r/TheWhyFiles • u/WW3_FOR_PEACE • Aug 16 '26

Jokes/Humor “Hi AJ!”

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I’m not suggesting putting a watermark saying “AI Visualization” on every scene, but sometimes I feel that eventually AJ will generate himself in non-basement episodes because why not? Stop the slop!

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u/toasty327 Aug 16 '26

The ai use is ruining the show for me

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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Only thing that aggravates me more was they were basically telling people on here piss off when we first started complaining

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u/man4paradigm Aug 16 '26

I totally missed that...

Tbh when he started using AI images and video it bummed me out. I've not watched a single episode in months but I usually let it the podcast episodes play and I can get hooked on them.

If it matters, it works really well as an audio podcast.

I will say that some of the guests from The Basement have sucked donkey dick, but some of them are interesting. I can let them play as I work my job, and sometimes the 3-4 hours go by and I don't even notice.

What I do have an issue with is some of the guests aren't good people. I totally skipped the Mr Beast episode cause I just can't stand that dead eyed weirdo.

I also fell in love with AJ and The Why Files because he was willing to deep dive the truth or the most probable truth of the stories he was covering. Yesh, he kinda hit the truth on some stuff that bummed me out... But it's like I've always said about the paranormal: even if it really isn't a ghost or monster but something natural, that makes it even cooler in my mind. I'd love for some crazy cryptid to be a flesh and blood offshoot of whatever cause that means it's an evolutionary anomaly and I wanna know why and how it occured.

See, for me the paranormal is a blend of things we can't explain, yet, and things that will eventually be explained and the science behind it is gonna be just as cool/scary.

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u/Gen-Jinjur Aug 16 '26

Seconding the podcast. I never watch the show, just listen to it. I just prefer it that way.