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Cuntspiracy Man said:
Again, most AI users and proponents alike don't understand art
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Don't lump me in with the people who think that image generation models trained on artwork aren't violating copyright and whatnot. I detest the naming of these things, because they're nothing like artificial intelligence.
 
Lemon-Lime Turpentine said:
Speaking of Pokemon.
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I tried my best at counting and hit 305 plushies visible, however a great number are blocked by the Lucarios and those shelves also are clearly stuffed farther back than is visible with the eye.
Assuming there are only 305 plushies (it's definitely much higher) and each is an average of 20 bucks (he said he buys from real sellers, and the big plushes probably roughly average out with the small ones)..... that's 6,100. Not including the merch laid in front, nor that the plushie count is obviously higher than 300, nor that the average cost very well may be higher than 20 per plush.

The weird thing to me is that so many of the plushies are duplicates. What drives you to repeatedly purchase the EXACT SAME Lucario? Okay, man has a Lucario obsession- but then why does he still have duplicates for random pokemon on some back shelf, like two of the exact same boring Gengar plushie? Did he forget what ones he already owned? Just doesn't care?

Looking at some of the other pictures, it shows the plushies clearly going floor-to-ceiling, including a lot more of the larger plushies.
There's no way this collection cost any less than 8k and is probably at LEAST 10k and could easily be much more.

It would be interesting to know if this guy collects the actual trading card game cards. I'm not really into the pokemon TCG but stuff like that can hold some value and people do get into it for financial reasons rather than enjoying the game. People buy boxes upon boxes of newly released sets with the hopes that the price of their contents will increase with time. But.... plushies? Maybe some of those Christmas themed or limited edition plushies could kinda hold value, but in general.... no one wants a pre-owned stuffed animal like that. This collection might have cost 10k to buy, but he'd be lucky to sell it for 1/10th that.

From a brief look through his reddit, he definitely owns at least some pokemon cards, and apparently owns/rents a house. God, why is it always the furries with all the money? I would bet dollars to donuts that he has some obtuse tech job.
 
Consoooooom, do not clean your house, yourself or anything you own, CONSOOM!!!

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bliblblblbbllb said:
It would be interesting to know if this guy collects the actual trading card game cards. I'm not really into the pokemon TCG but stuff like that can hold some value and people do get into it for financial reasons rather than enjoying the game. People buy boxes upon boxes of newly released sets with the hopes that the price of their contents will increase with time. But.... plushies? Maybe some of those Christmas themed or limited edition plushies could kinda hold value, but in general.... no one wants a pre-owned stuffed animal like that. This collection might have cost 10k to buy, but he'd be lucky to sell it for 1/10th that.
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Some older Pokemon plushies still sell for quite a bit. You're looking at 20usd to 50usd per depending on the character. "Vintage" 1999 pillow sized ones sell for over 90 sometimes.. They'll cost even more if they were bought at the Pokemon Centre
 
So I read the discussion about AI art and then went about my day. Just now in my household an add caught my attention (husband keeps using YouTube on the Roku TV without AdBlock) and it was Alphabet trying to show off AI tools as being this wholesome thing, allowing a little girl to turn a mundane photo into a dragon. It just seemed dystopian to me, even though I don't tend to get hysterical about things. Making shitty drawings and art as a little kid in order to realize my imagination was a huge part of my, our, growing up. Took way too much effort, was all terribly done when I happen upon things stored in shoeboxes, and yet, was not a waste of time. Eye-hand motor skills, observation, imagination stretching. But now, why bother when you can make perfect images in seconds? Yawn, right?
So it doesn't involve physical objects but it just seems so empty, as has been stated. I don't even have a problem with using AI for assistance, I just think it's a problem for beings like us, who are still flesh and bone primates, to completely avoid all challenges and struggles.
Anyway...that's just my thoughts. My kids have access to all the physical art supplies they want and I cherish every weird ass thing they make.
 
Lady Bizness said:
So I read the discussion about AI art and then went about my day. Just now in my household an add caught my attention (husband keeps using YouTube on the Roku TV without AdBlock) and it was Alphabet trying to show off AI tools as being this wholesome thing, allowing a little girl to turn a mundane photo into a dragon. It just seemed dystopian to me, even though I don't tend to get hysterical about things. Making shitty drawings and art as a little kid in order to realize my imagination was a huge part of my, our, growing up. Took way too much effort, was all terribly done when I happen upon things stored in shoeboxes, and yet, was not a waste of time. Eye-hand motor skills, observation, imagination stretching. But now, why bother when you can make perfect images in seconds? Yawn, right?
So it doesn't involve physical objects but it just seems so empty, as has been stated. I don't even have a problem with using AI for assistance, I just think it's a problem for beings like us, who are still flesh and bone primates, to completely avoid all challenges and struggles.
Anyway...that's just my thoughts. My kids have access to all the physical art supplies they want and I cherish every weird ass thing they make.
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IMO. Most modern day images churned out by the masses isn’t “art.” All the fuckwads I see in real life bitching about AI “art” are the same weirdos that poorly draw Pokémon hentai. They don’t want to improve their skills. They don’t make actual art. They’re not thoughtful or creative. Just endless shitty fan art you’d find in droves on DeviantArt. Literal middle school level drawing skill - no desire to actually improve at all.

Just because something is an image - or a drawing - doesn’t make it “art.” AI images aren’t art. That’s why they can replace images that also aren’t art. Think about images used in marketing. That shit isn’t “art” - it’s soulless. Most shit has no soul.

If you’re an actual artist making art, you’re fine. Because AI doesn’t make art. It makes the same static noise as the human masses.

Children’s art actually should have soul and putting AI image creation in their hands is pointless and destructive.
 
Sinner's Sandwich said:
Ooga booga, computer pictures bad!1 🙄
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If it ever replaces the childhood development phase of "fucking around with crayons so you can cringe at it 20 years later" just like Youtube Kids has started to replace "crawling around outdoors digging holes & lighting insects on fire with a Zippo" then yes, it is unequivocally bad and should be rooted out, benefits be damned.
 
George Lucas said:
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It’s an old console, so not purely consoom, but still cringe and kind of sad. I can’t help but think there’s a certain level of mental illness with these kinds of people.
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I still have my first Gamecube, and had to pay $80 for a copy of Pikmin 2. It's pretty fun, and I still need to beat it. If he plays the games, then it's fine; otherwise, sure, it's mental illness.
 
George Lucas said:
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It’s an old console, so not purely consoom, but still cringe and kind of sad. I can’t help but think there’s a certain level of mental illness with these kinds of people.
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It still boggles my mind why won't these niggers just emulate their games. I can't even imagine paying more than $20 on a new game unless I'm really sure it's going to be good (which is rare) and I sure as shit wouldn't pay $20 for something that came out in 2003.
 
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