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hatrack

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15. My guess would be that they have really, really shitty taste in art . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2025, 01:05 PM

Jun 4

But that's just me.

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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

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