A viral photo of a guy smoking in McDonald’s is completely fake — and of course made by AI::Look at the fingers. You always have to look at the fingers
Am I the only one that’s seeing this pic for the first time?
Same. Not sure why it would go viral.
Exactly my thought. Looks pretty boring and not something I would consider sharing even if it was a single button push.
Yeah, and 5 years ago, this would have at least been a somewhat interesting slice-of-life picture. Now it’s just bullshit. This could just as well be Mozart smoking a fat one at a McCleopatra’s in feudal China. It would be just as a meaningful.
It didn’t go viral. The article said it went viral to make a viral.
MacD’s trying out stable diffusion for their new ad campaign
I spend an embarrassingly stupid amount of time on the internet.
Every time I see an article describing something as “viral”, it’s almost always the first time I’m hearing about it. (Also, coincidentally often the last time)
“Viral” is completely meaningless now.
I saw it before the news…but not sure how much viral it went.
Or the sign at the top.
“MODLIDANI”
Or the fact that he’s apparently cut the chest out of his t-shirt, while his vest doesn’t wrap around the back of his torso.
As someone who grew up in a white trash landfill, that’s probably the least suspicious thing
I was thinking that. The first time I saw this I didn’t look closely and thought “yes, this is pretty much how I remember it, except I’d be scared that guy was going to ash out his cigarette in my burger and slap me on the back of the head as he leaves because he’s probably one of my cousins”.
This is 100% accurate.
I only learned it was fake today, from this post. I mean, I see all the little details now, but before I just assumed someone found an old picture of their dad and wanted some internet points. There’s part of me that sees the humor in gettin got, but it’s a nervous laugh for how easily I got got. Near future’s gonna be wild
It was the fashion at the time /s
Right… at the time…
Puts down scissors and undershirt
Leg warmers are back.
Nicely done, that’s hilarious. The current state of “AI” is deeply embarrassing and massively over-hyped. Maybe a few trillion more dollars of funding will do the trick…
And drinking a refreshing Ç̷̧̡̢̧̧̙͓̮̮͖͎̱̤̳̙̺͍̺̜͇̠̯̗̼̯͍̖͈̝͎͙͓̦̞̝͙̺̼̗̘̲̙̮̺̪̹̪̗͓͍̳̲̼͈̖͗͑̾̈́̓̀͗̈́͜͜͝͝ͅͅơ̸̧̡̢̧̢̨̛̛̛̙̟̦͓̜̯̖̬̩̙͚̭͚̱͓̫͖̙̮̪̗̜̗̻̬͖̝̖͉̩̻̺͇̲̩̦͍͚̝̐̾͆̾̃̓́͋͑̀͑́̆̌̒͂̍̎̊̂̓̆̔̀͗̉̄̍̒̎́̒͊͛͌̑̒̽̿̇̀̅̊̄͆̊̈̿̀̂̓̈́͌͛̃͑͑͊̚̚̚̕͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅk̶̢̨̢̛̛̛̮̻͕̱͙̰̬̟͕̝̪̮̥͎̪̻͇̣̼͚͍̲̪͙̗̹̱̺̆͑͐̈́͛̏̽͐̿́̈́͗̽̏̔̋͊̀̅̽́̀̿̓̉͐͊͊̐̍̆̎̍̀͒̋̈́̔̿̔́͑̽̔́͛̾̂͑̈́̔̈́͌̍̈̄͛̍͐͐̈́̃͌̄̋̈́́̌̓̉̇̿̀̀̚̚͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͠ę̶̡̛͚͓̲̼͈̭͚̙̼͕̮̙̫̖͓̜̣͕̠̞̫̗͙̥͚̣̣̲̫̜̟͔̯̫̩̼̤̅͒̌̍̑̀̇͂̄͗̀̊̄̅̔̔͗̂̾̉̓̐͗̋͗͊̀̏̇͛̊̏̃̌͌́̈͋̑̒͒̈͌̈́͑̂̈͋̎̑̓̊̀́̐̚̚͜͝͠͝͝͠͝a̸̢̡̢̧̧̤̜̰̠̩̯͙͔̖̳̳̩̘̥͙͙̙̬̦̺̗̝͛́̍̓̇́̀͆͑͜ć̴̡̨̧̛̖̱̥̙̳͓̤̻̑͐̅̑̏̐͊͒̾̎́͗̋̎̈́͐̌̇̓͆̓̒͐̔̄́̂̊͑̒̉͑͑͂́͛͋͒̊͋̓̓̀͂͒̎͋͋̎̽́͋̀̏͒̒̿̒̽̂̔̂̀̅͂̋͐̋̈̀̿̿́̍̕̚͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͠ơ̸̢̨̨̢̲͚̤͖͇̦̯͓͍̤͈̹̖̞͕̗̬̮͔͚͙͎̩̣͓̹͎͚͈̖̚͜l̴̨̢̧̡̢̢̢̡̨̢̧̛̺̳̭̘͙̬͙͖̬̲̠͔͈͎͇̠̼̘̗̭̤̥̖̭̻͎̱͈͓̲̺̬̫̤̻̙̮̬̯̻͖͇͔̹̩̟̰̣͙̫͎̤͔̼̩͙̬̖̟̪̤͇̟̫̭̳͙͈͇̮̞͕̰̮̙̪̳̟͈̿́͌̀̄̽͗̄̄̆͑̔͊̈̊͌̄͒͋̎̓͐͂̀͛̊͊̐͂̀̽̒̂̊̔̆̏̌̍͛̾̉̽̑̾̋̅͛̌̆̎͛͑̉͑̕̕̕̚͜͠͝͠å̸̧̧̨̨̛̛̛͍̖̗̲͙̝̜̲̪͖̟̬̱̜̜͚̳̻͉͎̪̩͎͈̟̻̫̟͖̲̤̜̥̮̝̗̳͖͕̻̞̙̳̤͚̹̳͍̭͔̤̼͍̬̼̌̒̔͂̈͆̆͒͂͌̄͗̌̆̉̀̉̽́͂̔̆͂̽̌̈́̏́̿͋͂̎́͛̑͛̐͗̋̑̀̃̀̇̎͛̊̇̆͊̏͗͂̋̒̎͛͆̅͑̀̿̎̉͊͑̍̚̚͘̕͘͘͜͠͠͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅ
At least that looks like letters. Check out the Coca-Cola cup.
