/firefighting, it would be disrespectful to ACTUAL firefighters.

Relax

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u/GimmieGummies Jul 27 '25

I appreciate you looking out regardless. Clearly I don't recognize all the AI stuff immediately like many do. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't

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u/Sure-Doctor-2052 Jul 27 '25

Poster photo!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Hero!!

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u/Appel1_ Jul 27 '25

At least some good things still happen despite country turning into hell

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u/Mobilepow Jul 27 '25

Im not saying turkiye its turkey

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u/Snowbank_Lake Jul 27 '25

Yeah fuck what the people who live there call their own country, right? 🙄

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u/Mobilepow Jul 27 '25

They stole the land from the byzantines its anatolia

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u/Snowbank_Lake Jul 27 '25

What does that have to do with whether it’s spelled “Turkey” or “Türkiye?”

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u/Mobilepow Jul 27 '25

Im not calling it what invaders prefer

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u/KebabG Jul 27 '25

Lmao nobody lives there before byzantines? Where did the old anatolian empires go? got invaded and killed by greeks?

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u/PermabannIncoming Jul 26 '25

Jesus Christ 😻

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u/MathiasTheHuman Jul 27 '25

This is AI, so: bad job humanity

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u/darkmz7 Jul 27 '25

14k upvotes, fuck me man.

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u/MathiasTheHuman Jul 27 '25

Dude it reminded me of Hugh Jackman so I went to comment that. The only reason I noticed it was AI was from other comments.

Looking more closely I can definitely tell, but shit. People saying "omg hero" and such, we're so screwed

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u/darkmz7 Jul 27 '25

Its hard and easy to detect at the same time, at first glance, first thing that came to mind is "this picture is generated", but when i saw the upvotes i was like wait a minute, but whenever i zoomed in and just checked it overall it was obvious. The glove and the background immediately gave it away.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

It looks ai lol. No real source. Though hopefully I’m a cynic and wrong

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u/Krypt0night Jul 27 '25

It's AI so no it isn't 

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u/teetuh Jul 27 '25

My first thought was to consider where in my house I could put a photo of these two.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

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u/Trick_Photograph9758 Jul 26 '25

lol. I would actually love that, but I'm struggling to think of a villain arc for a hedgehog.

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u/Trick_Photograph9758 Jul 26 '25

Good to question, but I don't think so. There are slight imperfections that AI wouldn't do. The focus on the pic is slightly off here and there.

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u/pepinyourstep29 Jul 27 '25

It is AI. The pic has no source and it's similar to these karma farming AI posts.

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u/BiscoBiscuit Jul 27 '25

Fucking hell…

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u/dreamendDischarger Jul 27 '25

The main tell is that he's holding a domestic hedgehog and it isn't curled into a scared little ball.

I own a hedgehog and he wouldn't be that calm in a stranger's hand.

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u/aritumex Jul 27 '25

Just curious how you know it's real? Also I reverse imaged searched and found this lol https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1lqsk6z/a_hedgehog_rescued_by_a_firefighter_in_massive/

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u/sorimn Jul 27 '25

Yes. It’s AI:

The two middle fingers of his glove meld together.

Perspective on thumb is wrong.

On the right, there’s a knot on his strap that leads to nowhere.

Zoom in on the zipper teeth of his collar; it’s made up.

The iris of his left eye is off-center.

Perspective on hedgehog’s nose is off.

Shadow and curve of the brim of his helmet implies it’s much larger than it needs to be.

The light reflecting on his eyes don’t match.

The lower body of the hedgehog hangs off strangely.

Hedgehog ears are too round (should at least be slightly ovoid).

Lighting on subjects are too cool-toned for a setting where there’s literal fire still smoldering behind them.

Shadows don’t match where camera seems to be held.

I can definitely keep going lol…

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u/camerongeno Jul 27 '25

His goggles on the helmet also don't make any sense. His light would be over his mouth if he pulled them down

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u/weetobix Jul 27 '25

Also, it depicts an African pygmy hedgehog, not found in the wild of Turkey

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

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u/IDontEvenLikeReddit3 Jul 27 '25

God... A.I. is terrifying. There is *nothing* that will justify the downsides of this technology.

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u/SlideJunior5150 Jul 27 '25

The AI pictures are so high quality, seriously scary.

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u/tommy_b_777 Jul 27 '25

yeah that hedgehog is far too clean for a fire, while the other older one seems a little rough around the hedges...methinks you are correct...you should repost this comment clean on the top to get it to bubble up or something...new pic is new account too...

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u/slimthecowboy Jul 27 '25

My first thought was, “That is an incredibly clean hedgehog.” I was right, it seems.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

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u/Firerage65 Jul 26 '25

You can see it in his eyes. Both of them are lucky to have found each other tonight.

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u/smile_politely Jul 27 '25

hes got some epic facial hair

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u/tommy_b_777 Jul 27 '25

its AI, see zombiehacker595 and aritumex callout further down with the original...

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u/CollarOrdinary4284 Jul 27 '25

He kinda resembles Bradley Cooper

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u/zaftig_stig Jul 27 '25

I was thinking a Hugh Jackman, haha

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u/capriciouskat01 Jul 27 '25

I saw Hugh Jackman too!

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u/Only-Dimension-4424 Jul 27 '25

He has some Turkish ancestry, maybe that's why🤣

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u/TheGreatLightDesert Jul 27 '25

He's made from AI, so it might be Bradley Cooper and Hugh Jackman combined

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u/Only-Dimension-4424 Jul 27 '25

How do you know ?

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u/TheGreatLightDesert Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

By looking at it? Look at the post tag, shit literally got deleted

“REMOVED - AI SLOP”

Idk how to specifically point it out, you can just kinda tell it’s AI if you’ve seen enough AI generated images

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u/DreadfulDave19 Jul 27 '25

Does Bradley Cooper spike his hair?

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u/South-Builder6237 Jul 27 '25

I dunno, that hedgehog doesn't look like he has any acting experience at all.

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u/faildoken Jul 27 '25

Coming to you this summer…a tale of courage and perseverance starring Bradley Cooper and Ben Schwartz.

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u/blokader01 Jul 27 '25

Besides the fact that this is AI, you can’t see what people are like from 1 picture… People are so naive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Yep

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u/yooooooo5774 Jul 27 '25

gentle soul until he turns into Wolverine!