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King@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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GOP lawmaker shredded for posting AI images of himself beating up Santa on Christmas

www.independent.co.uk

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GOP lawmaker shredded for posting AI images of himself beating up Santa on Christmas

www.independent.co.uk

King@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten acknowledged the backlash and labeled his critics ‘snowflakes’

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  • moondoggie@lemmy.world
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    Looks like a war on Xmas right there

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      … I mean, it’s a war on the commercialisation of christmas, as opposed to its religious source…

      although St Nicholas, whom Santa (saint) claus is based, is a… saint.

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        Christmas isn’t Christan at all. It’s all older traditions that the sick Yahweh cult inserted itself into.

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          I already made a boondocks / saturnalia comment a while back

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    Unfortunately, he was not actually run through an industrial shredder

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      Feet first.

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    I don’t understand what he was trying to accomplish. Like simply: why? Is it cause Santa is a commie or something for being generous?

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      Attention whoring

    • LordCrom@lemmy.world
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      Well, he gives away toys out of kindless and live for childhood innocence…

      So he is at least anti-capitalism…

      funny that the rest of the holiday is all capitalism.

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        Isn’t it the way the best propaganda should work, stating the exact opposite of what is happening in reality?

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    People like this are what the current slate of Republicanism is breeding, I guess. Nobody asking them for anything and they bust this shit out with no reason other than just trying to be a shithead to get people to react so they can call them snowflakes.

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      Sun rising in the morning? Woke.

      Santa Claus? Woke.

      Jesus Christ? woke.

      Everything is woke to modern republicans. If somebody invented a virus that made people slightly more compassionate they would hide indoors for the rest of their lives.

      • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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        Hmm. Maybe somebody should get on that.

      • Prior_Industry@lemmy.world
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        And yet if the virus dropped your IQ by 20 points they would be holding super spreader events

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    The only thing this jack off beats is his tiny dick.

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      Probably his wife and children, too.

      And I wouldn’t be too surprised if occasionally he goes out to recreationally hunt the homeless.

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    Man, the one time it was appropriate to use slammed in a headline…

    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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      Journalists seem like they forgot how to use a thesaurus. You don’t always have to have a different headline than others, sometimes the same words are the right words.

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    Is this the new “War on Christmas?”

  • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
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    Free stuff is SOCIALISM!

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    He should do Jesus next.

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      That guy? He wasn’t even born here. Off to CECOT he goes…

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    This is the sort of behavior opposition would post. What on earth would possess someone to post this themselves?

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    Is this the new Slammed?

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      One shred is equivalent to three slams.

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        Buy buy buy!

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    Isn’t this the guy who pussied out from a fight with a union boss?

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    I can’t pick the funniest aspect here, but the sleeveless shirt and jacket deserve a mention.

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    Sadly, he was not literally shredded.

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    I’ve seen photoshop images more realistic than this. These aren’t even the usual uncanny AI that creeps people out.

    Oh, and it’s idiotic, but that’s self-evident.

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      I’m wondering the same. Like was it really some standard cut and paste work and then some generative fill? It’s got a certain 00s vintage look to it like it’s not current interpretations of “AI” with text prompt input.

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