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  1. Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design

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    https://ibb.co/N6h1Ts8v https://ibb.co/HfGGrWnK

    do not seem to be AI-generated at all

    interesting to me how bad people as a whole are at identifying AI.

    Presumably a few different people have reviewed these pictures before publishing this article.

    the other reason I bring this up is because seeing it published in a reputable outlet means that three or four different people reviewed these, and came to what seems like the wrong conclusion

    https://ibb.co/N6h1Ts8v
    https://ibb.co/HfGGrWnK

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  2. Comment on The effects of the EU’s Cohesion Policy in ~finance

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    Not happening outside of k*czyński's wet dreams. Poland is cooked if that happens and everyone knows it. It's a reactionary move from pis to steal vote share from konfa/kkp because they've been...

    Not happening outside of k*czyński's wet dreams. Poland is cooked if that happens and everyone knows it. It's a reactionary move from pis to steal vote share from konfa/kkp because they've been actively losing support over the past year as it is speedrunning losing their spot as one of the 2 main parties in the next elections. Especially with the Morawiecki splitting from pis I reckon it's even less likely even if in a hypothetical scenario we get a pis+rplus govt next year.
    it's 3 out of 4 Poles actively want to remain in the EU, even among the conservative right. We'd completely fucked as soon as we even announced leaving.

    Also:

    I always thought they were the dummies but that's a pretty nifty heist they're pulling.

    Who are "they" in this section?

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Any obscure songs you'd like to share? in ~music

  4. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

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    I wish, but no. @creesch has also written a userscript or something, but nothing tildes-wide. And sadly it's one of the biggest reasons I'm thinking of quitting this website

    I wish, but no. @creesch has also written a userscript or something, but nothing tildes-wide. And sadly it's one of the biggest reasons I'm thinking of quitting this website

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  5. Comment on Polish ex-PM Mateusz Morawiecki launches "Rozwój Plus" parliamentary group following a split from Poland's Law and Justice party in ~society

  9. Comment on What are your favourite fragrances, and why? in ~talk

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    Indeed, and our conversation is precisely what inspired me to post this question here :) Love the backstory though!

    Indeed, and our conversation is precisely what inspired me to post this question here :)

    Love the backstory though!

    3 votes

  10. Comment on What are your favourite fragrances, and why? in ~talk

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    I have way too many drugstore-level perfumes, but lately I've been a very big fan of Sabrina Carpenter's Sweet Tooth - Lemon Pie: it really smells exactly like a "babka cake" with lemon peel/juice...

    I have way too many drugstore-level perfumes, but lately I've been a very big fan of Sabrina Carpenter's Sweet Tooth - Lemon Pie: it really smells exactly like a "babka cake" with lemon peel/juice in it

    I love smelling like a dessert

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Modern, abstract art makes me angry in ~arts

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    Myself, I see a wilted rose bush alongside wilted flowers of the daisy family, over a large body of water containing (and surrounded by) various creatures, including, among others, an octopus, a...

    Myself, I see a wilted rose bush alongside wilted flowers of the daisy family, over a large body of water containing (and surrounded by) various creatures, including, among others, an octopus, a duckling, and a poodle dog. Like you, I do see some negativity portrayed in it, but I'm seeing it more as a post-apocalyptic painting (perhaps due to climate change) rather than gore

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  19. Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities

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    Well that just means I fooled you so bad. You've been so bamboozled. Gaslight girlboss gatekeep.

    Well that just means I fooled you so bad. You've been so bamboozled. Gaslight girlboss gatekeep.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Modern, abstract art makes me angry in ~arts

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    As someone who only somewhat recently started appreciating the more recent art waves - @Evie I'd love to see your take on this Personally, sure, in that set there's got to be a subset you...

    As someone who only somewhat recently started appreciating the more recent art waves - @Evie I'd love to see your take on this

    Personally, sure, in that set there's got to be a subset you subjectively won't vibe with. But there's also great things too.

    For instance, the amazing @faye_luna recently told me about Yves Klein's blue painting, where he mixed a pigment for the first time in history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Klein_Blue), and I think that painting is beautiful and has a strange charm to it even if it is just monochrome. Or, Faye once also told me about Teresa Margolles's "Bandera I", basically a flag dyed with blood collected from execution sites in Mexico. They're just monochrome, sure, but they have a lot of subjective art value and merit for me. Or, again, see @faye_luna's photography work "Gash" from last year's timasomo. It's easy to go "oh, it's just a polaroid with a string in it, everyone can do it", but it evokes an emotional response to me and it actually speaks to me in some way. How is it meritless art?

    Then there's the other stuff. It's easy to go, "oh, it's just meaningless bullshit made to launder money and scam people", and surely such examples exist, but it doesn't have to be like that. There is plenty of "modern art" that can mean something to you, once you're ready for it. I can look at some of those sculptures and installations and be like, yeah, that honestly does describe how I feel right now.

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