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.
I hope so. My question is, why is this pic allegedly going viral?
MacD’s trying out stable diffusion for their new ad campaign
“Viral” is completely meaningless now.
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)
It was posted in some community on Lemmy. I saw it in my feed but don’t remember where.
I saw it before the news…but not sure how much viral it went.
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 McLidani
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”.
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
This is 100% accurate.
I think that’s pretty bad ass actually.
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…
It was the fashion at the time /s
Right… at the time…
Puts down scissors and undershirt
And drinking a refreshing Ç̷̧̡̢̧̧̙͓̮̮͖͎̱̤̳̙̺͍̺̜͇̠̯̗̼̯͍̖͈̝͎͙͓̦̞̝͙̺̼̗̘̲̙̮̺̪̹̪̗͓͍̳̲̼͈̖͗͑̾̈́̓̀͗̈́͜͜͝͝ͅͅơ̸̧̡̢̧̢̨̛̛̛̙̟̦͓̜̯̖̬̩̙͚̭͚̱͓̫͖̙̮̪̗̜̗̻̬͖̝̖͉̩̻̺͇̲̩̦͍͚̝̐̾͆̾̃̓́͋͑̀͑́̆̌̒͂̍̎̊̂̓̆̔̀͗̉̄̍̒̎́̒͊͛͌̑̒̽̿̇̀̅̊̄͆̊̈̿̀̂̓̈́͌͛̃͑͑͊̚̚̚̕͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅk̶̢̨̢̛̛̛̮̻͕̱͙̰̬̟͕̝̪̮̥͎̪̻͇̣̼͚͍̲̪͙̗̹̱̺̆͑͐̈́͛̏̽͐̿́̈́͗̽̏̔̋͊̀̅̽́̀̿̓̉͐͊͊̐̍̆̎̍̀͒̋̈́̔̿̔́͑̽̔́͛̾̂͑̈́̔̈́͌̍̈̄͛̍͐͐̈́̃͌̄̋̈́́̌̓̉̇̿̀̀̚̚͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͠ę̶̡̛͚͓̲̼͈̭͚̙̼͕̮̙̫̖͓̜̣͕̠̞̫̗͙̥͚̣̣̲̫̜̟͔̯̫̩̼̤̅͒̌̍̑̀̇͂̄͗̀̊̄̅̔̔͗̂̾̉̓̐͗̋͗͊̀̏̇͛̊̏̃̌͌́̈͋̑̒͒̈͌̈́͑̂̈͋̎̑̓̊̀́̐̚̚͜͝͠͝͝͠͝a̸̢̡̢̧̧̤̜̰̠̩̯͙͔̖̳̳̩̘̥͙͙̙̬̦̺̗̝͛́̍̓̇́̀͆͑͜ć̴̡̨̧̛̖̱̥̙̳͓̤̻̑͐̅̑̏̐͊͒̾̎́͗̋̎̈́͐̌̇̓͆̓̒͐̔̄́̂̊͑̒̉͑͑͂́͛͋͒̊͋̓̓̀͂͒̎͋͋̎̽́͋̀̏͒̒̿̒̽̂̔̂̀̅͂̋͐̋̈̀̿̿́̍̕̚͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͠ơ̸̢̨̨̢̲͚̤͖͇̦̯͓͍̤͈̹̖̞͕̗̬̮͔͚͙͎̩̣͓̹͎͚͈̖̚͜l̴̨̢̧̡̢̢̢̡̨̢̧̛̺̳̭̘͙̬͙͖̬̲̠͔͈͎͇̠̼̘̗̭̤̥̖̭̻͎̱͈͓̲̺̬̫̤̻̙̮̬̯̻͖͇͔̹̩̟̰̣͙̫͎̤͔̼̩͙̬̖̟̪̤͇̟̫̭̳͙͈͇̮̞͕̰̮̙̪̳̟͈̿́͌̀̄̽͗̄̄̆͑̔͊̈̊͌̄͒͋̎̓͐͂̀͛̊͊̐͂̀̽̒̂̊̔̆̏̌̍͛̾̉̽̑̾̋̅͛̌̆̎͛͑̉͑̕̕̕̚͜͠͝͠å̸̧̧̨̨̛̛̛͍̖̗̲͙̝̜̲̪͖̟̬̱̜̜͚̳̻͉͎̪̩͎͈̟̻̫̟͖̲̤̜̥̮̝̗̳͖͕̻̞̙̳̤͚̹̳͍̭͔̤̼͍̬̼̌̒̔͂̈͆̆͒͂͌̄͗̌̆̉̀̉̽́͂̔̆͂̽̌̈́̏́̿͋͂̎́͛̑͛̐͗̋̑̀̃̀̇̎͛̊̇̆͊̏͗͂̋̒̎͛͆̅͑̀̿̎̉͊͑̍̚̚͘̕͘͘͜͠͠͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅ
That was the second thing I saw. The first was the weird fries box with a straw, heh
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.
I guess nobody much tried to see if it was fake or not because it was mundane enough to not matter and believable enough because there was a million people like this guy smoking in McDonald’s in the 80’s. My great grandma was a chain smoker. Literally all the time. I remembe going to McDonald’s for lunch in the 80’s and sitting there eating while she chews and smokes at the same time.
So there was no reason to suspect or care about it being a real pic.
Looking at the photo knowing it is AI generated, I can definitely see all of the imperfections, however for someone who is just scrolling looking at stuff and not really paying attention, it’s easily passable. And I think that’s a huge problem, especially with Sora being a thing, you won’t be able to believe anything you see on the internet ever again.
I’d even take it further and I’d bet that there are going to be movies made in the future that will brag about how they didn’t use AI in the production. This shit is wild
It’s a nail in the coffin to know the world wide webs golden age won’t have a resurgence and that you’ll no longer be able to believe or trust anything you watch, read, or hear, pretty soon.
People lied on the internet before generative AI. Now they’ll just lie with pictures but the lying will continue
I like how the french fries got a drinking straw
mcdonalds? the sign clearly says “modlidani”
fingers? try the coca cola logo…
AI generated or not, I distinctly remember the brown glass ashtrays as McDonalds when I was growing up, so it definitely was allowed.
Most places near me still have what obviously were smoking sections.
You had some fancy-ass McDonald’s in your area then. Ours has those flimsy tin/aluminum ashtrays.
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.
- exposed chest hair with t-shirt
- straw in fries
- hat
- Smoking inside restaurant
You blame AI, but that’s just the 80s.
White hat dude is definitely a demon’s first time trying to blend into public, look at those eyes.
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.
This is technically another jean meme
I’m going to need to see a version with everything in denim to make sure.
That cigarette and McDonalds French fry smell is etched on my brain.
This is like that episode of Rick and Morty.
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these earth bipeds use very vision-based courtship rituals.
They got one part right
Halloween outfit inspiration material.
As much as this is a fake image, I wish this man was me
Born too late to smoke in McDonald’s 😔