I think we need AI generated protest signs to hang from bridges just to mess with people.
AI or not, this looks unnervingly accurate enough to be one of my uncles in the 80s, including the open chest denim vest sewn onto a tshirt. The 80s was wild, kids.
It’s super accurate all the way down to the C̴̛͔̫̘̳̜̗̹̮͍͉̲̟̰̐̀̅͒͘͜͠o̶͔̙͙̦͎̩͛̓̔̀͋͜ç̸̧̛̯̰̱̤͔͍͖̥͉̟͍̌̄͗̎̅͌̒̀̀͊̈́̓͘͝a̴̳͇͉͌̔̔͋̍͋̏̈́͝c̷̛͎̙̟͘o̴͕̟̳̺͈̤͓̪̟͕̣̮̳͖̦̓́͂̓͗͊̅͠l̷̝̦̟̱̭̗͇̘̳̗̫͐̑͋a̸̡̡̺̹͉̠̺̹͉̙̮̍̏̂̚͝͝
It’s interesting how it still looks kindof correct at a glance, until you look at it specifically.
It’s actually a common drink at McDlidani
Lets see:
- Straw in the fries container
- Chest hair growing thru his shirt
- “Cocacola” text on the mug
- His hands and those hamburgers
- MODLIDANI sign on the wall
- The heck is that white hat on that dude on the background
You’ve never heard of the fishing hat that dreamed of being a baseball hat?
That’s not hair growing through the shirt that’s simply a bare chest. AI can paint both shirt and chest just fine, but doesn’t understand garments, doesn’t understand that if you have t-shirt sleeves you don’t have a bare chest. Could happen with a dress shirt but then the collar is missing: It’s denim-on-skin in the chest and neck area which the AI can easily make consistent because it’s continuous, then shirt-and-denim on the shoulders, which also makes sense. It’s the combination that doesn’t.
The person at the table to his right is also topless.
First thing to look for is the hands
But they look normal? People keep saying that, but except the weird position which it’s a picture which it could have caught you in a weird position and that’s it. Like we only see 4 finger on one hand but the thumb could be bended and not visible from the angle.
If you zoom yeah…one finger seems to end up converting to burger but that requires quite a deep look.
But maybe I am missing something.
AI generated or not, I distinctly remember the brown glass ashtrays as McDonalds when I was growing up, so it definitely was allowed.
You had some fancy-ass McDonald’s in your area then. Ours has those flimsy tin/aluminum ashtrays.
Looknat them fingers! When the coca cola logo looks like a CAPTCHA test and the guy is eating food off the table
Also, as was pointed out in the original post a few days ago, the booth in the left part of the background makes no sense in relationship with both the table, and the guy in the right part of the background. Those tables wouldn’t be laid out like that. Also guy in the right background has a capcha face, and the person in the way back has no face. No ashtrays, they had brown glass or yellow tin ashtrays. Also, what’s up with his shirt? Sleeves, but no collar, and apparently no chest piece.
Is that a straw instead of French fries?
I saw those things, and yet, sadly, my brain was still trying to make sense of it all, rather than saying “yo, Bear, this image is all kinds of fucked up, probably not real”.
And I’m a cynical, suspicious bastard. We’re fucking doomed.
I like how the french fries got a drinking straw
I mean it’s super obviously AI generated, what with the yellow fry box with white sides, and red coke cup with gibberish on it. He has a second white cup behind his hands seemingly floating in mid-air, and his hands are together holding… nothing. There’s a sign in the background that seems to say “Modlidawi” instead of “McDonald’s”
And he’s also wearing a t shirt which apparently doesn’t have a chest since you can see this dudes naked chest.
Lots of inconsistencies in the photo. AI doesn’t do a very good job. If you look hard enough you’ll see shit that makes zero real world sense.
mcdonalds? the sign clearly says “modlidani”
fingers? try the coca cola logo…
But I can tell you in the 80s, I smoked in McDo, enjoying my Royale, with a beer :)
I’m going to need to see a version with everything in denim to make sure.
This is like that episode of Rick and Morty.
That cigarette and McDonalds French fry smell is etched on my brain.
is there a tag on the shirt of the guy with the weird hat?
“Can you believe this is AI” is the new “Can you believe what this republican said?”
