I Wrote This Trash.

I write ads. Then I see them as trash. Really. I also make graphs. They are not trash.

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I have just learned that Mountain Goats are NOT, in fact, actual Goats.

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I have never heard of this band. I AM in fact referring to the animal.

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But wait, there’s more!

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[orthodoxadventure]

As it gets towards Christmas, you're unfortunately going to see people (Christians and non-Christians alike) making fun of people who only attend Church services around Christmas/Easter time. Please do not let these people put you off attending. Whether you're just wanting to explore what attending a Church is like, wanting to see what religious celebrations of Christmas is like, whether you're someone that only comes to Church for Christmas, or if you're just going along because someone you care about wants to go. I promise that you are welcome. I promise that although these voices can sometimes be loud and rude, they are absolutely just a vocal minority. The majority of people are thrilled to see new faces at Church. Priests want to welcome and connect with new people, even if only briefly. And if people do have an issue? That's entirely their problem.

Churches would love to welcome you for Christmas, and we absolutely invite you to join in our festive celebrations. A lot of Churches around this time start holding Christmas stalls, Choir/Christmas Carols nights, festive meals, and so on. And you're absolutely more than welcome to join. You do not have to have a certain level of faith, or have a certain amount of church attendance the rest of the year in order to be 'allowed' to come. And hey look, even if you're only considering coming along because you don't have anyone else to spend Christmas with and don't want to spend the day alone. That's okay too, I promise <3

[iwrotethistrash]

This

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[dawaxxenpith]

At risk of sounding like a hater and an asshole this looks like AI and if its somehow not, the editor who reworked images and sharpened them up made it look like AI

Edit: yeah its AI

[theromanbarbarian]

This is the actual image (from a 6 year old reddit post so def not AI). Either someone asked AI to recreate it or AI, being the plagiarism machine it is, was asked for a pic of dogs finding humans in the snow and just ripped off the first image it could find. Another reminder that AI doesn't actually create anything. Also real cute dogs.

[badboneszone]

Actually a fantastic example for when you need to illustrate to someone that AI art is theft, blatantly, and not in some abstract way

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Almost

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Credit for this goes to @willfulwizard. Thanks for the idea. If you have any graph ideas, send em!

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[ef-1]

"Friend" is an AI wearable device designed to provide "companionship + emotional support"— i.e replace human friendships. Its literally an AI chatbot that you wear around your neck. "Friend" just paid for the largest ad campaign in NYC subway history

And Every. Single. Poster was vandalised, it literally looks like some of the most beautiful art you have ever seen

[c-rowlesblogs]

Kylie Robison and Boone Ashworth of WIRED both wore these stupid things for a couple weeks and reported the kind of experiences one might expect to have with an interactive AI device invented by a 22-year-old techbro:

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can als

[marzipanandminutiae]

also those ads are ridiculous. I don't expect perfection from my friends

friends bail on dinner plans, or leave dirty dishes in my sink. friends start tv shows with me and we don't finish them. friends forget you agreed to meet for coffee until they're already at Brimfield an hour's drive away (oh wait that was me; oops). but that's FINE sometimes! because they're REAL PEOPLE! real people are messy and complicated and sometimes need a bit of grace!

and in return- they love me. and I love them. real people who really know me and really care

Friend can't give me a place to stay, no questions asked, after a house fire destroys my home. Friend has never held me when I cried. Friend has never made me laugh until I couldn't breathe, created art that made me unimaginably proud of them, talked to me about shared passions for hours. Friend would never ask anything of me, true, but would never enrich my life in any meaningful way either

friends are supposed to ask things of you. and you ask things of them. and you both do those things, because holy shit, friendship isn't about how little space you can take up in someone's life

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From the archives and unfortunately relevant

[artofthecatt]

oh snap

[moaccyrk]

REBLOG.

FOREVER.

[thepanthercave]

This is an actual Therapist Recommended method for dealing with a runaway “inner critic” and this comic is perfect ❤️

[theonion]

Thanking the government for defending the public from the terrifying screen in their homes, the American people confirmed Thursday that they were grateful to Republicans for protecting them from TV. “Thank God we have the GOP to safeguard us from television and all the frightening people on it,” said Seattle resident Eric Torento, echoing the sentiments of 340 million Americans who commended the Republican Party for its steadfast commitment to shielding them from the terrifying stream of colorful pictures and sounds being continually broadcast into the nation’s homes.

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at www.tomgauld.com

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