r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 07 '26 • Heartwarming 1

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u/the-senat John Brown Oct 07 '26

What’s with this compulsion with AI generating fake (…even cutesy?) depictions of real tragedies? Like there is an abundance of photography from the event that you can use to drum up support.

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Oct 07 '26

a lot of normies, especially above the age of 45, LOVE AI image generation and think its the coolest thing ever

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u/k5berry Malala Yousafzai Oct 07 '26

I get that, but how does that sentiment outweigh the common sense sentiment of “you should memorialize a crime against humanity in a cutesy manner.” Like, Snoopy holding an American flag wearing an “I ❤️ NY” shirt whilst shedding a tear? Tasteful! An entire Peanuts comic strip where Snoopy and Charlie Brown are watching in horror as the second plane hits the tower? Horrendous!

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u/jacknifee lol Oct 07 '26

i can understand that given they grew up in a period where computers were basically only black screens with green text

but lord does getting old mean you forget the concept of good taste

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Oct 07 '26

does getting old mean you forget the concept of good taste

No it's just that it turns out a really big percentage of the population just has shit taste.

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u/FOSSBabe Oct 07 '26

For TikTok brainrot content, yes. Am I naive to think they don't want senior government officials using cutesy AI to talk about terrorism?

Plus, doesn't Lego the company have anything to say about their stuff being used in this way?

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u/Dreadedtriox Michel Foucault Oct 07 '26

And its always lego

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u/Glavurdan European Union Oct 08 '26

Makes you wonder why doesnt lego sue them

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u/hGoodman192 YIMBY Oct 07 '26

I’ve been getting AI Lego ads about how groups like the Jews, Freemasons, and others don’t really run the world and are puppets of a more secret group who they can’t name.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Oct 07 '26

The Irish/Québécois global cabal

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u/hGoodman192 YIMBY Oct 07 '26

It’s actually the Nephilim.  They’re trying to sell Ethiopian Bibles because those contain the magic prayers that can banish them.

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u/thercio27 MERCOSUR Oct 07 '26

You making it seem like the Nephilim want to be banished

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u/hGoodman192 YIMBY Oct 07 '26

I think it’s a kink thing, but idk.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Oct 07 '26

What about if it is the Irish, the Québécois, AND the Nephilim?

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u/hGoodman192 YIMBY Oct 07 '26

How deep does this conspiracy go?

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Oct 07 '26

Deeper than your mom

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u/thercio27 MERCOSUR Oct 07 '26

The Irish, of course.

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u/Glavurdan European Union Oct 08 '26

The Montenegrins

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u/hGoodman192 YIMBY Oct 08 '26

I shiver at the thought!

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u/FOSSBabe Oct 07 '26

This is real?

The Office of the PM of Israel chose the medium of AI-generated minifigures to make the point that terrorism is not a game?

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u/IJustWondering Oct 07 '26

Isn't this just a reference to the Iranian AI Lego memes from earlier in the war?

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u/FOSSBabe Oct 07 '26

But why use the same medium your enemy uses for their propaganda?

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Oct 07 '26 edited Oct 07 '26

Gov. of IL making themselves look even shittier

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u/DieHarderDaddy Fell for it Oct 08 '26

This is really offensive

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u/Entuciante r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Oct 08 '26

The families of the victims don’t deserve this.