• Ech@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Pro-tip - don’t extend your pictures with slop. It’s entirely unnecessary and makes the image look terrible.

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      9 days ago

      Looks like 2 other tortoises are having a time. If this isn’t a fabrication.

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        look more closely. it isn’t. it’s a photo with a narrow resolution that someone tried to upscale (poorly) to a higher, wider one.

        it probably used ai to predict colors badly. but the photo in the middle is real.

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            probably. you can clearly see the square instagram sized photo in the center either way.

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                nah its ok. humans like to see patterns and whatnot and when we get stuff we’re not used to we tend to go "nuh uh! >=(”

                human brains are working as intended.

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          Yeah with those strong vertical lines it isn’t ai, not entirely, but some kind of composition

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    I met one at a petting zoo, sat on the ground, and it crawled up into my lap like a cat. I died.

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      9 days ago

      Quokka: Wow! That was a crazy firefight. but at least I made it out unscathed.

      Capybara: Hey. Have you seen the hostage we were reacuing?

      Quokka: …

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      9 days ago

      How could they be effective cops if they don’t use hate and violence to oppress the citizens?

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          Now all I picture is the capybara and quokka having an exchange after a train hits a school bus full of children.

          "I don’t know if I can do this job anymore Capy. I have constant nightmares and Mrs. Quokka doesn’t understand why I’m not able to get it up in bed anymore. You know how difficult it is to get a hard-on with those images in your mind man?

          That little girl was just screaming with the skin ripped off her fucking face. The rest of them were so mangled we couldn’t even figure out what limb belonged to who. Sometimes I just feel like the fucking grim reaper, you know? Sending souls off into the afterlife."

          Quokka takes a long drag…

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        Maybe they have to venture out into the world to recover the crystal of time, or, like, mint condition 1972 Kenner Spock in box, or something. Or just go out for sandwiches. I mean . . . I’d watch it.

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          A buddy adventure movie in which they try to make one new friend. It’s incredibly challenging for them because they’re already friends with most everyone they come across.

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      They look bristly instead of soft. That would be a major marketing barrier to conquer. People like fluffy. I still want one, though.

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      They are social in family groups, but fight between each other to sort out a hierarchy. It can get bad for the weak ones that get picked on

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        Ever own multiple cats? They figure it out pretty quickly, then it’s all good.

        You may have to protect the runt, though. I did that with our cats. I made sure to pick up the runt every day and give her special attention in front of the other cats (5 total, at the peak, only one left now).

        You could tell the other cats got the message, they would literally look at each other like “Are you seeing this shit?” But they realized that she had as much value to the humans as all the rest of them, so they left her alone.