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and sorry for the ask spam, I just figured I'd leave this on a less uhhhh discourse-y? note and just remembered something: here is a real video of a baby stoat discovering a trampoline (youtu. be/HESe9voNWXs), dude also has a longer video about various wildlife fucking around in his backyard playground

holy shit. what if i just instituted a stoat tax where everyone who wants to weigh in on something in my inbox owes me a delightful stoat. what then.

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(addition: and yes, there was and still are staged/spliced/otherwise BS videos of the "cute"/"interesting" animal video genre; those are equally infuriating to find out are faked, and even in the absence of serious issues caused by the making/sharing of the video - like animal abuse or potentially harmful misinformation - I think it's still important to point the video is staged/faked. (though I recognized in the current state of the world people might not have the bandwidth to do that all the time))

yeah, that's fair. like, personally, ive been watching ann reardon put content farms on blast for years for their fake and often dangerous recipes and life hacks, and i totally agree that the flood of non-labeled ai content is only adding to that problem right now. i don't want to just make this into a whataboutism thing. all lying for engagement is bad.

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re: the trampoline bunnies - and feel free to not engage with this, because whole thing is ultimately inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, I just wanted to share my perspective - I think part of the frustration, for me at least, is less that it's AI generated and more that it's trying to pass itself off as real? like, I'd have the same reaction if it was made via traditional VFX/CGI I think. if it was captioned "here's my vid I generated/made of bunnies on a trampoline :)" I'd be like "aww that's cute, neat video" but it seems it's trying to pass itself off as a Real Thing That Happened (I was going to add the caveat that it might not be the creator's fault because the repost might have removed a caption clarifying it was generated but uh. the og tiktok caption claims it's security cam footage?) and there's people in the notes that genuinely thought this was footage of real wild bunnies when it's... not. I can see why it wouldn't detract any whimsy or enjoyment if you know going in that it's fake - ultimately its a cute animation! - but if you thought it was real and find out it was fake, then yeah, it kind of (for me at least) elicits the about the same reaction as finding out a "fun fact" was bullshit: not really consequential, but you're disappointed the thing you thought was real isn't, and also maybe wondering why someone felt the need to lie in the first place

okay, i did not know that the og tiktok claimed it was security footage. that's a dick move. and kinda pointless, cause yeah, why WOULD you lie about that? its adorable regardless? and honestly like the recent post was talking about, i'd think it'd be both more honest AND somewhat relieving to tell people "hey, this is fake, no bunnies were harmed or endangered in the making of this silly video."

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those are great because they give you lots of your hyper-specific niche AND give you fun facts about it! very autism of them.

gimmick blogs that just add the same comment to random posts are really annoying, but gimmick blogs that curate a hyper-specific niche are created by angels. i follow a blog that just posts about soup. every time i see a post i get a concentrated dose of cozy. 10/10.

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There’s being queer/lgbt+ and there’s not being that and then there’s a grey area in between the two and I’m still inviting those people to the party tbh

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Oh to be a clam chowder rat using a bread bowl as a hot tub

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the blog is @certifiedsoupposts, if anyone else really really wants to see soup sometimes.

gimmick blogs that just add the same comment to random posts are really annoying, but gimmick blogs that curate a hyper-specific niche are created by angels. i follow a blog that just posts about soup. every time i see a post i get a concentrated dose of cozy. 10/10.

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gimmick blogs that just add the same comment to random posts are really annoying, but gimmick blogs that curate a hyper-specific niche are created by angels. i follow a blog that just posts about soup. every time i see a post i get a concentrated dose of cozy. 10/10.

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he's new, please be nice to him

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I wish there were a way to differentiate "tired because I'm understimulated and will get energized and have fun if I go out" and "tired because I'm really just tired and I'll be boring and grumpy if I go out"

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Me: I wonder where my brother is

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: How quickly this one forgets where his brother has gone to go cycling. How quickly he forgets all things. We wonder what the gods will think of this indiscression. If they think anything at all.

Me: Do you guys ever take those masks off?

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: No. It’s a sex thing.

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being in love is great except for Oh God The Hog

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i really enjoy the fanfic trope that jason is terrified of bruce when they first meet, but the actual canonical truth is that baby 12 year old jay saw the terror of the night batman after he got caught stealing from him and went "yeah, i could take him." twice.

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incubating my egg

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Why isn't "too scary" a good enough reason to never drive a car

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I have an important announcement: there is a post on here that annoys me.

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oh they threw her to the lions did they. well im the lions. and nobody was thrown to me and even if she was i wouldnt want her anyway