Yeah... no.

Germany switched to opposed partially because people knew about it and contacted their representatives.

They contacted their representatives because they heard about it.. through the media.

no for real. this is a tweet. with a smiling w/ tears in eyes emoji, followed by streaming tears emoji and a pointing emoji.

this IS a photo of a guy crying in a parking lot.

no context how the tweeter knew anything about this or anything substantiating of any kind, at all.

first reply here on lemmy: whats wrong with you, america?!

im NOT saying shit like this isn't happening left and right. I AM saying reading a post like this and just believing what is written puts people on the same level as right wingers who see a facebook photo of a drag queen and believe the block of text that this person spit in the face of a social worker when they didnt get their welfare benefits from the window of their penthouse during an orgy next to an elementary school and writes a comment about how lgbt+ people are monsters

except you couldn't make PENCE say PENIS with only a blue sharpie.

We have the dumbest leaders ever," one person commented. "What a weird thing to be proud of," a second person added"

this is some concise journalism. they didnt bother to even note if the people they were quoting were posting on twitter or a facebook thread in any way. just said "some dude said this".

the irish star is a dirt rag tabloid, this isnt a source worth posting. surely other platforms are reporting on this

imbecilic moron sounds a loooot like the kind of shit I would have said in middle school to sound edgy and smart

how cultures treat the remains of the dead vary. wrapping your mom's body in a sheet and hiding it in the house while you wear a wig and go to cash her checks isnt someone waking up from otherwise foolish death customs dude

robocop was supposed to be absurd and cautionary :(

oui. he found his friend dead and went to the pharmacy to get a disposable camera and took a roll of film before calling the cops. one of the photos became the band's album cover

youre technically right, but that ship has sailed. this isnt an argument worth having.

my dude, you have a sister who is going to chatgpt for facts, Id feel that she's in a lot more trouble than being a trump supporter.

and "sobering" is literally the last fucking thing I need to be happening to me in 2025

the whole good, fast and cheap, you can only have two at once is true. when this formula is violated things fall apart. fast food is now only fast (it was never good but it used to be cheap).

this is aaaaaaaAI. The mouse drops at an angle and then distorts a bit. also who the fuck has an IR camera pointing at their face while they're asleep?

we're at the point where we believe computer generated videos are real. I'm not a fan I gotta say.

no one was. I had like half a gig of rare pepes

fuck gross AI slop 👉

worship me or burn

just to say, I was close with a person who happened to be an antioch orthodox bishop who explained that their faith goes only on what jesus said before people took over and made a bunch of stuff up.

he explained I didnt have to believe, there is no hell, jesus loves me and when I die ill know jesus and be with my deceased loved ones in heaven no matter what I do.

so I was like: cool

uh oh, now you two are stuck together

thats actually pretty interesting.

I'd be firmly on your side of that fence, the idea being its cute or cool cause it happened in real life. this is a recording of real life. if its a computer drawing using the severed and reconstituted husks of other things and did not happen, its just something completely different- would she watch a hand drawn cartoon of the same thing? Would she really?

Another possibly interesting way to tease it out, is say it's a video of her close friend being given an award from a prestigious institution and she feels a sense of pride. Or, its a video from the same friend where her partner does something very sweet and poignant. In both cases, she then finds out that this never happened, its just a computer drawing her friend made of these non-events. Too different to draw out the reason while real vs fake matters? Possibly.

Say the video of a cat that can accurately work and excel spreadsheet. Does that one matter (spoiler, its REAL)

i was just pondering this today

I appreciate the commitment to making that gif