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wcmagumba

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13. Gullible Moran's...I had a friend back in college days (I'm late 60s now) who lived in a small mobile home...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2025, 12:55 PM

Jun 4

He was a talker (and bs artist) and loved to invite any Jehovah's Witnesses or others to come in and talk...He ran rings around them logically (he was always nice and treated them with respect) until usually they excused themselves from his house...kind of mean maybe but these folks ask for it (imo) by intruding on people's privacy with their garbage...not really about the OP and AI but I still like to tell this story...excuse please.

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Why Do Christians Love AI Slop? (404 Media on AI-slop videos about the Bible flooding online platforms) [View all] highplainsdem Jun 4 OP

Because Thomas Kinkade is no longer available. tanyev Jun 4 #1

I guess AI is the modern version of the Jesus Saves cards left on public toilets by religious zealots. Silent Type Jun 4 #2

I stopped at a truck stop in the Bible Belt years ago and saw a stack of "How to use your mud flaps for Jesus" flyers highplainsdem Jun 4 #6

I'm still laughing as I type. I live in that Bible Belt and don't doubt it. Silent Type Jun 4 #10

AI's capacity for illustrating human fantasy brings religious delusion to life. TheProle Jun 4 #3

Google scarlett johansson beautiful cabin crew Gore1FL Jun 4 #4

Lots of images in the Reddit thread I'm linking to below. Pure garbage. Complete waste of highplainsdem Jun 4 #11

AI lets them all be as maunderingly awful as Jon McNaughton JHB Jun 4 #5

There's been so much AI slop circulating that I almost forgot about McNaughton's dreadful paintings. highplainsdem Jun 4 #9

Yes, they've always had that "slop" sensibility even when painted by a human JHB Jun 4 #20

Because evangelical christians want to see the wrath of God SARose Jun 4 #7

Because they've always had a penchant for hokey garbage. Basso8vb Jun 4 #8

I don't think its limited to religion Renew Deal Jun 4 #12

Oh, I don't think it's only about religion. There are countless AI-generated fake obits about living celebrities on highplainsdem Jun 4 #14

It is interesting Renew Deal Jun 4 #16

Gullible Moran's...I had a friend back in college days (I'm late 60s now) who lived in a small mobile home... wcmagumba Jun 4 #13

My guess would be that they have really, really shitty taste in art . . . hatrack Jun 4 #15

Also music, movies, food, politics, news networks... Initech Jun 4 #18

Like Big Boy, Socialist Realism never really went away . . . hatrack Jun 4 #19

Because they love anything that speaks their language. Initech Jun 4 #17

Because religion is their hobby and drug ibegurpard Jun 4 #21