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usonian

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38. Only my photography is "guaranteed" to be a realistic rendition.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Reply #37)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:49 PM

Aug 21

I'd post lots more, but anything posted on the web goes straight to photo agencies (where you can buy back your work or pay an army of lawyers to get it back) or to the AI machine.

Too bad, those rotten apples spoil it for everyone.

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BREAKING NEWS: Russia agrees to direct bilateral talks with former Ukrainian leader Yanukovych [View all] Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 OP

Biden and Zelensky started the invasion? Irish_Dem Aug 21 #1

No. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #3

Which Ukrainian leader was Trump in negotiation with to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden? bucolic_frolic Aug 21 #2

Yanukovych gab13by13 Aug 21 #10

You're most likely thinking of Oleksander Dubinsky... Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #16

This reads like AI fiction. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #4

It's satire... EarlG Aug 21 #5

Yup. The picture and "news at eleven" remark made me suspicious despite the high factual content. It's well done. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #11

I resemble that remark. Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #6

Fast work. It would have taken me an hour to write something like that. Good work - high factual content. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #8

Is this a joke? jonstl08 Aug 21 #7

It is satire. However... Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #12

The author should have made it clear. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 21 #14

This thread is Russian propaganda gab13by13 Aug 21 #9

Did it ever occur to you some folks might think this is a factual news account and not satire? Fiendish Thingy Aug 21 #13

My intention with my satire is for there to be just enough of a "bite." Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #19

Oh, I get it MorbidButterflyTat Aug 21 #23

Well yes, it kind of is... thought crime Aug 21 #39

One of the few redeeming things still on the hellsite that is Twitter (X)... Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #40

Surely you have witnessed the misinformation spread from clickbait videos and memes on this site Fiendish Thingy Aug 21 #24

I mean, I get it. I do. Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #29

OPs like this are not good for my heart. Mossfern Aug 21 #15

This has got to be The Onion CanonRay Aug 21 #17

I think Tommy Carcetti will take that as a compliment EarlG Aug 21 #18

Thank Tommy for raising my blood pressure 20 points CanonRay Aug 21 #21

Just bringing you up to my level. :) Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #22

I immediately smelled onions. Home grown onions at that! But you got one thing wrong ... usonian Aug 21 #20

Not funny. Disaffected Aug 21 #25

Yes. Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #27

Putin is NOT interested in peace talks with anyone LetMyPeopleVote Aug 21 #26

So Crazy I Thought It Was True DET Aug 21 #28

No peace. no Nobel for trump Turbineguy Aug 21 #30

Thought this was real until I got near the end Kaleva Aug 21 #31

What good is that? He has no power. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 21 #32

I only regret that I have but one "rec" to give Tommy Carcetti. usonian Aug 21 #33

Correction. Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #34

DU is not user-programmable. Only admins can do it. usonian Aug 21 #35

Wait, you mean to tell me... Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #37

Only my photography is "guaranteed" to be a realistic rendition. usonian Aug 21 #38

Such is life. Tommy Carcetti Aug 21 #41

I thought it was real until I saw your "DETAILS AT ELEVEN" and meme at the bottom! LeftInTX Aug 21 #36